m Destinee Howard of Gillett has been named a Spectrum Scholar, Charter Communications Inc. s annual college scholarship program for underrepresented students with financial need. Howard will receive a $20,000 scholarship, be assigned a Charter Communications Inc. mentor and have the opportunity to pursue an internship at one of the company s corporate offices in Stamford, Conn.; Charlotte; St. Louis; or Denver. She will be attending North Carolina A&T State University, a public, historically black land-grant research university in Greensboro, N.C., and major in marketing
m Jarrod Gillespie of Ashdown has been awarded an Honors Scholarship to attend the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana. The award is worth $2,400 per academic year. Gillespie is a graduate of Ashdown High School and plans to pursue a degree in Power Plant Technologies.