Boyd
Carpenter Scholarship Awarded
Tera Zeigler, a Salem High School
graduate, has been chosen as the 2007 recipient of the $4,000, four-year
Boyd Carpenter Scholarship, presented by First National Banking Company.
Tera, the daughter Randy and Clara
Zeigler of Glencoe, ranks number one in a class of 54, has a grade point
average of 4.08 and has been active in many of the extracurricular
activities of the school.
Some of Tera’s activities
include: Fellowship of Christian Athletes, FCCLA, Varsity Softball,
Student Government, Senior Class Secretary, Quiz Bowl – 2004 Captain,
2006-2007 Beta Club Secretary.
Honors and awards that Tera has
received include Beta Club awards in Biology, English, Geography, AP U.S.
History, Algebra I, Life Science, Earth Science, and Communications.
Tera is an active member and
leader in her church and has been a Sunday school teacher since 2005. She
has also been employed at the Fulton County Hospital in addition to
helping on the family farm.
Tera plans to attend University of
Central Arkansas with a major in writing and a minor in history.
An outside committee that included
a resident from Izard, Fulton, and Sharp Counties, made up the selection
committee for the scholarship. The
committee reviewed all applications, and interviewed the top nine
applicants.
First National Banking Company
offers the scholarship each year to a high school graduating student. This
is the 24th year the scholarship has been sponsored by the bank.
