People & Places

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Fayetteville duo wins arts award

Bob Ford and Amy Herzberg, founders of TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, are the recipients of the Arts Community Development Award as part of the 2013 Governor’s Arts Awards.

Recipients were nominated by the public and selected by an independent panel of arts professionals from around the state.

They will be honored at a fall ceremony, receiving an original work of art created by an Arkansas artist.

The Governor’s Arts Awards recognize Arkansans and Arkansas corporations for their contributions to the arts.

Bacon celebrates 94th birthday

Ruth J. Bacon of Fayetteville will celebrate her 94th birthday Sunday.

She was bornRuth Jean Wilson on July 14, 1919, in Iola, Kan., to Marion and Maude Wilson. She spent most of her adult life working on farms she owned with her husband, Raymond Bacon, in Kansas and later Idaho, beforereturning to Kansas in 1968 and retiring to Arkansas in 1986.

She has one daughter, Becca Martin-Brown, and a granddaughter, Amanda Martin.

Greetings may be sent to 1 N.

School Ave., Apartment 605, Fayetteville 72701.

Pruitt named ambassador

Maggie Jo Pruitt, a University of Arkansas senior, has been named a 2013-14 campusambassador for the Agriculture Future of America program.

Pruitt is one of 16 students selected nationally by the group. She is an agricultural education, communication and technology major from Bergman.

Her role will be to foster relationships between the nonprofit organization and students, faculty and staff at the UA. Pruitt also serves as director of lectures on the Bumpers College Honors Student Board at the UA and is also a Bumpers College ambassador.

Landon earns pathology degree

Chelsea Dawn Landon, a West Fork native, received a doctorate in pathology fromDuke University in Durham, N.C., on May 12. Landon graduated from West Fork High School in 2001. She was co-valedictorian for her class.

Landon holds a bachelor of science degree from Arkansas TechUniversity in Russellville and a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte.

She is the daughter of Stan and Candi Landon of West Fork and the granddaughter of Joe Landon of Winslow.

Patriot Parade winners cited

Organizers of the Bella Vista Fourth of July Patriot Parade have announced the winners of best unit awards for this year’s parade.

The Ozark Highlander Bagpipe Band, directed by Jo Ann Tyler, was named best marching band.

The Best Band on Wheels award went to the Nomad Shrine Club Banjo Band, directed by Paul Spilman.

Submarine veterans from theU.S.S. Snook Base and Commander Pete Rathmell took home honors for best float.

Doggie Heaven of Bentonville earned honors for best dogs.

Troop 525 was named Best Cub Scout Troop, while Troop 333 earned Best Boy Scout honors. The Patriot Guard won Best Motorcycle Group.

The Veterans Color Guard of Bella Vista, commanded by W.O. Forrest Strickler, was named best adult military group, and the 115th Civil Air Patrol under Commander Kristi Eliasen was named best youth military group.

Bentonville Cheer and Dance won an award for best cheerleaders. Mo-Ark PT Cruisers took home the Best Automobiles award.

Members of the Arkansas National Guard’s 142nd Fires Brigade led by Sargent First Class David Bredekamp won for Best Military Vehicles, while the Northwest Arkansas Historical Association earned top honors for best Army Jeep.

The Nomad Shrine Club brought the best antique cars to the parade.

The Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution were honored as Best Clubs. Top parade queens were Katie Smith, Miss Benton County Pre-Teen; Brynn Cordeiro, Miss Benton County Fair; and Callie Jordan, Miss Benton County Toddler.

Crossbrand Cowboy Church and the Rev. Tim Wallace were honored for Best Horses, while the Pea Ridge Rockers were the parade’s best dancers.

Nursing student wins competition

Chyanne Hawkins, a junior nursing major at the University of Arkansasat Fort Smith, received a gold medal in the post-secondary nurse assisting competition at the 2013 Skills USA National Leadership and Skills Conference inKansas City, Mo.

Hawkins was one of 19 students representing the university and the Western Arkansas Technical Center at the event.

Tech student receives medal

Dustin Terrell of Fayetteville received a bronze medal at the 2013 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Mo., June 24-28. Terrell is an industrial control systems major at Arkansas Tech University’s Ozark campus.

Terrell took home the medal in the electronics technology competition. He won gold in that category at the Arkansas State SkillsUSA Conference in Hot Springs earlier this year.

Terrell will receive an associate degree in industrial control systems at the end of the summer semester.

Press Women announce awards

Seven local women received awards as part of theannual Arkansas Press Women Communications Contest. The awards were presented June 15 on the Hendrix College campus in Conway.

Debbie Miller with NorthWestArkansas Community College in Bentonville earned first place honors in the news story/magazine; personality profile, 500 words or less;

specialty articles/advertorials; special articles/physical health; news or feature release; single release; news or feature release, multiple releases; feature story/magazine; and short stories, single categories. Miller also earned second place in the newsletters; news or feature release, single release;

and speeches contests and third place in the newsletters competition.

She received honorable mentions in the special articles/education and newsletters categories.

The NorthWest Arkansas Community College team of Rob Hanlon, Chris Holtman and Miller received first place in the marketing program or campaign for a new or existing service or product category.

Hanlon also received second place in the single photograph, general photo contest, while Holtman earned first- and third-place honors in the social media campaign, nonprofit, government and educational category.

Hanlon and Tara Berry received a first place award for single ad for print or electronic publication.

Jenny DeShields with The Weekly Vista in Bella Vista earned first prize in the editorial opinion, print-based newspaper; single page, section or supplement regularly edited by entrant; page design;

and single photograph, general photo categories. DeShields also earned second place in the headlines and page design categories and third place in page design.

Cassi Lapp, also of The Weekly Vista, earned first place in the continuing coverage or unfolding news;

specialty articles, social issues;

and single photograph, news or feature photo categories.

Lapp earned second place in the single photograph, news or feature photo contest and third place in that category and in the single page, section or supplement regularly edited by entrant and personality profile, 500 words or less contests.

Sally Caroll of The Village Voice earned first prize in the personality profile, 501 words and up category. Carroll and Christy Attlesey received second-place honors for publications regularly edited by entrant; magazines, public relations; and community, institutional relations.

Gardner named

first runner-up

Katie Gardner, 14, of Fayetteville was chosen as first runner-upin the Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen pageant in Hot Springs.

Gardner represented the Lights of the Delta title.

She also receivedthe overall interview award from Sloane Roberts, Miss Arkansas 2012. Gardner will perform with the Pride of Arkansas Dancers July 18 at the Miss Arkansas Pageant and July 19 with the Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen contestants.

Her sister, Sara Gardner, will be state princess for Mikaila Wilson, Miss Lakes of the Northwest, during the pageant.

The Gardners are the daughters of Tom and Jana Gardner of Fayetteville.

Markle wins staff award

Jacquie Markle of Harrison has been chosen as the Outstanding Staffaward winner at North Arkansas College in Harrison. Markle is the first employee at the college to receive the award twice.

She is a longtime employee of the Institutional Advancement office and helped found the Northark Crisis Fund, which helps students stay in college after tragic or life-altering events.

Markle received $500 from the North Arkansas College Foundation as part of the award. She will be recognized in October in Hot Springs during the Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges’s annual conference.

Artists gain renown

Three Eureka Springs artists represented by Eureka Thyme have recently received awards or been accepted into shows.

Carol Dickie took Best of Show in Two-Dimensional Art at the Bentonville Arts-Fest in June for “Ghost Trees at Hogscald Hollow.” The award included a showing at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Dickie’s work “Tethered” has been accepted into the 65th Valley Invitational Show at the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, which runs July 18 through Sept. 1. Another Dickie piece, “Bent Aspens,” will be part of the Arkansas of Northwest Arkansas’s 19th annual Regional Art Exhibition, set for Aug. 1-29.

Betty Johnson’s portrait “Lilly” will also be a part of the Regional Art Exhibition.

Johnson’s work can also be seen as part of the Opera in the Ozarks art show in Eureka Springs.

Diana Harvey’s work was part of a benefit show for the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Mont., that raised $3.5 million for the museum of western art. Harvey also has a piece in the Opera in the Ozarks exhibit as well as four miniature paintings in the Snow Goose Gallery’s National Invitational Show in Bethlehem, Pa.

Richards named outstanding faculty

Sondra Richards of Harrison has been chosen by colleagues as North Arkansas College’s 2013Outstanding Faculty member. Richards has served as program director for the college’s Radiologic Technology Program since it began in 1994.

Richards is the recipient of the 2006 J.D. and Judy Erwin Endowed Chair in Nursing and Allied Health and the 2012 Dr. J.G. Gladden Endowed Chair in Nursing and Allied Health from the North Arkansas College Foundation.

She founded the Ozark Society for Radiologic Technologists and volunteers at a free medical clinic twice a month.

Richards received $500 from the North Arkansas College Foundation as part of the award. She will be recognized in October in Hot Springs during the Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges’s annual conference.

Roach named best intern

Stephanie Ann Spears Roach of Cincinnati earned the Outstanding Fall Intern award from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith’sdepartment of education.

Roach graduated in December with a bachelor’s degree in middle childhood education with a 3.73grade point average. She is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, the educational honors society, and the Collegiate Middle Level Association.

She is a teacher at Lincoln Middle School.

Roach is the wife of Coley Roach and the mother of Brooklee and Breck Roach.

She is the daughter of Mark and Christy Spears of Cincinnati and the granddaughter of Bobby Jack and Shirley Spears, of Cincinnati, and Claudette Warren of Fayetteville and the late Mont Warren.

Spencer receives scholarship

Benjamin Spencer of Jasper has received a Presidential Scholarship to study at North Arkansas College in Harrison this fall.

He is a 2013 graduate of Jasper HighSchool, and the son of Lonnie and Debbie Spencer.

Spencer completed training in collision safety and prevention and plasticrepair and painting from the Northark Technical Center during high school. He plans to complete the collision repair technology program at the college and then work as a collision repair technician.

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