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🌱 How a move to Benton helped shape one new lawyer’s purpose
Benton, Arkansas Patch AM: a 3 min readWhat's up Benton! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a move to Benton helped shape one new lawyer’s purpose
- How a past Benton Ford dispute echoes in a new lawsuit
Also on today's calendar: Entertainment Event Service .
Today's riddle: Where do you learn how to make ice cream ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 69 degrees.
- Saturday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 86, low: 70. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; humid, with a high of 90 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• From Loss to Purpose: Cory Baker's Law School Journey Defined by Growth (ualr.edu) — A new law school graduate’s journey includes a key chapter in Benton, where he settled after leaving Montana and ultimately chose to build his legal career in Arkansas. His story of family loss, perseverance, and public-service-minded training at UA Little Rock’s Bowen School of Law may resonate with Benton residents watching another neighbor enter the legal profession. 
• Ford Dealer Buyer Sues Seller Over Misleading Financial Documents (fordauthority.com) — A past lawsuit over a blocked sale of a Ford dealership in Benton is cited as background in a new legal fight between auto groups in Georgia and Kentucky. The current case centers on whether a seller inflated a dealership’s value by mixing in profits from a separate tiny-house business, with the buyer now seeking to recover alleged overpayments and damages.
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💬 Chatter
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🗞 Nearby News
Bryant
- Bryant Mayor honors school's ‘Year of Excellence'; Winning water tower design revealed (mysaline.com)
- Hot Springs native opens first Bounce Bungee fitness center in central Arkansas (fox16.com)
- Grizzlies' Scotty Pippen Jr. opens up on Brandon Clarke, gives injury update (commercialappeal.com)
Little Rock
- Little Rock Police Officer arrested for driving while intoxicated (katv.com)
- UA Little Rock makes enrollment process easier for first-time students (fox16.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Sundae School (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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