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Photo Courtesy of Margaret Alen, Lenior-Rhyne University
Two area students are in the newly formed gospel choir at Lenoir-Rhyne University.
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Published: April 13, 2009
IN THE ARTS
□ LeBrandon Banner of Winston-Salem and Karis Maffett of Thomasville are two area students who are members of a new gospel choir at Lenoir-Rhyne University. The choir, organized by Emma Sellers, area coordinator and director of multicultural student services, consists of approximately 20 black students.
□ The Wee Care art contest for Kernersville day-care, preschool and elementary-school students was held in February at Kernersville Wesleyan Church. There were 12 preschool and elementary schools represented, and 114 entries. The following winners were selected:
Best of Show: Makayla Dowdy was presented with a $100 savings bond from High Point Bank and a gift certificate for a birthday party at the Kernersville YMCA.
Preschool: 1st place, Molly Haynes, Sedge Garden United Methodist Church Preschool; 2nd place, Jenna Paster, Wesleyan Academy; 3rd place, Carleigh Duggins, Sedge Garden United Methodist Church Preschool; and Honorable Mention, Brayden Giffin, Sedge Garden United Methodist Church Preschool.
Kindergarten: 1st place, Kayla Jones, First Christian Academy; 2nd place, Lindsey Gabriel, First Christian Academy; 3rdplace, Reece Brackett, Triad Baptist Christian Academy; and Honorable Mention, Grace Reeves, First Christian Academy.
1st and 2nd grades: 1st place, Makayla Dowdy, First Christian Academy; 2nd place, Lauren Lindsay, Triad Baptist Christian Academy; 3rd place, Yuri Maria Ly, First Christian Academy; and Honorable Mentions: Blake Chappell, Triad Baptist Christian Academy; Ashley Tollefsen, Sedge Garden Elementary School; Noah Adams, Triad Baptist Christian Academy; Hannah Craver, Sedge Garden United Methodist Church After School Program; and Sadie Stoltzfus, Triad Baptist Christian Academy.
3rd and 5th grades: 1st place, Gabrielle Schwarz, First Christian Academy; 2nd place, Sabrina Martin, Piney Grove Elementary School; 3rd place, Monica Atkins, Bunker Hill United Methodist Church After School Program; and honorable mentions: Bethany Ross, First Christian Academy; Nhy Ferguson, La Petite Academy; Dazman Salgado, Sedge Garden Elementary School.
Digital Photo: 1st place, Haley Adams, Cash Elementary School; 2nd place, Johnathan Pack, kindergarten, Triad Baptist Christian Academy; 3rd place, Emily Lackey, Kernersville Elementary School; and honorable mention, Ashley Fletcher, Union Cross Elementary School.
All students received ribbons, and first-, second- and third-place winners received passes to the Children's Museum of Winston-Salem and SciWorks and a Wendy's Kids Meal.
Stefani Collins of Summerfield won top honors at the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist String Competition. As a national competition winner, Collins received $3,000, provided by the MTNA Foundation Fund.
Collins, 19, is a sophomore at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, Ohio.
IN EDUCATION
□ U.S. Sen. Richard Burr has announced his nomination of 32 North Carolinians to serve at the nation's military academies. Area nominees include:
Military Academy at West Point: Spencer R. Boone, Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, the son of Donald and Rose Marie Boone of High Point.
Naval Academy: Jeffrey C. Christopher, Salisbury School, the son of Cindy and Jeff Christopher of Winston-Salem; and Jennifer N. Penley, Mount Tabor High School, the daughter of James and Shellie Penley of Pfafftown.
Merchant Marine Academy: Spencer Breeden, Forsyth Country Day School, the son of William Mark and Jill Weisner Breeden of Lexington.
□ Sara A. P. Womble and David A. P. Womble were named to the dean's list for the 2008 fall semester at Duke University. She is a junior with a double major in English and music, and he is a freshman and a recipient of the B. N. Duke Scholarship. They are the daughter and son of Erna and Bill Womble Jr. of Winston-Salem.
□ Virginia Hester Browne of Winston-Salem has been named to the 2008 fall-semester dean's list at Wake Forest University.
□ The following area students were named to the president's list for the 2008 fall semester at Elon University:
Davidson County: Hilary Jeanette Sheets and Danielle Nicole Whitman.
Forsyth County: James Bailey, Morgan Dane Cannino, Kimberly Brooke Duggins and Amanda Lee Ketner.
Guilford County: Joshua Scott Brigham, Megan Joy Burkhatler, Laura Christine Funk, Alexandra Elizabeth Milan, Paige Laurel Hannah, Meredith Lee NcNeill, Jordan Paige McNeill, Joshua Glen Morgan, Sarah Keeney Schermerhorn, Andrea Catherine Smith and Elizabeth Anne Spangler.
Surry County: Hollis Lynn Theard.
□ Elizabeth Musser of Winston Salem has been admitted to Concordia University, St. Paul, for the 2009-2010 fall semester. She has been awarded the President's Scholarship, which provides a total of $8,000 in scholarship funds.
□ Paul Christopher Loeser was named to the 2008 fall-semester dean's list at Wake Forest University. He is a runner on the school's varsity men's cross-country and track teams.
Loeser attended Mount Tabor High School and is the son of Cathie Heck and Richard Loeser of Winston-Salem.
□ Molly Wall made the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Amy Wall and Jim Wall of Winston-Salem and a graduate of Forsyth Country Day School.
□ Ashley Alderin-Fleagle of Kernersville was named to the honor roll for the 2008 fall semester at Limestone College in Gaffney, S.C.
□ Rose W. Fries of Winston Salem has earned an associate in science degree in nursing from Excelsior College in Albany, N.Y.
□ Forsyth Country Day School is one of the first schools selected by the All Kinds of Minds Institute to receive its Schools of Distinction award. The award recognizes schools around the world that have embraced the organization's vision that when schools teach to how minds are wired to learn, every student can find success in school and life.
In Schools of Distinction, at least 50 percent of the faculty has acquired and is applying expertise on the brain and learning through the programs offered by All Kinds of Minds. These educators use new knowledge and tools for understanding the learning struggles encountered by students, integrating strategies for how each student learns, and identifying unusual strengths and talents. To date, only four schools have earned this distinction.
□ Forsyth Technical Community College has received a $5,000 grant from Chris Paul's CP3 Foundation to support the school's James A. Rousseau II Minority Male Mentoring Program. The program, named for a retired Forsyth Tech administrator, and provides personal attention and guidance as part of the college's efforts to improve the retention and graduation rates of minority male students.
The mentoring program has at least 60 participants each year, and provides monthly forums that allow students to discuss issues and concerns with professional mentors, either as a group or individually.
The program also helps students improve goal setting, job preparedness and communications skills, as well as provide practical knowledge of budgeting, financial planning and other life skills.
The CP3 Foundation supports charitable causes in Winston-Salem and New Orleans. It was created by NBA star Chris Paul and his family in partnership with the Winston-Salem Foundation.
□ The Kimberley Park Alumni Chapter of the Winston-Salem State University National Alumni Association recently observed its 73rd Founders' Day. The chapter is the oldest alumni chapter of the university.
Chancellor Donald J. Reaves was the keynote speaker, and the WSSU Men's Chorus provided musical selections for the occasion.
Clyde Caudle, the president of the Kimberley Park Alumni Chapter, presented chancellor Reaves with a $2,000 scholarship for a deserving student, and a $500 scholarship for the Men's Chorus was given to the chorus director, Roy Belfield.
IN THE MILITARY
□ Seaman Recruit Zachary B. Benson has completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. He is the son of Yana R. and Mark E. Benson of King and a 2008 graduate of West Stokes High School.
□ Seaman Cooper D. Smith has completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. He is the son of Renee D. and Zollie F. Smith of King and a 2008 graduate of West Stokes High School.
□ David W. Garrison has been promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He is a medical-center administrator assigned to the 81st Medical Group at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss. He has served in the military for 29 years.
Garrison is a 1979 graduate of North Davidson Senior High School. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland in 1985, and earned a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1996.
□ Airman Andrew R. Elledge has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. In addition, to complete basic training, he also earned credits toward an associate in applied science degree relating through the Community College of the Air Force.
Elledge, the son of Jeff Jones of Lewisville and Debra Franklin of Crystal Lake, Ill., is a 2008 graduate of Prairie Ridge High School, Crystal Lake, Ill.
□ Col. (Retired) Robert "Bob" Dorrough of Clemmons is featured in a new exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The permanent exhibit, titled "100 Missions Up North," opened in March in the Modern Flight Gallery and portrays the story of airmen who flew missions in the deadly skies above North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Dorrough, an F-105 Wild Weasel pilot, donated a 100- mission plaque for the display. Achieving 100 missions over North Vietnam has a special meaning. During some periods, it was more likely than not that an airman would be shot down at least once during his tour, and the odds of completing a 100-mission tour were not good.
□ Jon Drushal has been promoted to the rank of colonel, United States Army. He is currently serving as the commanding officer at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Radford, Va., and has 23 years of active service.
Drushal is the son of Dick and Patti Drushal of Kernersville.
□ Coast Guard Seaman Scott W. Barfoot, the son of Kathy C. and William S. Barfoot of Pfafftown,has graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N. J. He will be joining 36,000 other men and women in the Coast Guard. He is a 2002 graduate of West Forsyth High School.
IN SPORTS
□ Parents and coaches from the Winston-Salem Grayhounds Youth Association recently came together to earn a $2,500 grant from the Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Program to buy new sports equipment. They earned the grant through a grass-roots effort to get as many community members as possible to complete an online course on sports mentoring.
IN CIVIC AFFAIRS
□ Carson Meyer recently served as a page for the N.C. House of Representatives. He was sponsored by Representative Dale Folwell R-Forsyth.
Carson, the son of Mark and Martha Meyer of Winston, is a student at Christ School in Arden.
□ Terrance Shelton recently served as a page for the N.C. House of Representatives. He was sponsored by Rep.Larry Womble, D-Forsyth.
Terrance, the son of Alexanderia Shelton of Winston-Salem, is a student at Mount Tabor High School.
□ The Lexington Area Critical Need Response Fund has chosen the final two recipients for its grants: Crisis Ministry of Davidson County will receive $1,035 for rent, mortgage and utilities assistance, and Pastor's Pantry will receive $1,035 for food assistance.
The fund was an emergency-relief program created by the Lexington Area Community Foundation to cover immediate winter needs such as shelter, food, clothing and warmth. Since forming in January, it has distributed more than $18,000 contributed by individual donors and area churches.
IN OTHER AREAS
□ The 2008 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County CROP Walk held in October raised more than $65,000 to fight hunger, both locally and around the world.
At the CROP Walk awards reception held recently, several groups were honored for their efforts in recruiting walkers and raising money. The top contributing organization was Highland Presbyterian Church, which raised $4,704. The top individual contributors were Ray and Linda Collins, who are part of the Highland Presbyterian walk team and raised $1,575. The top walker group was First Baptist on Highland Avenue, which had 56 walkers. That group also received an award for the largest contribution from a first-time participant. Winston-Salem Friends Meeting was honored for the largest percentage increase in donations over last year.
Also honored at the event were organizations whose walk teams raised more than$1,000, all first-time participants, and the organizations with 10 or more years of continuous participation. A special award was presented to Rev. Stephen McCutchan, the retired pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church, who has helped organize the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County CROP Walks for more than 20 years and has been instrumental in its continuing growth and success.
□ Maggie Kennedy and Bo Kane were co-champions at the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Spelling Bee. Maggie went on to represent the school system at the Scripps Howard Regional Spelling Bee in March. She is a seventh-grader at Hanes Middle School. Bo is an eighth-grader at Paisley IB Magnet School.
Caitlin Bettenfdor, an eighth-grader at Northwest Middle School, won third place.
□ Math whizzes from 26 schools in Northwest North Carolina participated in the local Mathcounts Competition at Philo Middle School in February. The winning teams were:
First place, Hanes Middle School, coached by Carol and Greg Taylor and with team members Sammy Luo, Ben Zhang, Kenny Jung, and Alden Caron-O'Neill.
Second place, Ellis Middle School team from Davie County, coached by Stephen Rareshide with team members Abi Dupree, Matthew Ellis, Bel LaPointe, and Jeffrey Phillips.
Third place, Forsyth Home Educators, coached by Patricia Mutch and Jeanne Reppert and composed of team members Kelsey Reppert, William King, Ikenna Nzewi, and Andrew King.
Fourth place, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, coached by Jan Sullivan and Frank Martin with members MJ Kang, Alex Davis, Jean-Claude Shore, and Mariana Abou-Rizk.
The four teams, along with Warren Feng from Hanes Middle School, went on to the state competition in March at the N.C.School for Science and Mathematics in Durham.
The local competition was sponsored by the Northwest Chapter of the Professional Engineers of North Carolina.
■ 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 for publication, e-mail information and photos to Features@wsjournal.com. Information should include a contact name and daytime phone number.
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