Gravette FFA students awarded college scholarships

— Four Future Farmers of America students, who graduated earlier this year from Gravette High School, were awarded scholarships by the Gravette FFA Support Group.

Pictured, from the left, are Tyler Martin, Kate Stidham, Sayer Smith and Ashley Bohannon. Their awards were based on academics, leadership and interest in agriculture as well as being active members of theGravette FFA program.

Martin received a $1,250 scholarship to attend Arkansas Tech University at Ozark; Stidham received a $1,000 scholarship to attend Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville; Smith received a $750 scholarship to attend Olivet Nazarene University at Urbannais, Ill., and Bohannon received a $500 scholarship to attend NWACC.

The Gravette FFA thanks the following businesses and individuals for making these scholarships and otherFFA leadership events possible: Arvest Bank, Austin Drug, Belts Family Farm, Bank of Gravett, Benton County Stone, Blaine Russell - NTI, Built Well Construction, Decatur Livestock Auction, Insul-Bead Corp., Jerry Easley, Kent Leonard - DDS, Kevin and Diane Graham, Mt. Pleasant Farms, National Realty, S-Four Farms, Shelter Insurance, Southwest City Livestock Auction, Sugar Creek Animal Clinic, Tapp Farms, Teasley Drug, Tri-State Propane and Vick Clouse.

Sports, Pages 9 on 07/25/2012