Embedded Files
2000
Oct. 18 — Chris Thyer, Amendment 3
Oct. 25 — Carl Bayne, Head of Committee for Healthier Ark / Chart Plan (no show)
Nov. 1 — Jack McCann — Craighead Co. Sheriff — 933-4550
Nov. 8 — Brian Boyer — ASU Women’s Basketball Coach
Nov. 15 — Mike Smith — Safe Jonesboro Coalition — 931-1111
Nov. 22 — Roundtable
Nov. 29 — Bruce Tippitt, Spiritual Aims — 932-3456
Dec. 6 — Jerry Bookout
Dec. 13 — JHS Choir — Christmas Concert (snow cancelation)
Dec. 20 — Charles Frierson, History of Craighead Forest/Nature Center — 932-6643
Dec. 27 — Roundtable
2001
Jan. 3 — Wilma Maiers, Lt. Governor visit
Jan. 10 — Margo Reiser, Friends of the Library — 935-5133
Jan. 17 — Kevin Wade/Martin Coco — St. Louis Cardinals/Vice President-Ticket sales — 1-314-425-0649 Kevin – 914-425-0632 Matt – 314-425-0608
Jan. 24 — John Sawyer, History of Nettleton/Nettleton Schools (Safety) — 910-7801 (221)
Jan. 31 — Tom Stocker , Play by Play for ASU Men’s Basketball/Memphis Redbirds
Feb. 7 — Christi Matthews,Make a Wish Foundation
Feb. 14 — Committee Day
Feb. 21 — Ryan Gribble/Linnie Johnson — Mkt. Director, Arkansas Riverblades/Twisters — (Hm 501-228-4674) (Office 501-907-2333)
Feb. 28 — Mayor Brodell — (Tablet of honor – Lee Hummelstein, Winston Burton, Jimmy Adcox)
March 7 — Henry Jones, Chamber of Commerce projects (video)
March 14 — Lt. Rick Elliott , Jonesboro Police Dept./Lie Detector
March 21 — Paul Copeland, Exec. Dir. March of Dimes — 932-0300
March 28 — Sandra Armstrong, St. Bernards Sleep Disorders Center — 972-4576
April 4 — Judy Furr — COPS Leadership Council
April 11 — Marion Berry, Congressman
April 18 — Larry Washka, 10 Stocks that could change the world — Judith Gallman, Agent, 501-975-7297
April 25 — Mark Frankum , KAIT Weather
May 2 — Danny Beaver, National Prayer Day/Miss Teen
May 9 — Sid Banks Scholarship/(Clyde) — Kiwanis International Understanding —
May 16 — Terry Barnett, Accupuncture
May 23 — Judge Haas — Teen Pregnancy/Lake?
May 30 — O.C. Johnson, Legislative Overview (Senator and 2 reps)
June 6 — Prof. Alex Sydorenko, Ukraine presentation
June 13 — Jane McDaniel, International Understanding (needs screen & extension cord)
June 20 — Mark Young, Director for Center of Economic Development (ASU) — 910-8180
June 27 — Sherri Greuel, Executive Director of the Forum
July 4 — No speaker
July 11 — Committee Day
July 18 — Robert Franklin, KASU Station manager
July 25 — Brian Rega — St. Bernard’s Village “Expansion”
Aug. 1 — Danny Honnell, Battle of Jonesboro 972-75078
Aug. 8 — Carleen Marburger, 931-7447 Convention/Musical Review to celebrate musicals in Jboro pst 30 years “String of Pearls”
Aug. 15 — Trey Stafford
Aug. 22 — Ben Owens
Aug. 29 — Carol Ward/Russ Patton
Sept. 5 — Jen Vincent, AYUSA Global Youth Exchange
Sept. 12 — Burnis Posey, In God We Trust — 931-8247
Sept. 19 — Loverd Peacock, Art Therapy – Radiation Oncologist, Medical director, B.E. Owens Cancer center (Suzette Guthrie 972-4510)
Sept. 26 — No meeting/ 27-Kiwanis banquet
Oct. 3 — Sen. John Riggs (D) Sen Maj. Leader — (Blue Ribbon comm. on education) 501-666-8200 (Mika Strother - Thompson Group)
Oct. 10 — United Way — Carol Anne Belk – 935-3658
Oct. 17 — Wilma Maier, Kiwanis Governor’s Conference
Oct. 24 — Larry Fugate, Jonesboro Sun
Oct. 31 — Islamic imam
Nov. 7 — Bert Greenwalt, Structure and Function of Fed. Reserve (Board of Dir. Of Fed Res. Bank of STL.)
Nov. 14 — Chubby Heern/Emil Williams, Depression support group
Nov. 21 — Roundtable
Nov. 28 — Committee Day
Dec. 5 — Brian Boyer, Women’s Basketball Coach
Dec. 12 — Charles Fenske, ASU Men’s Asst Basketball Coach
Dec. 19 — Ron Deal ???
Dec. 26 — Round Table
2002
Jan. 2 — Clyde Wilhoite, Membership / Tara Perry, Miss Teen Jboro (cancelled)
Jan. 9 — Marion Berry
Jan. 16 — Jonesboro Church Health Center — Flo Jones , Dr. Rainwater; also new member introduction
Jan. 23 — Les Wyatt, ASU
Jan. 30 — Charlott Jones, Tax laws — 935-2871
Feb. 6 — Jerry Allison
Feb. 13 — Mike Beebe
Feb. 20 — Jan Dugger, Judge Lee Fergus, Emerald Gala, Cindy Thyer Amendment 80.
Feb. 27 — Steve Ewart, Public Transportation study
March 6 — Joe Barnett, Ark Highway Dept.
March 13 — Thyer, Prunty, Roebuck, Johnson — Race Dist. 74 Candidates
March 20 — Roy Greenwood, Craighead Co. Hist. Soc.-Memories of WW2 & (Stacy Harrell, Business Expo)
March 27 — Jim Stillwell — ASU Chair of Physical Education (National Youth Sports Program)
April 3 — Jerry Bookout/Bobby Lee Trammell — Senate Candidate Forum (Bobby Lee did not show up!)
April 10 — Rodney Rouse/Jim Watson — Heritage Park Rod Run
April 17 — Larry Boling/Curt Huckaby
April 24 — Attendance Awards — Cindy Thyer
May 1 — Dale Haas — National Prayer Day
May 8 — Brenda Ward, Nancy Nelms, Steve Cline — Craighead County Clerk Candidates
May 15 — Consumer Protection presentation — Larry Crain
May 22 — Henry Jones, Industrial Devel./Recruitment
May 29 — Matt Knight — Mid South Health Systems – Mental Health P.R. 972-4912
June 5 — Derek Hogue, Vector Mosquito Control — 933-6939
June 12 — Doug Formon, DARE Program dformon@jonesboro.org
June 19 — Scott Hancock, Craighead County Community Foundation — 268-2322
June 26 — Beverly Parker, Director St. B’s Senior Health Clinic Aging Services for NEACenter for Aging — 930-9900
July 3 — Veteran Memories — Lee Hummelstein, John Braley, Red Williams & Morris Mayes
July 10 — Rohn Craft, Update on Nature Center
July 17 — Steve Roberts, ASU Football coach
July 24 — Linda Medlock, ASU Museum
July 31 — Delegate Reports
Aug. 7 — Leonard Jadrich, Jonesboro Fire Marshal
Aug. 14 — Robert Jones, Estate Planning
Aug. 21 — Clyde Anderson, General Manager KAIT
Aug. 28 — Marty Boyd. Deputy Sheriff — Drugs in Craighead County
Sept. 4 — Tom Templeton, Literacy Council
Sept. 11 — Ann Montogomery — CASA —
Sept. 18 — Mike Johnson/Kim Wilbanks — Nettleton
Sept. 25 — Sach Oliver/ Megahn Cureton, ASU Student Government Association President / Miss C.C. Rice
Oct. 2 — Vickie Supine/Sherry Cotheran — NEA Council on Family Violence
Oct. 9 — Lt. Col. David Grossman — Kids and Violence
Oct. 16 — Roundtable
Oct. 23 — Andrea Wilson — Families Inc
30 —
2003
May (Ockert)
21—Alec Farmer, John Street & Darrell Dover — City Council roundtable
28 — Zoe Rossi, Arkansas Securities Dept. — Investigate Your Investments
June (McCall)
4 — Jason Wilkie — Jonesboro Parks & Recreation
11 — ASU football Coach Steve Roberts
18 — State Rep. Chris Thyer & Sen. Jerry Bookout
25 — Dr. Les Wyatt
July (Phillips)
2 — Craighead County Library
9 — Craighead County Assessor Eddie Thomas
16 — Jack Richardson, Craighead County Emergency Management
23 — Bonner Dison, Jonesboro Foundation for the Arts
30 — Joanne Iwan, Jonesboro United Way
August (Wilhoite)
6 — John Hartnedy, state deputy insurance commissioner
13 — St. Bernard’s Healthcare — Ben Owens, president, and Chris Barber, administrator of St. Bernard’s Medical Center
20 — ASU volleyball Coach Craig Cummings & team
27 — ASU basketball Coach Dickey Nutt
September (Blanks)
3 — Dr. Ben Cranfill & Dr. Norman Stafford — Prostate Cancer Awareness
9 — Installation Banquet, JCC, 6:30 p.m. — Paige Cothren
10 — No regular meeting
17 — Bobby McDaniel — Tort reform: An attorney’s view
24 — Chuck Long, regional education coordinator, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission — on Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center
October (Johnson)
1 — Business meeting
8 — Col. Don Melton, director, Arkansas State Police
15 — Joe Barnett, district engineer, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept.
22 — Jonesboro Mayor Hubert Brodell
29 — Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe
November (Hyatt)
5 — Journalist Robert McCord — “Public Schools: Bring Arkansas Up to Date”
12 — Dr. Erik Gilbert, ASU assistant professor of history — “Understanding the Middle East”
19 — Dr. Catherine Cotten — “Cuba: International Education”
26 — Chuck Gschwend, pastor, Jonesboro Community Church
December (Beaverstock)
3 — Stacy Pittman, Arkansas Chamber of Commerce president
10 — Jonesboro High School choir
17 — Business meeting
24 — Roundtable
31 — Roundtable
2004
January (Beaverstock)
7 — Marlin Shipman
14 — Rennell Woods, CYM
21 — Mark Morrow, Business Expo
28 — Charlott Jones
February (Wilhoite)
4 — Keith Kessinger
11 — Nicole Covey
18 — Tom McDonald
27 — CWL — Adam Soulesbury?
March (McCall)
3 — Melanie Wilcoxson, HealthSouth, on strokes
10 — Business meeting
17 — Connie Meeks, Blue Cross Blue Shield
24 — Cari White & John Freeman, CofC
31 — Dr. Dennis White (ASU Professor of Speech Comm.), employer support of National Guard & Reserve
April (Spencer)
7 — Marion Berry
14 — Jim Stearns
21 — Wilma Maiers
28 — Jerry John
May (Spencer)
5 — Prayer Day: Vic Stepka
12 — Sheriff candidates
19 — Nettleton Key Club
26 — Alan Kutucker, Family Service Counselor, Jonesboro Memorial Park
June (Beaverstock)
1 — Arkansas Sheriff’s Youth Ranch
8 — Business meeting
15 — Dr. Richard Neeley, professor of communication disorders and director of Communication Disorders Program at ASU
23 — Prosecutor Brent Davis
30 — Wally Jackson from Clear Channel Communications — dog jumping competition
July (Hyatt)
7 — Ockert, Black and Maier on Int. convention
14 — Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center
21 — Brenda Ward, Medicare Drug Cards
28 — Ruth Hawkins, “Hemingway’s Arkansas”
Aug. (Lewis)
4 — Sheri Batey, Foundation of Arts
11 — Roy Ockert, APA film (last-minute sub)
18 — ASU volleyball coach Craig Cummings
25 — Memories of Phil Jones
Sept. (Spencer)
1 — Business meeting
8 — State Sen. Jim Holt
15 — Christie Jordan, Executive Director, Jonesboro Food Bank
22 — United Way
29 — Greg Goodner, Hytrol
2007
Feb. 7 — Alec Farmer, Jonesboro businessman — His perspectives on city government after completing a 4-year term on the City Council.
Feb. 14 — Steve Barnes, free-lance journalist and moderator of AETN’s “Arkansas Week” — a report on the legislative session.
Feb. 21 — 1st District Rep. Marion Berry — a report on the Congressional session.
Feb. 28 — Dr. Patrick Stewart, associate professor of political science at ASU — “The Presidency and Humor” (a PowerPoint presentation).
Dec. 5 — Todd Rouse, minister of youth, First Baptist Church, Jonesboro
Dec. 12 — Valley View High School Choir — Christmas concert
Dec. 19 — Key Club
Dec. 26 — Round table
2008
Jan. 2 — ???
Jan. 9 — Bob Gibson, chairman of the Jonesboro Airport Commission.
Jan. 16 — ???
Jan. 23 — Keith Kessinger, Arkansas State University baseball coach
Jan. 30 — A representative of KAIT speaking on digital TV.
Feb. 6 — “Super Duper Tuesday Explained” — a panel discussion on Tuesday’s presidential primaries featuring four members of the Arkansas State University political science faculty — Drs. Richard Wang, Will McLean, Patrick Stewart and Jon Lofton.
Feb. 13 — Gov. Mike Beebe.
Feb. 20 — Free-lance journalist and “Arkansas Weeek” host Steve Barnes
Feb. 27 — Michael Langley, director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
March 5 — Doug Doggett, associate director of athletics for external operations at Arkansas State University and director of the Indian Club (soon to be the Wolf Club?)
March 12 — Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, former state representative from Jonesboro
March 19 — 1st District Congressman Marion Berry
March 26 — Dr. Robert Potts, chancellor of Arkansas State University
April 2 — A report on the Delta Blues Symposium
April 9 — Barbara Pitcock, director of services, The Learning Center
April 16 — New member induction and state-of-the-club update
April 23 — Meeting at Jonesboro High School for a program by a JHS theater group; eat in the school cafeteria.
April 30 — Joel Cox, Game Face sports magazine
May 7 — Jason Whitley and Butch Wilkins, Democratic candidates for state representative in District 74 (western Craighead County)
May 14 — Sherri Mitchell, American Cancer Society
May 21 — Cari White. executive vice president and chief operating officer, Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce
May 28 — Ben Davis, Medicare Extra
June 4 — ???
June 11 — Steve Culp, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service agent — an overview of this year’s agriculture prospects in NEA.
June 18 — ???
June 25 — Teresa Guerrero, Alzheimer’s Association
July 2 — Dia Sawyer, Heart Gallery and Adoption Coalition
July 9 — Michael Cook, chief of staff, Arkansas Lt. Governor’s Office to speak on the Lottery Issue.
July 16 — A Jonesboro Public School representative doing a program on the magnet schools
July 23 — Janet Ginn with Heifer International
July 30 — The Kiwanis District Governor will speak (Jerry W. Martin)
Aug. 6 — Dr. G. Daniel Howard, vice chancellor for academic affairs and research at Arkansas State University — “Globalization”
Aug. 13 — Felecia Parks, mayoral candidate
Aug. 20 — Harold Perrin, mayoral candidate
Aug. 27 — Jason Wilkie with City of Jonesboro Parks and Recreation
Sept. 3 — ???
Sept. 10 — Jason Willett, mayoral candidate
Sept. 17 — Alec Farmer, mayoral candidate
Week of Sept. 22-26 — Banquet
Oct. 1 — Bob Williams, YMCA
Oct. 8 — Dennis White , Beck Pride Center
Oct. 15 — Charlott Jones, JETS
Oct. 22 — John Brady, ASU men’s basketball coach
Oct. 29 — Brian Boyer, ASU women’s basketball coach
Nov. 5 — Ryan Norris, American Red Cross donor recruitment supervisor
Nov. 12 — Jim Dean, district director, Quapaw Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Nov. 19 — Wendy Kirk, United Way
Nov. 26 — Jimmy Young, minister, Nettleton Church of Christ
Dec. 3 — Dr. Matt Crain, Centers for Fathers & Families (a United Way agency)
Dec. 10 — JHS Camatada Singers Christmas program; Mark Black – Pancake Day (12:30-1:00)
Dec. 17 — Christie Jordan, Food Bank of NEA
Dec. 24 — Round table
Dec. 31 — David Eckert, Jonesboro Craighead County Library
2009
Jan. 7 — Christie Jordan, Food Bank
Jan. 14 — Paces, Kim Schumpert, UW Agency
Jan. 21 — Thomas Templeton, Literacy League
Jan. 28 — TBD, Craighead County Single Parent Scholarship Foundation
Feb. 4 — Paul Slim, Arkansas Sheriffs Youth Ranch
Feb. 11 — Mayor Harold Perrin, City of Jonesboro
Feb. 18 — Melody Adams & Lacey Williams, Jonesboro Young Professionals Network
Feb. 25 — Kim Dollins, Barbara Nuckles, & student recipient, Craighead County Single Parent Scholarship Foundation
March 4 — Candace Martin, Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce
March 11 — Brent Cassady, Jones & Company, Ltd. — Tax Update
March 18 — Dr. Chris Curtis — How to Stay Young the First 100 Years
March 25 — Major Craig Greenham, Salvation Army
April 1 — Taura McDaniel, NEA Children’s Advocacy Center
April 8 — Dot Johnson, CASA
April 15 — JHS Performing Arts — South Pacific — canceled
April 22 — Lt. Governor Bill Halter Topic: The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
April 29 — Christy Appleton is coming next week to talk about the Jonesboro Church Health Center and the Peach Drive
May 6 — Steve Ewart, Jonesboro JETS
May 13 — Misty Murphey, Arkansas Children’s Hospital (Kampaign for Kids)
May 20 — Dr. Steven Emerson, DaVinci Surgical Robot
May 27— Lloyd Vanover, Arkansas State Police — motorcycle safety
June 3 — state Sen. Paul Bookout
June 10 — Columnist John Brummett
June 17 — Tim McCall & Jack Turner, Jonesboro-Craighead County Sesquicentennial
June 24 — Skip Mooney Jr. , Out of the Dark
July 1 — Sherry Cothern, Women’s Crisis Center of Northeast Arkansas
July 8 — Mark Manchester, Rector High School Helping Hands Foundation
July 15 — Terry McNatt, Craighead County Sheriff’s Department DARE program;
board meeting to follow
July 22 — Rennell Woods, City Youth Ministries
July 29 — Joe Carr, Southwest Church of Christ —
Aug. 5— Richard Wang, Roundtable-Hot National Political Issues
Aug. 12 — Derek Pitman, Head Coach, ASU Women’s Soccer
Aug. 19 — Doug Doggett, Associate Athletic Director of External Affairs
Aug. 26 — Carol & Clyde Milner — “As Big As The West, The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart,” a book by Clyde and Carol Milner
Sept. 2 — Rhonda Gibson, Argent Financial Services, Topic: Long-term care
Sept. 9 — Ryan Norris, American Red Cross Donor Recruitment Supervisor
Sept. 16 — Skip Mooney Jr., Out of the Dark — roundtable discussion
Sept. 23 — Sherry Carter, Arkansas Sheriffs Miracle Rodeo
Oct. 1 (Thurs) — Sesquicentennial Special Event — Location: Cooper Alumni Center
Oct. 7 — Renell Woods, CityYouth
Oct. 13 (Tuesday) — Installation Banquet
Oct. 14 — Tracy Stribling, Nicepack
Oct. 21 — open
Oct. 28 — Coach Boyer, ASU Basketball
Oct. 4 — Wes Swift, JHS Basketball — 501-690-2677
Nov. 11 — Kim Brown — NEA Recovery Center Center counselor (no show
Nov. 18 — Harold Perrin; UW Agency
Nov. 25 — Roundtable
Dec. 2 — Christie Jordan, Food Bank
Dec. 9 — Jason Wilkie, Jonesboro Parks and Rec
Dec. 16 — Rev. John Miles II, First United Methodist Church (no show)
Dec. 23 — Roundtable (cancelled due to inclement weather)
Dec. 30 — Shawn Oates, St. Jude — shawn.oates@smail.astate.edu
2010
Jan. 6 — Phyllis Burkett, Downtown Jonesboro Association
Jan. 13 — Kiwanis Pancake Day discussion
Jan. 20 — David Eckert, Jonesboro Craighead County Library
Jan. 27 — St. Bernard’s Auxiliary
Feb. 3 — M.G. Meyering, Habitat for Humanity
Feb. 10 — Steve Ewart, JETS
Feb. 17 — open
Feb. 24 — Steve McDaniel, Jonesboro Police Department
March 3 — Jennifer Longmire and Lauren Million, Jonesboro Young Professionals Network
March 10 — Adam Carney, Ridgepointe Country Club golf professional
March 17 — Ross Marlay and Sheila Tipton, NEA Humane Society; board meeting to follow program meeting
March 24 — Jeff Deniston, Jonesboro Jaycees
March 31 — Steve Roberts, ASU football coach
April 7 — Dr. Robert Potts, ASU chancellor.
April 14 — Chris Holbrook and Dennis Calaway, Messiah Ministries, Brookland.
April 21 — Wendy Cook, Better Life Counseling Center; boarrd meeting to follow.
April 28 — Jim Ingram, Kiwanis Division 16 lieutenant governor ; new member induction.
May 5 — Lenore Shoults, ASU Museum, “Arkansas History Children’s Art Project”
May 12 — Molly Simpson, professor, ASU Department of Theatre, “Summer Theatre for Children at ASU”
May 19 — Melany Bowman and Gina Gomez, Hispanic Community Services Inc. “The Hispanic Community and Culture”
May 26 — Allyson Gill, professor, ASU Department of Art, “Online Presentation of Arkansas Heritage Sites in Second Life”
June 2 — The Rev. John Miles, First United Methodist Church
June 9 — Business meeting
June 16 — Shawn Drake, Jonesboro Jets Swim Team; board meeting to follow
June 23 — Mayor Harold Perrin, proposed city sales tax
June 30 — Kathy Thompson, Boy Scouts
July 7 — Chad Causey
July 15 — Mike Beebe
July 21 — Harold Perrin
July 28 — Markham Howe
Aug. 4 — Jim Keet, Republican nominee for governor
Aug. 11 — Roby Brock, editor of Talk Business Arkansas
Aug. 18 — Rick Crawford, Republican nominee for 1st District Congressman
Aug. 25 — Radius Baker, superintendent of Valley View schools
Sept. 8 — Heather Young, Abilities Unlimited
Sept. 15 — Kiwanis Membership Day
Sept. 22 —open
Sept. 29 — Pat O’Brien, Secretary of State nominee
Oct. 6 — Tammy Hawkins, Director, St. Bernards Hospice.
Oct. 13 — Susan Hanrahan, Dean, Arkansas State University College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions.
Oct. 20 — Ed Underwood, Ghostmaster General of Arkansas, on the Downtown
Jonesboro Ghost Tours.
Oct. 27 — Installation of officers and annual awards presentation.
Nov. 3 — Rhonda Cline and Mark Young, Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce,
discussing the Washington, D.C., fly-in.
Nov. 10 — Rex Nelson, Communications Group, election recap and analysis.
Nov. 17 — open
Nov. 24 — roundtable — no program.
Dec. 1 — Craighead County Judge Dale Haas
Dec. 8 — Chris Barber, president and CEO, St. Bernards Healthcare.
Dec. 15 — Walter McMinn, district engineer, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department
Dec. 22 — Dr. Bruce Tippitt, pastor, First Baptist Church
Dec. 29 — roundtable — no program.
2011
Jan. 5 — Darrell King, CEO, NEA Baptist Clinic: New Facility in Jonesboro.
Jan. 12 — Charlott Jones, manager, Jones & Co.: Tax Changes for 2011.
Jan. 19 — Pancake Day organizational meeting; board meeting to follow.
Jan. 26 — Martie Shull, community volunteer: 60th Anniversary, Junior Auxiliary
of Jonesboro.
Feb. 2 — Steve Cox, Rainwater & Cox — his NFL career and the Super Bowl.
Feb. 9 — Jeff Owens, director, Jonesboro Parks & Recreation Department
Feb. 16 — Dr. Marti Allen, director of the ASU Museum; board meeting to follow.
Feb. 23 — Tommy Jackson, public relations officer for the Arkansas Department of
Emergency Management.
March 2 — Dr. Dan Howard, interim chancellor, ASU-Jonesboro.
March 9 — Leanna Higginbotham, director, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.
March 16 — Mike Doyle, station manager, KASU; board meeting to follow.
March 23 — Tommy Robinson of Brinkley, former congressman.
March 30 — Mike Gaskill, mayor of Paragould.
April 6 — Beverly Nix, CEO, Sharp Inc., Bill & Alice Nix petting zoo
April 13 — Harold Perrin, mayor of Jonesboro
April 20 — Jonesboro Alderman Gene Vance, the new fairgrounds plan;
board meeting to follow
April 27 — ASU head football Coach Hugh Freeze.
May 4 — Trey Berry, deputy director, Arkansas Department of Heritage
May 11 — Bill Gatewood, director, Old Statehouse Museum
May 18 — Rachel Silva, Historical Preservation Program of Arkansas
May 25 — Heather Zbinden, interim director, Mosaic Templars Museum.
June 1 — Joe David Rice, deputy director, Arkansas Department of Parks
and Tourism
June 8 — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Treasurer’s Office
June 15 — Kim Wilbanks, superintendent, Jonesboro School District; board
meeting to follow
June 22 — Rebecca Tennille, Clinton Presidential Library
June 29 — Lt. Col. Corey Seats, 875th, Arkansas National Guard.
July 6 — Dr. Vance Sales, History of the Washington Delaware Portrait
July 13 — Ken Smith, Arkansas Business Leaders for a Clean Energy Economy
July 20 — Jeff Owens, director, Jonesboro Parks & Recreation Department;
board meeting to follow
July 27 — Heather Larkin, president & CEO, Arkansas Community Foundation.
Aug. 3 — Jim Magee, head coach, Brookland Bearcats trap team
Aug. 10 — Father Jack Vu, pastor, Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Aug. 17 — Larry Cox, president-CEO, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority; board meeting to follow
Aug. 24 — John Brady, head men’s basketball coach, Arkansas State University
Aug. 31 — Dr. Charles Welch, president, Arkansas State University.
Sept. 7 — Tim McCall, Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sept. 14 — Jeff Brown, director, Fowler Center
Sept. 21 — Wade Stark, Juvenile Diabetes organization; board meeting to follow.
Sept. 28 — Kristi Pulliam, development director, Community Development
Oct. 5 — Kim Moseley, Mid-America Transplant Services.
Oct. 5 — Kim Mosely & Diana Davis, Mid-America Transplant Services
Oct. 12 — Sherry Cothern, director, Women’s Crisis Center
Oct. 19 — to be determined; board meeting to follow
Oct. 26 — Officer Installation.
Nov. 2 — Organizational meeting, budget discussion; no program
Nov. 9 — Brian Boyer, ASU women’s basketball coach
Nov. 16 — Ernie Dumas, free-lance journalist and author of “Champignole Sage;” board meeting to follow
Nov. 23 — No meeting
Nov. 30 — Chuck Long, regional education coordinator, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.
Dec. 7 — Rennell Woods, director, CityYouth Ministries
Dec. 14 —Jonesboro High School Choir
Dec. 21 — Paul Hamm, public affairs director, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District; board meeting to follow.
Dec. 28 — open.
2012
Jan. 4 — Greg Maxted, director of the Harahan Bridge Project
Jan. 11 — Yvonne McMinn, Kiwanis Web site.
Jan. 18 — No program.
Jan. 25 — Gina Gomez, executive director, Hispanic Community Services Inc.
Feb. 1 — Dr. Douglas Seglem, neonatologist, St. Bernards-Children’s Hospital
Feb. 8 — James Dunavant, superintendent, Nettleton District — proposed property tax increase
Feb. 15 — Brian Blake, program coordinator, Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) — Earthquake preparedness
Feb. 22 —Scott Ellington, prosecutor, 2nd Judicial District
Feb. 29 — Norm Judd, director, St. Bernards Health & Wellness Center
March 7 — Carla Borden, executive director, CASA
March 14 — Ed Hill, Craighead County judge
March 21 — Harold Perrin, mayor of Jonesboro
March 28 —Cristian Murdock, vice chancellor for development, Arkansas State University
April 4 — Steve McCracken, executive director, Shepheard’s Home Ministry — efforts to combat drug addiction
April 11 — Darrell King, CEO, NEA Baptist Clinic — update on new facility
April 18 — Vera Leath, counselor, Nettleton public schools — Smartboard technology; board meeting to follow
April 25 —Tom Marshall, architect, OT Marshall Architects — Bass Pro Shops project in Memphis
May 2 — Gary Latanich, Democratic candidate for 1st District Congress
May 9 — Clark Hall, Democratic candidate for 1st District Congress
May 16 — Scott Ellington, Democratic candidate for 1st District Congress; board meeting to follow
May 23 — John Troutt —39th anniversary of 1973 Jonesboro tornado
May 30 — Dr. Marti Allen, director, ASU museum — New Discovery Network Exhibition
June 6— Robert Phelps. director, Keep Arkansas Beautiful
June 13 — Rick Crawford, 1st District Congressman
June 20 — Rusty Guinn, principal, Credit Bureau of Jonesboro — Credit Reporting.
June 27 — Scott Darwin, retired ASU professor of German — Save the Kays House
July 4 — Round table; no program
July 11 — Marty Boyd and Dwight Tosh, candidates for Craighead County sheriff
July 18 — Steve Brawner, columnist for Stephens’ Arkansas News Bureau — “Realities of the National Debt”; board meeting to follow
July 25 — Holly Hall, assistant professor of journalism at ASU — “Understanding Today’s Social Media”
Aug. 1 — Today is the 77th anniversary of the club’s chartering.
Aug. 8 — ???.
Aug. 15 — ???
Aug. 22 — Jonesboro Police Chief Michael Yates
Aug. 29 — Nanette Heard, executive director, United Way of Northeast Arkansas
Sept. 5 — June Morse, director, Hope Circle.
Sept. 12 — Ruth Hawkins, director, Arkansas Heritage Sites — the Johnny Cash concert.
Sept. 19 — ???
Sept. 26 — Installation of 2012-13 officers.
Oct. 3 — Andrew Nadzam, Camp Quality 5K.
Oct. 10 — Kristi Pulliam, community development director, Foundation of Arts.
Oct. 17 — Wendy Hines, director, ASU Fowler Center; board meeting to follow.
Oct. 24 — Thomas Lindsey, regional forester, Arkansas Forestry Commission.
Oct. 31 — Tara Johnson, community outreach officer, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Nov. 7 — Dr. Tim Hudson, chancellor, ASU-Jonesboro
Nov. 14 — Donna Nelson Lowe, director, Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House
Nov. 21 — ROUNDTABLE, no program
Nov. 28 — Wayne Hatcher, president, Black River Technical College; board meeting to follow
Dec. 5 — Madrigals from Nettleton High School directed by Jon Adams (Christmas and holiday music)
Dec. 12 — Jim Grisham (agri-business in Arkansas)
Dec. 19 —???
Dec. 26 — Roundtable
2013
Jan 2 — Pancake Day discussion
Jan. 9 — state Sen. Paul Bookout of Jonesboro
Jan. 16 — Craighead County Judge Ed Hill (canceled due to weather)
Jan. 23 — Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin.
Jan. 30 — ASU Athletic Director Terry Mohajir
Feb. 6 — Sandra Worlow, Director, Beck PRIDE Center, ASU.
Feb. 13 — Shelly Anderson, Braces by Burris (free dental braces for children).
Feb. 20 — Kimberly Shipley, Special Olympics of Northeast Arkansas.
Feb. 27 — Charlott Jones, CPA, Jones & Co. Ltd., tax advice
March 6 — Sharron Turman, Miracle League of Jonesboro (baseball-softball park and playground for children with disabilities).
March 13 — Craighead County Judge Ed Hill.
March 20 — Rob Lance, Jonesboro Young Professionals Network.
March 27 — Bill Summers, director of youth soccer for Jonesboro Parks and Recreation
April 3 — Greg Hansen, Delta Symposium and Roots Music Festival, ASU.
April 10 — Adoption Opportunities & Services, presentation coordinated by Carla Nadzam.
April 17 — Vickie Crego and/or Sherry Cothern , Women’s Crisis Center and the Second Home Shoppe; board meeting to follow.
April 24 — Col. Stan Witt, director of the Arkansas State Police
May 1 — Bob Simpson, Children’s Summer Theater, ASU.
May 8 — Ashley Henning, Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas.
May 15 — Cari White, vice president and chief operating officer, Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce.
May 22 — James McKinney, a Kiwanis veteran reflects on Memorial Day (introduction by Jerry Bowen).
May 29 — Jonesboro Church Health Center; annual meeting and officer election.
June 12 — St. Bernard’s Wellness Center
June 19 — Sid Banks and update from former Kiwanis Scholarship recipients.
June 26 — Dr. Calvin Kellogg, Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield — Affordable Care Act
July 3 — Round table
July 10 — Elizabeth Montgomery, Eastern Arkansas Planning and Development District, to discuss environmental planning and recycling
July 17 — Coach Bryan Harsin, ASU football coach
July 24 — Dr. Carl J. Abraham, Arts @ 311.
July 31 — Poker Run Charity Event (Sarah Reeves)
Aug. 7 — Coach Tafadzwa Ziyenge, ASU women’s soccer coach.
Aug. 14 — Nanette Heard, executive director, United Way of Northeast Arkansas, on Stuff the Bus.
Aug. 21 — Bert Greenwalt, professor in agriculture studies at ASU, on the farm bill and Arkansas agri-business.
Aug. 28 — Misty Doyle, principal, Jonesboro Micro-Society Elementary Magnet School, on reading tutors and other programs.
Sept. 11 — Brian Itzkowitz, president and CEO, Goodwill Industries of Arkansas.
Sept. 18 — Justin Kostick, head coach, ASU women’s bowling team (2012 National Coach of the Year).
Sept. 25 — Kim Shumpert, new director, City Youth Ministries.
Oct. 2 — Neena Viel, ASU graduate, Clinton School of Public Service, work with AIDS orphans and grandmothers in Uganda.
Oct. 9 — John Brady, Head Coach, ASU men’s basketball team.
Oct. 16 — Awards and Installation of Officers, Cooper Alumni Center luncheon.
Oct. 23 — Dr. Jason Penry, vice chancellor of university advancement at ASU.
Oct. 30 — David Eckert, director, Jonesboro Public Library.
Nov. 6 — Veterans Day presentation organized by Bob Schoenborn
Nov. 13 — Roby Brock, Talk Business (and Politics) Arkansas
Nov. 20 — Dr. Cindy Grisham, book author, eastern Arkansas Foodways and Thanksgiving meals.
Nov. 27 — Round table (day before Thanksgiving)
Dec. 4 — Holiday music, Jonesboro High School singing group
Dec. 11 — Brian Rega, Alzheimer’s Awareness program at St. Bernards Hospital
Dec. 18 — The Rev. Kerry Williams, Valley View Church of Christ, Children and families at Christmas
Dec. 25 & Jan. 1 — No meetings
2014
Jan. 1 — No meeting: New Year’s Day
Jan. 8 — Pancake Day planning
Jan. 15 — Susan Cathcart , St. Jude Super Bowl Event.
Jan. 22 — Jimmy Franklin, Kiwanis Eliminate Project
Jan. 29 — Dr. Hans Hacker, ASU Moot Court Team
Feb. 5 — Craighead County Sheriff Marty Boyd — his first year in office.
Feb. 12 — Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin — state of the city.
Feb. 19 — Shawnie Carrier, chief of staff to the ASU-Jonesboro chancellor — The Mexican campus project.
Feb. 26 — Brian Rega, St. Bernards Village — symptoms of dementia.
March 5 — Dr. Michael Miles, co-founder, Learning Avenues.
March 12 — Kristy Nichols, executive director, Northeast Arkansas Children’s Advocacy Center.
March 19 — Jamie Collins, executive director, Mission Outreach of Northeast Arkansas.
March 26 — Beverly Parker, director of education, UAMS Center on Aging-Northeast — “A Brighter Future for Aging.”
April 2 — Dr. Don Bowyer, dean, ASU College of Fine Arts.
April 9 —??.
April 16 — Dr. Michael Miles, co-founder, Learning Avenues of Jonesboro.
April 23 — Brad Bobo, 95.3, The Point Radio, Jonesboro.
April 30 — Dr. Marsha Guffey, director, Jonesboro Area Metropolitan Planning Organization.
May 7 — Scholarship announcements; Carol Duncan, board member, Women’s Crisis Center.
May 14 — Jeannette Robertson, Estate planning.
May 21 — Ben Barylske, city sales tax proposal.
May 28 — Jerry Bowen, Memorial Day reflections; annual club meeting and election of officers.
June 4 — Matt Cleveland, chief development officers, Arkansas Sheriffs' Youth Ranches
June 11 — Mike Doyle from KASU, Arkansas Roots noon radio music show
June 18 — Anna Westman and Brenda Murray from Arkansas Heritage Sites, Dyess Restoration Project and Johnny Cash Music Festival
June 25 — Dr. Larry Ball, professor of history emeritus at ASU, his new book on the life and legend of the Western gunman, Tom Horn.
July 2 — Delta Symphony Brass Quintet (including John Barttelt).
July 9 — Circuit Judge Cindy Thyer — Arkansas Court and Community Initiative.
July 16 —Dr. Larry Ball, professor of history emeritus at ASU, his new book on the life and legend of the Western gunman, Tom Horn.
July 23 — Nanette Heard, executive director, United Way of Northeast Arkansas.
July 30 — ASU assistant football Coach Trooper Taylor.
Aug. 6 — ASU women’s basketball coach Brian Boyer.
Aug. 13 — Cast of “Les Miserables;” report from James McKinney on the Kiwanis International convention.
Aug. 20 — Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel.
Aug. 27 — Political panel featuring ASU political science professors Richard Wang and William McLean.
Sept. 3 — Wendy Hymes , director of the ASU Fowler Center, this season’s lineup
Sept. 10 — Susan Jespersen, a member of the Jackson (Mo.) Kiwanis Club, the Eliminate Project.
Sept. 17 — Lyndall Waits, Batesville Kiwanis Club member and division club counselor.
Sept. 24 — Annual Awards-Officer Installation Program, Cooper Alumni Center.
Oct. 1 — Budget meeting; a quorum of the membership is needed to approve the club’s budget for 2014-15.
Oct. 8 — state House District 52 candidates Dwight Tosh (R) and Radius Baker (D).
Oct. 15 — state House District 53 candidates Homer Lenderman (D) and Dan Sullivan (R).
Oct. 22 — state House District 58 candidates Harold Copenhaver (D) and Brandt Smith (R).
Oct. 29 — state House District 59 candidates Jack Ladyman (R) and Ron Carroll (D).
Nov. 5 — Donna Lamb Bowyer, executive director, CASA for 2nd Judicial District.
Nov. 12 — John Brady, head coach, ASU men’s basketball.
Nov. 19 — Wixson Huffstetler, director, Jonesboro Parks & Recreation Department;.
Nov. 26 — Round table; no program.
Dec. 3 — Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott.
Dec. 10 — Kim Bryant, Executive Director, Delta Symphony Orchestra.
Dec. 17 — Charles “Skip” Mooney Jr., founder, Out of the Dark.
Dec. 24 — Round table; no program.
Dec. 31 — Round table; no program.
2015
Jan 7 — Business meeting/Pancake Day organization.
Jan. 14 — Haley Knight, executive director, Downtown Jonesboro Association.
Jan. 21 — Pastor Emil Williams, board chairman, Community Service Center; board meeting.
Jan. 28 — Emma Agnew, coordinator, North Jonesboro Neighborhood Initiative.
Feb. 4 — Adam Long, director, Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Education Center, “U.S.-Cuba Relations.”
Feb. 11 — John Beineke, professor of education and History, Arkansas State University, speaking on his book, “Hoosier Public Enemy: A Life of John Dillinger.”
Feb. 18 — Charlott Jones, CPA, Jones & Co. Ltd., tax advice; board meeting to follow.
Feb. 25 — Vicky Crego, executive director, Family Crisis Center, update on the work of the center.
March 4 — Kerri Michael Sernel, outreach director, Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families.
March 11 — Ed Hill, Craighead County judge, issues facing Craighead County and other Arkansas counties.
March 18 — Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin, issues facing Jonesboro and other Arkansas cities; board meeting to follow.
March 25 — Otis Spriggs, director of Jonesboro Planning and Zoning Department, proposed changes in the city’s land use and street plans.
April 1 — Kerri Michael Sernel, outreach director, Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families.
April 8 — Dr. Thilla Sivakumaran, director of international programs, Arkansas State University.
April 15 — Tour of the new Jonesboro Police Department headquarters, hosted by Paul Holmes.
April 22 — Steve Brawner, columnist, an analysis of the 90th session of the Arkansas General Assembly; board meeting to follow.
April 29 — Mary Bristow, The Micro Mentors program.
May 6 — State Sen. John Cooper, R-Jonesboro, the 2015 legislative session.
May 13 — Annual meeting and election; scholarship presentations; former scholarship recipient Mike Cameron to speak.
May 20 — Jonesboro school Superintendent Kim Wilbanks, update on the Core Curriculum; board meeting to follow.
May 27 — Louis Intres, ASU adjunct instructor of history, “The Sinking of the Sultana.”
June 3 — Jerry Scott, Arkansas State University sports information director, What to expect from ASU athletics through the end of the year.
June 10 — Kevin Richardson, Out of the Dark president, recap of first Ridin’ on the Ridge Rally and update on Out of the Dark efforts.
June 17 — Gary Latanich, ASU professor of economics, state of the economy; board meeting to follow.
June 24 — Scott Ellington, prosecuting attorney, 2nd Judicial District.
July 1 — Dr. Eric Turner, president, Black River Technical College.
July 8 — Chad Niell, Tiger Commissary.
July 15 — David Peacock, CEO, Hytrol Conveyor Corp.; board meeting to follow.
July 22 — Jake Morris, Fasweet.
July 29 — July 29 — ASU football coaches Walt Bell (offensive coordinator) and Joe Cauthen (defensive coordinator).
Aug 5 — Bob Simpson, director, ASU Fowler center — the 2015-16 season.
Aug. 12 — Wayne Masterson, Craighead County Sheriff’s Office — Duties of court bailiffs.
Aug 19 — Public Birthday Celebration at the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce building, 5-7 p.m. (no regular meeting).
Aug 26 — Terry McNatt, Craighead County treasurer; board meeting to follow.
Sept. 2 — State Sen. John Cooper
Sept. 9 — Business meeting
Sept. 16 — Dr. Ruth Hawkins, executive director, Arkansas State University Heritage Sites; board meeting to follow.
Sept. 23 — Jonesboro attorney Tommy Fowler, Arkansas Boys State program.
Sept. 30 (noon) — Installation-Awards Dinner, ASU Cooper Alumni Center.
Oct. 7 — Barbara Pitcock, director of services, The Learning Center.
Oct. 14 — Julie McMahon, administrator, and Linnette Prior, social services manager, David Puryear Center.
Oct. 21 — Mayor Harold Perrin, City tax proposal; board meeting to follow.
Oct. 28 — Donna Lamb Bowyer, executive director, CASA of the 2nd Judicial District.
Nov. 4 — Brian Boyer, ASU women’s basketball coach.
Nov. 11 — Roger & Susan Jesperson — The Eliminate Project.
Nov. 18 — Dr. Sue Castleberry and Michael Sullivan — partnership between Jonesboro schools and Habitat for Humanity for building homes; board meeting to follow.
Nov. 25 — Round table.
Dec. 2 — Waylon Harris, managing editor, The Jonesboro Sun — the Goodfellows program.
Dec. 9 — Bruce Venable, pastor of First Baptist Church — a Christmas message.
Dec. 16 — Don Bowyer, dean of the ASU College of Fine Arts — importance of the arts in education; board meeting to follow.
Dec. 23 — Round table.
Dec. 30 — Round table.
2016
Jan. 6 — Circuit Judge Melissa Richardson, Drug Court
Jan. 13 — Business meeting
Jan. 20 — Norm Judd and Pat Farmer, St. Bernards Health and Wellness (postponed due to weather)
Jan. 27 — Jonesboro City Attorney Carol Duncan, the new city Property Maintenance Code; board meeting to follow.
Feb. 3 — Postponed due to conflict with political programs policy.
Feb. 10 — Anita Perkins Casteel, attorney supervisor, Office of General Counsel, Arkansas Department of Human Services, dependency and neglect cases involving minor children.
Feb. 17 — Lauren Isbell, community partnerships manager with Arkansas Early Learning Inc., providing early childhood education and other family services to vulnerable families.
Feb. 24 —Dr. Michael B. Dougan, distinguished professor of history emeritus, Arkansas State University, “Three Squares — Feeding, Jonesboro and Craighead County;” board meeting to follow.
March 2 — Pancake Day workshop.
March 9 — Dr. Shane Speights, associate dean, Office of Clinical Affairs, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at A-State, update on the new DO school taking shape on the ASU campus.
March 16 — Norm Judd and Pat Farmer, St. Bernards Health and Wellness Center, update on Center activities, new programs, etc.; board meeting to follow.
March 23 — Jonesboro Fire Chief Kevin Miller, update on the Fire Department.
March 30 — Ross Marlay, member of the Board, Northeast Arkansas Humane Society, update on the Humane Society Shelter, programs.
April 6 — District Judge-elect David Boling
April 13 — Forum on City Council vacancy: all four candidates invited.
April 20 — Christie Matthews, Make-A-Wish Foundation; board meeting to follow.
April 27 — Dr. Jody Long, ASU assistant professor of social work, heart health.
May 4 — Debate on the Jonesboro Property Maintenance Code featuring Teresa Beck, chairwoman of the Property Maintenance Code Study Committee, and Mark Pillow, president of The Committee to Repeal Property Code 105-2.
May 11 — Scholarship presentations.
May 18 — ASU’s All America basketball star Aundrea Gamble; annual meeting and election; board meeting to follow.
May 25 — Forum featuring the two candidates in the runoff for Jonesboro City Council Ward 6, position 1 (tentative).
June 1 — Sharron Turman, The Miracle League.
Thursday, June 9 — Mo-Ark District Governor Don Leupold (at Western Sizzlin, 11:30-1 as part of Region 8 meeting)
June 15 — Venessa Delgadillo, senior development officer, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation.
June 22 — Steve Ewart, coordinator, JET; board meeting to follow.
June 29 — Robin Kuykendall, field representative, Arkansas Education Association.
July 6 — Bill Smith, executive director of marketing, ASU — “Share the Road: Bicycles in NEA.”
July 13 — Dr. Ruth Hawkins, executive director, Arkansas State University Heritage Sites.
July 20 — Terry Mohajir, ASU athletic director; board meeting to follow.
July 27 — Grant McCasland, ASU head men’s basketball coach.
Aug. 3 — the Rev. Charles Coleman — The State of Race Relations in Jonesboro.
Aug. 10 — Capt. Richard L. Hartness Sr. — 80th anniversary of the A-State ROTC program.
Aug. 17 — Sen. John Boozman, candidate for re-election; board meeting to follow.
Aug. 24 — Darren May, CEO, Jonesboro Abilities Unlimited — Challenges of AU's Recycling Program.
Aug. 31 — Conner Eldridge, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
Sept. 7 — Denise Snider, executive director, City Youth Ministries.
Sept. 14 — Chris Dickie, director of community outreach, eVersity, University of Arkansas.
Sept. 21 — LaGanzie Kale, general manager, KLEK-LP; board meeting to follow.
Sept. 28, noon-1 p.m. — Awards & Installation Dinner, Jonesboro Country Club.
Oct. 5 — Craighead County Judge candidates Ed Hill and Jeff Presley.
Oct. 12 — Nate Looney, Democratic nominee for state House of Representatives, District 58; incumbent Brandt Smith declined due to schedule conflict.
Oct. 19 —Dr. Will McLean, chairman of the ASU Department of Political Science — ballot issues; board meeting to follow.
Oct. 26 — Jonesboro mayoral candidates (Harold Perrin, John Street, Harold Copenhaver, Nathan Coleman, Amanda Dunavant).
Nov. 2 — Donald W. Bowyer, director of the Fowler Center and professor of music.
Nov. 9 — Arkansas Highway Commissioner Alec Farmer.
Nov. 16 — Angela Sparks and/or Jacob Sawyer, recycling; board meeting to follow.
Nov. 23 — Round table meeting.
Nov. 30 — Richard Hartness, author of “The Circle,” which details the history of A-State’s first African-American professors.
Dec. 7 — Rusty Guinn on credit reporting and scores.
Dec. 14 — ASU interim Chancellor Doug Whitlock.
Dec. 21 — Walnut Street Baptist Church choir group; board meeting to follow.
Dec. 28 — Craighead County Treasurer Terry McNatt, county finances review, 2017 forecast
2017
Jan. 4 — Pancake Day planning meeting; Membership Committee meeting.
Jan. 11 — Micah Brinkley, CEO, Children’s Home Inc., Paragould.
Jan. 18 — Craighead County Marty Boyd, mental health; board meeting to follow.
Jan. 25 — David Boling and Tommy Fowler, Craighead County District Court judges, future of probation services and court-ordered public service work.
Feb. 1 — Jeremy Biggs, new CASA director.
Feb. 8 — Paul Sikkel, associate professor of marine ecology at Arkansas State University.
Feb. 15 — Casey Turner, associate minister, First United Methodist Church of Jonesboro, Breaking Bonds; board meeting to follow.
Feb. 22 — Charlott Jones, CPA.
March 1 — Pancake Day meeting.
March 8 — Ethel Tompkins, Hoxie First Stand.
March 15 — Jeremy Biggs, CASA director; board meeting to follow.
March 22 — Lauren Bassie, March of Dimes.
March 29 — Sandra Taylor, Nettleton EAST program.
April 5 — State Sen. John Cooper, remarks on legislative session.
April 12 — Aimee Spencer, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc., Identity theft.
April 19 — Dr. Sarah Wilkerson Freeman, “Beauty in a War-Torn World,” exhibit on Japanese-American internment camps in Arkansas; board meeting to follow.
April 26 — Vanessa McKuin and Mike Doyle, Arkansas Public Media.
May 3 — Wixson Huffstetler, Jonesboro Parks and Recreation, trail proposals.
May 10 — Kiwanis scholarship presentations.
May 17 — Jonesboro E911 Director Jeff Presley; annual meeting and elections; board meeting to follow.
May 24 —Dr. Ruth Hawkins, executive director, Arkansas State University Heritage Sites, the new Johnny Cash Heritage Festival
May 31 — New ASU men’s basketball coach Mike Balado.
June 7 — Wesley Brown, business editor, Talk Business & Politics
June 14 — Dr. Warren Skaug, Jonesboro pediatrician, air quality and agricultural field burning.
June 21 — Sgt. Brandon King, JPD, Internet Crimes Against Children; board meeting to follow.
June 28 — Tour of Jonesboro Fire Station No. 3.
July 5 — Craighead County Clerk Kade Holliday, election equipment and off-year planning.
July 12 — Brandi Hodges, public relations manager for the Craighead County-Jonesboro Public Library, summer and other activities at the library.
July 19 — Shaila Creekmore, director of business development, United Way of Northeast Arkansas; board meeting postponed.
July 26 — Roy Ockert, report on the Kiwanis International convention; board meeting to follow.
Aug. 2 — the Rev. John Miles, senior pastor, First United Methodist Church, The Cuba Mission.
Aug. 9 — Lindsay Burnett, executive director, ASU Alumni Association.
Aug. 16 — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette senior editor and columnist; board meeting to follow.
Aug. 23 — Randy Ort, chief of administration, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department.
Aug. 30 — Dr. Kelly Damphousse, ASU-Jonesboro chancellor.
Sept. 6 — Dr. Michael Bowman, director of the Fowler Center.
Sept. 13 — No program
Sept. 20 — Matt Cleveland, director, Arkansas Sheriffs Youth Ranches; board meeting to follow.
Sept. 27 — Awards-Installation Dinner, Jonesboro Country Club; Jerry Martin to present Zeller awards.
Oct. 4 — Craighead County Sheriff Marty Boyd, prospects for a mental health crisis unit (rescheduled from September).
Oct. 11 — Dr. Jeff Flanigan, principal, STEM Academy, Jonesboro High School.
Oct. 18 — Brian Boyer, head coach, ASU women’s basketball team.
Oct. 25 — Dr. Gary Edwards, ASU associate professor of history, A Jonesboro lynching.
Nov. 1 — Denise Snider, executive director, CityYouth Ministries
Nov. 8 — Rich Carvell, Veterans Day presentation
Nov. 15 — Carla Nadzam, attorney ad litem system for representing children
Nov. 22 — Round table
Nov. 29 — Jennifer Hannah, Food Resource Coordinator, Food Bank of NEA
Dec. 6 — Danny Honnoll, Jonesboro historian; Remembering Pearl Harbor.
Dec. 13 — Ken Stuart, ballooning festival.
Dec. 20 — Mitch Smith, vice president of engineering, Hytrol Conveyor.
Dec. 27 — Lori Gardner, family violence program specialist, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2018
Jan. 3 — Business meeting for Pancake Day planning
Jan. 10 — Mike Downing, vice president of economic development, Jonesboro Unlimited
Jan. 17 — Kevan Inboden, special projects coordinator, CWL
Jan. 24 — David McClain, alderman, City of Jonesboro
Jan. 31 — Gina Gomez, executive director, Jonesboro Hispanic Center
Feb. 7 — Kenneth Wixson, Jonesboro Division Manager, Riceland Foods Inc., history of the Jonesboro plant.
Feb. 14 — Lori Smith, vice president of human resources, and Jamie Easley, project search coordinator, St. Bernards Healthcare ACCESS Initiative.
Feb. 21 — Charlott Jones, Jones and Co. CPA, the 2017 tax reform act.
Feb. 28 — New Member Induction and Pancake Day planning session.
March 7 — Mayor Harold Perrin, State of the City.
March 14 — Kevin Hodges, vice president of affiliated and senior services, St. Bernards Healthcare, the St. Bernards expansion project.
March 21 — Paul Holmes, former Jonesboro Sun reporter, reflections on the Westside school shooting after 20 years.
March 28 — Jeff Presley and Marvin Day, Republican candidates for Craighead County judge.
April 4 — Rhonda Hafer, transition coordinator, Focus Inc.
April 11 – Lori Poston, Arkansas School Safety Commission.
April 18 — Lisa Melton Jackson, Craighead County Community Foundation.
April 25 — State Sen. John Cooper, District 21.
May 2 — Linda Willey, R.N., coordinator, UAMS Schmieding Home Caregiver Training
May 9 — Catherine “Cathy” Koehler, president, Arkansas Education Association; scholarship presentations.
May 16 — Dr. Lonnie Williams, ASU associate vice chancellor for student affairs; annual meeting and election.
May 23 — Danny Kapales, Jonesboro director of parks and recreation.
May 30 — Barbara G. Jimenez, executive director, Delta Symphony.
June 6 — Tiffny Callaway, community development director, City of Jonesboro.
June 13 — Lt. Scott Baxter and Michael Tyner, Jonesboro code enforcement officers.
June 20 — Dwight Tosh, state representative, District 52.
June 27 — Dr. Eric Turner, president Black River Technical College, Pocahontas.
July 11 — Micheal Sullivan, executive director, Habit for Humanity of Greater Jonesboro.
July 18 — Jonathan Smith, director, Jonesboro Land Bank.
July 25 — George Jared, journalist and author of two books — “Witches in West Memphis” and “The Creek Side Bones.”
Sept. 5 — Carl Vogelpohl, campaign manager, Arkansans for Jobs and Justice.
Sept. 12 — Jennifer Tarwater, director of Operations, In His Arms Ministry.
Sept. 19 — Paul Carter, Jonesboro BBQ Festival.
Sept. 26 — Installation and Awards Dinner, Jonesboro Country Club.
Oct. 3 — City Council candidates for Ward 4 (Amanda Dunavant and John W. Street ) and 5 (Robert Speer and L.J. Bryant).
Oct. 10 — City Council candidates for Ward 2 (Tom Elwood and the Rev. Dr. Charles Coleman) and 6 (Tommy Baker and Bobby E. Long).
Oct. 17 — Caroline Reddmann, CJRW, Little Rock: “Social Media 101.”
Oct. 24 — Candidates for U.S. Congressional District 1 (Chinton Desai and Elvis Presley).
Oct. 31 — David Dyer, assistant council committee, Boy Scouts of America: “BSA in Northeast Arkansas.”
Nov. 7 — Post-election analysis — Dr. Richard Wang & Dr. Will McLean.
Nov. 14 — County Judge Ed Hill & County Judge-elect Marvin Day.
Nov. 21 — Round table.
Nov. 28 — Brad Smithee, district highway engineer.
Dec. 5 — Valley View Chamber Choir, Christmas music
Dec. 12 — Kristi Pulliam, executive director, Foundation of Arts.
Dec. 19 — State Rep. Dwight Tosh, stories from the past to present.
Dec. 26 — Round table.
2019
Jan. 2 — Round table.
Jan. 9 — Business meeting; Pancake Day planning.
Jan. 16 — Marshall Stewart, CEO, Greenway Equipment, food security and Arkansas agriculture.
Jan. 23 — Wade Freer, coordinator, St. Bernards Healthcare Internal Medicine Residency Program.
Jan. 30 — Charlott Jones, tax manager, Jones & Co., CPA, 2018 tax tips.
Feb. 6 — Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch, James and Wanda Lee Vaughn professor of history at ASU; Black History Month.
Feb. 13 — Les Christiansen, director, Bradbury Art Museum, ASU.
Feb. 20 — Dale Case and Ashley Hill, principal and teacher at the Jonesboro Visual and Performing Arts magnet school.
Feb. 27 — Business meeting to prepare for Pancake Day.
March 6 — Denise Snider, executive director, CityYouth Ministries.
March 13 — Richard Lusby, Circuit Court judge, 2nd Judicial District.
March 20 — Chris Barber, president and chief executive officer, St. Bernards Healthcare.
March 27 — Anthony and Sharon Paso, Salvation Army Jonesboro post.
April 3 — Lindsey Wingo, executive director, Downtown Jonesboro Association (DJA), “What’s Happening These Days in Downtown!”
April 10 — Kimberly Bibb, Paragould attorney, Needs of Older Foster Children
April 17 — Dr. Neale Bartee, music director and conductor, Delta Symphony Orchestra, “What’s Ahead for Local Music Lovers.”
April 24 — 2nd Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington.
May 1 — Dr. Ruth Hawkins, executive director, Arkansas State University Heritage Sites.
May 8 — Scholarship announcements.
May 15 — Dr. Kelly Damphousse, chancellor, Arkansas State University.
May 22 — Kraig Pomrenke, general manager, Embassy Suites by Hilton Red Wolf Convention Center.
May 29 — Gwendolyn Zugarek, executive director, HUB Homeless Resource Center.
June 5 — State Sen. John Cooper.
June 12 — Independent columnist Steve Brawner.
June 19 — Delta Symphony Brass Quintet
June 26 — Matt Daniels, ASU women’s basketball coach.
July 3 — Round table.
July 10 — Deborah Parsons, Elks Club Veterans Program volunteer director.
July 17 — Brian Richardson, Team Jonesboro, on the sales tax election.
July 24 — Grant DeProw, chief deputy prosecuting attorney for Craighead County, to discuss a multi-county gang task force.
July 31 — Dr. Kristin Johnson, ASU assistant professor of psychology and co-director of the HOWL Service Center, to discuss the HOWL transition program.
Aug. 7 — State Rep. Dan Sullivan, candidate for the Arkansas Senate.
Aug. 14 — Alderman Bobby Long, the proposed Jonesboro tax increase.
Aug. 21 — Open
Aug. 28 — Ernie Dumas, longtime Arkansas Gazette reporter and editor, on his new book, “The Education of Ernie Dumas: Chronicles of the Arkansas Political Mind.”
Sept 4 — the Rev. Dr. Charles Coleman, Jonesboro City Council member.
Sept 11 — Circuit Judge Cindy Thyer.
Sept. 18 — Hatton Weeks, general manager, KAIT, and Josh White, news director.
Sept. 25 — Marika Kyriakos, Fowler Center Director
Oct. 2 — Awards-Installation Dinner, Jonesboro Country Club
Oct. 9 — ASU men’s basketball Coach Mike Balado
Oct. 16 — Dr. Philip Tew, ASU associate professor of finance, Scarlet to Black Financial Literacy Program
Oct. 23 — Circuit Judge Ralph Wilson, on being a judge and a Kiwanian
Oct. 30 — Sherry Pierce, The Hub board member, homelessness in Jonesboro
Nov. 6 — Carol Cone, program director, Arise 2Read Jonesboro, a pilot project at Microsociety Elementary.
Nov. 13 — June Williams, missionary, “‘… One community, One Child, at a Time’: Take El Salvador, for Example.”
Nov. 20 — Election 2020 Starts Here — “Circuit Court Judge Races in Arkansas’ 2nd Judicial District: Candidates from all contested divisions invited.
Nov. 27 — Round table.
Dec. 4 — Reece Terry, Jonesboro Sun publisher
Dec. 11 — Valley View High School choir
Dec. 18 — My Favorite Christmas Memory
Dec. 25 — No meeting
2020
Jan. 1 — No meeting
Jan. 8 — Business meeting
Jan. 15 — Judicial District 2 mini-debate: Division 7 candidates Mary Lile Broadaway of Paragould and R. Scott Troutt of Jonesboro; Division 8, Subdistrict 2.2, candidates Kimberly Boling Bibb of Paragould and Matthew Coe of Marion.
Jan. 22 — Drs. Phyllis Skaug & Warren Skaug, on immunization battles.
Jan. 29 — Cecelia Cochran, director of the Northeast Arkansas Regional Transportation Planning Commission.
Feb. 5 — Wendy Stotts, program manager, Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund.
Feb. 12 — Bethany Baldwin, rehabilitation program coordinator, Increasing Capabilities Access Network (iCAN), Arkansas Division of Workforce Services.
Feb. 19 — Nanette Heard, executive director, United Way of Northeast Arkansas, Imagination Library.
Feb. 26 — Charlotte Jones, tax manager, Jones & Co. CPA, “Preparing Your 2019 Income Tax Reports and Looking Ahead to 2020.”
March 4 — Business meeting
March 11 — Micheal Sullivan, executive director, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Jonesboro.
March 18 — Meeting canceled.
March 25 — Meeting canceled.
April 1 — Meeting canceled.
April 8 — Meeting canceled.
April 15 — Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin (via Zoom)
April 22 — Dr. Shane Speights, dean, NYIT College of Osteopathy at ASU (via Zoom)
April 29 — Circuit Judges Ralph Wilson, Cindy Thyer and Melissa Richardson, impact of the pandemic on the justice system (Zoom).
May 6 — Craighead County Judge Marvin Day (Zoom).
May 13 — Dr. Brandon Cooper, Pharmacist, Soo’s Pharmacy of Jonesboro, Small Pharmacies and PBMs.
May 20 — Scholarship presentations; Rashad Kirksey, incoming SGA president at ASU.
May 27 — Annual meeting and election; Dr. Richard Wang, preview of the 2020 ballot.
June 3 — Anthony Coy, director, Craighead County Office of Emergency Management.
June 10 — Mary Margaret Jackson, partnership specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau.
June 17 — Terry Mohajir, ASU vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics.
June 24 — Blake Anderson. head football coach at ASU.
July 1 — Nell Matthews, president, Arkansas League of Women Voters, “How to Be Political Without Being Partisan.”
July 8 — Dominique Phillips, president, ASU Chapter of Craighead County NAACP, and others: their recent activities and future plans.
July 15 — Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch and Sarah Wilkerson-Freeman, ASU professors of history: “History of the 19th Amendment,” ratified Aug. 18, 1920.
July 22 — Evan Lindquist, artist-printmaker, ASU emeritus professor of art and artist laureate of Arkansas: his career and work.
July 29 — Jennifer Clack, Craighead County elections coordinator: plans for the General Election.
Aug. 5 — Dr. Kim Wilbanks, superintendent of Jonesboro schools, preparations for restarting public schools for the fall semester.
Aug. 12 — George Jackson, manager, Jonesboro Regional Airport, recovery progress from the March 28 tornado.
Aug. 19 — Dr. Martha Spack, A-State vice chancellor of student affairs and dean of students, managing the fall semester amid a pandemic.
Aug. 26 — Lorie Tudor, director, Arkansas Department of Transportation, proposed Issue 1 (half-cent sales tax for transportation).
Sept. 2 — Lance Brown, community director, St Bernards Village, residential living in light of COVID-19.
Sept. 9 — Bill Campbell, director of communications, Jonesboro mayor’s office, how the mayor communicates.
Sept. 16 — Dr. Rodney Reeves, pastor at First Baptist Church, Jonesboro, changes in seminary education.
Sept. 23 — Caleigh Parker, adoption advocate, foster care and adoption in NE Arkansas.
Oct. 7 — House District 53 (Jon Milligan and Shawn Only)
Oct. 14 — House District 58 (Brandt Smith and Jim Burton)
Oct. 21 — Jonesboro mayor (Harold Copenhaver, Thomas Elwood and Andy Shatley)
Oct. 28 — House District 59 (Jack Ladyman and Reginald Prunty)
Nov. 4 — Election update, featuring Dr. Hans Hacker, ASU associate professor of political science; Cameron Wimpy, ASU assistant professor of political science; and Dr. Richard Wang, retired ASU associate professor of political science.
Nov. 11 — ASU men’s basketball Coach Mike Balado.
Nov. 18 — Vicky Gestring, executive director, NEA Family Crisis Center.
Nov. 25 — No meeting.
Dec. 2 — Nicole Potts, owner, Communication Made Easy, Inc.
Dec. 9 —Dr. Kasey Holder, vice president for medical affairs, St. Bernards Medical Center, coping with the pandemic.
Dec. 16 — the Rev. John Miles, pastor, First United Methodist Church, “Canceling Christmas.”
Dec. 23 — No meeting
Dec. 30 — Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott.
2021
Jan. 6 — Danny Kapales, director of parks and recreation, City of Jonesboro.
Jan. 13 — Andrew DeMillo, Capitol correspondent for The Associated Press, Little Rock; board meeting (Zoom).
Jan. 20 — Dr. Kelly Damphousse, chancellor, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro (postponed).
Jan. 27 — Jonesboro Mayor Harold Copenhaver (Zoom).
Feb. 3 — Peggy Wright, ASU instructor of political science and director of the Delta Studies Center.
Feb. 10 — Dr. Kelly Damphousse, chancellor, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro (Zoom).
Feb. 17 — Dr. Lonnie Williams, vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement, Arkansas State University (Zoom).
Feb. 24 — Charlott Jones, tax manager, Hudson, Cisne, Jones & Co., CPAs and Advisors, planning your 2020 tax returns (Zoom).
March 3 — Club discussion on Pancake Day.
March 10 — ASU head football Coach Butch Jones.
March 17 — Briana Richards, program director, City Youth Ministries, and Kaley Sanders, assistant to the executive director, City Youth Ministries.
March 24 — Dr. Carl Abraham, MD, infectious disease specialist at NYIT — update on COVID-19 vaccinations. March 31 — Kristi Pulliam, executive/artistic director, Foundation of Arts.
April 7 — Then and Now: A Kiwanis Game.
April 14 — Jeff Presley, director, E911 for Jonesboro & Craighead County
April 21 — Roby Brock, chief executive officer of Natural State Media, parent company for Talk Business & Politics and The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal.
April 28 — Keith Chrestman, prosecuting attorney, 2nd Judicial District.
May 5 — Hillary Speer Starnes, executive director, Northeast Arkansas Humane Society, organizational update.
May 12 — Presentation of 2021 Kiwanis scholarships.
May 19 — Carroll Caldwell, Coldwell Banker Village Communities, “There’s nothing wrong with this city that a new mall won’t fix!”
May 26 — Craighead County Judge Marvin Day, What’s Ahead for our County Government?
June 2 — Dwight Tosh, District 52 state representative.
June 9 — Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott, human trafficking.
June 16 — David Peacock, president, Hytrol Conveyor Co.
June 23 — Richard Hartness, author of a book about his search for his father, “Someday You’ll Know.”
June 30 — Tom Bowen, vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics, Arkansas State University.
July 7 — KI video of Sully Sullenberger’s keynote address at ELC.
July 14 — Craighead County Sheriff Marty Boyd.
July 21 — Terrance Armstard, instructor of multimedia journalism and adviser to the Delta Digital News Service, Arkansas State University.
July 28 — Amanda Frankenberger, executive director, NEA Children's Advocacy Center.
Aug. 4 — Kraig Pomrenke, general manager, Embassy Suites/Red Wolf Convention Center
Aug. 11 — Former Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin
Aug. 18 — Matt Daniel, ASU women’s basketball coach
Aug. 25 —Mike Balado, ASU men’s basketball coach
Sept. 1 — Ron Carroll, ASU assistant AD for sports medicine.
Sept. 8 — Kimberly Chase, director, The HUB (Helping the Underserved Belong).
Sept. 15 — Club picnic, Kiwanis Pavilion (No. 1), Craighead Forest Park.
Sept. 22 — Nanette Heard, Executive Director, United Way of Northeast Arkansas.
Sept. 29 — Awards and Installation Luncheon, Jonesboro Country Club.
Oct. 6 — Megan Brown, co-founder, president & executive director, Hope Found of Northeast Arkansas.
Oct. 13 — Lindsey Wingo, executive director, Downtown Jonesboro Alliance.
Oct. 20— Jennifer Hannah, outreach coordinator, Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas.
Oct. 27 — Lance Turner, editor, Arkansas Business.
Nov. 3 — Donn Mixon, Mixon Law Firm, Legal Issues Confronting Arkansas Public Schools.
Nov. 10 — Tonya Ryals, assistant director, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Making Craighead County a Better Place, One Child and One Community at a Time.
Nov. 17 — Jerry Morgan, Advertising and Promotion Commission chairman, Jonesboro: Questions and Answers.
Nov. 24 — Thanksgiving eve: no meeting.
Dec. 1 — Membership meeting.
Dec. 7, 6:30 p.m. — Christmas party (no meeting Dec. 8).
Dec. 15 — Kevan Inboden, special projects coordinator, City Water & Light Co.
Dec. 22 — Rusty Guinn, principal, Credit Bureau of Jonesboro.
Dec. 29 — Brad Smithee, district highway engineer.
2022
Jan. 5 — Pancake Day Planning Session.
Jan. 12 — Brad Smithee, district highway engineer.
Jan. 19 — Captain Charles Smith, commanding officer of the Jonesboro unit of the Salvation Army.
Jan. 26 — LTC J. Morgan Weatherly, professor of military science, Arkansas State University (canceled).
Feb. 2 — Ross Burton, senior adult pastor, First Baptist Church — 20-plus years of ministering to international students at Arkansas State University.
Feb. 9 — Charlott Jones, tax manager, Hudson, Cisne, Jones & Co., CPAs and Advisors — planning your 2021 tax returns.
Feb. 16 — Dr. Regina Fleming, associate professor of osteopathic manipulative medicine, NYIT-Arkansas State University — what skill sets distinguishes osteopathic medicine from other specialties.
Feb. 23 — Garry Holstein, director of the Bradbury Art Museum at Arkansas State University — tentatively this meeting will be at the museum, and we will order box lunches.
March 2 — Pam Alexander, member, Keep Jonesboro Beautiful — introduction to this initiative and upcoming events.
March 9 — Chuck Long, northeast regional educator, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission — AGFC budget, programs, plans and challenges.
March 16 — Micheal Sullivan, executive director, Jonesboro Habitat for Humanity — update us on programs and progress.
March 23 —Izzy Baughn, Miss Northeast Arkansas 2022 — Self Confidence and Social Media.
March 30 — Ted Herget, businessman and civic leader.
April 6 — Maggie Williams, Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2019 and female hunting advocate.
April 13 — Adam Long, executive director, A-State Heritage Sites.
April 20 — Hannah Caddy, executive director, CityYouth Ministries.
April 27 — Pancake Day planning.
May 4 — Forum on Arkansas 2nd Judicial District Prosecutor Race — Martin Lilly, Corey Seats and Sonia Fonticiella.
May 11 — Presentation of 2022 Kiwanis Club “Pop” Parrish Scholarship recipients. with remarks by 2021 recipient Taylor Abernathy.
May 18 — Forum on Craighead County Sheriff GOP Primary Race — Marty Boyd and Doug Thomas.
May 25 — Annual Meeting and Club Election. Speaker: Sarah Doss, executive director, Downtown Jonesboro Alliance.
June 8 — No meeting.
June 15 — Arkansas Highway Commissioner Alec Farmer of Jonesboro.
June 22 — Tour of ASU athletic facilities.
June 29 — Video from KI Convention.
July 6 — Report on the KI Convention from Traci Perrin and Gregg McElhanon; start of the Two-for-Two project.
July 13 — Laura Miller, director, Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center.
July 20 — State Rep. Dwight Tosh of Jonesboro.
July 27 — Rachel Guerin, executive director, United Way of Northeast Arkansas.
Aug. 3 — Micah Warbington, Arkansas Attorney General’s public affairs program liaison, on “Scams, Identity Theft, and Internet Safety”
Aug. 10 — Catherine Norvell, executive director, and Dr. Neale Bartee, artistic director on the Delta Symphony Orchestra’s 2022-2023 upcoming events
Aug. 17 — Jeff Purinton, ASU vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics Aug. 24 — Lindsay Davis, director of Hospice NEA Aug. 31 — Gina Gomez, executive director El Centro Hispano of Jonesboro
Sept. 7 — Brandon Brewer, trust and wealth management director, First Community Bank, “Estate Planning.”
Sept. 14 — Dr. Mary Jane Bradley, dean, ASU College of Education and Behavioral Science, ”The Teacher Shortage in Arkansas.”
Sept. 21 — Installation and Awards Luncheon, Jonesboro Country Club.
Sept. 28 — Picnic (details to be announced)
Oct. 5 — Dr. Phyllis Skaug, “Living With MS.”
Oct. 12 — ASU men’s basketball Coach Mike Balado.
Oct. 19 — ASU women’s basketball Coach Destinee Rogers.
Oct. 26 — Mini-debate: Proposed repeal of 1 mill of the Jonesboro-Craighead County library tax featuring Head Librarian Vanessa Adams & Robin Martin, Citizens Taxed Enough.
Nov. 2 — Becky McDaniel, director of Total Life Rehabilitation Services at St Bernards Healthcare.
Nov. 9 — Sari Harlow, proprietor and book fairy, Verb Bookstore, mobile bookstore soon to open new store on Gee Street.
Nov. 16 — J.D. Walker, assistant director of mental health and crisis services, Nettleton School District, on the needs of homeless children.
Nov. 23 — No meeting.
Nov. 30 — Steve Sheppard, vice president at Greenway Equipment of Jonesboro, on changes in farm implement technology.
Dec. 7 — Mark Smith, KASU station manager.
Tuesday, Dec. 13, 6 p.m., The Parsonage — Kiwanis Christmas Party
Dec. 21 — Brass Quintet
Dec. 28 — Kelly Fowler, director, Outreach & Training at The APPLE Group for Dyslexia
2023
Jan. 4 — Pancake Day planning session.
Jan. 11 — Daniel Massey, local chapter chairs, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making sure that every child in Jonesboro has a bed.
Jan. 18 — Dr. Todd Shields, chancellor of Arkansas State University-Jonesboro.
Jan. 25 — Maleigha Cook, Craighead County 4-H; mentoring and learning opportunities for young people.
Feb. 1 — Dr. Carl Cates, dean, ASU College of Liberal Arts and Communication; The Windgate Foundation and other arts events on the ASU campus.
Feb. 8 — Shaila Creekmore, manager, Single Parent Scholarship Fund; Helping Single Parents in Arkansas.
Feb. 15 — Ian Buchanan, director, Dress for Life; Empowering men of all ages to embody the style, spirit and mindset of being a successful gentleman in today’s world.
Feb. 22 — Krisie Holmes, choral director, Jonesboro Public Schools; Performance of Jonesboro High School Camerata Singers.
March 1 — Business meeting
March 8 — Matt Cavenaugh; plans and 2023 performance schedule for The Link Theatre.
March 15 — Dr. Carl Cates, dean, ASU College of Liberal Arts and Communication; The Windgate Foundation and other arts events on the ASU campus.
March 22 — Charlott Jones, certified public accountant for HCJ CPAs & Advisors, PLLC; tax code update.
March 29 — Jan Magee, Arkansas coordinator for Ryan’s Cases for Smiles, a program that provides whimsical pillowcases to critically ill children worldwide.
April 5 — Michael Black, JET transit director.
April 12 — Tiffany Ermeling, youth protection manager for the Mo-Ark District of Kiwanis, child protection training (via Zoom).
April 19 — Artist Kevin Kresse, creator of the Johnny Cash sculpture in the U.S. Capitol (via Zoom).
April 26 — Hope Mullins, director of injury prevention, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Safe Kids and injury prevention.
May 3 — Mayor Harold Copenhaver.
May 10 — 2023-24 Scholarship Presentations.
May 17 — Annual Meeting & Elections; discussion of proposed dues increases.
May 24 — Brandon Cunningham, ASU deputy athletic director for development & revenue generation.
May 31 — C.C. Smith, Jonesboro High School history teacher, African-American history project.
June 7 — State Rep. Dwight Tosh, stories from a long career in law enforcement.
June 14 — Branon Thiesse, Craighead County extension agent and staff chair, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Research and Extension.
June 21 — Brandon Tabor, news director and Morning Edition host, KASU radio.
June 28 — Delta Symphony brass quintet, Fourth of July music.
July 5 — Lindsay Roberts, Executive Director, Together We Foster, a Northeast Arkansas foster care advocacy group.
July 12 — Gary Harpole, Managing Partner, Halsey Thrasher Harpole Real Estate Group, Property Development in Jonesboro.
July 21 — Dr. Benjy Kuonen, Advisory Board member, The Stage Theater Co., Jonesboro.
July 28 — Roby Johnson, conductor and music educator, Delta Symphony Youth Orchestra, and Catherine Norvell, executive director, Delta Symphony Orchestra.
Aug. 2 — Casey Pearce, director of community relations and marketing, College of Osteopathic Medicine, NYIT-Jonesboro, update on programs and graduates.
Aug. 9 — 2nd Judicial District Circuit Judge Melissa Richardson of Jonesboro, drugs courts.
Aug. 16 — Colleen Sears, director of clinical operations for NEA, Cynergy Rehab Group, AR Kids, an early development childhood program.
Aug. 23 — Kiwanis community service contributions ceremony.
Aug. 30 — Kevin Hodges, chairman of steering committee for construction of a City of Jonesboro indoor sports complex, progress on the facility.
Sept. 6 — ASU men’s basketball Coach Bryan Hodgson.
Sept. 13 — Kiwanis picnic, Craighead Forest Park Pavilion No. 1.
Sept. 20 — Program canceled by speaker.
Sept. 27 — Awards & Installation Banquet, Jonesboro Country Club.
Oct. 4 — Jonesboro Police video analyst Wade Shapp and Capt. Steve McDaniel — Real Time Crime Center.
Oct. 11 — Dr. Enrique Gomez, chief of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Pediatrics, St. Bernards Medical Center.
Oct. 18 — the Rev. David Hoffman, pastor, First United Methodist Church of Jonesboro.
Oct. 25 — Shelly Anderson, executive assistant to the Mayor of Jonesboro, Mayor’s Youth Advancement Council.
Nov. 1 — Dr. Rodney Reeves, senior pastor, First Baptist Church of Jonesboro, discusses the recent trip he led to Israel and the current conflict.
Nov. 8 — Dr. M. Mark Miller, author, will discuss his books on Yellowstone National Park via Zoom.
Nov. 15 — Hatton Weeks, KAIT's vice president and general manager, will discuss changes in TV reporting
Nov. 22 — Thanksgiving week — no meeting
Nov. 29 — Arkansas State University Provost Calvin White and Dr. William McClean, associate vice chancellor for faculty relations.
Dec. 6 — Dr. Jim Patchell, director of track and field and cross-country at Arkansas State University.
Dec. 13 — Tarkington String Duet.
Tuesday, Dec. 19 — Club Christmas Party, The Parsonage, 305 South Main.
Wednesday, Dec. 20 — no meeting.
Dec. 27 — Alan Keith, strategic adviser for A-State Innovate, Delta Center for Economic Development.
2024
Jan. 3 — Business meeting: Pancake Day planning; new member induction.
Jan. 10 — Craighead County Judge Marvin Day.
Jan. 17 — Dr. Ross Carroll, associate professor of physics at A-State — the April 8 solar eclipse.
Jan. 24 — Jeremy Wooldridge, chief executive officer, Crowley’s Ridge Development Council.
Jan. 31 — Mini-debate: Brandt Smith and Jack Ladyman, candidates for the Republican nominee for state representative in District 32.
Feb. 7 — Megan Brown, executive director, Hope Found of Northeast Arkansas — Human trafficking in Northeast Arkansas.
Feb. 14 — Eric Skaug, Tanja McKay, Marcia Burns and Elaine Bartee — romantic music for String Quartet.
Feb. 21 — June Williams, former editor and author of “A New Vision: Finding My Way When Life Turned Upside Down” — eyeglasses for children in El Salvador.
Feb. 28 — Planning meeting for Pancake Day
March 2 — 83rd annual Kiwanis Pop Stricklin Pancake Day.
March 6 — Beverly Parker, chair of the Keep Jonesboro Beautiful Commission, KJBC campaign.
March 13 — Traci Perrin, in-service session for club members on youth protection training.
March 20 — Garrett Barnes, assistant director of NEA Career and Technical Center (one of the Academies at JHS) and Craighead County justice of the peace for District 2, the center and its impact and legislative powers of county government.
March 27— Daniel Bell, chairman of the board for the Jonesboro Church Health Center, and Kim Metcalf, executive director.
April 3 — Lauren Hopkins, A-State Red Wolves for Red Wolves organization member — Renaissance Fair plans to benefit the organization, which supports and promotes conservation of the critically endangered American Red Wolf.
April 10 — Ethan Clark, Arkansas Department of Transportation assistant resident engineer — NEA highway project updates.
April 17 — Marty Boyd, Craighead County sheriff.
April 24 — Marty Scarbrough, KASU’s program director and a nominee for disc jockey of the year by the Arkansas Country Music Association — Arkansas Roots and Bluegrass Mondays.
May 1 — Gary Latanich, emeritus professor of economics, Arkansas State University, “Exposing Economic Myths.”
May 8 — Presentation of the 2024 Kiwanis B.H. “Pop” Parish Scholarships.
May 15 — Rhonda McBain, senior development office and program director for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at Arkansas Children’s Foundation.
May 22 — Betty Barnett, travel consultant for Jonesboro Travel, “Travel in 2024.”
May 29 — Chris Prince, hearing specialist at the Natural Hearing Center in Jonesboro, “How to Hear Better.”
June 5 — Danny Kapales, director of Jonesboro Parks and Recreation.
June 12 — Corbin Lorick, ASU Indian football memories.
June 19 — Jonesboro Chief of Police Rick Elliott.
June 26 — State Rep. Dwight Tosh, District 38 (canceled due to family emergency).
July 3 — Kendrick Newsome, Hope House, a nonprofit organization that serves as a resource center for the homeless and needy.
July 10 — Jeremy Irvin, training supervisor for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the 2nd Judicial District.
July 17 — Amy Schmidt, administrative director of the Northeast Arkansas Humane Society.
July 24 — Julia Lansford, Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus at ASU, on a Special Needs Ensemble.
July 31 — Shunqetta Cunningham, CEO and lead consultant at KHARIS Group Consulting, on KHARIS grants.
Aug. 7 — Dr. Heide Banse, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at ASU, and Dr. Len Frey, ASU’s chief operating officer — establishing the new college.
Aug. 14 — Presentation of club contribution checks to various nonprofit representatives, including: United Way — Heather Coats & Erin Calhoon; Food Bank — Elizabeth Johnson; CityYouth Ministries — Kelsie Harris; City Parks/Miracle League — Danny Kapales; Arkansas Sheriffs Youth Ranches — Christina Greenfield; and Delta Symphony Orchestra — Catherine Norvell.
Aug. 21 — Neale Bartee, conductor and music director, Delta Symphony Orchestra.
Aug. 28 — ASU women’s basketball Coach Destinee Rogers.
Sept. 4 — Debate House District 32: Rep. Jack Ladyman (R); David McAvoy (D); Eric McGee (L).
Sept. 11 — Mary Dawn Marshall, Craighead County Clerk, “Election 2024: What is the Role of the Arkansas County Clerk?”
Sept. 18 — Debate Senate District 20: Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) and Erika Askeland (D).
Sept. 25 — Annual Awards and Installation Luncheon, Jonesboro Country Club.
Oct. 2 — Kevin Byron, assistant vice president for St. Bernards Behavioral Health.
Oct. 9 — Kiwanis Picnic, Craighead Forest Park, Kiwanis Pavilion (No. 1).
Oct. 16 — Mayoral candidates Harold Copenhaver & Jeremy Terrell.
Oct. 23 — Mayoral candidates Thomas Elwood & LJ Bryant.
Oct. 30 — Casey Kidd, executive director, Family Crisis Center.
Nov. 6 — Emma Agnew, North Jonesboro Neighborhood Initiative.
Nov. 13 — Mark Young, Chamber of Commerce Jonesboro Unlimited.
Nov. 20 — Jim Bryant, Good Tidings, formerly Goodfellows.
Nov. 27 — No meeting.
Dec. 4 — The Tarkington Family Strings.
Dec. 11 — Dr. Michael Roberts, senior pastor, First United Methodist Church of Jonesboro.
Dec. 17, 6-7:30 p.m. — Christmas Party, The Parsonage.
Dec. 18 — No meeting.
Dec. 25 — No meeting.
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