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82
Years of Progress
1921-2003
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 Volume
4 Issue 8
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Published
monthly by the
Clarksville-Johnson
County Chamber of
Commerce
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August
2003
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Leadership
Johnson County
IV to
Begin
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September will mark the
beginning of the fourth
Leadership Johnson
County classes sponsored
by the
Clarksville-Johnson
County Chamber of
Commerce. This program
is an issues oriented
leadership development
program that has been
designed to inform,
motivate, and challenge
selected participants
through education and
interaction with
community, county and
state leaders and
decision makers. It
brings together
potential community
leaders to learn more
about Johnson County,
share learning
experiences, exchange
ideas, and thus become
eager to volunteer their
time and talents in the
spirit of community
service.
Anyone
residing in Johnson
County may apply for
admission to the
program; fifteen
candidates will be
selected to participate.
Tuition is $250 for
program costs. A
candidate may pay the
tuition or his/her
employer may pay the
tuition. Arrangements
must be confirmed prior
to the first meeting in
September. Applications
must be approved. To
date, seven applications
have been received at
the Chamber office.
The
class meets one full day
per month from September
through May. The
co-directors for this
year's class are Sherry
Boen, Consumer Loan
Officer with Bank of the
Ozarks and Stacy
Nowotny, AVP/Loan
Officer with Simmons
First Bank. For
additional information
or an application, call
or come by the Chamber
office at 101 N. Johnson
Street. (479) 754-2340
Get your application
in today, time is
running out!
University
of the Ozarks
featured in
The
Chronicle of
Higher
Education
The
University of
the Ozarks is
one of six
private
colleges
featured in a
cover story in
the August 1,
2003 issue of
The
Chronicle of
Higher
Education,
a national
weekly
newspaper that
is widely
considered one
of the top
academic
publications in
the
world.
In
an article
titled, "Back
From the Brink:
How six private
colleges, once
in steep
decline, found
ways to survive
- and even
prosper - in
tough economic
times," The
Chronicle
reported that
Ozarks had
"created a
vibrant
on-campus life
for students"
to boost
enrollment and
increase
retention
rates. The
article also
pointed out
that Ozarks has
no long-term
debt, has
operated with a
balanced budget
for the past
six years, and
has doubled its
endowment since
1997.
A
picture of U of
O students
scaling a
climbing wall
on campus was
used as the
publication's
primary cover
photograph.
"When
The
Chronicle
contacted us
several weeks
ago about
featuring
Ozarks as one
of the nation's
outstanding
success
stories, I was
elated," said U
of O President
Dr. Rick Niece.
"Then when the
issue was
published and
Ozarks was on
the cover, I
was ecstatic.
All of us at
Ozarks have
worked
tremendously
hard the past
six years for
recognition of
this nature. To
have the
leading
publication in
the world of
academe
highlight our
campus in this
manner is an
honor beyond
description."
The
other private
colleges
featured in the
publication
included, Rocky
Mountain
College
in Montana,
Bellevue
University in
Nebraska,
Muskingum
College in
Ohio,
University of
Hartford in
Connecticut,
and Chatham
College in
Pennsylvania.
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 105th
Annual Johnson
County
Fair
Calendar
of
Events
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Each
year the Annual
Johnson County
Fair gets
bigger and
better and this
year is no
exception.
Below you will
find a Calendar
of Events; make
your plans now
to attend! Gate
admission of $1
per person will
be charged on
Wednesday and
Thursday, 5
p.m. - 10 p.m.
and Friday and
Saturday, 1
p.m. - 10
p.m.
Friday
Night, August
22 at 6
p.m. - Horse
Show (Speed
Show) - Lamar
Arena
Saturday
Night, August
23 at 6
p.m. - Horse
Show (Halter
Show &
Performance) -
Lamar Arena
Tuesday,
September
2:
12 Noon - 6:00
p.m. ---All
Fair Building
exhibits
entered
1:00 - 6:00
p.m. ---Poultry
entered
5:30 - 7:30
p.m. ---Tyson
Dinner*
7-10 p.m.
---Entertainment:
"The Pake
McEntire
Show"*
*Tickets may be
purchased at
OK/Harvest
Foods and the
Chamber of
Commerce.
Ticket prices
are: $12.00 for
Tyson Dinner
and Pake
McEntire
Show
$8.00 for Pake
McEntire Show
only
Wednesday,
September
3:
8 a.m. - Noon
---All Fair
Building
exhibits
entered
8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
---All
livestock
exhibits
entered and
weighed in
Noon - 6 p.m.
---Judging
Exhibits
(exhibit
building
closed)
6 p.m.
---Junior
Exhibitor
meeting (at
Grandstand)
Wednesday
Night:
Exhibits on
Display,
Carnival
6:30 p.m.
---Baby Pageant
- outside
stage
7:30 p.m.
---Market Hog
Show and Market
Hog
Showmanship
8:30 p.m. - 10
p.m.
---Entertainment
- outside
stage
Thursday,
September
4:
9:30 a.m.
---Judging
Breeding Beef -
at the
livestock
barn
10 a.m.
---Judging
Poultry
11:30 a.m.
---Dairy
Judging
1 p.m.
---Rabbit
Showmanship
1 p.m.
---Commercial
Gilt &
Breeding
Swine
1:30 p.m.
---Judging
Breeding
Goats
2:30 p.m.
---Market Goat
Show and
Showmanship
3:30 p.m.
---Market Lamb
Show and
Showmanship
4 p.m.
---Judging
Breeding
Sheep
4:30 p.m.
---Commercial
Ewe Lamb
Class
Thursday
Night:
Exhibits on
Display,
Carnival
6 p.m. - 10
p.m. ---Arm
Band Night
6 p.m.
---Livestock
Activities
begin -
livestock barn
arena
Parade of
Breeding Beef
Champions,
Market Steer
Show, Beef
Showmanship
Contest.
8 p.m. ---Jr.
Livestock
Market Sale -
arena
(Steers-Lambs-Hogs-Goats,
time
approximate)
7 p.m. - 10
p.m. ---Gospel
Singing: "Firm
Foundation" by
Darrell
Forque
Friday,
September
5:
1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
---School Day
(Arm Band
Day)
10 a.m. - Noon
---Adult
Special
Services,
Daycare,
Kindergarten
1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
---Above
Kindergarten
2 p.m.
---Livestock
and Poultry
Judging Contest
(4-H and
FFA)
Friday
Night:
Exhibits on
Display,
Carnival
7 p.m. - 10
p.m. ---Talent
Contest
10 p.m. ---
Midnight
Madness
Saturday,
September
6:
9 a.m. ---Sale
of Poultry,
Pullets -
livestock
building
3 p.m. ---Pet
Show - outside
stage
5 p.m.
---Chainsaw
Cutting Contest
- arena
Saturday
NIght:
Exhibits on
Display,
Carnival
7 p.m. ---Fair
Princess
Contest
8 p.. ---Queen
and Teen Miss
Contests (These
two contests
will be held at
the Marvin L.
Vincent
Multi-Purpose
Building across
the street from
the
Fairgrounds).
7 p.m. - 10
p.m. ---"The
Uprisin' " by
Tim Skaggs
Sunday,
September
7:
Exhibits in the
livestock barn
are to be
picked up
between 8 a.m.
& 3 p.m.
and exhibits in
the Fair
Building are to
picked up
between 1:30
p.m. & 3
p.m.
Each
year on
Thursday night
of the Johnson
County Fair,
businessmen and
women gather
together to
help support
the 4-H and FFA
kids at the
Annual Jr.
Livestock
Auction. The
auction is a
way to support
and reward a
hard six months
to a year of
work with their
projects. The
Johnson County
Fair Board
would like to
extend an open
invitation to
anyone who
would like to
come to this
event whether
you are a
buyer, a
spectator, or
even a fan of
these kids -
you all are
making a
difference in
their lives.
For additional
schedule
information,
pick up a
Schedule of
Events from the
County
Extension
Office
Chamber.
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Clarksville-Johnson
County
Chamber of
Commerce -
2003
Executive
Committee
Lee
White -
President
Matt Wylie -
1st Vice
President
Freeman Wish -
2nd Vice
President
Ken Golden -
Sec/Treasurer
Adele Jacobs -
Immediate Past
President
Government/Schools
Judge
Mike Jacobs -
Johnson
County
Mayor Billy
Helms -
Clarksville
Mayor James
Hester -
Knoxville
Beverly Wagner
- Lamar
Dr. Rick Niece
- Schools
Board
of Directors
Chris
Allen --- Sara
Lee Hosiery
Steve Burch ---
Century 21
Billy Dickerson
--- OK/Harvest
Foods
Dorinda
Edmisten ---
Ozark Rape
Crisis
Center
Steve Fisher
--- AR River
Valley
Dentistry
Bliss Hicky ---
Regions
Bank
Robbie Jackson
--- East Mt.
Zion Trinity
Baptist
Janice Joyce
--- Bank of the
Ozarks
Betty Killough
--- Tyson
Foods, Inc.
Carol Martin
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Individual
Jim Pat Mills
--- Mills Oil
Company
Robbi Mooney
---Mid South
Roller
Max Slaughter
--- Johnson
Chevrolet
David Taylor
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Individual
Harve Taylor
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Individual
Denton
Tumbleson ---
Simmons First
Bank
Darrell
Williams ---
University of
the Ozarks
Freeman Wish
--- Mazzio's
Pizza
Executive
Director
Vicki
Lyons
Chamber
Staff
Karen
Johnson
Ramona
Cogan
(479) 754-2340
Fax (479)
754-4923
Email:
cjccofc@cswnet.com
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New
& Renewing
Members
*Crews
& Associates
*Arkansas River Valley Parts
& Equipment
Aramark Catering
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Welcome New Members
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Calendar
of Events
 Arkansas
Scholars Meeting - August 4th
10:00 a.m.; Chamber
ARVTPR
Association Meeting - August
5th 10:00 a.m.; Lake Dardanelle
State Park
Johnson
County Community Foundation
Meeting - August 6th Noon; U
of O
Soccer
Registration - August 7th
& 8th 5-7 p.m. and August
9th; 10:00 a.m.-Noon; Marvin L.
Vincent Multipurpose
Building
Ambassadors
Monthly Meeting - August 12th
9 a.m.; Chamber
4-H
Barbecue Chicken Dinner -
August 12 from 11:00-1:00; First
United Methodist Church. Tickets
($6.00) may be pre-ordered at
754-2240 or purchased at the
door
Bargains
Galore on 64 - August 7-9
Highway 64 from Fort Smith to
Conway
Clarksville-Johnson
County Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors Meeting - August
20th; 11:00 a.m.; U of O.
General Membership Luncheon
- Noon; U of O Seay Student
Center. Speakers at Luncheon will
be Reggie Holstead from
Greenville Tube and a
representative from the Fair
Board.
105th
Annual Johnson County Fair -
September 1-6; Daily at the
Johnson County Fair
Grounds
Arkansas
State Finals Rodeo - October
16-18; Hurley's Arena on Hwy. 64
West. Starting times and ticket
prices TBA
Clarksville
Kiwanis 5-K - October 25th;
8:00 a.m.; Entry fee $15 in
advance, $20 day of race.
Proceeds go to Kiwanis Club
supported charities. Call
479-754-7296 for additional
information
Bargains
Galore on 64
The
third annual Bargains Galore on
64 will be held August 7-9.
Communities all along Highway 64
reported thousands of visitors on
each of the three days last year.
Businesses and individuals are
asked to have antique or good
quality flea market booths along
the entire 130-mile route from
Ft. Smith to Conway. The more
booths that are available, the
more visitors/shoppers it will
attract. Plan now to
participate!
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The
Center for Business and Economic
Research at the University of
Arkansas provided the population
projections for Johnson County to
the year 2025 (below). They have
also completed a study of
population trends for each of the
seventy-five Arkansas counties,
the state Metropolitan
Statistical Areas (MSAs), the
state regional planning areas as
defined by the Arkansas
Department of Economic
Development (ADED), and the state
as a whole. These studies were
done to provide important data to
facilitate the decision-making
process for Arkansas government
and business. You can visit their
website
at
http://cber.uark.edu/
where you will find additional
demographic and economic
information.
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Baseline
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Lower Bound
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Upper Bound
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Year
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Estimate
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Absolute
Change from
2002
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Percent Change from
2002
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Estimate
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Absolute Change from
2002
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Percent Change from
2002
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Estimate
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Absolute Change from
2002
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Percent Change from
2002
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1998
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22,573
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1999
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22,656
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2000
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22,796
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2001
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22,922
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2002
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23,148
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2005
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23,536
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388
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1.7%
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23,263
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115
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0.5%
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23,813
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665
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2.9%
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2010
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24,277
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1,129
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4.9%
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23,790
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642
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2.8%
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24,775
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1,627
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7.0%
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2015
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25,042
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1,894
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8.2%
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34,311
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1,163
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5.0%
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25,794
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2,646
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11.4%
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2020
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25,830
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2,682
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11.6%
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24,842
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1,694
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7.0%
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26,857
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3,709
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16.0%
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2025
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26,643
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3,495
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15.1%
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25,382
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2,234
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9.7%
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27,965
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4,817
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20.8%
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Arkansas
Rodeo Association Championship
Finals -
Clarksville
 The
Arkansas Rodeo Association has
announced that Clarksville will
be host to the 35th Championship
Finals Rodeo at Hurley's Arena on
October 16, 17, & 18.
Starting time and ticket prices
will be announced at a later
date. There will be Cowboys and
Cowgirls competing in nine
different events including:
Bareback, Saddle Bronc, Bull
Riding, Calf Roping, Steer
Wrestling, Team Roping, Cowgirls
Barrel Racing, Cowgirls Breakaway
Roping and Junior Barrel Racing.
Bring the whole family and enjoy
three nights of fun and
fascination. Keep up on the
events by visiting
http://www.ararodeo.com.
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Darla
Morgan, Chamber Ambassador, hard
at work promoting Johnson County
at a recent Car & Truck Show
at Russellville.
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Clarksville-Johnson County
Chamber of Commerce
101 North Johnson Street
Clarksville, Arkansas 72830
479-754-2340 Fax: 479-754-4923
cjccofc@cswnet.com
www.clarksvillearchamber.com
For Immediate
Release:
June 20, 2003
Contact: Vicki Lyons,
Executive Director (479) 754-2340
Dale Carnegie Course®
"The Winning Strategy Is Coming To Clarksville!"
Clarksville, Arkansas - The
Clarksville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce announced
this week that the Dale Carnegie Course® is coming to
Clarksville. With nearly a century of proven success, the
Dale Carnegie Course® is highly recommended for anyone
who wants to improve his or her self-confidence,
communication and leadership skills. It is also excellent
for people who seek to control stress and anxiety. The class
is being co-sponsored by the Clarksville-Johnson County
Chamber of Commerce Workforce Training Committee and Jerry
Wilson & Associates, LLC, the license-holder for Dale
Carnegie Training in Arkansas.
"To succeed today, you must
begin partnering with employees in a process of continuous
improvement that creates change by choice. It's the people
that determine the success of any company," said Daren
Howard, Sales Manager for Jerry Wilson & Associates,
LLC, the license holder for Dale Carnegie Training in
Arkansas.
The Dale Carnegie
Course® is designed to maximize the growth of
organizations and focuses on modifying human behavior. The
concrete principles of success that are taught enable people
to take an active role in the forward movement of their
organization.
"The course changes that way
teams work as well as how they think - - - about themselves
and others, " said Howard. "By building on the strengths
people already possess, you see improved self-confidence,
accountability, leadership, and cooperation generated
through teamwork."
As the international leader
in business skills development, Dale Carnegie Training
offers programs to more than 4 million people in 70
countries. The courses are accredited by the Accrediting
Council for Continuing Education and Training. College
transfer credits are also available.
For more information about
Dale Carnegie Training or the class currently forming,
please contact Vicki Lyons at 479-754-2340.
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