Back to Work

Vigi and I have been in Springfield, Missouri the last few days and now I'm back to the everyday world. Thursday morning before we left, I attended a very informative juvenile mental health workshop called System of Care 101. Cliff Davis of Washington D.C. was the speaker and he did a wonderful job of explaining the steps needed to improve our community based services and ultimately, the lives of hundreds of Arkansas families. Elisabeth Wright Burak of DHS is presenting this same workshop in Sprindale, Searcy and Monticello this week. I encourage anyone intersted in this subject, especially legislators, to attend this presentation . For more information call Elisabeth at 501-683-2644.

That same day, Senator Hill and I were in attendance at Southern Bakeries in Hope, as Randy Zook of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, presented the company with a $548,000 rebate check for adding jobs in the state of Arkansas. This incentive program rewards companies in our state for not only job growth, but quality paying jobs with benefit packages. Congratulations to Southern Bakeries.