CONWAY — Welcome to mid-August, with the corn growing high, everyone checking out the back-to-school sales, and kids and adults alike hoping we could add a few more days to the waning weeks of summer. It always goes by so fast, doesn’t it?
If you haven’t made it yet to the river, lake or ocean, best get on it!
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