MR. LYNDAL WAITS, GUEST SPEAKER SPRING RIVER AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING

(HIGHLAND, AR – October 5, 2015) – Mr. Lyndal Waits, District Engineer for District Five Arkansas Highway and Transportation Office is the guest speaker at the October Spring River Area Chamber of Commerce Meeting, Tuesday, October 20th at 12:00 pm at Patio Lina’s in Ash Flat, AR.

Mr. Waits will be speaking on the road projects going on in Sharp, Fulton, Izard and Independence Counties. Guests are welcome to attend this meeting. Lunch is dutch treat. For more information call the Chamber office 870.856.3210 or email sracc@centurytel.net.

A native Arkansan Waits has lived in several towns in north central Arkansas. He is a 1975 Graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and is a Registered Professional Engineer.

While in college, he worked 5 summers in AHTD engineering offices. He began full time employment with the Highway Department in 1975 at an engineering office in Paragould. In 1980, he became the District Maintenance Engineer at Paragould.

Waits moved to Batesville in November 1984 as Assistant District Engineer and was promoted to District Engineer in October 1994. He and his wife, Shirley, have two grown children. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Batesville and a member of the Batesville First United Methodist Church.