Jill Goodwin, left, and Nina McGauge, El Dorado firefighters, help girls attending the annual Girls of Promise conference at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado, try on the equipment that weighs at least 50 pounds. This eighth-grader had the helmet on backwards. About 40 girls attended the conference Saturday, heard speakers Arkansas First Lady Ginger Beebe, Dr. Janet Ply and Dr. Barbara Jones, and attended various sessions to learn about careers including dentistry, occupational and physical therapy, cyber information tech, police detective and others.




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