Calendar
of Events
 Christmas
Lighting-December 4, 5:30 pm, Courthouse
Lawn
Christmas
Parade-December 4, 6:30 pm, Main
Street
Ambassador's
Meeting-December 8, 11 am, El Parion
Ribbon Cutting,
December 10, 9 am, River Valley Medical
Supply
Volunteer
Celebration-December 13 from 11-2 at the
Chamber
Worforce
Training Meeting, December 14, Noon, at Clarksville
Light & Water.
Chamber
Closed-December 23 & December 24 for Christmas
Holiday
Chamber
Closed-December 31 for New Year
SouthWest
Service Dogs
SouthWest
Service Dogs is a charitible organization ran by
volunteers. They train dogs for anyone who has a
disibility as defined by the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
They are
avialable to give demonstrations to organizations
that are interested in what Service Dogs can do.
Just call Kate at 754-3682.
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Meet
Our New Board Members
Julie
Kersey- is a 1976
graduate of CHS and a 1980 Graduate of U of O. She
left Clarksville 24 years ago and has recently
returned to Clarksville to be closer to family and
good friends. She opened Julie's Perks about 1 1/2
years ago and is so thankful of how our town has
welcomed her back home. She is married to Randy
Kersey, a carpenter, who also is staying very busy
with his business in Clarksville.
Sherry
Boen- has been
employed in Johnson County for the past 25 years in
the finance industry. She is married to Robert
Boen, and they have 2 children, a son Jeremy, and a
daughter, Natasha. Both of whom are married and are
residents of Johnson County. She is a loan officer
with Bank of the Ozarks, where she has been
employed for 6 years. She has been a member of the
Chamber for the last 10 years, and have served on
different committees over this period of time.
Sherry served as Co-Director of the Johnson County
Leadership Program for 2003-2004, and was Johnson
County Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Year
for the year 2003.
Reba
Pridgin-has a BS
degree from Ozarks and MS degree from University of
Arkansas and had done additional work in education
leadership at UCA that certifies her as a public
school Secondary Principal and Superintendent. She
has served for three and a half years as Director
of Alumni Relations for University of the Ozarks,
recently named Director of Development. Prior to
that, worked for 16 years at Clarksville Public
Schools, first as a vocational business teacher and
then as District Treasurer. Reba previously served
on the Chamber Board and was President in 1999 and
was named member of the year in 1999. She is
married to David, they have four children and three
grandchildren.
Don Stimpson -is
President of First Arkansas
Valley Bank in Clarksville, and is a 21 -year
resident of Johnson County, and a member of Holy
Redeemer Church. Don is also past Board Member of
the following: Clarksville Chamber of Commerce,
Area agency on Aging, Clarksville Country Club,
Clarksville Kiwanis Club, Johnson County Fair
Board, University of the Ozarks Booster Club,
Clarksville Planning and Zoning, and the Alston
Shane Youth Center.
Iva Nell
Gibbons-has been a
Johnson County resident virtually all her life. She
grew up in Lamar and attended school there through
High school. She graduated from Arkansas Tech in
1972 with a B. A. in psychology and worked as a
protective services worker for DHS (then Social
Services) until she began Law School in 1979. She
graduated from Leflar School of Law at U. of A. in
Fayetteville in 1979 and has practiced law since
that time. She maintained a general practice in
Clarksville until 1991, at which time she went to
work for the Federal Office of Hearings and
Appeals, Social Security Administration in Fort
Smith. In 1995 she returned to private practice in
Clarksville, concentrating her practice on Social
Security Disability work , which is what she
continues to do at the present time. Her parents
are Bobbie and Valley Sherrill of Lamar. She is
married to David Gibbons and they have six children
and eight grandchildren.
Bert Heil-
Bert and his wife Diane relocated from
Nixon, Mo to the Knoxville area in January of
2003 when he joined Baldor
Electric as the Plant
Manager of the Clarksville facility. He serves on
the Boards of Forrester-Davis, the Clarksville
Rotary Club, and he also serves as President of the
Piney Bay Lot Owners Association. He is a Certified
Manufacturing Engineer in Manufacturing Management,
a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers,
American Society of Quality, and the Clarksville
Rotary Club.He and his wife Diane have three
daughters and seven grandchildren.
Bruce
Wilson-Bruce R.
Wilson is a graduate of the University of Arkansas
at Fayetteville with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in
History and a Juris Doctrate from the University Of
Arkansas School Of Law, where he was a Fulbright
Award recipient. Bruce has practiced law in
Clarksville since 1982 when he joined Edgar A.
Woolsey, Jr. in practice. In addition to his
general practice which includes civil litigation,
probate and estate planning, real estate, domestic
relations and family law, business and banking
matters, Bruce also serves as the Clarksville City
Attorney and as the Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for
Johnson County. His community service has included
the Board of Directors of the Johnson Regional
Medical Center, the Johnson County Boys Club, the
Concerned Citizens for Johnson County, the
Clarksville Rotary Club and American Legion
Baseball. Bruce also serves as a Director of
Citizens Fidelity Insurance Company, is a member of
the Arkansas Bar Association's Ethics Committee and
is a deacon at Stillwell Baptist Church. Bruce and
his wife Charlotte will celebrate their 25th
anniversary in December of 2004 and are the proud
parents of one daughter, Allison Hart, of
Clarksville, one son, Joshua Wilson, a freshman at
Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, and
one beautiful granddaughter, Aurora Elizabeth Hart.
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2004
Executive
Committee
Matt
Wylie - President
Freeman Wish - 1st Vice President
Darrell Williams - 2nd Vice President
Janice Joyce - Sec/Treasurer
Lee White - Immediate Past Pres.
Government/Schools
Judge
Mike Jacobs - Johnson County
Mayor Billy Helms - Clarksville
Mayor Glenda Caldwell - Knoxville
Beverly Wagner - Lamar
Mayor Deborah Marvel - Coal Hill
Dr. Rick Niece - Schools
Board
of Directors
Chris
Allen - Sara Lee Hosiery
Edward Anderson - Individual
Dorinda Edmisten-Ozark Rape Crisis Center
Mark Estelle - Wal-mart DC 6082
Steve Fisher-AR River Valley Dentistry
Van Hill - Individual
Robbie Jackson - East Mt. Zion Trinity Baptist
Betty Killough - Tyson Foods, Inc.
Sondra McKelvey - Individual
Jim Pat Mills - Mills Oil Company
Robbi Mooney - Mid South Roller
Jackie Nowotny - First Security Bank
Max Slaughter - Johnson Chevrolet
Steven Sosebee - Simmons First Bank
Harve Taylor - Individual
Denton Tumbleson - Simmons First Bank
Doug Wharton - C21 Commercial Real Estate
Darrell Williams - U of O
Freeman Wish - Mazzio's
Pizza
Executive
Director
Vicki
Lyons
New
& Renewing Members
*Hair Solutions
*Center for English Language Education
*River Valley Medical Supply
* Denotes new members-Welcome!
Chamber
News
Senior
Center
Ribbon
Cutting
On Tuesday,
November 23, the Johnson County Senior Center
celebrated the completion of their new kitchen.
Many seniors were in attendance, as well as many
community officials, and Senior Enter
employees.
Clarksville-Johnson
County
Chamber of
Commerce
101 North
Johnson Street
Clarksville, Arkansas 72830
Phone 479-754-2340
Email: cjccofc@cswnet.com
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