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CPSP Plenary Update



Two Great Reasons to Attend the CPSP 2008 Plenary


1. The Pre-conference Workshops

2. Visit Little Rock's Places of Interest




1. Preconference Workshops:

a. 9:00 a.m. Sunday – “Community Based C.P.E.”
b. 10:45 a.m. Sunday – “There is No Suffering in the Hospital”
c. 1:00 p.m. Sunday – “Chapter Life Workshop"

2. Visit these historic sites:

a. The Clinton Presidential Library
b. The Old Mill – site of the opening scene of “Gone with the Wind”
c. Central High School – site of the “Little Rock Nine” historic school desegregation
d. The Little Rock River Market
e. Alltel Arena – site of 2008 NCAA regional men’s basketball tournament
f. Villa Marre – the house on the sitcom “Designing Women”
g. Heifer Project International Green Building
h. MacArthur Museum of Military History
i. Old State House Museum
j. Arkansas Museum and Historical Restoration
k. Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum/USS Razorback (WWII submarine)
l. Arkansas Riverboat Queen
m. River Rail Streetcars & Trolley System


(For additional site and information on tourism, visit:


Plenary Rate of $79.00 rate applies Friday and Saturday prior to the conference at convention hotel – Wyndham Riverfront.

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