From left to right, PJ Yarbrough, Sherry Brown, Karen Hicks, Mike Loftin and Veronica Smith-Creer pose after Loftin and Smith-Creer declared May to be Foster Care Awareness Month in Union County and El Dorado. (Caitlan Butler/News-Times)
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Karen Hicks, right, thanks Department of Human Services employee Sherry Brown for the work she does for foster children in Union County during a proclamation ceremony where May was declared Foster Care Awareness Month on Wednesday. (Caitlan Butler/News-Times)
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Union County Judge Mike Loftin signs a proclamation declaring May to be Foster Care Awareness Month during a ceremony held at the county courthouse on Wednesday. (Caitlan Butler/News-Times)
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El Dorado Mayor Veronica Smith-Creer signs a proclamation declaring May to be Foster Care Awareness Month as Union County Judge Mike Loftin looks on. (Caitlan Butler/News-Times)
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Veronica Smith-Creer describes the need for foster families in Union County while, from left to right, Carmen Bennett, John-Luke Bennett, Lily Langston and Lyric Brown hold signs highlighting key statistics. (Courtesy of Karen Hicks/Special to the News-Times)
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Anton Gladun lies on his bed at the Third City Hospital in Cherkasy, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5, 2022. Anton, a 22-year-old military medic deployed on the front lines in eastern Ukraine, lost both legs and left arm in a mine explosion on March 27. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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This combination photo shows Tracy Lawrence, left, and Clay Walker, who will headline a concert at the MAD Amp on May 26. The News-Times is giving away two pairs of pit tickets to the concert. (Contributed)
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Pictured from left to right at the Newton House are Mary Egerer, Delaine Gates, Darrin Riley and Adenia Robbins. (Matt Hutcheson/News-Times)
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Darrin Riley stirs a pot of Mayhaw jelly on Wednesday in preparation for Saturday's festival. (Matt Hutcheson/News-Times)
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This year's Mayhaw jelly represents a newly refined recipe, according to this year's cooking team. The two left jars are this year's fresh batch, while the jar on the far right is from 2021. (Matt Hutcheson/News-Times)
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People pay their respect during the funeral ceremony for Ukrainian serviceman Ruslan Borovyk killed by the Russian troops in a battle in St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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A worker wearing a protective suit swabs a man's throat for a COVID-19 test at a testing site during the second consecutive day of mass testing in Beijing, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Beijing on Wednesday closed around 10% of the stations in its vast subway system as an additional measure against the spread of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee hearing, March 3, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve is poised this week to begin unleashing its most drastic steps in three decades to attack inflation by making it costlier to borrow — for a car, a home, a business deal, a credit card purchase — all of which will compound Americans' financial strains and likely weaken the economy. The Fed is expected to announce Wednesday, May 3, 2022 that it will begin quickly shrinking its vast stockpile of Treasury and mortgage bonds beginning in June — a move that will have the effect of further tightening credit. (Tom Williams, Pool via AP, File)
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