Another first on “The Drive with Brad Bobo” on Tuesday, as a former diplomat (who just happens to be a Nettleton High School graduate) joined the show. James Pardew was a member of the NHS class of 1962, where he was a teammate of Jerry Rook on the Raiders’ 1961 state championship basketball team. He then graduated from Arkansas State, served 28 years in the U.S. Army, and worked in the State Department for another 13 years; he served as the U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2002-2005.
