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Published: March 10, 2008
❑ John S. Clark Company LLC is donating $25,000 in scholarships to students at five community colleges in areas where the company has operations. The scholarships will also serve to commemorate John S. Clark's 50th anniversary this year. The company awarded the first scholarship of $5,000 Feb. 26 to officials at Surry Community College and Surry Community College Foundation, which will benefit 10 students. The company will also present $5,000 scholarships to benefit 10 students at Forsyth Technical Community College, Guilford Technical Community College, Brunswick Community College and Cape Fear Community College.
❑ These area students graduated Dec. 14 from Virginia Tech with bachelor's degrees: Sean Sullivan of Boone, Madison Earnest of State Road and Andrew Schmidt of Greensboro.
❑ Katie Stevens of Clemmons has been awarded the Mary Morris Character Award, one of the top academic honors for the 2007-08 school year, at Lipscomb University. Stevens, a graduate of West Forsyth High School, will be presented the award in a ceremony in April. Stevens, an elementary education and Spanish major, graduated cum laude in December with a bachelor of arts degree.
❑ Joseph Baird Bass III of Mocksville was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at the University of Miami School of Law. He is a 2005 graduate of Davidson College and a 2001 graduate of Davie County High School.
❑ These area students graduated in December from UNC Chapel Hill:
Ashe County: Bachelor's degree: Lance Kendall Blevins.
Avery County: Bachelor's degree: Joy Marie Cook.
Davidson County: Bachelor's degree: Mary Allison Buchanan, Jon Andrew Eller, Paige Alexandra Gunther, Byron Clark Parker.
Davie County: Bachelor's degree: Stacy Eileen Anderson, Lauren Ashley Brogdon, John Daniel Jackson.
Master's degree: Andrea Janette Dalporto.
Forsyth County: Bachelor's degree: Stacy Eileen Anderson, Rebecca Lanier Angle, Caroline Amanda Beard, Hope Noelle Blaylock, Viet H. Duong, Phillip Joseph Gonwa, Coy Franklin Harrell, Jeffry A. Hayes, Joshua Robert Howell, Waleed Samir Khalaf, Kristen Marie Kubis, Thomas John Lockwood, John McDevitt Mallard, Sherell Etonette McArthur, Tabitha Lee Messick, Lakisha Shavell Morgan, John M. Musci, Sarah Catherine Nitz, Christopher C. Pearce, Jeremy Kyle Petree, Eric Roland Rich, Kathryn Garrett Shaffner, Bret Lee Stevens, Matthew Kurt Telford, Traci Michelle White.
Master's degree: Catherine Virginia Alexander, John Russell Hoyle, Melissa Ann Hubbard, Shoshanna D. Moody,
Doctorate: Eulena Margarita Jonsson, John Archibald MacDonald, Jesse Murray McNiel.
Certificate program: Bemnet Fantu.
Guilford County: Bachelor's degree: Obafunto Opeyemi Abimbola, Mary Lamberth Bennett, Megan Elizabeth Brock, Melissa Ruby Campo, Molly Helen Chadbourne, Carmen John Dabiero, Komal Jayant Desai, Kennan Ashley Eiler, Karl Christian Fetter, Laura Granfortuna, Brian Joseph Haimes, Chengsi Huang, Javeir Ahmad Johnson, Alexandra Kay Kennerly, Charles Gates Kuhn, Neal Kumar, William Heath Martin, Marcy Jill McCaskill, Sally Elizabeth Moore, George E. Pope, Allison Springer Powell, Christopher Brent Ritter, Aleksandr G. Saksonskiy, Ronald Reid Settle, Lindsay Vaughn Spears, Geoffrey Scott Staton, Kristen Elizabeth Trautman, Larry Raymond Tysinger, Richard Sebastian Waynick, Nathan Thomas Schaal Wilson, Meghan Kehly Wyrick.
Master's degree: Mary Caroline Apple, Dena Lynn Belvin, Lauren M. Doyle, Richard Benjamin Hinson, Melissa Joy Kraskouskas, Jennifer Leigh Mullendore, Sirlena F. Pinnix, Stuart P. Williams.
Doctorate: Donna Robbin Dinkin, Terri Lynn Green.
Certificate program: Shannon Leigh Alley.
Stokes County: Bachelor's degree: Daniel W. Driskill, Casey Trent Sturgill.
Surry County: Bachelor's degree: Matthew Laurence Blood, Bo Brandon Caudill, Jane Hanes Motsinger.
Watauga County: Bachelor's degree: Emily Ann Greer, Mary Rebecca Stein.
Master's degree: Diane Kneer Gates, Stacy Lynn Moretz, Daniel Shane Platt, William Reid Smithdeal.
Wilkes County: Bachelor's degree: Michael Robert Baker, William K. Bennett, Samantha Lynn Moore, Christopher Lee Murray, James Edward Redmon II.
❑ The PTA of Lewisville Elementary School has selected seven grants to be funded through its Grant-A-Teacher-A-Wish Program, which was introduced this year as a way of training teachers how to write grants while enhancing the learning experience for students. The program was funded through the Cool Cat Walk, the annual PTA fundraiser. Students solicited sponsors for the walk and raised more than $24,000. The PTA was able to allot $10,000 for the Grant-A-Teacher-A-Wish program. The 2007-08 grants are: Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals test and kit for the speech and language department; one document camera and one mobile ActivBoard with projector available to all grades in the school's media center; AR incentive program for fourth grade; 30 pedometers for the physical-education department; butterfly garden and greenhouse available for the entire school; five indoor terrariums for all second-grade classrooms, journals for all second-graders for the 2008-09 year and materials to upgrade the Spanish department.
❑ The following area students were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most honored of all national college honorary societies, at UNC Chapel Hill:
Greensboro: Christie Lauren Cunningham, the daughter of Michael and Robin Cunningham; Emily Melton Ingram, the daughter of Haywood and Cathy Ingram; Rachel Audrey Lewis, the daughter of Kenneth Eugene Lewis Jr. and Lisa Uzzell Lewis; Sarah Niven Long, the daughter of David and Ann Long; Mary Jordan Small, the daughter of John H. and Susan J. Small, and Tina Ai Yin, the daughter of Wanbing Frank Li and Aijun Anna Li.
Kernersville: Kristen Marie Kubis, the daughter of Robert and Linda Kubis.
Millers Creek: Sarah Louise Bumgarner, the daughter of Michael and Pattie Bumgarner.
Summerfield: William Carl Pittman, the son of Ken and Laurie Pittman.
Winston-Salem: Jonathan Hewitt Engram, the son of Jonathan and Sally Engram; Marissa Greene Hall, the daughter of Mark Hall and Diana Greene; Shannon Lindsay James, the daughter of Ken James; Andrew Wesley Jones, the son of Al and Susan Jones; Cathleen Michelle Sparks, the daughter of Diana Lee Sparks of Winston-Salem and David L. Sparks of Galena, Ohio, and Amy Kathryn Temas, the daughter of Gregory and Janet Temas.
❑ The following area students were named to the fall-semester dean's list at Davidson County Community College:
Advance: Janet Carpenter, Kevin Cowan, Joan Hagen, Charlene Miller, Sara Stutts, James Taylor, Deborah Wade, Rachel White.
Archdale: Jessica Crenshaw, Jeremy Gilley, Abid Mehmood, Jenny Szeto, Rachel Tyler, Jessica Walter.
Clemmons: Corie Beck, Farrah Moreno.
Colfax: Berlyn Rodriguez.
Danbury: Barry Shultz.
Denton: Amy Bradley, Steven Byerly, Shannon Doerr, Charles Everhart, Ashlee Frank, Charles Leffew, Jenny Loflin, Sylvia Long, Matthew Major, Dawn McDowell, Tara Nelson, Nina Ticconi, Stephanie Whitaker.
Gibsonville: Alphonso Hopkins, Amanda Sedoris.
Greensboro: Amos Faucette, Michael Hall, Frederick Harris, Brian Hilliard, Michael Johnson, Thomas Lanier, Shannon Oliver, Michael Redmon, Andrew Rico, Ricky Sartin and John Withrow.
High Point: Stephanie Hodgin, Karen Allred, Beverly Christian, Brittany Glisson, Christopher Griffin, Kevin Hayes, Jessica Hayworth, Joshua Hayworth, George Hernandez, Lester Jones, Patricia Livingston, Carlos Morales, Scotty Newsom, Pamela Outlaw, Rebecca Prankerd, Shannon Starling, Amy Williams.
Kernersville: Kimberly Davidson, Roy Dearmond, Samuel King, Kimberly Ortiz, Ella Rochester.
Lewisville: Darrah Warren.
Lexington: Timothy Absher, Tiffany Adams, Kristen Allen, Joshua Alley, Cleetus Arthur, Harold Austin, Mark Baird, Scott Baka, Byron Barnette, Heather Beck, Holly Beck, Samantha Beckstrom, Darlene Beeson, Amber Berrier, Amanda Bivens, Robert Bracken, Tony Brewer, Channarey Bun, Christopher Burgess, Chastity Burns, Bradford Carrick, Janet Caudle, Dustin Celli, Shawna Champion, Melissa Clark, Rosetta Clark, Travis Cline, Tammy Coggins, Crystal Cox, Christa Crews, Franklin Cross, Meagan Dillon, Amanda Elmore, Kassie Essick, Stacey Evans, Anjelicia Everhart, Jennifer Everhart, Jessica Everhart, Sherri Farmer, Desiree Ferguson, Jeremy Floyd, Adam Frank, Mindi Freeman, Christina Frost, Kelly Garwood, Landon Gentle, Vickie Gonzalez, Sandra Gordon, Joe Gray, Susan Griegel, Jonathan Gutierrez, Christie Hairston, Ashley Hall, Casey Hamblin, Olivett Hamilton, Marcus Hayden, Janice Hedrick, Peggy Hedrick, Samuel Hedrick, Lola Henderson, Bradley Hepler, Richard Hibbett, Kelsey Hill, Ricky Hilliard, Latasha Hogan, Andrea Holmes, Ashley Hughes, Brandi Hulin, Mitchell Hulin, Natalie Hunt, Stacy Huntley, Michael Hurd, Rebecca Husted, Roger Hutchens, Steven Jarvis, Angela Jenkins, Faron Johnson, Shelby Jones, Moises Juarez, Ari Kassouf, Tina Kearns, Lauren Kepley, Charlene Kidd, Donnell Lackey, Michael Lambourne, Kara Lang, Sheree Lanier, Joshua Leonard, Larry Leonard, Everett Little, Trisha Lookabill, Gladys Marier, Lauren Martin, Lynne Mathews, Amanda May, Toni McCullough, Joann McGuire, Ashlyn Meads, Jamie Michael, Sydney Mode, Adam Moore, Hannah Moore, Terri Moore, Phyllis Motsinger, Gloria Myers, Ethel Nailor, Heather Neivel, Carrie Nelson, William Norris, Sean Noyes, Timothy Nulph, Jennifer Pastern, Timothy Pennino, Zebulon Perrell, Lucy Poole, Melanie Poole, Linda Pringle, Victoria Pyrtle, William Reich, Nanyamka Reid, Spencer Reudelhuber, Sarah Rimawi, Bridgett Roach, Tonya Robbins, Matthew Roberts, Ben Robinson, Crystal Robles, Lydia Sanders, Angela Schreiner, Stephanie Sharp, Heather Sheehy, Dawn Shepherd, Stacey Sheppard, Ryan Short, John Simmons, Justin Sink, Zackary Sipper, Randall Smith, Ryan Smith ,Steven Smith, William Smith, Beverly Snow, David Starnes, Edward Stevenson, Jordan Stogner, Ryan Story, Megan Swicegood, Sarah Taylor, Amanda Thiel, Ian Thompson, Kevin Thompson, Corrinne Trollinger, James Tussey, Stephen Tysinger, Brenda Walker, Ashley Wall, Jennifer Walser, Matthew Weitzel, Jason Wheelock, Justin Wheelock, Mary Berkley Whitley, Charles Widdicombe, Mikki Wilson, Sandra Wilson, Kenneth Wood, Krista Yantis, Andrew Yates, Mattie York, Kevin Young, Victoria Young, Zachary Yountz.
Linwood: Michelle Floyd, Anthony Garwood, Brittany Ginn, Michael Hodges, Donna Howard, Carlann McCrary.
Mocksville: Jeffries Ayers, Roger Carter, Amy Church, Reco Duren, Jamie Koontz, Janelle Loeffler, Mark Manspile, Carolyn Martin, Kevin McClenney, Alice Riley, Victoria Salerno-Bolton, Natalie Shore, Walter Turpin, Roy Williams, April Woodie.
Mount Airy: Ray Hagwood.
Thomasville: Dianne Angel, Anthony Asbury, Charles Barger, Aimee Beaver, Jessica Bellamy, Tiffany Benfield, Elisa Bingham, Micah Bland, Jeanette Boles, Robert Branson, Stephanie Brisson, Ritchie Britt, Kelly Brown, Jake Burton, Mary Burton, Presley Byrd, Charles Carpenter, Demetria Chaney, Timothy Coard, Lindsey Coffell, Roberta Cohn, Crystal Cornine, Bradley Cox, Adam Cranford, Jonathan Crouse, Jenese Curry, Aneetra Daniels, Robert Daniels, Joshua Donovan, Adam Dyles, Crystal Embry, Andrew Everhart, Carman Fitzgerald, Joshua Fletcher, Heather Floyd, Larry Floyd, Ricky Foley, Alicia Frisbee, Thomas Furr, Amanda Gladney, Patricia Goclowski, Waldina Gomez, Marty Gravley, Matthew Grayson, Christopher Green, Debra Grooms, Yolanda Hagens, Jennifer Hall, Toni Hall, James Hardy, Lavonnda Harriott, Alicia Heath, Jenny Hibbett, Jason Hughes, Jeremy Hughes, Misty Idol, Ruby James, Kima Jordan, John Kennedy, Cory Kirby, Carolyn Laws, Ryan Leonard, Dolin Lewis, Thaddaeus Lowery, Jennifer Lundy, Christopher Martin, Lakisha McCauley, Conrad McKnight, Stephen McLaughlin, Amanda McLemore, Abraham McMillion ,William McNeer, Luz Mena Lopez, Natalie Moore, Amber Morales, Laura Murdock, Jessica Ocel, Ariadna Ontiveros, Christie Osborne, Matthew Osborne, Dana Parker, Kristen Pennington, Angela Perdue, Tracey Quick, Blanchee Reyes-Sagastume, Michelle Richard, Anthony Russell, Johnny Russo, Amelia Satterfield, Susan Short, Kenneth Simmons, Shirley Smith, John Soles, Justin Strickland, Ronalyn Taylor, Kayla Thomason, Heather Turner, Amanda Tysinger, Leslie Ward, Charity Wetherald, Amy Williams, Nanette Wilson, Jennifer Upton.
Trinity: David Albertson, Bonnie Greenwood, Sandra Hill, Sean Jones, Joseph Martin, Carrie Roguske, Ambros Rush, Susie Sellers, Geoffrey Storie, Jeffrey Strickland.
Welcome: Pamela Cook, Kristopher Danek, Allyson Hege, Dava Herr, Wesley Hinkle, Bobby Lilly Sr., Tiffany Mahala, Miranda Skaggs.
Winston-Salem: Keith Ayers, Susan Barber, Melissa Bean, Omarr Byrom, Zachary Cash, Roderick Conrad, Jacob Crotts, Angela Dixon, Robin Dukes, Joshua Fabrikant, Joseph Frank, Priscilla Haley, Jacob Hastings, Melissa Hutchens, Amye Nash, Whitney Olsen, Michael Roberts, Laura Simmonds, Brittney Smith, Melinda Spear, Matthew Stark, Derek Stephenson, Joshua Stewart, Michael Stover, Thomisha Tucker, Robert Tysinger, Sherry Witt.
Yadkinville: Sarah Hoots, Moira Howell.
IN THE MILITARY
❑ Master Sgt. Antonio R. Romano II was recently presented the Bronze Star Medal for his service in Iraq at Camp Lejeune. He is the senior enlisted adviser to the commanding officer, Office of Military Support, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Washington Navy Yard, Washington. His other awards include three Navy Commendation Medals, two Joint Services Achievement Medals, two Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medals, two Army Achievement Medals and an Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio R. Romano of Bridgeport, W.Va., and is married to Shanna Marie Romano, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Eugene Brewer of Winston-Salem.
❑ Army Pvt. Jesse L. Hammond, Army Pfc. Timothy S. McDonald and Army Pfc. Kevin B. Schenck have graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
Hammond, a 2005 graduate of Mount Tabor High School, is the son of Darlene Hammond of Winston-Salem.
McDonald, a 1998 graduate of West Forsyth High School, is the son of Jeloma McDonald of Clemmons.
Schenck, a 2004 graduate of Brittain Academy in Thomasville, is the son of Nancy Schenck of Clemmons.
❑ Navy Reserve Seaman Recruit Lynell J. Hill, son of Linda Martin of Clemmons, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. He is a 2007 graduate of Parkland High School.
❑ Army National Guard Pfc. Daryl E. Hamilton has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. Hamilton, a 1990 graduate of East Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte, is the grandson of Nancy L. Jacobs of Winston-Salem.
IN THE ARTS
❑ The 31st annual Christopher Giles and Lucille S. Harris Competitions in Musical Performance took place Feb. 23 at Wake Forest University. Twenty-seven students from the university participated in the competition and the following area students were winners: Senior soprano Nicole Murray of Greensboro won first place, the $500 Joseph Pleasant and Marguerite Nutt Sloan Award. Sophomore violinist Elizabeth Martin of Winston-Salem won second place, the $400 Patricia Sloan Mize Award. Junior soprano Virginia Browne of Winston-Salem won fourth place, a $200 award.
The theme for the open competition was "Music of the Americas." The competition, which was established by Paul and Sara Sinal, honors Christopher Giles, who taught piano at Wake Forest for 37 years before his death in 1996. The contest also honors retired Wake Forest piano instructor Lucille S. Harris.
IN SPORTS
❑ Darion Jeralds was recently honored with the Outstanding Student-Athlete Award at the 22nd annual Academic Awards Program for Minority Students at UNC Wilmington, where he is a sophomore. He is a member of the UNC Wilmington basketball team. He was also named to the dean's list for the fall semester. Jeralds is a 2006 graduate of West Forsyth High School.
❑ Jonathon Blalock placed second in both the Boys 55- and 200-meter dash competition for 10-year-olds at the Midwest Youth AAU Championship Indoor Track and Field competition, which was held last month at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. Jonathon is a member of the youth track team at the Platinum Sports Academy in Greensboro. He is in the fourth grade at Rural Hall Elementary School and is the son of Steve and Jan Blalock of Winston-Salem.
❑ Team Alliance Soccer Club had four teams attend preseason tournaments in February. The '96 TASC Girls Green went 3-0-1, the '95 TASC Boys Green went 4-0 and the '90 TASC Boys Green went 3-0-1, all winning their respective division championships at the Matthews Invitational Soccer Tournament. In addition, the '94 TASC Girls Green outscored their opponents by a combined score of 6-1 to go undefeated in the Kernersville Warm-up.
IN SCOUTING
❑ Michael Madigan, a member of Boy Scout Troop 934 at Mount Tabor Methodist Church, has earned his Eagle Scout Award. For his project, he landscaped a hill at the Carver High School football field. He organized and led a group of Scouts in tilling the ground, planting more than 50 plants, mulching and moving seven tons of rock, which was donated by Vulcan Stone. He added pine needles around the stone, which were spray painted yellow for the Carver High School Yellowjackets. Michael has attended many Boy Scout camps, including a two-week canoe expedition through Boundary Waters in Canada and a 10-day backpacking trip in Philmont, N.M. Michael is a junior at Bishop McGuinness High School and is the son of Mike and Ann Madigan of Winston-Salem.
IN OTHER AREAS
❑ The 10th annual Festival of Tables, sponsored by the Winston-Salem chapter of The Daughters of Penelope took place Feb. 23 at the Greek Orthodox Church. More than 300 guests attended the festival, which included a special performance by Matt Marshak from New York. Nitsa's Apparel Shop presented a fashion show with its latest fashions and the new Fashionitsa line. More than 40 tables were elegantly decorated for the festival.
❑ The YWCA of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, in conjunction with Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools and Exchange/SCAN, has received a one-year grant of $150,000 from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction to begin a program at Carver High School. The program is designed to increase high-school graduation rates among high-risk public-school students. The YWCA was one of 60 applicants, out of 300, chosen to receive a portion of a $7 million appropriation by the N.C. General Assembly to schools, agencies and nonprofit organizations to be used for dropout prevention. The grant money will be distributed among collaborating organizations based on services provided. The YWCA will manage tutoring and mentoring components and Exchange/SCAN will handle the teen/parent component. Researchers with the nonprofit School Health Alliance in Forsyth County will gather data to conduct evaluation.
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