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Photo Courtesy of Steve Wilkins
Scott Wilkins of Winston-Salem rode from Nags Head to San Diego this summer with a nonprofit project called Bike and Build.
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Published: August 4, 2008
IN PUBLIC SERVICE
□ Scott Wilkins of Winston-Salem, a student at UNC Chapel Hill, bicycled from Nags Head to San Diego this summer with Bike and Build, a nonprofit project through which college students bike across the country to raise awareness for affordable housing and provide volunteer work and monetary donations.
Bike and Build has donated more than $1,144,000 to affordable housing causes. The students bicycled from 31 to 124 miles each day. During their ride, they stopped for 10 days in various places to help build affordable homes.
In North Carolina, they helped construct two homes in Orange County for Habitat for Humanity and helped with another home in Asheville. They also helped construct handicapped access ramps in the Asheville area for low-income families with Mountain Housing, a nonprofit group.
You can read about Wilkins' journey at www.crosscountryscott.com.
□ The Northwest North Carolina chapter of the American Red Cross held its 2008 Annual Meeting and Volunteer Recognition Event June 11. Mary Sides Barnett of Advance received the Certificate of Merit, the highest award of the American Red Cross. Barnett was nominated by the chapter for saving the life of 6-month-old Nicholas Dwiggins when he stopped breathing.
These volunteers were also recognized with awards:
Emergency Services:
Exceptional: Barbara Joyce of Clemmons.
Volunteer of the Year: Darryl Black of Westfield.
Blood Services:
Exceptional: Brenda Adams of Yadkinville and Mark Salmons of Winston-Salem.
Volunteer of the Year: Milton Vaughn of Winston-Salem.
Health & Safety:
Exceptional: Heather Canup of Winston-Salem.
Volunteer of the Year: Darrell Roark of Clemmons.
Development:
Exceptional: Pinebrook Elementary School.
Volunteer of the Year: Cathy Peden of Winston-Salem.
Clara Barton Award: Michelle Brooks of Winston-Salem.
Clara Barton Youth Award: Michael and Jennifer Violette of Winston-Salem.
Lawrence G. Reid Award: Calvary Baptist Church -- second annual Jackie Johnson Blood Drive.
Administrative/Leadership Award: Peggy Roberts of King.
Chairman Award: Cisco Systems, Reynolds American and GMAC Insurance.
Mazie Woodruff Award: Bunny Llewellyn of Winston-Salem.
Community Partner Award-- Diamond Level: Reynolds American.
Community Partner Award -- Emerald Level: BB&T.
Community Partner Award -- Ruby Level: Wachovia and Carolon.
Grady White Award: Ed Royall of Winston-Salem.
□ Crisis Control Ministry received a check for $5,000 from the Kernersville Foundation during its recent Summerfest fundraiser. The Kernersville office had a 50 percent increase in client interviews and a 40 percent increase in food assistance from January to May this year compared to the same period last year.
□ Nicole Russo, an English major at Wake Forest University, spent four weeks this summer volunteering in a primary school in the Mutundwe neighborhood of Kampala, Uganda, as part of the Volunteer Abroad program operated by A Broader View Volunteers. Russo taught conversational English to ages 5-12.
IN EDUCATION
□ Sharon Ellen Moore of Bethania and Emily Kaitlyn Jones of High Point were named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala.
□ Scott M. Pierce of Winston-Salem graduated May 25 from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, with a bachelor's degree in rhetoric.
During his junior year he studied in Zagreb, Croatia. Pierce participated in the theater department's production of Skin of Our Teeth.
A graduate of Mount Tabor High School, he is the son of Robert and Jennifer Pierce.
□ Arden Grady of Lewisville and Nikki Holder of Winston-Salem were named to the dean's list at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.
□ Amber Workman of Lansing was recently awarded the Ashe-Lockhart Scholarship from the Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences at Virginia Tech.
□ Nathalie Roche of Winston-Salem graduated May 21 from The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, with a bachelor's degree in dance education. Roche is a 2004 graduate of Salem Academy.
□ Jessica F. Conley of Winston-Salem graduated in May from Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor's degree in art and design.
□ Nicole Ellis, a rising fourth-grade student at Forsyth Country Day School, attended the National Young Scholars Program June 28-July 3 at Wake Forest University. She participated in a Leadership Strand and Going Green Discovery Strand.
Nicole was nominated by her third grade teacher, Brenda Hedgecock. She is the daughter of Michel and Tom Ellis of Clemmons.
□ Tiffany Holland, a teacher at Wiley Middle School, spent more than three weeks in June in Japan as part of the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program. She was one of 160 educators selected from more 1,700 applicants across the country.
□ Laura Elmore Hale, a rising junior at Mount Tabor High School, attended the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation July 13–26 at Duke University.
Laura, the daughter of Janne Elmore and Jay Hale, attends Maple Springs United Methodist Church.
□ Deaton Gilmore, a student at Mount Tabor High School, has been selected for membership in The National Society of High School Scholars.
□ Margaret Emma Harper graduated May 18 with a bachelor's degree in political science from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.
Harper, a graduate of Reynolds High School, is the daughter of Lars and Mary Harper of Winston-Salem.
□ The following area students graduated in May from Lenoir-Rhyne College:
Bachelor's degree:
Advance: Erin Amira Strouse.
Boone: Matthew Marcus Smith.
Clemmons: Taryne Margaret Fleshman and Kristen Marie Sanders.
Greensboro: Amanda Jo Hajnos and Andrew Charles Matznick.
High Point: Angela Marie Heaviland, Bonnie Nicole Jarrell and Stacey Ann Lapp.
Jefferson: Emma Rene Bare.
Julian: Linsey Daye Strader.
King: Amanda Leigh Boyles.
Lexington: Ted Mark Dorton and Jessica Marie Reed.
Mount Airy: Ashley Pearl Nichols.
North Wilkesboro: Seth David Prevette.
Pfafftown: Jason B. Miller.
Rural Hall: Kemper Gray Kiger.
Sparta: Garrett Keith Bare.
Walnut Cove: Susan Elizabeth Norman.
Wilkesboro: Courtney La'Shae Saner.
Winston-Salem: Daniel Lee Charles, Adrian Dayton Ford and Emily Christine Hawks.
Master's degree:
Elkin: Jessica Blackburn Call.
Hays: Jessica Pierce Romans.
Thomasville: Monica Leigh Heitman.
□ The N.C. School of the Arts recently awarded Patricia Athey Brown and Dr. Malcolm McDougal Brown of Winston-Salem the 2008 Giannini Society Award, one of the school's most prestigious honors.
The Browns have been members of the Giannini Society since 1991 and the Founders Society since 2000, when they established The Patricia and Malcolm Brown Endowed Fund for Theatre Training.
□ Gustav Larimore of Winston-Salem was named to the spring-semester dean's list at Northeastern University, Boston.
□ These area students were also named to the spring-semester dean's list at Wake Forest University:
Roaring River: Amanda Dawn Williams.
State Road: Ann Elaine Meade.
Summerfield: Susannah Claire Bartlett and Sarah Douglass Jones.
Thomasville: Ashley Scott Fields, Benjamin Warner Lynch and Jessica Lynn Whicker.
Walkertown: Julie Gail Rice.
Walnut Cove: Lindsay Nicole Cook.
West Jefferson: Courtlyn Channing Reeves.
Wilkesboro: Genavee Scarlett Brown, Ashton Elizabeth Coffey, Andrea Melissa Davis, Elizabeth Anne Faw, Martha Jane Franklin, Jae Kim Haley and Matthew Ryan Triplett.
Winston-Salem: Rebecca Grey Abramson, Leslie Acuna, Jennifer Michelle Applegate, Natalia Alekseyevna Azarova, Robert Glen Bamford, Ashley Broyhill Beach, Caitlin Shae Berry, James Clinton Bobbitt, Chrystelle Kikelola Boko, Mary J. Bolton, Nora Ellen Brickhouse, Virginia Hester Browne, Amber Rae Butts, Elizabeth Morgan Chappell, Michael Tyler Christatos, Gabriel James Chrysson, Benny Levi Cooper, Christopher Andrew James Cotter, Samuel Padraic Cronin, Austin Anthony da Luz, Courtney Serena Daly, Katherine Marie Davis, George Walker Douglas, Sally A. Dunlap, Caroline Collins Edgeton, Christopher Andrew Elliott, Patricia Ann Elster, Laura Elizabeth Enos, Sunnie Leigh Flowers, Ming Yan Fu, Alexandra Michelle Gerlach, Matthew Wayne Greene, Stephanie Antionette Hairston, Jane Marie Evelyn Hammond, Ashley Kenion Hart, Teresa Audrey Hastings, Sarah Austin Hines, Della Williams Hinman, Xinyuan Hua, Andrew Richardson Karr, Parker Anne Kelly, Adam Matthew Kessler, Brooke Allison Kilduff, Gabiden Kourman, Benjamin Elliot Kron, Allison Beryl Lamy, James Stockton Lowrey, Michelle LeEnn Loyd, Amanda Ellis Lyall, Elizabeth Faye Martin, Charles Wesley Matthews, Erin Leigh McDonald, Ryan Rowles McGrath, Mallory Carolina Mosher, Richard Paul Mutton, Kathryn Dupres Nesbit, David William Newsome, Simeng Niu, Claire Regina O'Brien, Evan Baker Ocheltree, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea, Andrew Davis Parks, John Donnell Petree, Jacqlyn Nancy Phillips, Tyler Ray Pruitt, Chelsea Michele Reasor, Ian Samuel Richardson, Joshua Eli Robins, Andrew John Ronan, James Frederick Webb Simpson, Amelia Gray Smith, Matthew Ryan Steen, Robert Clinton Stowe, Yankai Sun, Rachel Elizabeth Taylor, Kimberly Chamel Taylor, Alexandra Geneviev Tchangoue, Catherine Louise Tegeler, Christopher John Tegeler, Tyler Blair Van Zandt, Anna Elizabeth Walker, Elizabeth Amburn Ward, Mary Edith Waterer, Rebecca Madeline Whaples, Jamie Alan Whitt, Alexa Monica Williams, Mary-Hollis Elizabeth Williams, Lindsay Elizabeth Williamson, David Ross Williford, Andrew Charles Wilson, Benjamin Pietro Winikoff, Chris Daniel Wozniak, Emily Powell Wright and Preston Champe Yates.
Yadkinville: Robert James Gmeiner.
Zionville: Amanda Grace Flahart.
□ The following area students were named to the spring-semester president's list at Campbell University:
Boone: Brittany Jackson.
Browns Summit: Kaitlyn Hipp.
Clemmons: Jile Carpenter and Carolyn Turney.
Greensboro: Andrew Lester, Cody McCain, Nicholas Medlin, Tiffany Michael, Tiffaney Stewart and Amy Stocks.
Hamptonville: Amanda Haynes.
High Point: Zachary Bodenheimer, James Kenny and Abigail Lind.
Jefferson: Stephen Staley.
Kernersville: Allyson Duke, Geneva Colquitt and Sapana Patel.
Lexington: Brandon White.
McLeansville: Heather Smith.
Mocksville: Rebecca Riddle.
Mount Airy: Karlie Love and Sarah Reavis.
Pfafftown: Luke Morales.
Pilot Mountain: Nicholas Overby.
Stuart, Va.: Kayla Collins.
Thomasville: Ethan Armentrout.
Thurmond: Kayla Privette.
West Jefferson: Sarah McSpadden and Roxi Patel.
Winston-Salem: Taylor Jones, Andrewe Kiger, Kimberly Pruett and Brittany Winfrey.
Yadkinville: Maggie Brintle, Brittany Garrison, Leah Hutchens and Valerie Martin.
□ These area students received bachelor's degrees in May from Salem College:
Clemmons: Amanda Kaye Bumgardner and Mary Elizabeth Crockett.
King: Whitney Nicole Combs.
Pfafftown: Tatum Rebecca Fishel.
Winston-Salem: LeShea D. Agnew, Sarah Garmon Barnhardt, Britney Noel Clark, Fiera Donn Nycole Cockerham, Amanda Grace Connelly, Kenza Jade Hill, Sonie Maya Lama, Amy Michelle Litz, Tinuola Adaeze Oluleye, Melissa Candace Saunders, Erica Lorrine Segers, Heather Anne Symmes and Valecia Janelle Young.
IN THE ARTS
□ Dario A. Calabro of King has been accepted into the N.C. School of the Arts High School Music Program for the 11th grade. He has been playing saxophone for five years. He attended West Stokes High School and has been a member of the West Stokes Concert and Marching Band and a member of the assemble band.
Dario has received the following honors: North Carolina All State Baritone Saxophone first place; North Carolina All District Tenor Saxophone first place and North Carolina All State Tenor Saxophone second place.
He is the son of Patsy and Gus Calabro.
IN THE MILITARY
□ Air Force Airman Miles G. Jennings has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Jennings, a 2006 graduate of North Forsyth High School, is the son of Roy and Teresa Jennings of Winston-Salem.
□ Army Pfc. Eliza J. Allen, Army Pvt. Antonio K. Kelly and Army National Guard Pvt. Joseph K. Cox have graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
Allen, a 2000 graduate of East Forsyth High School, and is the daughter of Steve Burch of Kernersville and granddaughter of Helen Burch of Greensboro.
Kelly, a 2005 graduate of North Forsyth High School, is the brother of Domi-
nique Tate and grandson of Robin Mimms, both of Winston-Salem.
Cox, a 2007 graduate of Davie County High School, is the son of Pamela Cox of Mocksville.
□ Major C. Sizemore has been promoted to the rank of senior airman in the U.S. Air Force. He is currently deployed to Iraq with the 447th Air Expeditionary Wing. Sizemore, a security forces specialist/driver, is regularly assigned to the 790th Missile Security Forces Squadron at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyo. He has been in the military for three years. He is the son of Jeffrey Sizemore and Crystal Butler of Winston-Salem.
□ Army Reserve Pvt. Ronald Knox has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. He is the son of Dorothy Brown of Kernersville.
IN CIVIC AFFAIRS
□ Austin Welch, a student at Reynolds High School, recently served as a page for the N.C. House. He was sponsored by Rep. Dale Folwell, R-Forsyth. He is the son of David and Kathy Welch of Winston-Salem.
□ Carolyn Miller, a rising senior at Knollwood School, a home school, recently served as a page in the N.C. House. She was sponsored by Rep. Bill McGee, R-Forsyth. She is the daughter of David and Nancy Miller of Clemmons.
□ Taylor Payne, a student at North Forsyth High School, recently served as a page for the N.C. House. She was sponsored by Rep. Larry Womble, D-Forsyth. She is the daughter of Sherman Beatty and Janice Payne of Winston-Salem.
IN SCOUTING
□ Adam Brent Vaden of Winston-Salem, a member of Boy Scout Troop 942, was awarded Eagle Scout award June 22 at Calvary Baptist Church.
For his project, he led a group of Scouts and adults to repair erosion areas and clean bike trails at Hobby Park.
Adam started Scouting with Pack 942 at Calvary, and has attended summer camps, participated on camping, hiking and biking trips. He has served as a den chief and a senior patrol leader.
He is the son of William Brent Vaden and Sara K. Vaden.
IN OTHER AREAS
□ Dennis Scanlin has received the Small Wind Advocate of the Year Award for the Southeast region from the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Powering America program. He was honored for his leadership in small-scale wind energy activities in Western North Carolina. Scanlin is a professor and coordinator of the appropriate technology program in Appalachian State University. He also directs small wind activities that are part of Appalachian's Energy Center, including the N.C. Small Wind Initiative, a collaborative project by ASU, the N.C. State Energy Office, Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Department of Energy.
□ Mark Haskett of Sylva was recently presented the 2008 Judy H. Dowell Outstanding Support Staff Award at Western Carolina University. Haskett, a photographer at the university, was also honored for completing 20 years of service. He is the son of Orville and Jean Haskett of Lewisville.
□ The Winston-Salem Regional Association of Realtors has received a $2,000 grant from the National Association of Realtors to support a ReStore Spaces fundraiser, which benefits a local Habitat for Humanity affiliate.
□ The following area high-school students toured with the N.C. Baptist All-State Youth Choir July 15-20: Megan Swindler of Clemmons, Beth Watkins of Lexington, Sarah Steen of Winston-Salem, Trey Billings of North Wilkesboro, Joseph Brown of Pilot Mountain, and from Greensboro: Ben Miller, Caleb Rainey, Cam Simmons, William Wooten, Haley Simmons, David Culclasure, Reid Hix and Seth Wilson.
■ News of accomplishments of Journal readers runs in the Community Milestones column on Monday. Announcements about groups' volunteer and charitable needs will also run on this page. To submit an item, e-mail it to Features@wsjournal.com, fax it to 336-727-4071, mail typed information and photos to Community Milestones, c/o Features Department, Winston-Salem Journal, P.O. Box 3159, Winston-Salem, NC 27102, or drop it off at the front desk of the Journal, 418 N. Marshall St. Include a contact name and daytime phone number.
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