Volume 3, Number 102

Good Morning. It’s Friday, August 12, 2022

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office touched base with me yesterday and said there are still spots open in its Citizens’ Academy, which runs Sept. 6 to Oct. 25. If you might be interested, here’s a story I wrote last month and BCSO also has a webpage set up with all kinds of further information and a link to the application form.

Thanks for reading!
Brad Fuqua, publisher/editor

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