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Q: What is your favorite cuisine? I could eat Mexican food every day. Q: When you are not working, you are? At this time, when I am not working, my husband and I are building a house. We are trying to do a lot of it ourselves. Every available moment we have, we are working on the house. After this project gets done, I hope to get caught up on reading, Q: What is the accomplishment of which you are most proud? I am most proud of my family. I have two sons, Josh and Justin Rogers. Tey have given me many great memories watching them grow up. Also, I have traveled many miles watching them play football and baseball. Josh is married to Kamela, and they have given us an amazing grandson, Will. Josh and Kamala are both teachers and they both coach in Dyersburg, Tenn. Justin recently married Bailie. Justin is an agent with Farm Bureau Insurance in Arkadelphia and his wife is an LPN with Genesis Cancer Center. My wonderful husband of 8 years, Doug, shares his amazing children with me. Douglas attends the Air Force Academy, Melanie just got accepted in the Archi- tecture program at U of A, and Annie attends school in Bryant. Doug and I are extremely blessed to have our terrific children Q: What is the hardest thing you have ever done? Be a single mom for two boys on the salary of a starting deputy clerk. But, we made the most of it and still had a lot of amazing times together. Q: What is at the top of your bucket list? To be able to retire from being Clark County Clerk, slow down, and spend lots of time with my family. Q: What might surprise people about you? I love to travel. Besides travelling to numerous states, I have been to Mexico, Australia, Italy
(Venice, Rome, Pisa, and Florence), London and Paris. You may also be surprised that I like to shoot rubber bands at the girls in my office…and yes, they shoot back! Q: What is your pet peeve? People who are not honest with me. Q: What is your motto or favorite quote? “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
Q: What would you say about your time in the county clerks office? While I have been in office, this job has changed dramatically. We have adapted to numerous mandates and deadlines. Tings we thought we would never be able to do, we strived hard and achieved them well.
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Counties ‘take a load off’ in AAC challenge
LITTLE ROCK – More than 50 county of- ficials and employees joined the “Take A Load Off” Weight Loss Challenge Jan. 3. Te As- sociation of Arkansas Counties proposed the friendly competition aimed at better health to counties throughout Arkansas in December. A total of 57 people comprised seven teams that weighed in at 15,001 pounds. “Te challenge is another opportunity to interact with our county officials and em- ployees. Tis is a fun and positive team ef- fort in the spirit of healthier lifestyles,” Chris Villines, AAC executive director said. “We look forward to watching the participating counties have fun with this and start 2012 on the right foot together.” Te following six teams entered: • •
“Triple Threat,” Benton County Clerks office, 3 members
“The Big Macks,” Benton County Juvenile Detention, 12 team members
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Little River County, 11 team members
“Calorie Crushers,” Pulaski County, 13 members Poinsett County, 3 team members
“Damsels in Distress,” Benton County, Division III, 4 team members
Te contest time period is Jan. 3 – April 3, 2012. Follow the challenge on the AAC’s Facebook page and on its Web site at www.
arcounties.org. Te winning team will earn bragging rights, healthier futures and a feature in the Spring 2012 edition of County Lines magazine and coverage on AAC’s Web site and Facebook page and special recognition at the annual AAC conference.
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