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		<title>More People Seeking Help to Pay for Energy Bills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With prices going up across the board, requests for utility bill assistance have increased, according to officials who help pay energy bills.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/08/01/more-people-seeking-help-to-pay-for-energy-bills/</link>
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		<title>The Power to Care program eases high cost of summer electric bills for many Arkansans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With summer temperatures reaching triple digits, many Arkansans have trouble paying their electric bills. Entergy Arkansas' The Power to Care program, administered by Southern Good Faith Fund, provides financial assistance to eligible Entergy customers who are elderly or disabled and meet income guidelines. Rosalie Tripp, SGFF's Program Coordinator for The Power to Care, was interviewed as part of this news story that explained how the program helps many Arkansans who otherwise might have to choose between paying their electric bill and buying food or medicine.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/07/21/the-power-to-care-program-eases-high-cost-of-summer-electric-bills-for-many-arkansans/</link>
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		<title>Report on payday lenders: 101 comply, 55 defy Attorney General’s order to stop making loans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending (AAAPL) held a news conference July 16, 2008, to release a report evaluating payday lenders' compliance with Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's March 2008 order to stop making loans. The report found that 101 of 156 lenders have complied with McDaniel's order and stopped making loans while the remaining 55 remain open in defiance of the order. AAAPL Chairman Michael Rowett, Research and Communications Manager for Southern Good Faith Fund's Public Policy program, presented the report findings at the news conference, which was covered extensively by central Arkansas media.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/07/16/report-on-payday-lenders-101-comply-55-defy-attorney-general%e2%80%99s-order-to-stop-making-loans/</link>
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		<title>Delta Bridge Project announces $90,000 grant to place summer interns with local organizations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shepherd Delta Alliance partnership designed to build capacity of local community based organizations (CBOs) to engage in community development activities]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/07/15/delta-bridge-project-announces-90000-grant-to-place-summer-interns-with-local-organizations/</link>
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		<title>Arkansas families casualties of souring economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While more people are moving to food stamps to help meet their needs, Duran said the stamps' purchasing power has dwindled.

"The food stamp dollar is not going as far as it used to because of the increase in various prices," she said, noting a national study in May that found the cost of a dozen eggs was up 27 percent from a year ago, a gallon of milk increased 15 percent and a pound of chicken rose 73 percent. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/07/14/arkansas-families-casualties-of-souring-economy/</link>
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		<title>Delta Bridge Project announces $132,000 grant for Marvell affordable housing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grant and additional financing will fund $196,215 redevelopment of substandard housing, coordinated with city clean-up program funded in 2007 through Delta Bridge]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/07/03/delta-bridge-project-announces-132000-grant-for-marvell-affordable-housing/</link>
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		<title>KIPP prepares for expansion - Charter school makes changes and additions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The knowledge is Power Program (KIPP is experiencing growing pains.  On Monday, the national organization, based in San Francisco, announced some changes and additions to help with that growth.  

Scott Shirey, the founding director of the Delta College Preparatory School in Helena-West Helena, a public charter middle school, has been named executive director of the program’s Delta Region, which may include as many as 12 KIPP schools in three additional KIPP cities. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/07/02/kipp-prepares-for-expansion-charter-school-makes-changes-and-additions/</link>
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		<title>Delta Dreams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Southern Bancorp's comprehensive community revitalization efforts in Helena-West Helena were featured on an award winning AETN documentary titled "Delta Dreams."  The documentary won a Silver Screen Award in the social issues category of the U.S. International Film and Video Festival.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/06/05/delta-dreams/</link>
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		<title>Changes in Arkansas banking community under way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Further consolidation in Arkansas' banking community likely is already under way, the CEO of Southern Bancorp said Tuesday.

"I think you'll see probably massive consolidation here in Arkansas and I think that that's probably under way right now and will continue," Phillip Baldwin said after a speech at the Arkansas Small Business Awards luncheon. "We probably would anticipate growing ourselves as we acquire some banks that end up being sold."]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/06/04/changes-in-arkansas-banking-community-under-way/</link>
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		<title>Elk Horn Bank to become Southern Bancorp on July 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA["The name will change, but everything else will be the same," said Bill Wright, chairman and CEO of Elk Horn.  "Our customers can keep using their Elk Horn Bank checks and ATM cards and debit cards."]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/05/29/elk-horn-bank-to-become-southern-bancorp-on-july-1/</link>
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		<title>Harvel: Market county based on universities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Harvel, the new president and CEO of the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County, presented Monday evening an "overview" of his plans to bring more jobs and improve the quality of life here.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/05/20/harvel-market-county-based-on-universities/</link>
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		<title>B&#038;GC returns home sporting national award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While at the conference the Boys and Girls Club of Phillips County received the prestigious gold award for best Boys &#038; Girls Club publication in the country. The local Boys and Girls Club's 2006 Annual Report earned the highest honor such a publication can receive from the national BGCA organization, the Gold Marketing and Communication (MAC) Award. The award is presented to only a select few of the more than 4,300 Clubs nationwide.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/05/16/bgc-returns-home-sporting-national-award/</link>
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		<title>DRA proposes interstate link, new river bridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delta economic development advocates asked lawmakers Thursday to prioritize a four-lane highway connecting interstates 40 and 55.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/05/16/dra-proposes-interstate-link-new-river-bridge/</link>
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		<title>DRA Co-Chairman Pete Johnson Discussed Transportation Issues during Capitol Hill Briefing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority told members of Congress and key congressional staffers Thursday that a four-lane connection from Interstate 55 in Batesville, Miss., to Interstate 40 in Brinkley, Ark., could further enhance the region's position as one of the nation's logistics and distribution hubs.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/05/15/dra-co-chairman-pete-johnson-discussed-transportation-issues-during-capitol-hill-briefing/</link>
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		<title>Quorum court updated on new economic alliance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Under the regional alliance, the county's chambers of commerce, the EDCCC, the Clark County Industrial Council, and other related entities will join forces. Paul Harvel, recently hired as leader of the EDCCC, will become the president and chief executive officer of the alliance, Baldwin said.
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		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/05/13/quorum-court-updated-on-new-economic-alliance/</link>
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		<title>Harvel presents strategies to county officials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Harvel, Euodias Goza, president of the EDCCC board, and Dr. Wesley Kluck, chairman of the Clark County Strategic Planning committee, met with officials in three towns on Friday. The first meeting was in Amity, followed by a visit to Gurdon and they ended the day's meeting in Caddo Valley.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/05/12/harvel-presents-strategies-to-county-officials/</link>
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		<title>Ground broken for center that will benefit workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 7,500-square-foot facility was made possible through a $690,000 grant from the US. Department of Health and Human Services and local loans, said John French, president of Southern Community Development Corp.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/05/09/ground-broken-for-center-that-will-benefit-workers/</link>
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		<title>Groundbreaking held for Clark County Child Care center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-four hour, $690,000 center to address key need identified in Clark County Strategic Plan unveiled last year.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/05/08/groundbreaking-held-for-clark-county-child-care-center/</link>
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		<title>Housing, education, jobs, promotion - CCSP committee reviews areas of progress since the inception of the plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The passage of a ½-cent sales tax last summer is the greatest accomplishment of the economic development subcommittee, said Bill Wright, an advisory member.  Thanks to the overwhelming support of the county citizens, that money is now being used to bring new business and jobs into Clark County. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/05/07/housing-education-jobs-promotion-ccsp-committee-reviews-areas-of-progress-since-the-inception-of-the-plan/</link>
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		<title>Boys and Girls Club discussed for county</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The formation of a Boys and Girls Club in Arkadelphia is in its first stages thanks to the leadership subcommittee of the Clark County Strategic Planning Committee. The subcommittee and other interested persons met Thursday afternoon with Ben Steinberg and Tim Schuringa of Southern Financial Partners. Schuringa was one of the founding board members of the Boys and Girls Club in Helena.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/25/boys-and-girls-club-discussed-for-county/</link>
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		<title>New economic alliance seen as &#8216;maximizing dollar&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All economic development organizations in Clark County are now united into the Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance.  The decision to unite was made by committees of the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County and the Arkadelphia Area Chamber of Commerce. Other groups included in the alliance are the Clark County Industrial Council and the Gurdon Chamber of Commerce. There is also a spot for other organizations in the future, said Kelli Lancaster, president of the Arkadelphia Chamber.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/24/new-economic-alliance-seen-as-maximizing-dollar/</link>
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		<title>CCSP panel hears about charitable health clinics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are 21 charitable clinics in the state, Morrison said.  Their purpose is to provide basic health care to persons who have no health insurance, including Medicaid and Medicare.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/23/ccsp-panel-hears-about-charitable-health-clinics/</link>
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		<title>H-WH district removed from fiscal distress list</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two school districts that had been taken over by the state for financial problems regained local control Monday and seven more districts were added to a list of schools being monitored by the state for money woes.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/22/h-wh-district-removed-from-fiscal-distress-list/</link>
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		<title>Steinberg named to SGFF&#8217;s board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ben Steinberg of Helena-West Helena has joined the Southern Good Faith Fund Board of Directors, Southern Good Faith Fund President Angela Duran announced today.  Herman Davernport of Little Rock, a Southern Good Faith Fund member since 2002, has been elected to serve as board Chairman, Duran said.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/22/steinberg-named-to-sgffs-board/</link>
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		<title>Place-based Initiative Benefits Phillips County in Delta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[...Southern's new approach called for a county-level, bank-centered development strategy that would engage the diverse communities situated around its headquarters in Helena-West Helena, Ark.  Southern selected Phillips County, Ark., a highly distressed community deep in the Arkansas Delta, with a poverty rate of 30 percent, one of the highest in the country. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/21/place-based-initiative-benefits-phillips-county-in-delta/</link>
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		<title>Southern Good Faith Fund welcomes three new members to Board of Directors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jerry Damerow, Kim Evans, Ben Steinberg join nonprofit organization’s board; Herman Davenport elected as board Chairman]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/17/southern-good-faith-fund-welcomes-three-new-members-to-board-of-directors/</link>
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		<title>City of Elaine receives $5,000 grant from Southern Financial Partners for park upgrade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The City of Elaine has received a $5,000 grant from Southern Financial Partners toward construction of a children’s basketball court for the city park, SFP Senior Vice President Joe Black announced today.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/16/city-of-elaine-receives-5000-grant-from-southern-financial-partners-for-park-upgrade/</link>
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		<title>Confirmation of Miller as a U.S judge puts Phillips County on the map</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ …Miller is a product of the Helena-West Helena School District.  He graduated from the University of Central Arkansas is 992 and earned his law degree from Vanderbuilt University.  Miller served as one of Lincoln’s first interns during her term in the House of Representatives back in 1993.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/15/confirmation-of-miller-as-a-us-judge-puts-phillips-county-on-the-map/</link>
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		<title>McDaniel walks fine line with payday lending crackdown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has become the champion of payday lending opponents, vowing to shut down an industry that they say preys on the poor and traps them in debt. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/15/mcdaniel-walks-fine-line-with-payday-lending-crackdown/</link>
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		<title>Senate confirms Miller for federal bench seat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S Senate has unanimously confirmed Arkansas Appeals Court Judge Brain Miller for a seat on the federal bench. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/11/senate-confirms-miller-for-federal-bench-seat/</link>
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		<title>Area can advance in adversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ …The title of the first reading was called “Advancing in Adversity.”  To most, that is foreign to the way we think.  After all adversity is defined as “difficulty” or “hardship,” and advancing means to “ move forward.”  How do you move forward…]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/10/area-can-advance-in-adversity/</link>
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		<title>Library board members push move to Rotartians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The relocation and expansion of the library was the topic of guest speakers Kick Hendrix and Linda Bennett at Wednesday’s meeting of the local Rotary Club, Hendrix and Bennett are members of the Phillips County Library Association.  The purpose of the program was to encourage the community to donate to the fund to move the library to a new location. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/10/library-board-members-push-move-to-rotartians/</link>
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		<title>SBBS seeks funding help from A&#038;P</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rayne Gordon, president of the Sonny Boy Blues Society, approached the Helena-West Helena Advertising &#038; Promotions Commission Thursday for help funding the 23rd annual Arkansas Blues &#038; Heritage Festival.  The application filed with the commission reflected a request for a one-time lump sum of $15,000 and $2,500 monthly but commissioners only funded the $15,000 request citing issues with festival finances. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/04/sbbs-seeks-funding-help-from-ap/</link>
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		<title>Library to ask A&#038;P Commission to help fund move</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An application filed for funding through the A&#038;P commission shows a request of $100,000.  The library began its literary efforts in 1891 by the Helena Women’s Association and in 1920, changed its name to the Helena Public Library.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/04/01/library-to-ask-ap-commission-to-help-fund-move/</link>
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		<title>Payday lenders must shut down or face lawsuits, AG says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Payday lenders throughout Arkansas must shut down immediately or face the likelihood of lawsuits, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Tuesday.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/03/19/payday-lenders-must-shut-down-or-face-lawsuits-ag-says/</link>
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		<title>Ark. AG asks payday lenders to shut down or face lawsuits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel moved Tuesday to shut down payday lending companies in the state, saying the fees they charge harmed the working poor and violated the state constitution's ban on high-interest loans.
McDaniel sent letters to about 60 companies that operate 156 payday lending locations in the state, asking them to shut down immediately and void customers' debts or face the likelihood of lawsuits.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/03/19/ark-ag-asks-payday-lenders-to-shut-down-or-face-lawsuits/</link>
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		<title>Arkansas enforces 17 percent interest rate cap, chases out payday lenders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Southern Good Faith Fund's Policy Team has been leading the Arkansans Against Payday Lending coalition.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/03/19/arkansas-enforces-17-percent-interest-rate-cap-chases-out-payday-lenders/</link>
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		<title>Attorney General Dustin McDaniel orders payday lenders to cease making loans and forgive existing loan debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on March 18, 2008, held a news conference to announce that he was ordering payday lenders in Arkansas to cease making loans and to forgive existing loan debt. Michael Rowett, Research and Communications Manager for Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy program, serves as Chairman of Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending and was interviewed for this news story.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/03/18/attorney-general-dustin-mcdaniel-orders-payday-lenders-to-cease/</link>
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		<title>SGFF provides hundreds of Arkansans with free tax preparation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Southern Good Faith Fund and its parent company, Southern Bancorp Inc., provide free tax preparation to hundreds of Arkansans each year as part of the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Preparation (VITA) program. Southern Good Faith Fund President Angela Duran discussed how the VITA program increases participants’ assets in an interview following a March 11, 2008, news conference highlighting Southern’s VITA services.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/03/11/sgff-provides-hundreds-of-arkansans-with-free-tax-preparation/</link>
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		<title>Southern Good Faith Fund and Southern Bancorp offer free income tax preparation services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Southern’s Volunteer Income Tax Preparation (VITA) sites have processed more than $1 million in 2007 tax year refunds; all sites open through April 15, 2008.
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		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/03/11/southern-good-faith-fund-and-southern-bancorp-offer-free-income-tax-preparation-services/</link>
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		<title>Ben Steinberg Receives Non-Profit Executive of the Year Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[...Since joining Southern Financial Partners, Steinberg has helped overhaul its loan portfolio, both increasing its size and improving its quality. At-risk loans dropped from more than 30 percent to about 6 percent. He is working to help replicate the success of the Phillips County Strategic Community Plan in rejuvenating local health care, housing, business, education and more. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/02/27/ben-steinberg-receives-non-profit-executive-of-the-year-award/</link>
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		<title>Subcommittee considers, &#8220;What will sell?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of the housing subcommittee of the Clark County Strategic Plan will contact all the mayors in the county to get their communities involved in a housing study, said Tom Calhoon, co-chairman of the subcommittee.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/02/21/subcommittee-considers-what-will-sell/</link>
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		<title>DBP announces $1.2 million grant for LEAD initiative - Program to increase student performance in P.C. public schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Delta Bridge Project Tuesday awarded a $1.2 million, three-year grant to help fund an initiative to improve student performance in Phillips County’s three public school districts.  Dr. Steven Murray, chairman of the Delta Bridge Project Steering Committee and chancellor of Phillips Community College made the formal announcement. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/02/20/dbp-announces-12-million-grant-for-lead-initiative-program-to-increase-student-performance-in-pc-public-schools/</link>
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		<title>Check presented to B&#038;G Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Boys &#038; Girls Club of Phillips County is a recent recipient of a grant from the Helena Health Foundation.  The purpose of the grant is to assist the Boys &#038; Girls Club in implementing programs in some of the club's key areas of focus such as health education, fitness and health skills. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/02/19/check-presented-to-bg-club/</link>
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		<title>Unified plan needed says SBC officials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Black commented that people often tell him that they want jobs but do not realize just how much goes into bringing jobs to Phillips County. 

"Without a good education system, jobs are not going to come here," Black stated.  "Without affordable housing, jobs are not going to come here. It all goes hand in hand.  You can't have one and not have the rest."]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/02/15/unified-plan-needed-says-sbc-officials/</link>
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		<title>KIPP receives a HHF grant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Helena Health Foundation has announced that the KIPP Delta Preparatory School is a recent grant recipient from the foundation.  The grant was awarded to the KIPP School to help the school implement a five-year health improvement plan.   ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/02/15/kipp-receives-a-hhf-grant/</link>
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		<title>New program matches funds for college</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A press conference was held at Sallie Cone in front of a class of fourth-grade students to discuss the state's Aspiring Scholars Matching Grant, a program that makes funds for higher education available to qualifying families who wish to invest in the Arkansas 529 gift plan.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/02/12/new-program-matches-funds-for-college-2/</link>
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		<title>New program matches funds for college</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A press conference was held at Sallie Cone in front of a class of fourth-grade students to discuss the state's Aspiring Scholars Matching Grant, a program that makes funds for higher education available to qualifying families who wish to invest in the Arkansas 529 gift plan.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/02/12/new-program-matches-funds-for-college/</link>
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		<title>City receives another 30 days to provide the documents for state audit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The city of Helena-West Helena have submitted most of a list of documents to state auditors who in turn gave the city another 30 days to finish compiling the list.  Mayor James Valley said that only three documents deep the city from fulfilling the order. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/02/12/city-receives-another-30-days-to-provide-the-documents-for-state-audit/</link>
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		<title>CCSP&#8217;s economic panel updated on &#8216;parkway&#8217; project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The economic development subcommittee of the Clark County Strategic Plan heard reports on the aviation program at Henderson State University and on a new university boulevard during its regular meeting Monday night. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southernbancorp.com/news/2008/02/05/ccsps-economic-panel-updated-on-parkway-project/</link>
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