Herron marks 95th birthday
Mildred Herron of Rogers will celebrate her 95th birthday with a party Saturday at the Freewill Baptist Church in Rogers.
Herron was born April 13, 1919, in Springdale. She is the mother of six and has numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
She enjoys gardening, working in her yard and making quilts in the wintertime.
Fayetteville seniors scholarship finalists
Nine Fayetteville High School seniors have been named finalists in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship contest.
Madeleine Corbell, Addison Cornwell, Spencer Finney, Annabelle Hall, Ben Heil, Arron Koch, Laura Mantooth, Emma Mathes and Amanda Roberson were recognized by the prestigious scholarship organization. Winners of National Merit Scholarships will be notified through mid-June if they are selected to receive a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship, a corporate-sponsored scholarship or a college-sponsored scholarship.
Mora studies at NASA Center
Danny Mora of Rogers, a student at NorthWest Arkansas Community College, was recently selected to travel to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to participate in the National Community College Aerospace Scholars project.
Mora was one of 40 community and junior college students chosen for the program. Mora is in the Educationally Managed Projects Advancing Curriculum Technology/Teamwork and Service Tech Corp program at NWACC. Mora had the opportunity to work with robotics along with NASA engineers during the three-day visit.
The visit included a tour of facilities and briefings with NASA experts.
Fort Smith DECA places at conference
DECA groups from Northside and Southside high schools in Fort Smith participated in the State Career Development Conference March 10-11 in Springdale.
Shadow O'Hare from Southside High School placed first in the restaurant food services management category.
Other winners include:
Second Place -- Jamie Cecil from Southside (Principles of Hospitality & Tourism)
Second Place -- Noeal Walker of Northside (Community Service Project)
Third Place -- Catelyn Sterling of Southside (Quick Serve Restaurant Management)
Third Place -- Alize Boatright, Roslyn Burton, and Vicki Chareundy from Northside (Financial Literacy Project)
Fourth Place -- Daylee Gilyard from Southside (Professional Selling Event)
Fourth Place -- Dylon Scheele from Southside (Food Marketing Series)
Fourth Place -- Kathryn Sturgill from Northside (Hotel and Lodging Management)
Fifth Place -- Jonathan Lack from Southside (Business Finance Series)
Sixth Place -- Atiel Burnett from Southside (Principles of Marketing)
Sixth Place -- Philip McLaughlin of Southside (Quick Serve Restaurant Management)
First-, second- and third-place winners qualified for the national competition.
Hornsey honored for fundraising
Spencer Hornsey has been the top fundraiser for the American Heart Association at Westwood Elementary School in Springdale since he was in first grade.
This year, Hornsey broke his own record by raising $650. The school raised $2,626.11 during the Jump Rope for Heart event in their physical education classes.
Rogers High DECA wins
The Rogers High School DECA Club received two of the highest national DECA achievement awards at the State DECA Leadership and Competitive Events Conference.
The chapter received the Promotional Campaign and Community Service awards. In addition, the school's club received recognition for having led all state DECA chapters in money raised for charities.
The group also racked up individual honors including the following:
First Place -- Kassandra Salazar/Gabby Molina (Buying and Merchandising)
First Place -- Chandler Kern/Bobby Louree (Marketing Communications)
First Place -- Taylor Atwell (Apparel and Accessories Marketing)
First Place -- Carter Forbis (Automotive Services Marketing)
First Place -- Alisha Sahu (Business Finance)
First Place -- Riley McGill (Business Services Marketing)
First Place -- Xavier Ryan (Human Resources Management)
First Place -- Addie Barczewski (Marketing Management)
First Place -- Garrett Kelly (Retail Merchandising)
Second Place -- Erick Aguilar (Restaurant & Food Service Management)
Second Place -- Alex McClung (Retail Merchandising)
Second Place -- Harrison Heffley/Michael Krupka (Hospitality Services)
Second Place -- Bryce Bray and Jacob Bray (Sports & Entertainment Team Event)
Second Place -- Max Harrell (Business Finance)
Second Place -- Adam Breach (Food Marketing)
Second Placee -- Daniel Kinzer (Sports & Entertainment Individual Series)
Third Place -- Juliana Martins (Hotel and Lodging Management)
Finalist -- Molly Strickland/Carolina French (Travel & Tourism)
Finalist -- Nolan Farnan (Hotel and Lodging Management)
Finalist -- Billy Treacy (Quick Serve Restaurant Management)
Finalist -- Chandler Little and AnneDee Rylee (Sports & Entertainment Team Event)
Students selected for July conference
Edith Gonzalez and Chanel Mora, both students at George Junior High School in Springdale, recently qualified to compete in the National Family Career and Community Leaders of America Conference July 6-10 in San Antonio, Texas.
Their project used Hunger Games to relate to the problem of hunger in the United States.
Fort Smith quiz, science teams win
Quiz Bowl and Science Bowl teams from Ramsey Junior High School in Fort Smith have won state competitions this year.
The school's Quiz Bowl team placed first in the Arkansas State Quiz Bowl Junior High 7A Red Bracket Tournament on Feb. 22. Team members Huy Mai and Dani Mays were named to the 7A All-Star Tournament team, and Mai was named MVP.
Team members include captain Nathan Barker, Gwendolyn Daniels, Mai, Mays, Nathan Moore, Luke Smith, Jason Weiler, Kirk Linam, Alexander Siebenmorgen and Tommy Huynh. The team is coached by Teresa Freeman and Gia Bethel.
Three Science Bowl teams from the school swept the Arkansas Regional Middle School Science Bowl Tournament in January at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.
The first-place team includes captain Daniels, Siebenmorgen, Katie Settle, Nate English and Flor Ortega. The team will compete in the U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl this month in Chevy Chase, Md.
Second place went to a team including captain Annabelle Dickson, Tanya Joseph, J.T. Jones, Jenna Hunter and Emma Espino. The third-place team was comprised of captain Ashley Floyd, Georgie Mings, Miranda Lee, Haley Grimes and Dan Tran.
Send information about birthdays, honors and reunions to [email protected], [email protected] or Northwest Arkansas Achievers, P.O. Box 7, Springdale, AR 72765.
NAN Our Town on 04/10/2014