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Board Profile Sandra Cawyer
My favorite meal: Cheeseburgers and fries, but I try really hard not to eat them.
Office: Columbia County Assessor County I was born in: Columbia County
When I’m not working I’m: Spending time with family and working around my home.
The accomplishments of which I am most What I like most about my county: proud: My children. I was a single mom Columbia County is a community for part of their childhood and constantly that takes pride in the way it is worried whether I was giving them presented. We have many volunteer everything they needed. All three children organizations that work for persons are happy and productive adults. They have in need and also work to clean, great lives and great careers. repair and landscape the main streets of our town.There is a very The hardest thing I have ever done is: Step active arts community. We are S a n d into the public eye. When I decided to run for r a Cawy the home of Southern Arkansas er, Colu assessor, I had to learn to be comfortable with m University and Logoly State Park. bia Cou nty public speaking and participating in conversations Our county hosts two big festivals — with people that I did not know. Magnolia Blossom Festival and Purple Hull Pea Festival — which have earned state and national attention. The best thing about living in Arkansas: This state is beautiful, and if you are a summer person like me you can’t beat the winters in South Arkansas. I got started in county government because: I had always worked in the corporate world but was looking for a change and received an offer to work in the assessor’s office. It only took a few months, and I knew that I wanted county government to be my life’s career.
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If I wasn’t a county assessor, I’d be: I would definitely work in the real estate/appraiser business. I have held a real estate license and also worked for a title company. You might be surprised to learn that: I love to do flower arrangements. I have designed and created the flowers for several weddings. My pet peeve is: Having to wait on someone because they are late.
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