|
|
Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive |
April Westmoreland Wins Collegiate Talent SearchPublished Wednesday, January 17, 1996 in the Nevada County PicayuneApril Westmoreland, the 22-year-old daughter of Jim and Judy Westmoreland of Prescott, recently won the Master Card ACTS (American Collegiate Talent Search) at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She was one of 14 who competed and won with a vocal solo of "Orange Colored Sky." The victory enables Westmoreland to compete on January 25 at SMU in Dallas in the South Central Regional competition. She will be representing the university as well as the state of Arkansas as she competes against other winners from this region. A win in Dallas would award Westmoreland with $1,500 as well as a trip to the national competition in Nashville, Tenn., where the winner will be declared "America's Most Talented College Student for 1996." Along with this title comes $15,000 and an opportunity to meet with national talent representatives. Westmoreland is a senior at UA. She will be graduating with honors on May 11, with a bachelor of arts in microbiology. Search | Nevada County Picayune by date | Gurdon Times by date |
|
Newspaper articles have been contributed to the Prescott Community Freenet Association as a "current history" of our area. Articles dated December 1981 through May 2001 were contributed by Ragsdale Printing Company, Inc. Articles June 2001 to ? were contributed by Better Built Group, Inc. Articles ? to October 2008 were contributed by GateHouse Media. Ownership of all Nevada County Picayune content from the beginning of the newspaper, including predecessors, until May 2001 was contributed by the John and Betty Ragsdale family to the Prescott Community Freenet Association. Content on this site may not be archived, retransmitted, saved in a database, or used for any commercial purpose without express written permission. Web hosting by and presentation style copyright ©1999-2009 Danny Stewart |