Upcoming Local Events

FABULOUS FOURTH IN CHEROKEE PARK

Sacred Heart School to Host Cajun Fête

On July 9^th, Sacred Heart Catholic School will be cooking up a Cajun spread.  Everyone is invited to attend and partake in the all-you-can-eat shrimp, crawfish, gumbo, beverages and more (must be 21).  Tickets $25 each and are available online at www.sacredheartmorrilton.org or at the school office.  You can also send your check to SHS Cajun Fête, 106 N. St. Joseph, Morrilton, AR 72110 or call 501.354.4358.  Credit cards are accepted and the deadline to purchase is July 5^th.  The event will be held in the school gym beginning at 5:30 pm.  All proceeds benefit Sacred Heart Catholic School.

42nd Street presented by the Arkansas River Valley Arts Center

The Arkansas River Valley Arts Center presents the legendary Broadway musical, 42^nd Street, at Witherspoon Auditorium on the campus of Arkansas Tech University. You have your choice of two weekends to see this fun-filled show, which is suitable for the whole family.

Performance Dates   

July 1, 2, 8 & 9    - 7:30 p.m.

July 3 & 10 - 2:00 p.m

 Tickets $15 for adults with a $3 discount for Arts Center members, senior citizens age 60 and above, and students age 13 and above. $8 for age 4 to 12 no discount. Free for age 3 and under

Oxford American Summit

The Oxford American magazine is hosting the first Oxford American Summit for Ambitious Writers, a five-day, creatively intense workshop for writers seeking to enhance their literary skills from June 21-26, 2011, at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain. The Summit will feature an all-star roster of faculty and guest speakers and will offer participants the opportunity to improve their writing in a peaceful and stimulating environment.

As part of the Summit, there is an impressive list of events open to the public, including lectures by The New Yorker magazine editor David Remnick and Editor Emeritus of The Atlantic William Whitworth.  

Below is a link to the public events. 

http://oxfordamerican.org/articles/2011/jun/10/free-events-oas-literary-summit/

UACCM's Campus Tea is Today!

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR UACCM’S KID’S COLLEGE

Attention area kids and parents! Registration for the 2011 Kid’s College at UACCM is now open. This year, Kid’s College will take the imaginations of area first through third graders to the top of the world by guiding them on an amazing “Polar Expedition” to explore the sights and sounds of the Arctic Circle. Participants will also climb aboard the “Space Ship Discovery” and blast off to the furthest reaches of outer space. The fun-filled week is scheduled for July 11 through 14, 2011. 

During Kid’s College, students will attend class each day from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Business Technology Center on the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton’s campus. Throughout this time, they will learn all about the history, culture, and natural environment of the Arctic Circle before launching into the solar system and beyond to discover information on the stars and planets. Kid’s College will also feature many hands-on activities, games, scientific investigations and art projects designed to enhance math and science skills among the children while maintaining a fun and exciting experience. 

 

The fee for Kid’s College 2011 will be $40 per student. If a family plans to enroll more than one child, a $30 registration fee will be charged for the second child and a $20 registration fee will be charged for all additional children. Children must be entering first through third grades in fall 2011 to be eligible to attend.  Kid’s College is only open to 40 participants, and spaces are filling quickly. A registration form is available at www.uaccm.edu under the “News” section. Registration forms and payment must be returned to: UACCM Community Outreach, Leadership Development Institute, 115 East Broadway, Morrilton, AR 72110. Checks should be made payable to UACCM. For more information, contact Janie Wagner at (501) 215-4900 or e-mail wagner@uaccm.edu.

UACCM ANNOUNCES SPRING 2011 HONOR STUDENTS

The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton has announced the Chancellor’s Scholars and Academic Honors lists for the spring 2011 semester.


     The Chancellor’s Scholars List is comprised of full-time students who completed at least 12 college-level credit hours with a 4.00 grade point average. Students named as Chancellor’s Scholars for the spring 2011 semester include:

Christina Allan of Russellville, Tamela Anderson of Greenbrier, Robin Baker of Russellville, Jason Baldwin of Vilonia, Laura Barber of Clinton, Manjula Bathula of Conway, Brandon Baxter of Bigelow, Lindsay Bean of Greenbrier, Deandra Beck of Oppelo, Jessica Bedow of Jerusalem, James Beene of Greenbrier, Jessica Belote of Conway, Stella Bird of Ola, Bobbi Boone of Conway, Brittany Boren of Atkins, Anzie Brewer of Lenore, Amanda Burns of Paron, Daryl Byrum of Dover, Paula Byrum of Dover, Denise Caldwell of Conway, Richard Caldwell of Houston, Matthew Cardenas of Jerusalem, David Clayton of Russellville, Michael Cockrum of Plumerville, Cody Cogdell of Morrilton, John Collet of Guy, Melissa Criswell of Morrilton, Kristi Curry of Morrilton, Joshua Dewees of Perryville, Robin Dunlap of Springfield, Dana Duvall of Pottsville, Louis Earnhart of Hattieville, Brooke Enderlin of Conway, James Ferguson of Morrilton, Julie Flowers of Center Ridge, Scottie Foshee of Atkins, Katie Frazier of Damascus, Timothy Frazier of Cabot, Monica Frey of Bigelow, Tiffany Gagne of Dardanelle, Sarah Gaines of Hattieville, Jedena Garrett of Conway, Teresa Gorecke of Wooster, Amy Hall of Conway, Monte Hambright of Pottsville, Katie Hartman of Jerusalem, Mitzi Henderson of Dover, Jose Hernandez of Russellville, Chelsea Hubbard of Perryville, April Hudson of Dover, Ryan Huffman of Morrilton, Monica Humphrey of Conway, Jennifer Johnson of Morrilton, Randie Jones of Cleveland, Amanda Karnes of Dover, Preston Kordsmeier of Conway, Patrick Kouri of Conway, Tony Kuettle of Morrilton, Jasmin Lacy of Conway, Roy Lewis of Pottsville, April Long of Houston, Angela Love of Bee Branch, Joshua Love of Clinton, Sarah Lucas of Clinton, Hannah Malcolm of Conway, Stephanie Massey of Maumelle, Carol Meaders of Springfield, Patricia Mendez of Russellville, Frankie Metcalf of Russellville, Karlotta Morse of Conway, Laura Mulder of Morrilton, Brandon Powers of Greenbrier, Jenifer Presnull of Houston, Nathan Price of Greenbrier, Tammy Redican of Mayflower, Joseph Ryan of Conway, Donald Saucier of Marshall, Karly Schichtl of Conway, Jason Scruggs of Center Ridge, Shawna Shannon of Vilonia, Brenda Shaw of Greenbrier, Mary Sikes of Morrilton, Michael Simo-nis of Adona, Bryan Sledge of Conway, Mary Smith of Greenbrier, James Stephens of Conway, Dalton Stoeber of Conway, Naomi Sweeney of Shirley, Nicole Taylor of Paron, David Thomas of Casa, Jennifer Welshans of Pottsville, Nathaniel Weston of Atkins, Jayme Wilcox of Greenbrier, Terri Williams of Perry, Leah Wilson of Oppelo, Stephanie Yancey of Springfield, Kristina Young of North Little Rock North Little Rock


The Academic Honors list consists of full-time students who completed at least 12 college-level credit hours with a grade point average of 3.50 to 3.99. Students on the Academic Honors list for the Spring 2011 semester include:

Melissa Aggson of Houston, Doug Alverson of Dardanelle, Lauren Amerson of Conway, Amanda Atkinson of Center Ridge, Julia Avant of Delaware, Randall Banks of Hector, Jeannie Barnhart of Greenbrier, Kathy Bennett of Atkins, Megan Bernhardt of Damascus, Stephanie Betts of Greenbrier, Lindsy Bewley of Casa, Kandis Bivens of Quitman, Donald Blocker of Conway, Amanda Bradford of Conway, Sandra Branstetter of Bigelow, Tina Brewer of Atkins, Zachary Brewer of Conway, Timothy Brooks of Clarksville, Charlie Brown of Morrilton, Janet Brown of Morrilton, Chelsea Burnside of Conway, Denise Burton of Conway, Cody Cagle of Conway, Tangela Cain of Twin Groves, Sophie Campbell of Conway, Mikelynn Childers of Dardanelle, Audrey Christian of London, Jon Church of Jerusalem, Wendy Clark of Vilonia, Sara Coble of Vilonia, Andrea Coleman of Conway, Russell Conger of Guy, Paxton Crawford of Plumerville, Jamie Dailey of Greenbrier, Melanie Dean of Hattieville, Allen Dickerson of Conway, Joseph Dube of Springfield, Devon Duke of Conway, Chelsea Edmunds of Oppelo, Stephen Emison of Cleveland, Blake Enderlin of Conway, Kindsay Estes of Center Ridge, Amy Eubanks of Perry, Kerstie Fadely of Casa, Jessica Falgout of Danville, Fallon Farris of Van Buren, Holly Faulkner of Vilonia, David Ferrier of Clinton, Jacqueline Fisher of Morrilton, Katherine Fossitt of Conway, Kathryn Frazier of Cabot, Melissa George of Morrilton, Mariah Gillihan of Greenbrier, Dave Glasspoole of Delaware, Jordan Greer of Clinton, Laura Grider of Crossett, Ericka Gutierrez of Conway, Leann Hammett of Conway, Nikki Hampton of Hattieville, Maranda Haney of Dardanelle, Trina Hardin of Greenbrier, Sandra Harter of Dardanelle, Lacey Hartwick of Greenbrier, Hazel Hayes of Conway, Terrence Heaggans of Morrilton, Daniel Heinzen of Russellville, Claude Henderson of Conway, Kalyn Henry of Mount Vernon, Matthew Howard of Conway, Neal Howard of Conway, Brittany Hudspeth of Conway, Jacquelyn Irby of Conway, Jenna Irgens of Conway, Adria James of Perryville, Brooke Jenkins of Conway, Emily Johannes of Adona, Amanda Johnson of Conway, Christopher Johnson of Conway, Chelsy Jones of Plumerville, Hayley Jones of Bigelow, Matthew Jones of Conway, Rachel Jones of Conway, Stephanie Jones of Perryville, Mason Kindsfater of Conway, Joshua Koster of Dover, Katie Kubisty of Conway, Shawn Kyle of Morrilton, Jamie LaGrange of Atkins, Brenda Leach of Adona, Stephanie Lee of Bee Branch, Aaron Lipke of Conway, Gwenette London of Conway, Douglas Macon of Conway, Gabrielle Manion of Clinton, Kevin May of Russellville, Joshua Mayfield of Conway, Ian McClymont of Paron, Heather McCrary of Morrilton, Danny McKnight of Morrilton, Brittney Moll of Morrilton, David Moody of Perryville, Terri Morris of Mayflower, Lauren Morrow of Russellville, Ashley Murphy of Atkins, Matthew Murphy of Plumerville, Lisa Nelson of Atkins, Timothy Nichols of Greenbrier, Evelyn Ochoa of Russellville, Araly Orona of Conway, Charlene Passmore of Guy, Charles Paul of Conway, Carrie Pelfrey of Hartman, Ellen Petty of Russellville, Juanita Phillips of Clarksville, Ryan Presson of Clarksville, Ashley Prow of Perryville, Shelby Ray of Dardanelle, Brittany Ridenhour of Russellville, Kerri Ripley of Conway, Marcia Robertson of Damascus, April Robinson of Dennard, Samuel Rodriguez of Dardanelle, Zachary Schichtl of Conway, Olin Shirley of Vilonia, James Shockey of Atkins, Alex Smith of North Little Rock, Angela Smith of Russellville, Tyler Snyder of Plumerville, John Squires of London, Casey Standridge of Hector, Kimberly Stovall of Pottsville, Devon Sullivan of Bee Branch, Wiltrud Tollefson of Conway, Jessie Tolley of Perryville, Brittany Venable of Conway, Michelle Walker of Atkins, Shannon Walker of Plumerville, Larry Walley of Bee Branch, John Weems of Conway, Mary Weems of Conway, Lester Welshans of Pottsville, Michael West of Atkins, Keresa Wilbanks of Conway, Dwight Williams of Conway, Paula Williamson of London, Alicia Wingo of Russellville, Alexander Worm of Conway, Theodore Wurschmidt of Morrilton, Cody Zimmerman of Conway.

LINKS FOR LEARNING RAISES OVER $14,000 FOR UACCM FOUNDATION

This year’s sixth annual Links for Learning Golf Tournament fundraiser for the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton (UACCM) Foundation was a huge success. A field of nearly 120 golfers gathered at the Morrilton Country Club on a beautiful sunny day to compete in the three-person scramble tournament that helped raise over $14,000 in proceeds for the UACCM Foundation. Along with the tournament, the participants were given an opportunity to show their golf skills with Longest Drive, Closest to the Pin, and Putting Contests. Throughout the day, teams were treated to limitless refreshments, door prizes, and all the BBQ they could eat. Once the teams had finished playing and the scores were being calculated, the tournament’s finale took place. The “Golf Ball Drop” consisted of hundreds of numbered golf balls being poured down from the bucket of Morrilton Fire Department’s snorkel truck that was positioned nearly fifty feet in the air above a hole near the putting green. The owner of the ticket number matching the number of the ball that landed closest to the hole won the largest prize of the day, $1000 cash. A second prize of $50 was given to the person’s ball that landed the furthest from the hole. Defying the odds, Mark Stobaugh won the $1000 prize for the second year in a row. UACCM’s Director of Marking and Public Relations, Mary Clark was the winner of the $50 ‘Farthest from the Hole’ prize after her golf ball managed to bounce and roll it’s way almost a hundred feet from the hole.

The winners of the sixth annual Links For Learning Golf Tournament were:

First flight

• First place, Specialty Rental 2 (Nick Wooten, Kavin Gatlin, and David Osburn)
• Second place, Farmers and Merchants Bank (Thomas Akin, George Jones, and Greg Connell)
• Third place, ARVEST 1 (Randy Loyd, Todd Smith, and Nelson Ennis)

Second flight

• First place, DeSoto Drilling (Chuck Lovelace, Mike Goutier, and Jack Hamm)
• Second place, ARVEST 2 (Sherry Tanner, Donna Parks, and Stephanie Wofford)
• Third place, Green Bay Packaging (Jeff Gregerson, Will Sams, and Gary Sams)

Third flight

• First place, Energy Weldfab (Johnny Rogers, Rex Murdock, and Mike Clements)
• Second place, Bell Supply 1 (Jeff Cheatham, Ricky Winberry, and John Duke)
• Third place, Crafton Tull 3 (Cliff Gregory, Brad Russell, and Mike Burgess)

“We couldn’t have asked for a better day for our foundation golf tournament!” stated UACCM Development Officer, Morgan Zimmerman. “The weather was beautiful, we had an excellent turnout, and the food was awesome! Of course, none of it would have been possible if it weren’t for the outstanding support of the area businesses and individuals who made contributions and volunteered their time to help with the tournament.”

Southwestern Energy Company served as the tournament’s $3,500 Platinum Sponsor. Crafton Tull & Associates were $2,000 Gold Sponsors. Farmers and Merchants Bank provided all of the food for the tournament, which qualified them as a $1,000 Tournament level sponsor. The event had nine $500 Team Sponsors: Benchmark Title Company, DeSoto Drilling, Maus Implement Company, Mobley Construction Company, Inc., Nabholz Construction, NESCO Field Services, LLC, Petit Jean Meats, Petit Jean State Bank, and Regions Bank. Numerous donors pledged $100 as Hole Sponsors: Allison Ford Company, Inc., American Realty, ARVEST Bank, Blue Diamond Café, Fred’s, Hagans Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep, Health Care Pharmacy, Koontz Electric Company, Liberty Bank of Arkansas, McDonald’s of Morrilton, Mike and Susie Dunaway, Morrilton Area Chamber of Commerce, Price Flying Service, Steve and Rhonda Trowbridge, The Kid’s Depot, Tobacco Corner Plus, and Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. Beverages were provided to the tournament by Coca-Cola. Maus Implement sponsored the prize of a brand new John Deere Riding Lawn Mower for the Hole-in-One contest.

For more information concerning the Links for Learning Golf Tournament, please contact Morgan Zimmerman at 501-977-2085 or Zimmerman@uaccm.edu. Pictures from the event can be viewed from the UACCM website at www.uaccm.edu.