CAPE STUDENT EARNS CELLO SCHOLARSHIP TO SOUTHEAST

Jeffrey Jackson, a senior at Cape Girardeau Central High School, has been awarded a partial cello scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University.

Jackson will be playing in the university orchestra. He plans to major in mass communications and minor in music.

Jackson has played cello one year. He performs with the Central High orchestra and was in the pit orchestra for "The Sound of Music." He has also taken private lessons from Sara Edgerton, music professor at Southeast.

Jackson is the son of Diane and Jerry McKee of Cape Girardeau.