District 17

J Jones

District 17District 17 Director
611 County Road 3608
Bullard, TX 75757
E: drtourch@yahoo.com

Deputy District 17 Director
Viji Kuruvilla
Lexicon, Inc.
8900 Fourche Dam Pike
Little Rock, AR 72206
E: vijik@lexicon-inc.com

District 17 Sections

SECTION 023Oklahoma City

Section Website: awssection.com/oklahomacity

Facebook: Facebook.com/AWSOklahomaCity/

Contact: Email the AWS Oklahoma City Section

Section Boundaries:

In Oklahoma to include all the counties west of and including Grant, Noble, Payne, Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Pontotoc, Johnston, and Marshall.

In Texas to include all the counties north of and including Parmer, Castro, Swisher, Briscoe, Hall and Childress.

Section Officers and Section Library:

Please visit the AWS Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.

SECTION 034Tulsa

Section Website: awssection.com/tulsa

Facebook: Facebook.com/TulsaAWS/

Contact: Email the AWS Tulsa City Section

Section Boundaries:

In Oklahoma to include all the counties east of and including Kay, Osage, Pawnee, Creek, Okfuskee, and Hughes. To include all the counties north of and including McIntosh, Muskogee, and Sequoyah.

Also in Oklahoma to include McCurtain, Le Flore, Haskell, Latimer, Pushmataha, Choctaw, Bryan, Atoka, Coal and Pittsburg counties.

Section Officers and Section Library:

Please visit the AWS Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.

SECTION 053North Texas

Section Website: awssection.com/northtexas

Facebook: Facebook.com/AWSNorthTexas/

Contact: Email the AWS North Texas Section

Section Boundaries:

In Texas to include Hardeman, Foard, Knox, Haskell, Jones, Taylor, Runnels, Concho, McCulloch, Coleman, Callahan, Shackelford, Throckmorton, Baylor, Wilbarger, Wichita, Archer, Young, Stephens, Eastland, Brown, Comanche, Earth, Palo Pinto, Jack, Clay, Montague, Wise, Parker, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Tarrant, Denton, Cooke, Grayson, Collin, Rockwall, Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Henderson, Van Zandt, Navarro and Rains Counties.

Section Officers and Section Library:

Please visit the AWS Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.

SECTION 136Ozark

Section Website: awssection.com/ozark

Facebook: Facebook.com/AWSOzark/

Contact: Email the AWS Ozark Section

Section Boundaries:

In Missouri to include Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Barry, Lawrence, Dade, Cedar, Polk, Greene, Christian, Stone, Taney, Ozark, Douglas, Webster, Dallas, Laclede and Wright Counties.  

In Kansas to include Cherokee and Crawford Counties.

Section Officers and Section Library:

Please visit the AWS Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.

SECTION 144Central Texas

Section Website: awssection.com/centraltexas

Facebook: Facebook.com/AWSCentralTexas/

Contact: Email the AWS Central Texas Section

Section Boundaries:

In Texas to include Hays, Blanco, Travis, Williamson, Burnet, Lampasas, San Saba, Mills, Hamilton, Coryell, Bell, Milam, Falls, McLennan, Bosque, Hill, Limestone, Freestone and Anderson Counties.

Section Officers and Section Library:

Please visit the AWS Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.

SECTION 145Central Arkansas

Section Website: awssection.com/centralarkansas

Facebook: Facebook.com/ctarkansasawssections.org

Contact: Email the AWS Central Arkansas Section

Section Boundaries:

In Arkansas to include all the counties east of and including Fulton, Izard, Stone, Van Buren, Pope, Yell, Montgomery, Hot Springs, Grant, Cleveland, Bradley and Ashley.

Also in Arkansas to include Benton, Carroll, Boone, Marion, Baxter, Searcy, Newton, Madison, Washington, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Sebastian, Scott and Polk counties.

Section Officers and Section Library:

Please visit the AWS Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.

SECTION 150East Texas

Section Website: awssection.com/easttexas

Facebook: Facebook.com/AWSEastTexas/

Contact: Email the AWS East Texas Section

Section Boundaries:

In Texas to include Marion, Upshur, Wood, Smith, Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Shelby, Rusk and Cherokee Counties.

Also in Texas to include Bowie, Cass, Morris, Camp, Titus, Franklin, Red River, Lamar, Delta, Hopkins, Hunt and Fannin counties.

In Arkansas to include Miller, Lafayette, Columbia, Union, Calhoun, Ouachita, Nevada, Hempstead, Little River, Sevier, Howard, Pike, Clark and Dallas counties.

In Louisiana to include Caddo, Bossier, Webster, and Claiborne counties.

Section Officers and Section Library:

Please visit the AWS Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.

District 17 Student Chapters

SECTION 136Ozark Section

Dallas County Career
Center Student Chapter 

Advisor: Darin E. Newman 
Dallas County Technical Center
33 Vo-Tech Road 
Louisburg, MO 65685
P: 417.752.3491

Ozarks Mountain Technical
Center Student Chapter 

Advisor: Scott Short 
211 East 5th Street 
Mountains Grove, MO 65711
P: 417.926.3177

Ozarks Technical Community
College Student Chapter 

Advisor: Carl J Bridwell 
1001 East Chestnut Expy
Springfield, MO 65802
P: 417.447.8266

Scott Regional Technical
Center Student Chapter 

Advisor: Aaron Obermann
2 David Sippy Drive 
Monett, MO 65708
P: 417.235.7022

SECTION 144Central Texas Section

Texas State Technical College-Waco
Student Chapter

Advisor: Thomas Coutee 
3801 Campus Drive 
Waco, TX 76705
P: (254)867-4884
 

SECTION 150East Texas Section

 Letourneau University Student Chapter
Advisor: Richard E. Baumer 
2100 South Mobberly Avenue
Longview, TX 75602
P: 800.759.8811

SECTION 053North Texas Section

South Garland High School 
Student Chapter

Advisor: John H. Greuel
600 Colonel Drive
Garland, TX 75043
P: 972.926.0771

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