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		<title>Heavies walking on locally-produced Rola-Trac</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/heavies-walking-on-locally-produced-rola-trac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Van Buren company has enjoyed a star-studded January &#8211; playing a vital, yet unseen, role in the inauguration and Superbowl (okay, so we sneaked into February).
The company rents and installs portable floors, platforms, and roadways for giant events.
Read all about it in the Times Record.
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		<title>A ready workforce</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/a-ready-workforce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A local educator who served on Governor Beebe&#8217;s task force for building a 21st Century Economy spoke to the Charleston Chamber of Commerce this week.
Guy Fenter told the group that a ready workforce has been an essential component in recruiting manufacturing jobs to the region.
However, Fenter is quoted in the Charleston Express as putting a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=839&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s the plan&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/heres-the-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe&#8217;s 5 year economic development plan consists of 5 principles including increasing incomes of Arkansans, encouraging entrepreneurship, competing globally for jobs, better training/education, and taking advantage of our state&#8217;s strengths.
That&#8217;s a Sgt. BB summary. If you&#8217;d like the full report click here. If a business reporter&#8217;s summary suits you, click here.
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		<title>Fort Smith&#8217;s singing priest</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/fort-smiths-singing-priest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pastor at Christ the King Church in Fort Smith has released his fourth album. Not only did Father Tom Elliott perform on the CD, he&#8217;s penned original works for the album.
Arkansas Catholic has the story.
Oh, get this &#8211; the Father is hearing-impaired. Miracles should be highlighted at Christmas, yes?
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		<title>UA Fort Smith students get creative at Oak Cemetery</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/ua-fort-smith-students-get-creative-at-oak-cemetery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously. Engineering students at UA Fort Smith are creative. So is Mike Alsup at Fort Smith Parks &#38; Recreation.
The students needed a service project. Mike Alsup thought historic Oak Cemetery could use a bench so folks visiting the historic hillside could sit and reflect awhile. Sgt. BB&#8217;s been known to do just that, by the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=694&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An 8 year old in the 10th grade&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/an-8-year-old-in-the-10th-grade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously.
The City Wire covered the regional robotics event at UA Fort Smith this weekend and discovered a young man from Houston who is home-schooled, in the 10th grade. He&#8217;s 8 years old!
Closer to home, TCW has lots of photos &#8211; especially of home-town competitors participating in the Frontier Trails BEST Regional Robotics competition. Also, TCW [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=648&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Make a Million $&#8221; Fort Smith finalist</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/make-a-million-fort-smith-finalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fort Smith business owner Jody Weiche is among 25 finalists who will compete next week for an opportunity to turn her Specialty Advertising Company (Spadco, Inc.) into an enterprise that produces $1million in annual revenue.
Post your encouragement and good luck wishes to Jody here or read about Make Mine a Million $ Business.
Posted in Business, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=617&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Silver linings &#8211; not doom and gloom</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/silver-linings-not-doom-and-gloom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sgt BB has opined of late that &#8211; while headline numbers are frightening and every job lost represents a person and a family &#8211; that we&#8217;re poised to transition from a manufacturing-driven regional economy.
Today&#8217;s Times Record kicks off a series on how the slumping national economy is affecting local workers.
Even better: Of 369 MSAs in the nation, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=605&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Duct tape guru advice for tough economic times</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/duct-tape-guru-advice-for-tough-economic-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IEC blog  lists some solid tips for weathering the economic slide. These tips apply to businesses but they also can help professionals who are &#8211; or may soon be &#8211; looking for work. In fact, these tips may very well help you become &#8220;indespensable&#8221; to your organization and thus secure your employment.
Planning for “worst case [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=558&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Settling for mediocrity is costly, says premiere marketer</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/settling-for-mediocrity-is-costly-says-premiere-marketer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin is one of the nation&#8217;s hottest marketers. His best-selling Tribes: We need You to Lead Us is being studied and amplified by ministers, publishers, social networking gurus, and Sgt BB.
Here&#8217;s what Godin says today about organizations that settle for mediocrity:
Doing 4% less does not get you 4% less.
Doing 4% less may very well get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=556&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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