FOR PATIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. LAKYRA? CREEKSIDE CENTER WOMEN WILL CLOSE IN THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY. AS THE CLINIC PREPARES TO CLOSE- STAFF ARE REFLECTING ON THE MEMORIES HERE AT THE CLINIC AND LOOKING AHEAD TO NEW BEGINNINGS. "there's been sadness, obviously. I mean, it's a legacy, you know, 30 plus years" FOR THREE DECADES- CREEKSIDE CENTER FOR WOMEN HAS BEEN A TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. DR. GREG REITER- WHO'S BEEN WITH THE CENTER FOR 22 YEARS- SAYS IT'S MORE THAN JUST A CLINIC. "family atmosphere. I mean, any time you can come into this group, you can hear laughter from one end of the clinic to the other." "We've, invited family members to bring their kids and extended family to obstetrical visits, to to view ultrasounds and to hear a baby's heartbeat." THE DECISION TO CLOSE COMES AMID CHANGES IN THE FIELD OF WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE... "There's a lot of social media that's bringing attention to women's health care. It's getting the attention that it so much needed, something that hasn't been provided to women. attention that it so much needed, something that "Were an older practice. trying to grow a younger practice and bring new colleagues into the practice. But practice. But with that, there's just change." AND AS ARKANSAS CONTINUES TO FACE HIGH BIRTH AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES- ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION ACCORDING TO THE C- D-C. "We're going to be joining another couple of other people that have been in practice for a while. And so all of that brings different ideas and growth, promotes change. And that's what we see as an opportunity to help women's health care." REITER SAYS THIS IS A TRANSITION- NOT AN END. SOME OF THE DOCTORS WHO WORK AT THE CENTER WILL BE RELOCATING TO NEW OFFICES TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK. "We're not going anywhere other than being in different locations. The doctor that they've enjoyed seen for the last ten, 15, 20 or 25 years, we're going to be here." REITER SAYS SOME STAFF WILL CONTINUE WORKING AT NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER- WILLOW CREEK- AS WELL AS AT WASHINGTON REGIONAL. HE SAYS PATIENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED ABOUT WHERE THEIR DOCTOR IS MOVING- AND UPDATES WILL CONTINUE TO B