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The Gamma House is scheduled to present the Annual Gamma Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 9, at Twin Lakes Golf Course in Mountain Home. Gamma House is a non-profit faith-based transitional living program that provides safe housing, life skills development, and support for women working toward stability and independence. The tournament will be a 4-person scramble and will use the Stableford scoring system. The Twin Lakes Golf Course is an 18-hole, regulation-length public course. Events like this tournament play a vital role in sustaining our mission and ensuring we can continue serving women in our community.

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By Michaela Jarvis James Hand is a Ph.D. candidate at EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University, a Department of Defense SMART scholarship awardee and, most recently, the recipient of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)/Stevens Institute Doctoral Award. The award is presented annually to just two Ph.D. students worldwide, recognizing their research for its innovation and its potential to advance systems engineering. Hand’s research focus? The behaviors and strategies of insects – and how those behaviors could translate into engineering designs for drones and robotics. Hand says he particularly enjoys studying insect behavior because it is completely outside of his field of engineering.

By Taylor Lynch Yellville-Summit High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter continued its tradition of excellence at the Arkansas FBLA State Leadership Conference held in Little Rock.