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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>Fort Smith&#8217;s secret weapon for excellence.</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/fort-smiths-secret-weapon-for-excellence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin&#8217;s blog
Really, really think about #4.
What can YOU do to honestly communicate our story to others?
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		<title>Virtual reality in technical training</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/virtual-reality-in-technical-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of surgical technology students at the University of Arkansas &#8211; Fort Smith took a “walk” through an operating room recently, but they didn’t leave their desks to do it.
 
The UA Fort Smith students were part of a research project that involved a virtual reality operating room. Students sat at a computer and answered [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=768&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.
Posted in Business, Education, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=759&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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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>Fort Smith coffee concern goes global</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/fort-smith-coffee-concern-goes-global/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coffee.org is on MarketWatch
This year, perhaps there&#8217;s no more-welcome gift than an assortment of signature coffees and cakes, placed carefully in a wicker basket, and wrapped in festive Christmas decor. Making that gift-giving easy is Coffee.org (http://www.Coffee.org), a new website just launched by a family-owned and -operated coffee distribution center based in Fort Smith, Ark. With [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=638&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creative solutions to challenges</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/creative-solutions-to-challenges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it fun to find a creative solution to what seems like several unrelated problems &#8211; all with one really good idea?
Sgt BB&#8217;s simplistic summary of this Times Record story &#8212; &#8220;Development and the Wetlands&#8221; seems to be a brilliant solution to quite a few challenges.

A landowner wants to develop a piece of property but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=635&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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