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RECEIVED: Kristin Holway (below), junior, Harding Academy,Memphis, Tenn., a perfect score on the ACT test. She is one of 25 students nationwide to receive a perfect score.

HONORED: W. Gregg and Pam Strawn for 20 years of ministry at the Circle church, Corvallis, Ore. and Winifred Brown for 40 years service as an elder at Circle.

James and Deborah Waugh for 20 years of ministry and Cameron and Piper John for 10 years of ministry to the Memorial Road church, Oklahoma City.

Turner and Gearldine Paseur, by the Red Bay church, Red Bay, Ala. for their 50 years of ministry.

Tricia Lillard (below), Memphis, Tenn. a 2002 Jefferson Award winner for more than 11 years of devotion as a foster parent while dealing with her own health problems.

AWARDED: Catherine Eckman Wilkinson, for one of four Excellent Educator 2001-02 awards for Oklahoma City Public Schools. Wilkinson teaches at Emerson Alternative High School.

Mark Gasaway, Atlanta, a husband and father of two who is deaf and blind, the Distinguished Toastmaster Award for achieving the highest level in communication and leadership in Toastmasters International. Mark was also appointed to the Governor’s Council for Independent Living in the state of Georgia.

NAMED: Fred Gray, Montgomery, Ala., author and civil rights attorney, as president of the Alabama Bar Association. Gray is the first African-American appointed to this position.

NEW MINISTERS: Lonnie Spencer from Victory Road church, Henderson, Nev. to Tri-County church, Cushing, Okla. David Gaylor to the Southeastern church, Indianapolis.

BIRTHDAYS: 95th: Vida Henley, Benton, Ark. 94th: Raymond A. Smith, Midland, Texas. 93rd: Edna F. Smiley, Port Charlotte, Fla. 86th: Mary Louise Campbell, Montgomery, Ala. 85th: Dale Larsen, Brandon, Fla. 80th: Jo Booth, Coarsegold, Calif. 74th: Darla Williams, Enid, Okla.