"Lunch and Learn" event set for Wednesday

The Greater Blytheville United Way and the Mississippi County Interagency Council will be hosting its quarterly Lunch and Learn series at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Attendees will bring their own lunch to the event. The program will begin at noon.

Speaking will be James R. "Bobby" Hall, program associate in the Community and Economic Development Department of the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture - Extension. Hall is also president of the Arkansas Association of Parliamentarians.

Hall is a native of Wynne and graduated from Wynne High School. He received both bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

He began working for the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service in 1987, serving as an agricultural agent in Phillips County. He has also served as an agricultural/community development agent in Calhoun County and staff chairman in Dallas County. Since April 2008, he has worked in the Community and Economic Development Department at Little Rock as a program associate specializing in leadership development and parliamentary procedure. Hall is also a certified lay speaker in the United Methodist Church.

Hall will talk to attendees about the basics of parliamentary procedure, lasting about an hour, with time for questions. The program is designed to attract anyone involved in non-profits, boards of any kind, churches and social groups. There is no admission fee and the public is invited to attend. Call 870-822-0260 for more information.

cpinkard@blythevillecourier.com