GENTRY — Loren Cripps, who will be a senior at Gentry High School in the fall, was nominated and has been recognized by the United State Achievement Academy as a student of excellence in speech and drama.

Cripps was nominated by speech and drama teacher Daren Ward. Her name will be included in a nationally published yearbook.

She is the daughter of Coye and Marnie Cripps of Gentry.

Community, Pages 6 on 06/23/2010