... Association will come back together following a summer break with a meeting at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Conway Regional Fitness Center on Salem Road. Charlotte Strickland of Conway, a motivational speaker, will talk to the group about "So ...

"Who's Who in Aquatics," listing the top 100 leaders in the field, and highlighting them in the national Aquatics magazine, finds Conway's Mary Essert among the elite.

n Now - The Conway preseason athletic schedules: Aug. 7 - Golf try-outs, 1 p.m., Conway Country Club; Aug. 7 - Ninth-grade football practice (Blue and White), 8:30 to 11 a.m.; Aug. 7 - Eighth-grade football practice (BCMS and CSMS, 8 to 10:30 a.m.