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Zonta, Rotary to host joint meeting
The Cleburne Rotary Club will join with the Zonta Club of Johnson County to host a meeting at noon Thursday at the Cleburne Senior Center in Cleburne. The speaker will be Kay Cosper, director of program operations on the F-35 JSF program at Lockheed Martin. Her program will focus on the F-35 JFS program development.
Cosper has worked for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company and its heritage companies since 1979 and began her career as a logistics contract analyst responsible for the administration of the logistical contract requirements for F-16 support equipment. She later became involved with determining the support equipment needs for production contracts with Israel, Greece, Egypt and Turkey.
In 1989, she was named as group supervisor of business and provisioning with the responsibility of ensuring that F-16 support and training equipment contractual requirements were met.
She has held positions of increasing responsibility since she began her career. In 1995, she became the Integrated Logistics Support project manager for the F-16 Avionics Intermediate Shop/Improved AIS. In 1996, Cosper was appointed manager of the F-16 Support Integration Team where she integrated the planning, systems support and post production sustainment functions.
In 1997, she was named as the manager over the Integrated Support Planning and Configuration Management core competency activities and logistics integration across tactical aircraft programs. In 2002, she moved into program management and was promoted to director of program management in 2003.
Cosper received a Special Meritorious Award for her work with the Egyptian Air Force and an Extraordinary Achievement Award for her work with the Egyptian Air Force and an Extraordinary Achievement Award for her involvement with the Hellenic (Greek) Air Force. She has also served as a United Way loaned executive and served in an integral role in Lockheed Martin’s U.S. Savings Bond Drives.
Her professional associations include the Society of Logistics Engineers, the National Management Association and the Air Force Association. She serves on the board of directors for the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Leadership Association.
Cosper graduated from Baylor University in 1979 with a BBA in management. In 1995, she received an MBA with a focus in multinational management from Baylor University. She is a life member of the Baylor Alumni Association and assists the Dallas EMBA Program with recruitment.
Cosper and her husband, Jim, live in Fort Worth where they are active members of the First United Methodist Church. She is a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Zonta Club of Fort Worth.
Rotary International is the world’s first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide.
Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.
Zonta International is a global organization of executives and professionals working together to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy. Nearly 33,000 members belong to more than 1,200 Zonta Clubs in 67 countries and geographic areas.
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Educating through the arts
Her résumé is impressive. An educator, therapist, dancer, minister and actor, Bonnie Hawkins-Jordan seems the kind of person who might live in Hollywood. But she doesn’t. She lives in Cleburne, sharing her ministry with those around her any way she can.
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Challenger seeks to oust Precinct 4 incumbent
Johnson County Precinct 4 voters have a choice this year between re-electing incumbent Commissioner Don Beeson, or electing his challenger, Bart Basham.
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Park and ride lot to be discussed
Cleburne City Council members will vote Tuesday on P.E.T. Construction’s $171,704 bid to construct a park-and-ride lot at the Cletran location.
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Pete Kendall: Home phonelessness more blessing than curse
In a 1916 interview in the Chicago Tribune, the self-anointed World’s Greatest Newspaper, Henry Ford said, “History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history we made today.”
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Medina brings campaign to Cleburne
Several hundred area residents attended a Saturday Burleson Tea Party rally held at Forrest Auto Group in Cleburne.
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2/8 Felony arrests
The following felony arrests are taken from public records at the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Fire destroys home, occupants OK
A Wednesday morning fire resulted in no injuries, but destroyed a home near Burleson.
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Showers put lake level above spillway
With showers continuing through this morning, Lake Pat Cleburne lake level was reported at 734.1 feet, about six inches over the spillway, said local weather watcher Gayle White.
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Schools collect funds for Haiti
Students at two Cleburne ISD campuses have collected more than $1,400 for agencies involved in assistance for earthquake victims in Haiti.
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Suspect arrested in Alvarado shooting death
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