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county official. Villines said Bell “probably never envisioned as a child in Chicago that she would someday be a revered county official in Arkansas.” Villines called Bell “self-driven” and “persistent.” “Like Wes Fowler, who had a broad knowledge of several offices in the county, Sherry is a Swiss army knife of a court- house with an understanding of many facets,” he said. Te advocacy award was established last year following the
death of Wes Fowler, who spent decades working in Madison County government before finishing his career at the AAC as Governmental Relations Director. Villines explained that, though Fowler passed away in ear- ly 2017, the association was unable to present the inaugural award at last year’s AAC conference. As a result, the AAC Scholarship Committee made two selections to award at this year’s conference — one for the inaugural 2017 award and another for 2018. Te award will be given annually to a county or district of- ficial that has exhibited great passion for advocacy over the previous year.
“Te winners of these awards will receive an Arkansas Coun-
ty Diamond Award and will be honored in perpetuity at the Association of Arkansas Counties with a permanently placed plaque and names added each year,” Villines said.
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Above: Wes Fowler served as Madison County Clerk for 10 years beginning in 1989. During that time, he served as legislative chair and in officer positions in the Arkansas Association of County Clerks. He was elected county judge in 1998 and continued to be active in the County Judges’ Association of Arkansas. He joined the AAC staff as Governmental Affairs Director in 2010, and con- tinued to serve as a consultant to the AAC after he retired in 2014. Fowler passed away Feb. 1, 2017.
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