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Venable of AHTD to speak to Arkadelphia Rotary about bridge project, March 27

3/26/2015

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The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet Friday, March 27, 2015, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Mr. Jeff Venable, District 7 Engineer for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, has been invited to serve as guest speaker and will talk about the upcoming bridge project in Clark County. Rotarians and guests are invited to attend.
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Jeff Venable currently is the District Engineer with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, District Seven, Camden, Arkansas. He is a 1978 graduate of Louisiana Tech University with degrees in Engineering and Land Surveying and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Arkansas and a Registered Civil Engineer in Louisiana.  

Beginning in the fall of 1972, Jeff Venable has 42+ years of experience in the construction and engineering related field including 5.5 years working for a roadway contractor, 4.5 years as an engineering consultant, and 32.5 years with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. While with the Arkansas Highway Department, he has held the positions of Assistant-to-Resident Engineer, Field Engineer I and 2, Advanced Field Engineer, Assistant Resident Engineer, Resident Engineer, District Maintenance Engineer, and currently, District Engineer in District 7, Camden.

Jeff Venable has worked in various locations with the Department, starting with 3.5 years in the Hope Resident 32 office, 9 years in the Hot Springs Resident 64 office, 6.5 years in the West Little Rock Resident 65 office, 6 years in the Camden Resident 74 office, 6 years in Camden District as District Maintenance Engineer and 1+ years in Camden as District Engineer. Over his career, he has been involved with numerous roadway and bridge construction projects, various maintenance projects as well as several municipal streets, drainage, and land development projects.

Jeff Venable is originally from Hot Springs, Arkansas and has been married to Debbie Venable of Ruston, LA for 42+ years. They have 2 sons, Scott and Shawn Venable, and granddaughter, Lorelai. 
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City of Arkadelphia departments to speak to Arkadelphia Rotary Club, March 20

3/19/2015

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The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet Friday, March 20, 2015, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Fellow Rotarian and City Manager Jimmy Bolt will bring representatives from the police and sanitation department to speak about changes at the city. Rotarians and guests are invited to attend.
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Jimmy Bolt, Administration
Jimmy Bolt has served as city manager since 2005, working his way up from building inspector, public works director, and assistant to the city manager. In his current role, he is responsible for leadership and administration of the daily operations of the City of Arkadelphia, including all departments and funds, and prepares and submits to the Board of Directors a balanced budget of municipal services in adherence with the policy goals and objectives established by the Board of Directors. Under Bolt's guidance, Arkadelphia's goals are providing an expected level of service for residents while being fiscally responsible and working within the city's resources. To reach those goals and improve quality of life in Arkadelphia, an added focus has been on sustainability. Bolt is a 1977 Arkadelphia High School graduate and attended Henderson State University. He completed Harvard Kennedy School Training for Senior Executives in State and Local Government in 2010. Over the course of his career, he has worked for International Paper Company in Gurdon, Arkansas, and operated his own refrigeration and heating business. Bolt is a Leadership Arkansas graduate and 12-year member of the Arkadelphia Rotary Club.

Aaron Bopp, Sanitation Department
Aaron Bopp began working for the Sanitation Department in Hot Springs in July 2000 and worked his way up to the position of Commercial Supervisor. He accepted the challenge of managing the Arkadelphia Sanitation Department in July 2014. He is a graduate of Kirby High School and holds many ADEQ certificates and job performance awards. He is active in church and physical fitness activities. Aaron will be speaking about improvements to our sanitation system.   

Jason Jackson, Police Department
Lieutenant Jason Jackson (Shorty) has been with the Arkadelphia Police Department for over 19 years and is a lifelong resident of Clark County. Jason has worked in dispatch, patrol, and the criminal investigation division; and is currently assigned as the supervisor over criminal investigations. Lt. Jackson will be speaking about Arkadelphia’s new officer camera system.
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Vince, author of "When Life Throws You Curves, Keep Swinging," will serve as guest speaker at Arkadelphia Rotary on March 6

3/4/2015

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The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet Friday, March 6, 2015, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Mr. David Vince, author of the book "When Life Throws you Curves, Keep Swinging," has been invited to serve as guest speaker.  Rotarians and guests are invited to attend.
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David is the author of the forthcoming book,” When Life Throws You Curves, Keep Swinging.” He is an inspirational speaker with a truly unique story of overcoming hardship, living life to the fullest and motivating young men and women to achieve their full potential in sports and in life.

As a baseball coach in the collegiate and high school ranks for 29 years, David earned 470 victories – despite the fact that he walks on two prosthetic legs and never played the game of baseball himself. David also coached as an assistant football coach for eight years, girls weightlifting for seven years, girls basketball three years and boys cross country for three years.

His story inspires others to overcome obstacles in their own lives and achieve their own success. He is a former head coach of Campbellsville University in Kentucky, where he led the team to a Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship in 1987 — the first baseball conference championship in the history of the school.

David has had 10 district champion teams, eight district runner-up teams, two state final four teams, and one state runner-up team. He was a 10-time coach of the year recipient in various divisions. He has also coached baseball in Holland, Spain, Czech Republic, Sweden, Australia, Puerto Rico, Italy, Curacao, and Hawaii. David has worked as an associate scout for the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians and Tampa Bay Rays.

David, who recently retired from coaching, lives in Louisiana with his wife, Susan, and their three children.

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    • Club History
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      • DeWitt, Terry
      • Franz, Joe
      • Graham, Eddie
      • Grant, Daniel
      • Hasley, Leah
      • Kluck, Wesley
      • Loe, Shelley
      • Lynch, Alfred B.
      • McCorkle, Ed
      • Ross, Lori
      • Schuck, Gaylen
      • Sesser, David
      • Sesser, Deborah
      • Thomas, Nikki
      • Thomson, David
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