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Clarksville
Refrigerated Lines
Celebration
A
10-year anniversary
celebration was held on
April 15 at Clarksville
Refrigerated Lines 1,
Ltd. CRL is the on-site
trucking company at
Wal-mart Distribution
Center and employs
approximately 25 people
from the area. They also
have 125 trucking
contractors
(owners/operators) many
of which live in Johnson
County. CRL has run
185,319,958 miles since
April 1993, delivered
313,704 loads and made
618,396 delivery
stops.
Congratulations
to Regional Manager Ryan
Wilson and all the crew
on a great job for the
last 10 years and we
wish you continued great
success.
Pictured
below from left to right
are: Bob Walker, Gary
Glenn, Thomas Nelson,
George Wright, Paul
Cline, Ron & Peggy
Secrest, Danny Penepent,
Rick Pfeifer, Ruth &
Joe Grigsby, Herbert
Lenard, James Stephens,
and Coy
Pruitt.
Resource
Alliance
Receives
Grant
for Johnson County
Health
Fair
There
will be a Health Fair on
Tuesday, May 6 from 8:00
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the
Marvin L. Vinson Multi
Purpose Building. The
Health Fair is funded by
a grant from Community
Services Inc. (received
by the Resource Alliance
of Johnson County).
Nancy Hill,
Administrator of the
Johnson County Health
Department, is
organizing the event.
Johnson Regional Medical
Center will hold Fasting
labs for cholesterol and
blood sugar; the Senior
Activity Center,
Department of Human
Services and Child
Development Incorporated
will have booths set up
with information for all
ages.
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FYI
The
7th Annual American
Cancer Society's Relay
For Life will be at
Clarksville's Metheny
Field on May 30 from 6
p.m. to May 31 at 6 a.m.
Everyone is invited to
be a part of the 12 hour
all night community
event. You can lend your
help and support by
being a sponsor,
participate with a team,
purchase a luminary
and/or walk with other
survivors. Bring friends
and family to enjoy the
games, entertainment,
food, fun and fellowship
and raise funds to fight
cancer. Contact Carol
Martin at 754-2988,
Roxann Tipton at
754-6331 or Becky Dougan
at 979-6203 for more
information.
Pine
Bluff-based Simmons
First National Bank
turned 100 years old the
last week of March.
Simmons is the
third-largest state
chartered bank in
Arkansas. It has over $2
billion in assets and 65
bank offices statewide.
Dr. John Franklin
Simmons and a group of
local investors founded
the bank on March 23,
1903. On its
anniversary, Simmons
donated $100,000 to the
city of Pine Bluff for
construction of a
farmers' market.
The
4-way stop at the
Intersection of Crawford
Street and Highway 109
is no longer a 4-way
stop. The Stop signs
have been taken down on
Highway 109 - traffic
moving north and south
doesn't stop - so if you
are traveling in that
area watch closely - it
has been a 4-way stop
for so long it may take
folks awhile to get use
to the new
system.
Hampton
Inn of Clarksville
was recognized again
at the annual conference
in Las Vegas for 2002.
They received the
Hampton Hotel Pride
Award for their #3
ranking in the system.
Hilton recognizes the
properties with the
strongest product and
service quality levels.
They also won the Connie
Award, which they will
receive in May in
Anaheim, CA, with an
all-expense paid trip by
the Hilton Corporation.
Congratulations to Nancy
Rogers, Hampton Inn
Manager and Huie &
Doris Bird,
owners.
Bicentennial
Commemoration of the
Louisiana Purchase
events are going on
statewide in 2003.
President Thomas
Jefferson purchased from
France 828,000 square
miles of land west of
the Mississippi River
for $15 Million -
roughly 4 cents an acre
- in 1803, doubling the
size of the United
States. Lake Dardanelle
is having a Floating
Through History on the
Arkansas River on May 17
from 10 a.m. until 3
p.m. Seating is limited
so call in advance to
sign up at (479)
967-5516. To view a
clickable Calendar of
Events listings for the
state go to
http://www.lapurchase.org/calendar.html
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Volume
4 Issue 5
Monthly Tourism Committee
Meeting - April 30th 10 a.m.;
Chamber