🌱 See which Pocahontas leaders just joined powerful Arkansas education boards
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- See which Pocahontas leaders just joined powerful Arkansas education boards
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📰 News we're reading
• Sanders Announces Latest Round of Board Appointments (armoneyandpolitics.com) — Two Pocahontas residents just gained important roles in Arkansas higher education leadership. Graycen Bigger was appointed to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and Robert Olvey was reappointed to the Black River Technical College board, alongside numerous other statewide board appointments announced this week by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. 
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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