CONWAY — He’s riding again, but he’s not running again.
Army veteran and soon-to-retire Conway Democratic state Rep. Steve Woodcock is seeking pledges as he readies to make his fourth cross country fundraising motorcycle ride to help the nation’s warriors, starting out on Father’s Day Weekend next month.
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