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Photo Courtesy of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina
Graduates of the Triad Community Kitchen program operated by Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina are (front row, left to right) Carolyn Harvey, Antwan Hairston, Melanie Dukes and Letisha Rasmey; and, with chef Jeff Bacon (back row, from left), Joseph Brucato, Jerome Davis, Donald Pegues, Carlton Williams, Dylan Ayuso and Sherlina Pickenpack. (See In Education)
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Published: December 1, 2008
IN EDUCATION
□ The Iota Class recently graduated from the Triad Community Kitchen program. The program is operated by Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina. Since the Triad Community Kitchen program began 108 people have graduated from it.
□ Darren Zhu of Winston-Salem, a member of the Class of 2009 at the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics, is a semifinalist in the 2008-09 Siemans Competition in Math, Science and Technology. The competition is considered the nation's pre-eminent scholastic academic challenge, drawing hundreds of students from across America to compete as individuals or as teams of two or three.
Zhu is the son of Jian-Ming Zhu and Jianya Feng.
□ These area students were summer 2008 graduates of Appalachian State University:
Advance: Jeremiah Brent Gregory,/Master of Business Administration.
Stephen Joseph Harrison/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Marketing/Summa cum Laude.
Thomas Emmanuel Schambach/Bachelor of Fine Arts/Graphic Design.
Reginald Keith Whicker/Bachelor of Science/Communication, Advertising.
Cherie Rose Yarbrough/Master of Arts/Reading Education, General.
Banner Elk: Jeremiah G. Grant/Master of Arts/Industrial Technology.
Chelsea JP Kasten/Master of Arts/Communication Disorders.
Amanda Jeanne Lewallen/Master of Arts/English, Education.
Melissa Shuttleworth Porter/Master of Arts/Reading Education, General.
Kimberly Brooke Rigdon/Master of Science/Accounting.
Melody Caroline Smith/Education Specialist/Higher Education.
Brian Robert Taddonio/Bachelor of Science/Appropriate Technology.
Joshua Hughes VonCanon/Bachelor of Science/Appropriate Technology.
Blowing Rock: Brent Jameson Butler/Bachelor of Science Business Administration /Economics.
William Preston-Bell Fairbetter/Bachelor of Science/Building Sciences.
Adam Kenneth Hattrick/Bachelor of Science/Criminal Justice.
Christina Lee Holley/Master of Arts/Clinical Psychology.
Bonnie K. Perkins/Master of Arts/Marriage and Family Therapy.
Jessica Morgan Tarbutton/Bachelor of Science/Criminal Justice.
Boone: Thomas Paul Adams Jr./Bachelor of Science Business Administration /Finance and Banking/cum Laude.
Helen Elisabeth Archer/Master of Science/Accounting.
Steven John Baehr/Master of Arts/Mathematics.
Anna Louise Baker/Bachelor of Science/Health Education, Secondary Education.
Dana Caroline Bauer/Bachelor of Science Business Administration /Marketing.
Adam Haynes Birch/Bachelor of Science Business Administration /Finance and Banking.
David Justin Cameron/Bachelor of Science Business Administration /Accounting/Summa cum Laude.
Morgan Wade Carmichael/Bachelor of Science/History
David W. Caudle/Bachelor of Science/Criminal Justice.
Megan Rae Cline/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Accounting.
Michelle Lee Cook/Master of Science/Accounting.
Matthew Lee Cooper/Master of Arts/Community Counseling.
Rebecca Jane Cooper/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Marketing.
Jonathan David Crouse/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Accounting.
Caleb Joseph Crowell/Bachelor of Science/Geology.
Mackie James Davenport IV/Bachelor of Science/Chemistry.
Lacey Kathryn Ebert/Bachelor of Science/Biology, Pre-Professional.
Susan Eileen Eldridge/Bachelor of Science/Biology/Ecology and Environmental Biology.
Robert Charles Evans/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Computer Information Systems.
Natalie Christina Flinchum/Bachelor of Science/Interior Design.
Jammal Steven Forney/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Information Systems.
Leila Helen Ghannad/Master of Arts/Political Science.
Garrett Lee Glick/Bachelor of Arts/English.
David William Gora/Master of Science/Accounting.
Jane Austin Graham/Bachelor of Science/Communication, Public Relations/Magna cum Laude.
Charles Grayson Guyer/Bachelor of Science/Geography.
Emily Feather Haibach/Master of Arts/Communication Disorders.
Gernon Leon Harvey Jr./Bachelor of Science/Appropriate Technology/Summa cum Laude.
Leanne Haynes/Master of Arts/Community Counseling.
Dale Garrett Henries/Bachelor of Science/ Criminal Justice.
Carolyn Webb Holder/Master of Arts/Community Counseling.
Melanie Byrd Hollar/Bachelor of Science/Nursing.
Darrah Leigh Horton/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Hospitality and Tourism Management.
Negin Jahanmiri/Master of Arts/Industrial Technology.
Drew Edward Johnson/Bachelor of Science/Recreation Management.
Hope V. Johnson/Bachelor of Science/Communication, Organizational/Public.
Shae Bascum Jones/Bachelor of Science/Building Sciences.
Paul Daniel Joslin/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Finance and Banking.
John Richard Kiser/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Management.
Whitney Brendan Lacey/Bachelor of Arts/English.
Hanna Laneuskaya Lainas/Master of Arts/Community Counseling.
Vicki Lynn Lequire/Master of Arts/English, Education.
Shala Armida Marquez/Bachelor of Science/Psychology.
Joshua J. Marsh/Bachelor of Science/Chemistry.
Justin Gerrard Martin/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Accounting.
Corley E. May/Bachelor of Arts/English.
Kevin Michael McCarthy/Master of Arts/History, Education.
Jenna Leigh McElroy/Bachelor of Science/Physical Education, (K-12).
Mary Brock McMahon/Master of Science/Exercise Science.
Jere Dean Miles/Master of Science/Computer Science.
Spencer Armstrong Morris/Bachelor of Science/Geology.
Adrienne N. Morrison/Master of Arts/Communication Disorders.
Erica Jacqueline Muschamp/Master of Science/Accounting.
Allison Kathryn O'Steen/Master of Arts/Communication Disorders.
Ian Roys Olmsted/Bachelor of Science/Chemistry.
Angela T. Owen/Master of Arts/Psychology, General Experimental.
Angela Renee Patton/Master of Arts/Communication Disorders.
Christin Ellen Reinhardt/Bachelor of Arts/Psychology.
Patricia Flanigan Rowland/Bachelor of Science/Nursing.
Ashley Cara Saef/Master of Arts/Marriage and Family Therapy.
Amanda Susan Sayles/Bachelor of Science/Political Science.
Lindsey Erin Schreiber/Master of Science/Exercise Science.
Mitchell Olin Setzer/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Marketing.
Maxim B. Shagdaron/Bachelor of Music/Music Performance.
Kristina Lee Straple/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Management.
Yonatan D. Strauch/Master of Arts/Industrial Technology.
Thomas Eugene Streblow/Bachelor of Arts/Spanish.
Giedre Dambrauskaite Taylor/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Accounting/Summa cum Laude.
John Mark Thompson/Bachelor of Science/Music Industry Studies.
Rebecca Erin Thompson/Master of Arts/Higher Education, Administration.
Justin Boleck Vincek/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Information Systems.
Emmett Lowell Williams/Bachelor of Science/Appropriate Technology.
Jenna Leigh Wrieden/Master of Science/Exercise Science.
Tomasz Jacek Ziolkowski/Bachelor of Science/Political Science/cum Laude.
Boonville: William Robert Webb/Bachelor of Science/Industrial Technology.
Clemmons: Pamela Beth Casey/Bachelor of Science/Chemistry.
Robert Edmond Hodges/Bachelor of Science/Communication, Organizational/Public.
Daniel Timothy Hood/Bachelor of Science/Technical Photography.
Bethany Ann Linkous/Master of Arts/Reading Education, General.
Caitlin Wells Nicholas/Bachelor of Music/Music Therapy/Magna cum Laude.
Joshua Michael Youngman/Bachelor of Science/Recreation Management.
Dobson: Sarah Leeann Dollyhigh/Master of Arts/Curriculum Specialist.
Amy Crystal Snow/Master of Arts/Reading Education, General.
East Bend: Michael Patrick Gagin/Bachelor of Science/Biology/Ecology and Environmental Biology.
Preston Dean Gilliam/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Marketing/Magna cum Laude.
Elk Park: Johnny Fletcher Hayes Jr. /Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Information Systems.
Evan Stanley Snipes/Bachelor of Science/Recreation Management.
Elkin: Verna Susan Mason/Master of Arts/Middle Grades Education.
Whitney Hinson Speer/Master of Arts/Curriculum Specialist.
Germanton: John Nicholas Sevier/Master of Arts/Mathematics, Education.
Jefferson: Katie Shull Blackburn/Master of Arts/Reading Education, General.
Jonesville: Aaron Britt Johnson/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Economics.
Meghan Emily Simmons/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Health Care Management.
Kernersville: Nicholas John Perrone/Bachelor of Arts/English.
King: Jessica E. Bowen/Master of Arts/Middle Grades Education.
Laurel Springs: Jesse Dale Campbell/Bachelor of Science/Communication, Journalism.
Lewisville: Kyle William Mishler/Bachelor of Science/Recreation Management.
Lexington: Laura Helen Crago/Bachelor of Science/Psychology.
Joshua Paul Fredette/Bachelor of Science/Industrial Design.
Dustin Scott Hobbs/Bachelor of Science/Recreation Management.
Tamara Tachelle McCandies/Bachelor of Science/Interior Design.
Christina Lynn Phelps/Bachelor of Science/Child Development.
Alexander Thomas Stultz/Bachelor of Science/Music Industry Studies/cum Laude.
Kathryn Mary Ward/Master of Arts/Reading Education, General.
Linville: Heather Dianne Calcutt/Master of Arts/Reading Education, General.
Chandler Stephen Sheets/Bachelor of Science/Appropriate Technology.
Millers Creek: Joshua Harrold/Master of Arts/Geography.
Mocksville: Kyle Randall Brown/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Finance and Banking.
Lauren Michelle Ridge Dean/Master of Arts/Middle Grades Education.
Timothy Patrick Kenney/Master of Arts/Middle Grades Education.
Judith Nelle Sweger/Master of Business Administration.
Jesse Parker Watson/Master of Business Administration.
Mount Airy: Sally Coleman Adams/Master of Arts/Curriculum Specialist.
Cristina Dell Arington/Master of Arts/Reading Education, General.
Mary Katherine Benge/Master of Arts/Middle Grades Education.
Jessica Leeann Burkhart/Bachelor of Science/Communication, Public Relations.
Patrick Earl Ellis/Bachelor of Science/Criminal Justice.
Jason Brad Felts/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Management.
Jillian Claire Gillespie/Bachelor of Arts/History.
Rebecca Cowan Godinez/Master of Arts/Reading Education, General.
Virginia Elizabeth Lowry/Master of Arts/Middle Grades Education.
Shelli Marie Owens/Master of Arts/Middle Grades Education.
Catherine Maureen Quigley/Master of Arts/Middle Grades Education.
Candace S. Ring/Doctor of Education/Educational Leadership.
Tina Marie VanHoy/Master of Arts/Middle Grades Education.
Newland: Laura Kristen Berryman/Bachelor of Music/Music Therapy.
Jamesia Marie Brown/Master of Arts/Elementary Education.
Emily Kaitlyn Steinbaugh/Bachelor of Arts/Psychology/University and Departmental Honors/Summa cum Laude.
North Wilkesboro: Andrew Wayne Barker/Master of Science/Accounting.
Jeddidiah Cockrell/Master of Arts/Curriculum Specialist.
Derrick Wade Howard/Bachelor of Science/Industrial Technology, Construction.
Carol Grindstaff Huffman/Master of Music/Music Education.
Samuel Christopher Hutchens/Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Computer Information Systems.
Randy Douglas Sparks/Master of Science/Accounting.
More area graduates will be listed in next week's Community Milestones.
IN THE MILITARY
□ Army Reserve Pfc. Christopher J. Barrett has graduated from Basic Combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.
He is the son of Johnny and Marriete Barrett of Kernersville and a 2008 graduate of East Forsyth High School.
□ Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christina D. Beal, along with more than 6,000 Marines and sailors of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., are currently deployed to the Navy's 5th and 6th Fleet area of operations in support of Maritime Security Operations and the Global War on Terror.
Rear Admiral Kendall Card, ESG 3 commander, along with Col. Mark J. Desens, 26th MEU commanding officer, visited MEU Marines during training scenarios including military operations in urban terrain and weapons ranges. Card, a Naval aviator, had the opportunity to fly a Marine CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter and have meals, ready-to-eat with the MEU's command staff.
Beal is the daughter of Judy Lecompte of Pfafftown, and a 2004 graduate of North Forsyth High School. She joined the Navy in February 2005.
□ Air Force Airman Brandon C. Williams has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
During the six weeks of training, the Williams studied the Air Force mission, organization, core values, and military
customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special training in human relations.
In addition, airmen who complete basic training earn credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Williams is the son of Wesley Williams of Winston-Salem and is a 2008 graduate of Reagan High School.
□ Air Force Airman Tarisha S. Williams has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
During the six weeks of training, Williams studied the Air Force mission, organization, core values, and military
customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special training in human relations.
In addition, airmen who complete basic training earn credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Williams is the granddaughter of Erma Grady of Wilmington, and is the sister of Shavon Williams of Winston Salem and is a 2008 graduate of Reynolds High School.
IN SCOUTING
□ Trent Blevins, a member of Boy Scout Troop 770, presented his Eagle Scout Project at Samaritan Ministries on Nov. 20. He presented 100 backpacks filled with such items as socks, toiletries, flashlights and city bus passes to guests at Samaritan Inn.
Blevins is a junior at Reagan High School and began his Eagle Scout Project with the idea to help the homeless and needy in the community. His leadership and dedication to the project are evident in the cash and in-kind donations he obtained.
Blevins got donations for the project from local groups. The Wal-Mart on Hanes Mall Boulevard contributed $500 through its Community Grant program. First Christian Church of Winston-Salem also provided financial support to the project. He held several fundraisers with his troop that included a flower bulb sale, and a bake sale through the Reagan High School FCCLA club. In total, he raised $1,500 in cash contributions, which paid for the backpacks, 200 Winston-Salem Transit Authority bus passes, and a donation to Samaritan Ministries.
IN OTHER AREAS
□ The winners of the East Bend Public Library Building Committee raffle were drawn Nov. 8. Henry Gray Bowman won first place and received two limited-edition wildlife prints by Jeff Stans. Vergie Mathis and Peyton Eldridge each won a $100 Wilco Hess card. Winanne Brown won a limited-edition wildlife print by R.J. McDonald.
□ Bill Holmes, a former reporter and editor for the Winston-Salem Journal, was the featured speaker at the 10th annual Brooks Scholars Celebration dinner. The dinner was held Nov. 20 at the Radisson Hotel in Research Triangle Park. The Brooks scholarships were established by Aubrey Lee Brooks in 1955. Each year they provide substantial assistance for 17 graduating seniors from 14 counties, including Forsyth, Stokes and Surry, to attend N.C. State University, UNC Chapel Hill or UNC Greensboro. Holmes was a Brooks Scholar who graduated from North Surry High School and N.C. State University. He is the director of communications for Rep. Joe Hackney, the speaker of the House in the N.C. General Assembly.
■ News of accomplishments of Journal readers runs in the Community Milestones column on Mondays and the second Thursday of each month. 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. Information should include a contact name and daytime phone number.
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