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Siloam Springs was named Community of the Year at the 2014 Governor’s Conference on Tourism March 10 in Rogers. The award was part of the Welcome to Arkansas program. Wayne Mayes (from left), president and chief executive of the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce; Scott Sudduth with Arkansas Parks and Tourism; Christina Drake, co-chairman of the chamber’s Welcome to Arkansas program; and Betty Ross, a member of the chamber’s tourism committee, celebrated the win with Arkansas Parks and Tourism Director Joe David Rice.