Under Nancy's leadership, it has become a model for special needs programs across the country. Arkansans can be proud people like Nancy are serving in state government. She is a special person. The Arkansas State Employees Association named her this year's outstanding state employee. Tuesday, we proclaimed September as Arkansas Rice Month.
Rice is an important part of Arkansas' economy and culture.
All Arkansans can be proud of the fact that we feed the world. Products come and go and new technology becomes old technology overnight, but people will always need food. We in Arkansas grow it better than anyone. We also declared the week of October 5-11 as Down Syndrome Week in Arkansas. Down Syndrome occurs once in every 800 to 1,000 live births and always causes some degree of mental retardation.