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Students who raised at least $175 each during the Lewisville Elementary School PTA fundraiser, enjoy a cream-pie and Silly String attack on the school’s front lawn. The fundraiser total was more than $30,000. (See In Education)
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Published: November 17, 2008
IN EDUCATION
□ The Lewisville Elementary School PTA more than doubled its fundraising goal this year by raising over $30,000. The money will be used to support programs such as Family Science Night, campus improvements, Old Tyme Day, teacher grants and Young Authors Week.
Fundraising participants who achieved certain levels are being awarded prizes this month. The top fundraiser for 2008 was kindergartner Lea Craig, who collected $1,350 and was principal for the day on Nov. 14. Students who raised at least $175 enjoyed a Cream Pie and Silly String attack on the school's front lawn Nov. 7, and for those 78 students who raised $200 or more, there will be a limo ride to J. Butlers restaurant in Lewisville for lunch on Nov. 21.
□ Salem College students recently participated in Make a Difference Day of Volunteerism by volunteering for Women Build House with Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County. Inclement weather did not dampen the volunteer's high spirits as they worked to finish the home of Julie Walker.
The volunteers were, Maria Salcedo, Mary Donovan, Courtney Surratt, Joelle Whited and Danielle Vernon.
The annual event provides an opportunity for volunteers to raise awareness about community resources and needs, and provides an opportunity for volunteers to engage with Habitat to improve the lives of individuals and communities.
□ Andy Brown has been inducted into The McCallie School's chapter of the Cum Laude Society. He was one of 32 members of McCallie's senior class to be inducted. The Society honors exceptional academic achievement. The McCallie School, in Chattanooga, Tenn., is a college preparatory school for boys.
Brown is the son of Jeff and Mary Brown of Winston-Salem.
□ Davidson County Community College has recognized four students for various academic achievements.
Sue Tysinger, 72, of Welcome and Ken Williams, 80, of Thomasville earned their GEDs in September.
Brandon Cowan and Mary Ann Hoyle have received $5,000 scholarships from the State Employees Credit Union Foundation.
Cowan is a second-year student who plans to transfer to a four-year university to pursue a degree in business administration. He is a member of the DCCC Storm basketball team and a graduate of Eastern Guilford High School.
Hoyle is a second-year student majoring in criminal justice technology. She is a volunteer guardian ad litem in Davidson County, where she serves as an advocate for abused and neglected children. She also organized and serves as president of the Community Watch of Denton.
□ Peter 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 in 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.
□ Two Guilford Technical Community College students have been awarded $1,000 Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation scholarships. They are:
Rusty Lowder, a graduate of Stanly County High School in Albemarle, is a pre-engineering major. He plans to get a four-year degree after graduating from GTCC.
Melissa Coley, a graduate of Andrews High School in High Point, is a second-year student in the culinary-arts program. She hopes to open her own restaurant. She and her husband have three daughters.
The scholarship honors students who balance responsibilities of school, work and family, and who also find time to give back to their communities through volunteer service.
IN THE ARTS
□ The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at the UNC School of the Arts is working in partnership with the National Association of State Arts Agencies to focus on the role of the individual artist in a democratic society. As part of this focus, Margaret Mertz, the executive director, and Amanda Balwah, the administrative manager, took a team of three students from the arts school to the annual conference in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The three students were:
Katherine Mount of Winston-Salem is a 12th-grader and third-year music student studying violin. She has been concertmaster of the Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Symphony since 2007 and has attended the Brevard Music Festival and the Bowdoin International Music Festival. She hopes to pursue both a liberal arts and a music degree in college.
Brittany "Lila" Thornton of Salisbury is a 12th-grader and third-year contemporary-dance student. She was accepted into the arts school's ballet program for the 10th grade. In her second year, she switched to the contemporary dance program, in which she will graduate this year. Her plans include continuing dance in college while exploring new opportunities.
Hayley Treider of Paris, Tenn., is a college senior and fourth-year drama student. Treider has performed roles in Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead and in Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors while at UNCSA. She served as a volunteer teacher for poor children in India last summer through a grant from the Semans Art Fund. She looks forward to beginning her professional career in the spring, in New York or Los Angeles.
IN ATHLETICS
□ Anna Groce, a freshman at Glenn High School, has made the N.C. All Star Bowling Team. There are three age groups of boys and girls, and they recently competed against All Stars from Georgia and South Carolina. Anna's age group won first over both states. Anna has been bowling since she was 3 years old and is currently in the running for bowler of the year.
IN THE MILITARY
□ Air Force Airman Brandon C. Williams has completed basic training at Lackland Air force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, and is training to be a technician on jet engines. After completing technical training, he will report to Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
Williams is the son of Wesley and Leesa Williams of Pfafftown and a 2008 Ronald W. Reagan High School graduate.
□ Kevin W. Raymond has graduated from the Army ROTC Leader Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.
The training provides professional training and evaluation for cadets in the aspects of military life, administration and logistical support, with a focus on developing and evaluating each cadet's officer potential as a leader by exercising the cadet's intelligence, common sense, ingenuity and physical stamina. The cadet command assesses each cadet's performance and progress in officer traits, qualities and professionalism during the course.
Cadets in their junior and senior years of college must complete the leadership-development course. After successful completion of the course and graduation from college, they are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, National Guard, or Reserve.
Raymond is the son of Ralph W. and Donna L. Raymond of Lewisville. He is a 2005 graduate of West Forsyth High School and currently a student at Clemson University.
□ Air Force Airman Joshua T. Brown has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks of training, he studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs, performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special training in human relations.
After completing his basic training, he also earned credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Brown is the son of Erica and Tracy Brown of Walkertown and a 2008 graduate of East Forsyth High School.
IN OTHER AREAS
□ The N.C. Triad Chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association recently received several awards at Virginia Tech's Annual Officers Forum. It was recognized for the seventh consecutive year as an outstanding chapter for its work in promoting the welfare of the university by cultivating a mutually beneficial relationship between Virginia Tech, its alumni and the communities in which the alumni live.
The chapter also received the Outstanding Community Service Award from the University for all Virginia Tech chapters worldwide for its recognition of the heroic efforts the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad after the April 2007 shootings. The Chapter raised money and with the generous support of Dell was able to buy all new computers for the rescue squad to replace antiquated equipment.
□ Salemtowne, a continuing-care retirement community, has been awarded the Gold Level of Achievement as a Fit Friendly Company by the American Heart Association. It is the first continuing-care retirement community in North Carolina, and one of the first nationally, to receive the designation.
The heart association's program recognizes employers who go above and beyond when it comes to their employees' health. Gold Level awards are presented to companies that fulfill several criteria in three areas -- physical activity, nutrition and organizational culture.
□ The Coalition for Drug Abuse Prevention has announced its 2008 Community Service Award winners. They are Xavia McCarter, the Darryl Hunt Project, Sandra Sherrill of the Hosanna House of Transition and Claudette Weston. The award winners were chosen on the basis of their leadership in organizing or working with the community; their creativity in responding to local needs; their personal character as a role model for others; their involvement in community activities; and networking abilities evident by their communicating and working with other individuals and groups.
The C.C. McGee Service to Youth Award, a special award for law-enforcement officers, was awarded to Kernersville police officer, Derrick Crews, the school-resource officer assigned to East Forsyth Middle School. The award is in honor of the late assistant sheriff, C.C. McGee, a former chairperson of the coalition and the person in charge of the school system's SRO officers.
□ The 2008 Start! Tanglewood Heart and Stroke Walk at Tanglewood Park has announced its top fundraisers and award winners. All proceeds will go to benefit heart-disease and stroke research and educational opportunities. The winners are:
Top Fundraising Walker, Claudette Weston of Winston-Salem raised $17,486;
Top Fundraising Team, Claudette Weston's team, Weston & Associates, was the top fundraising team for the Walk. As a team, they raised $17,486;
Top Fundraising Company, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, raised $61,988.86.
2008 MedCost Start! Lifestyle Change Award went to Clark Bunting of Rural Hall. He is the director of human resources for Princess House. The award recognizes an exceptional model of how someone can change their life. Bunting has changed his own life and has had an essential role in changing the lives of his employees. He has lost weight and maintained that weight loss, and as a manager, he started a Weight Watchers program for his employees and incorporated two smoking-cessation classes for his employees. Bunting also led the Princess House team, which raised $8,535 for the Walk.
□ Friends of the Lewisville Library has received an Honorary Mention Award in the Friends of the North Carolina Public Libraries' Frances B. Reid competition. Lewisville was recognized for its fundraising efforts with two local restaurants, and the creation of two new monthly programs, Books Alive for children, and Senior Moments. The Frances B. Reid Award was created by the Friends of North Carolina Public Library to honor Frances Reid, a state library employee who helped establish the state group in 1985. She was a champion for libraries and dedicated to serving Friends organizations throughout the state. The award is given annually to encourage Friends of Libraries to share their successes and accomplishments.
The meeting was held at the Davie County Library in Mocksville and featured as guest speaker Sally Reed, the executive director of Friends of Libraries USA. Reed, who travels throughout the United States speaking on library topics, is the author of numerous books.
More than 100 members of Friends groups from across the state attended the annual meeting. The Friends of Libraries consists of volunteers, who serve libraries by giving their time and talents to make libraries an integral part of their communities.
□ The American Tree Farm System has named Bob and Jean Cooper as its 2008 National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year. The Coopers received the award during the 15th Annual National Tree Farmer Convention in Portland, Ore. The award recognizes outstanding sustainable forest management on family owned forestland. The Coopers own Meadowbrook Farm, a 168-acre farm, in Winston-Salem.
The Coopers have been instrumental in building bridges within the forestry community and are passionate about their land. Recently they were hosts to more than 125 people at their property for a Tree Farm Program workshop held in partnership with the N.C. Division of Forest Resources Forest Stewardship. They are committed to standing up for the rights of all forest landowners and have organized a coalition of landowners to persuade local leaders to address a local creek's pollution and its effect on the community.
"Landowners like the Coopers are priceless, "says Ron Myers, a forester with the N.C. Division of Forest Resources. "They are willing to experiment, eager to learn more about their forests and forestry. It really gives foresters like myself the ability to improve forest practices in our state. I cannot think of anyone more deserving than the Coopers for this recognition."
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