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Dick Wilson (right) receives a Governor's Medallion Award from Tony Chappell, an instructor at Forsyth Tech. Wilson, of Germanton, has volunteered as a GED tutor at the library in Walnut Cove for 21 years. (See In Public Service)
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Published: December 15, 2008
IN PUBLIC SERVICE
□ Dick Wilson of Germanton has received the Governor's Medallion Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service in Stokes County. Wilson has been volunteering as a tutor two nights a week in the adult-literacy GED class, which he helped start, in the Walnut Cove Library for the past 21 years.
Wilson is a retired senior master sergeant from the Air Force, originally from Pennsylvania, who became a GED tutor for Forsyth Technical Community College because he wanted to give something back to his adopted North Carolina home.
□ Clemmons Fire Department and the Clemmons Fire Department Explorer Post 14 presented the 2008 Explorer of the Year Award at their annual dinner in December. Explorer Captain Michael King Jr. and David Simpson were recognized with a plaque; they tied for the most points accrued for training, meetings, responses, community service and education during 2008. Michael is a junior at West Forsyth High School and David is home-schooled. They have both been active members of the post since 2007.
IN EDUCATION
□ Phi Beta Kappa recently inducted University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students as new members.
Area inductees include:
Jordan Leigh Horton, a senior psychology major, daughter of Len and Rene Horton of Deep Gap.
William Henry Niver, a May 2008 graduate with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication and history, in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the College of Arts and Sciences, son of Mike and Suzanne Niver of Lexington.
Brian Jacob Eddinger-Smith, a senior English major. He is the son of Jeffrey K. and Sherri E. Smith of Winston-Salem.
Michael Graham Halsey, a senior chemistry major. He is the son of Hardin and Janet Halsey of Winston-Salem.
Caroline Catherine Schneider, a senior art-history and English major and the daughter of Dick Schneider and Anna Rubino-Schneider of Winston-Salem.
Robert Thompson Stephens, a senior majoring in Afro-American studies and cultural studies and the son of Chad and Jane Stephens of Winston-Salem.
Sarah Siedler Welker, a senior majoring in public policy and economics and the daughter of Mark E. Welker and Sandra S. Welker of Clemmons.
Kelly Jo Blackburn, an August 2008 graduate with a communication-studies major. She is the daughter of Joey and Teena Blackburn of Elkin.
David Edward Hodges, a 2008 graduate who majored in journalism and mass communication and in political science, in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the College of Arts and Sciences. He is the son of David and Mauri Hodges of High Point.
Kevin Arthur Shamburg, a senior biology major and the son of Bill and Julie Shamburg of High Point.
Rachel Lindsay Eanes, a senior American studies major and the daughter of Nick B. and Lee Fuller Eanes of Greensboro.
Erin Michelle Pellarin, a senior English major and the daughter of Andrew Stern and Judy Pellarin of Greensboro.
Cameron Brett Ritter, a senior biology major and the son of Byron and Karen Ritter of Greensboro.
Stephen Legrande Vance, a senior political science major and the son of Jeff and Laverne Vance of Greensboro.
Anna Domenica Sandelli, a May 2008 graduate with a degree in journalism and mass communication from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She is the daughter of James and Janet Sandelli of Oak Ridge.
□ The following students have been named to the High List, Episcopal High School's academic honor roll, for the first quarter of the 2008-09 school year. This honor denotes an average of 90 or above in five or more academic courses for the quarter. The students are:
George Bennett Moore, sophomore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Moore III of Winston-Salem.
Charles Collett Patton, Jr.
, sophomore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Patton of Winston-Salem.
Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va., is a coeducational boarding school that prepares students in grades 9-12 for college. Its honor code is one of the oldest among secondary boarding schools in the country.
□ Forsyth Technical Community College has chosen Kristie Baity as director of its recently opened Northwest Forsyth Center in King. Baity, who has worked for Forsyth Tech for nine years, had been chair of the Public Safety Technology Department. Her responsibilities include promoting Forsyth Tech to the residents of Stokes County and the northwestern part of Forsyth County and letting them know that more easily accessible college courses are now available to them.
Baity received a B.S. degree in criminal justice from East Carolina University and a mastaer's degree in social science from Appalachian State University. She is pursuing a doctorate.
□ Hannah E. Smith has won first place and $100 in the high-school category of the Big Read Easy Contest sponsored by the Forsyth County Library and the Flow motor companies of Winston-Salem. She is a sophomore at Mount Tabor High School. Her sister, Megan Y. Smith, is a contest winner in the high-school category of the 2008 Forsyth County Public Library Bookmark Contest. She is a junior at Mount Tabor High School.
They are the daughters of Mark and Deborah Smith of Winston-Salem.
□ Sara Harper, Daniel Massoglia and Elizabeth O'Brien have been inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society at the University of Virginia. They qualified for membership by earning a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher by the end of their first year.
They are 2007 graduates of Reynolds High School and sophomores at Virginia.
□ Meghan McCandless has been awarded the ALCOA Scholarship for 2008-09 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She was also invited to join the National Society for Leadership and Success, Sigma Alpha Pi, chapter at Georgia Tech. She will be interning with the John Deere Engine Works plant in Waterloo, Iowa, next summer. McCandless is the daughter of Michael and Mary McCandless of Winstons-Salem and a 2007 graduate of Calvary Baptist Day School.
□ David McCandless has been selected for the TEPS, an honorary sophomore leadership and service organization at the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tenn. He was also on the spring Headmaster's List and was named to the Faculty Recognition List.
McCandless is the son of Michael and Mary McCandless of Winston-Salem.
□ Amy Cason has been inducted into the Lampas Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. She has played on the varsity field-hockey team and has been the prayer leader and Bible study leader for Campus Crusade for Christ. Cason is also a member of the Transylvania Choir, Transylvania Singers women's choir and the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority.
Students apply for ODK membership in their junior or senior year. Selection is based on academic ranking, extracurricular activities and leadership roles. New members are selected by current ODK members and must pass with a 75 percent approval rating.
Cason is majoring in vocal-performance and English. She is a West Forsyth High School graduate and the daughter of William and Elizabeth Cason of Clemmons.
□ Jennifer Vaught was named to the Alpha Chi Society during the recent 36th annual induction ceremony at Gardner-Webb University. Alpha Chi is a general honor society that admits students from all academic disciplines with nearly 300 chapters across the United States. In order to qualify for membership, students must be juniors or seniors with a GPAs that put them in the top 10 percent of their class. Alpha Chi inductees must also have demonstrated that they have good character.
Vaught is the daughter of David and Ronda Vaught of Yadkinville.
IN THE MILITARY
□ Pfc Christopher Robert Veal recently completed basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C.
He successfully completed 12 weeks of training designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally. His training included numerous hours in classroom and field assignments, including learning first aid, uniform regulations, combat water survival, marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat and assorted weapons training. He also received instructions on the Marine Corps' core values, honor, courage and commitment, and what the words mean in guiding personal and professional conduct. Veal ended the training phase with the Crucible, a 54-hour team effort in problem solving evolution. After graduation from Parris Island, he will be stationed at Camp Geiger for nine weeks of combat training. He will begin additional training at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
Veal is the son of Robert and Mary Anne Veal of Advance and is a 2008 graduate of Davie County High School.
□ U.S. Navy sailor Christopher L. Wall has been promoted to Second Class Petty Officer. He is currently serving in Operation Enduring Freedom aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Wall is the son of Gail Beavers Wall and the late Royce L. Wall of Winston-Salem.
□ Navy Seaman Seth L. Phillips has recently completed his U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Phillips completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness.
The capstone event of boot camp is Battle Stations. This exercise gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet. Battle Stations is designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of honor, courage and commitment. Its distinctly Navy flavor was designed to take into account what it means to be a sailor.
Phillips is the son of Shelia R. Sammons of Woodleaf and Tony L. Phillips of Mocksville, and he is a 2005 graduate of West Rowan High School in Salisbury.
□ Army Reserve Pvt. Stephen R. Ivey has graduated from basic military training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., under the Split-option Enlistment Program to serve as a member of the Army National Guard or Reserve. The program allows students to attend basic training during the summerbetween their junior and senior years of high school. After completing basic training, the recruits will attend National Guard or Reserve weekend drills while still in school. The summer after graduation, the guardsmen or reservists attend advanced individual training in the career specialty they selected at the time they enlisted.
During his nine weeks of training, Ivey studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
Ivey is the son of Patrick Ivey of Kernersville and is a student at East Forsyth High School.
IN OTHER AREAS
□ David Crook has been presented a Legion of Honor by the Winston-Salem Kiwanis Club for his 35 years of service in Kiwanis.
□ Carol Kirby has been awarded a $1,557 grant from The Rotary Club of Winston-Salem to travel to Morelia, Mexico, for nine days this spring to attend the Baden-Powell language school and participate in a home-stay immersion program. Kirby is the assistant principal of The Children's Center for the Physically Disabled.
□ Chad Goodson has joined the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher as the new-exhibits technician. He is responsible for facilitating production, assembly and repair of displays, signs, graphics, and interactive exhibits. In addition, Goodson creates images and exhibit mock-ups using graphic-design software and facilitates exhibit construction, including assembly of exhibit panels, construction of exhibit furniture, and related structures using wood, plastics, fiberglass, vinyl, paint, and adhesives.
Goodson most recently worked for Out of Our Minds Animation Studios in Winston-Salem, where he worked on a full-length computer animated movie entitled The Magistical and on various projects for Hanes, Sara Lee, Sealy, RiverRun Film Festival, N.C. Wine Festival, Cook Medical, Bob King Auto, Spevco and ISP Sports.
Goodson, originally from Statesville, is a graduate of the Ringling College of Art in Sarasota, Fla.
□ The Winston-Salem Junior Woman's Club recently donated supplies to the Forsyth County council of Girls on The Run. Paula Evans, the coordinator for the council, attended the November meeting of the Winston-Salem Junior Woman's Club, where she spoke to the club about the needs of Girls on The Run. Evans received packs of coloring pencils, markers, paper, stickers, and balls. The Winston-Salem Junior Woman's Club volunteered the first weekend in December at the Mistletoe Run, sponsored by the Central Family YMCA on West End Boulevard. With the help of the YMCA sponsors and individuals, all proceeds from this event enable families and individuals in the Winston Salem area to participate in Membership, Teen Advancement, Camp, Mentoring, After School, Sports & Aquatics programs of the YMCA that would otherwise be outside of their financial capability. The girls in the Girls on The Run program ran in the race.
□ The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem has been awarded a grant of $35,000 by the Winston-Salem Foundation to establish the Congregational Nurse and Health Ministry Program. The grant will enable the hiring of a part-time program director and related training. Funds for the grant were made available from the Harriet Taylor Flynt Fund of the Foundation.
A congregational nurse is a resource person, counselor and organizer of health-related functions within a congregation. He or she provides referrals to appropriate medical and community resources for individuals within the congregation and plans educational activities that focus on health promotion and wellness. The congregational-nurse functions are carried out as a ministry, with pastoral care and listening skills as an integral part of the nurse's role. The congregational nurse may also coordinate other nurses, health professionals and volunteers to carry out the various health programs within the congregation.
□ The Optimist Club of Winston Salem has honored the following area students during Youth Appreciation Week:
Devin Rogers, Atkins Academic and Technology High School. He is the son of Tiffany Rogers, Winston-Salem.
Patrick Preudhomme Jr., Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School. He is the son of Patrick and Felicia Preud-
homme of Burlington.
Nicole Little, Carver High School. She is the daughter of Greg Parrish and Delores Little of Winston-Salem.
Zachary S. Gignac, East Forsyth High School. He is the son of John and Lori Gignac of Kernersville.
Katie Stockton, Forsyth Country Day School. She is the daughter of Hill and Kathy Stockton of Winston-Salem.
Angelica Mercado, Robert B. Glenn High School. She is the daughter of Danny and Amy Nelson of Kernersville.
London Alpeter, Mount Tabor High School. He is the son of Scot and Andi Alpeter of Winston-Salem.
Sara Bowles, North Forsyth High School. She is the daughter of Tim and Lias Bowles.
Lindsey Miller, Parkland High School. She is the daughter of Barry and Dianne Miller of Winston-Salem.
Sarah Kyle, Reynolds High School. She is the daughter of Billy and Mary Beth Kyle of Winston-Salem.
Brianna LaCole Holland, Reagan High School. She is the daughter of Barbara Holland of Winston-Salem.
Alicia Czerw, West Forsyth High School. She is the daughter of Richard and Carol Czerw.
□ A Davidson County 4-Her, Michael Drake, was recently selected to attend the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta. More than 1,100 delegates were in attendance. He was selected to represent North Carolina 4-H based on his participation in North Carolina 4-H's application, resume and interview process. Twenty youths from across the state were chosen to participate in this all expense paid trip.
The 4-H Congress offers youth, ages 14-19, quality educational, and cross-cultural experiences. It is designed to address the needs and issues of youth while helping them to develop into capable, competent and caring citizens. During the five days that the young people were in Atlanta they participated in plenary sessions, workshops, community service and cultural activities focusing on leadership life skills. Each young person was encouraged to use what he or she learned to have a positive impact peers and home communities.
Drake is the son of Gary and Sylvia Drake.
□ Triadmommies.com celebrated its third birthday in October at Triad Park in Kernersville. The event doubled as a fundraiser for the Give A Kid A Coat drive, a joint effort between WFMY and 107.5 KZL, and 118 child and adult-sized coats were collected for needy families in the area.
Triadmommmies.com also raised more than $900 in November during a holiday bazaar that highlighted more than 30 work-at-home moms' businesses, products and services. The funds will be given to various charitable organizations.
TriadMommies.com was founded in 2005. It is part of The Mommies Network (www.TheMommiesNetwork.org), a 501c (3) nonprofit organization. The group's mission is to provide a safe, secure and free place for mothers to find support and encouragement from other mothers, and to empower them to be better women, parents and community leaders.
□ The Lamb Foundation of North Carolina Inc. (Knights of Columbus) has been awarded a grant of $5,000 by the Winston-Salem Foundation. The grant will be used to provide funds to Forsyth County organizations working with mentally handicapped children. The funds are made available from the Eugene and Iola Daniels Memorial Trust Fund for the Mentally Handicapped.
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