Arkansas acheivers

■ AgHeritage Farm Credit Services is presenting 11 scholarships this year – nine $1,000 Customer Scholarships, one $1,000 University Scholarship and one $1,000 Ken Shea Memorial Scholarship. The 2020 scholarship recipients are:

Customer Scholarship Program: Landon Sandage of The Baptist Preparatory School, Ella Marek of Stuttgart High School, Katherine

Newman of Salem (homeschooled), Lindsey Tilley of Rison High School, Kody

Boatright of Beekman Charter School, Madison Walker of Tuckerman High School,

Jessica Honey of Pocahontas, (home-schooled), Noralee Townsend of Rose Bud High School and Raife Burrow of

McCrory High School.

The Customer Scholarship Program, which was established in 2001, is open to dependent children and grandchildren of AgHeritage Farm Credit Services stockholder customers. Recipients were chosen based on their academic performance and school-related extracurricular activities.

Ken Shea Memorial Scholarship: Jalyn White of Hamburg High School. The Ken Shea Memorial Scholarship is open to dependent children and grandchildren of AgHeritage Farm Credit Services Southern Region stockholder customers. This year’s recipient was chosen because of her academic performance and school-related extracurricular activities.

University Scholarship Program: Skyler Boyle, a graduate of Jonesboro High School currently attending the University of Arkansas at Monticello. ■ James Fletcher, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has earned the designation Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. It is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a physician member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Fletcher is assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Division of Palliative Medicine and a faculty member for the UAMS Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship program, the only hospice and palliative medicine subspecialty program in the state.

■ Isabel Crawford, a junior at Little Rock Central High School, competed on French horn as a national finalist in the Music Teachers National Association Senior Brass Performance Concerto Competition winning third place in the nation. Crawford plays French horn in the Central High Symphonic Winds under the direction of Brice Evans, director of instrumental music, and has studied French horn privately for six years with David Renfro, principal horn of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. The three-tiered Music Teachers National Association competitions begin at the state level. Winners of each state competition advance to the video-only division competition or directly to national competition if unchallenged. Crawford won the association’s senior brass performance level for Arkansas and was the south-central region division representative in the national competition.

Arkansas Achievers is an opportunity to give recognition to Arkansans for their achievements.

Civilian and military achievements are accepted. Please follow these guidelines: Achiever(s):

1) Must be an Arkansan or have graduated from a school in Arkansas.

2) Received an award, scholarship, medal or promotion.

Pageants, deans’ lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.

No photographs please. To submit an Achiever email us at news@arkansasonline.com with the words “Arkansas Achievers” in the subject line.