HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts senior Calvin MacKenzie was the only high school student to win a place on the “Wall of Fame” in IBM’s sixth annual Master the Mainframe Contest.

The contest is for university students, but high school students are encouraged to participate. This year’s contest attracted 3,537 students from 400 schools in the U.S. and Canada.

MacKenzie placed third and will receive an Apple iPad and a two-day expense-paid trip to the IBM mainframe plant in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

The contest was divided into three parts and began in October 2010. To successfully complete Part 3, students had to complete a series of difficult and time-consuming tasks, mastering the inner-workings of mainframe software products, security protocols, multiple programming languages and various utilities.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – St. Joseph’s Mercy Health Center held its 2010 Service Awards and Recognition Dinner on January 27 at Horner Hall at Hot Springs Convention Center. Roberta Swaim was named St. Joseph’s Mercy’s Co-Worker of the Year, while Jennifer Thompson received the Pelton Leadership Award.

St. Joseph’s Mercy honored 280 co-workers for their service to the ministry.

In order to be eligible for co-worker of the year, one must first win co-worker of the quarter during that year. The co-worker of the first quarter was Melissa “Missy” Shuffield of Nutrition Services, Swaim won the second quarter, Linda Chadick of 70 West Mercy Clinic won for the third quarter and Holly Crise of Utlilization Management won for the fourth quarter.

Swaim was nominated by her co-workers who said she “constantly goes above and beyond the scope of her job duties to help her fellow co-workers. Roberta’s job consists of many functions, including helping with payroll.