Salle Whillock, a seventhgrade teacher at Washington Junior High School in Bentonville and a clogging instructor at Regional Rec., Inc. in Bentonville, has just returned from Branson, Mo., where she performed four shows a day at Silver Dollar City in the Championship Clogging Show during the National Kids’ Festival. Tollett gets scholarship

The first Wayne W. Simpson Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $ 1, 000 was awarded to Bentonville High School senior Whitney Tollett.

Tollett will attend Northeastern Oklahoma College in Miami, Okla., this fall.

Wayne Simpson was a lifelong Benton County farmer, and spent 10 years on the Bentonville School Board.

The Wayne W. Simpson Memorial Scholarship will be awarded annually to a student for further education in agriculture, public service or merchandisingrelated fields. Donations to this scholarship account may be made at any Arvest Bank. Hawkins named Student of the Month

The Arkansas Career Training Institute in Hot Springs had named Justin Hawkins of Pea Ridge as Student of the Month for June. Hawkins is the son of Jusy Hawkins and Harry Palmer.

He graduated from Pea Ridge High School in 2004. JBU names students to list

The following students have been named to John Brown University’s President’s and Dean’s List of distinguished students from the Advance Degree Completion Program. Each student is a member of the Northwest Advance Program working toward a bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems or Organizational Management.

President’s List Group 11 (Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems ): Danny Castleman and Doug Corbino of Bentonville, Chantel Killmer of Bella Vista, Gene Newton of Gentry and Kevin Whitson of Rogers.

Dean’s List Group 11 (Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems ): John Bundy of Bentonville, Daniel Goodwin of Rogers and Shane Stephens of Bella Vista.

President’s List Group 51 (Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management ): Camille Hector of Rogers and JoAnn Jimenez of Bentonville.

Dean’s List Group 51 (Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management ): Kathryn Landers of Pineville, Mo., and Bill Meyers of Garfield.

The Advance Program is a degree-completion program that allows students to complete their bachelor’s degree by attending classes one night a week. Classes are designed for working adults 23 years of age or older who have at least two years of prior-college credit and relevant work experience. Arkansas Venture Forum Leaderhsip announced

The Arkansas Venture Forum has announced the leadership of the 2006 Arkansas Venture Conference. Kay Palmer, executive vice president of technical services and chief information officer for J. B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., and John White, Chancellor of the University of Arkansas, accepted the positions as honorary co-chairs of the conference. For the first time in its five-year history, the event will be held in northwest Arkansas. It is slated for Nov. 16-17 at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers. The conference is focused on improving the environment for Arkansasbased ventures and among other things, connecting entrepreneurs with potential investors. Rogers natives head overseas to study

A pair of Rogers natives who attend Harding University will spend a semester overseas as part of Harding’s international program.

Sarah Williams is among the 42 students spending the semester in Florence, Italy.

Katelyn Clark is among 35 student spending the semester in Viña del Mar, Chile. Medical Auxiliary scholarships Awarded

The Auxiliary of Northwest Medical Center of Bentonville is pleased to announce the awarding of three $ 1, 000 scholarships to two staff members and one daughter of a staff member who are furthering their studies in the field of medicine.

The awards include:

Wanda J. Rohman is a registered nurse with Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville continuing her education towards her Masters in Nursing at the University of Missouri.

Christa N. Fraley works in Central Sterile at Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville; working towards her physical therapy / pre-med degree at the University of Central Arkansas

Raquel Garrett is the daughter of a Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville staff member. She is a recent graduate of Gentry High School and will start attending Northwest Arkansas Community College working towards her nursing degree.