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RIVER VALLEY & OZARK EDITION OF THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRATGAZETTE • SPIRIT OF CONWAY
SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2016
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gift from Mar y Ann Dawkins’ estate to suppor t scholarship, promote college affordability and launch the college’s fundraising for the Welcome Center.
The metal bridge over Harkrider Street will be refurbished and upgraded too, according to a press release from the college.
CENTRAL BAPTIST COLLEGE
The Central Baptist College Mustangs base- ball team will have a chance to see what it’s like playing on the big stage as the team travels to Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, on Oct. 1.The team will be the first from Arkansas to play a game in the stadium.
Central Baptist College will take on St. Lou- is Community College following the game be- tween the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates that day.The CBC game is tentatively set to begin at 6:15 p.m.
The Mustangs finished as runner-up in the National Christian College Athletic Association’s Central Region Tournament last season and re- ceived an invitation to play in their first NCCAA World Series. The Mustangs finished the season with a school-record 31 wins.
For more information on ticket pricing, visit www.cbc.edu/cardinals or call 501-205-8920.
CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT
The upcoming school year will also reveal
updates in the Conway School District, where two schools are undergoing changes.
Ida Burns Elementary School on Donaghey Av- enue in Conway is completing the finishing touch- es of an $8 million construction and renovation project to replace a building that opened in 1956.
The two-story building, which will face Poplar Street, will include office space, 12 state-of-the-art classrooms, a cafeteria with a stage, a student health room for the school nurse, and a physical-educa- tion room that will double as a safe room.The ex- panded, renovated school is scheduled to open in August.Two classroom wings — one built in 1976 and the other in 1992 — that were perpendicular to the building that was torn down received new flooring, paint and bathrooms.
Another change involves a new name for one of the district’s schools.The Conway School District’s Board of Education voted unanimously to rename Bob Courtway Middle School to Bob and Betty Cour tway Middle School. The school, which was built in 1997, was named for Betty Courtway’s late husband. Bob Courtway was a longtime Hendrix swim coach, a volunteer swim coach at Conway High School and a school board member in the district.
Betty Courtway, who died in February at age 86, taught kindergarten for more than 25 years in Conway. She retired in 1993.The Courtways had five children, a daughter and four sons, including UCA President Tom Courtway.
ADVERTISING FEATURE
Minute with a Manager CHAD BEENE
Production manager Conway Collision Center
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How do you start your day?
I pray with my wife.
What is your best workday?
Every day is what you make it; it depends on the attitude.
What is your worst workday?
When you can’t get the parts you need to finish a job.
What is one thing people don’t know about the company you work for?
Every job is important to us.
What are your company’s best attributes?
The quality we produce.
Q. What is your typical workday in a nutshell?
A. I make sure our work flow is on schedule, assist workers and mediate between the office and the shop.
Q. What do you love about working for your business?
A. The process is the same
but every car is different. It’s something you have to figure out.
Q. What is the best business advice you have received?
A. Do the best you can on everything, and stick to your price. When you cut cost, you have to cut quality, and it’s not worth the risk.
Q. If you weren’t in this business, you would be?
A. Building something. I love to fabricate and make stuff.
Q. Where would people find you on your days off, and what would you be doing?
A. With my wife and two girls or working on something in my shop.