FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jeff Weaver, Melony Ritter
(501) 760.6410 office
press@np.edu
February 8 , 2016
NATIONAL PARK COLLEGE, GARLAND COUNTY FARM BUREAU HOST STATE AND LOCAL CANDIDATE FORUM
Hot Springs, Arkansas – The National Park College (NPC) Student Government Association and the Garland County Farm Bureau will host a State and Local Candidate Forum Tuesday, February 23, 2016. All state and local candidates seeking public office have been invited to participate. Dick Antoine, host of the KZNG-AM 1340 morning show, “Talk of the Town” will moderate the event.
SGA President, Roger Powell, said, “Part of the mission of the Student Government Association is to promote student interest in citizenship issues. This event will allow our students, as well as the community, an opportunity to meet the candidates and ask the questions that are important to them as voters. Facilitating this event gives us the opportunity to not only serve our student body but the community as a whole.”
Garland County Farm Bureau President Tommy Sorrells stated, “This is a great event for the voters of Garland County. We at Farm Bureau are excited to partner with NPC to make this event available to the public.”
The forum is open to the community and will be held in the Martin Eisele Auditorium of the Frederick M. Dierks Center at National Park College. The event will begin with a Meet & Greet for all candidates at 6 p.m. followed by speeches from candidates for County Circuit Clerk, County Treasurer, County Judge, State Representative District 25, United States Congress District 4 and United States Senate. A complete list of participating candidates is available at https://np.edu/sga/events. Candidates who are interested in participating may contact SGA adviser, Melony Ritter, by Friday, February 19, 2016 atmritter@np.edu, or call 501-760-6410.
