Six members of the Bella Vista Garden Club recently attended the Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs Inc.'s, annual convention in Searcy, Ark., and came home with several state and south central regional awards:
• STATE AWARDS -- Standard of Excellence with Great Honor; Evalyn Kirkwood Garden Therapy Award; first place, large club, publicity press book; first place, large club, yearbook; Bird Poster Contest, first place, blue ribbon to ninth-grader, Whitney McLeland of Bentonville High School, honorable mention to Isabella Olson, fifth-grader Bright Field Middle School; and Individual Service Award for the Northwest District awarded to Linda Neymeyer.
• SOUTH CENTRAL REGION AWARDS -- first place, large club, Publicity Press Book; and honorable mention, Garden Therapy.
Community on 07/01/2015