Community Milestones

IN OTHER AREAS

□ The Friends of Richard J. Reynolds Auditorium recently presented Reynolds High School a check for $30,000 for the school's programming needs. The donation was part of a recent capital campaign fund drive by the Friends to help finance the acquisition of a customized acoustical shell for Reynolds Auditorium.

□ Two members of the Summit School Historians club at Summit School recently received awards in essay contests at the 2009 Tar Heel Junior Historian Association Annual Convention in Raleigh. Joseph Hilleary won second place in the Civil War essay contest, and Sophie Hennings won first place in the Tar Heel Junior Historian Essay contest. Sophie's article will appear in the fall 2009 issue of the magazine Tar Heel Junior Historian.

□ Seven new directors have been elected to the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters Services Inc. for 2009-10. They are: Skip Brown, TriStone Community Bank; Margaret Currie-Coyoy, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; Ben Hough, Hatteras Financial; Morris Morrison, Pfizer; Sharon Pratt, HanesBrands Inc.; Lisa Snowden, Piedmont Federal Savings Bank; and Traci Welch, Wachovia.

In addition, the new executive committee is comprised of: chairman, Ken Moser of Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice, PLLC; 1st vice chairman, Karen Nard of Community Volunteer; 2nd vice chairman, Skip Brown of TriStone Community Bank; secretary, Karen Lineberger of Community Volunteer; treasurer, Brad Mitchell of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; immediate past chairman, Brett Hoge of Scott & Stringfellow; and members-at-large, Gray Barbour, RBC Centura; James Creamer, Blanco Tackabery Combs & Matamoros; Lisa Kinney, Novant Health; Sharon Pratt, Hanesbrands Inc.; and Bert Grisard, President/CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Services Inc.

Existing members who will continue to serve on the BBBS board are: Bryan Black, Starbucks; Charlene Curtis, ACC Basketball; Ron Hutton, Winston-Salem Dental Care; Michelle Koster, Southern Community Bank & Trust; Taneca McCandies, TriStone Community Bank; John Kenneth Moser, Comerford & Britt, LLP; Deborah Rascoe, Winston-Salem Dental Care; John Rankin, BB&T, Wanda Starke; WXII Television; Kathy Windham, Pepsi; and Tonya Woods, RJ Reynolds.

IN EDUCATION

□ Ashley Anne Clay has graduated, magna cum laude, from Clemson University with a degree in psychology and creative writing. She was honored at Clemson University's Student-Athlete Enrichment Honor Roll Banquet, where she was the recipient of the Bill D'Andrea Service Award, awarded to a senior who has excelled in the classroom, has provided key leadership, and has been involved in community service. In addition, Clay received the Athletic Director's Academic Excellence Award, and the ACC Top Six Community Service Award.

Clay is a member of the 2009 Teach For America Corps and is a 2nd grade teacher in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. She is the daughter of Chris and Barb Clay of Clemmons.

□ Julia Lankton of Winston-Salem, was presented three awards during the 2009 Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Graduation Awards. The awards are: the Alfred Angrist Prize in Necropsy Pathology Award, given to a fourth-year student who shows proficiency in pathology; the District of Columbia Academy of Veterinary Medicine Award, a commemorative plaque and cash award given by the District of Columbia Academy of Veterinary Medicine Board of Directors to a fourth-year student who demonstrates proficiency in small animal medicine and/or surgery; and the E. L. Tyler and C.W. Vaughan Jr. Endowed Externship Scholarship for financially deserving veterinary students.

□ Hannah Valen was named to the 2008-09 Lawrence University's dean's list. She is a 2006 graduate of Onalaska High School, and is the daughter of Dr. Peter and Berit Valen of Winston Salem.

□ Kenneth T. Wheeler III has graduated from the United States Military Academy. He received his degree in environmental geography from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering. He also received the Congressional Medal of Honor Award for Excellence in Geography, the National Organization of the Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW Award for Excellence in the Environmental Engineering Sequence, and several department awards, including the top overall GPA.

Wheeler was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Aviation Branch of the US Army. He has been assigned to Fort Sill in Oklahoma for advanced officer training after which he will report to Fort Rucker in Alabama for helicopter flight school. He is a 2005 graduate of Mount Tabor High School, and son of Kenneth T. Wheeler Jr. and C. Anne Wallen of Winston-Salem.

□ Lauren Michelle Hughes has been named to the 2009 spring semester ‘s dean's list at Duke University, where she is a pre-med student with a major in psychology and a minor in biology. She is a 2007 graduate of Mount Tabor High School and was the recipient of the L. Gordon, Jr. and June D. Pfefferkorn Scholarship.

Lauren is the daughter of Bryan and Tammy Hughes of Pfafftown.

□ Garry Allen Ogden Jr. graduated cum laude from Georgia State University with a B.S. degree in business and accounting. He is currently enrolled in the Graduate School at GSU.

Ogden was an honor graduate of Lakeside High School in Atlanta, Ga. He is the son of Dr. Debra R. Wynecoff-Ogden of Winston-Salem, and Garry Ogden of Atlanta, and the grandson of Donnell and Dorothy Wynecoff of Winston-Salem, and Addie Ogden of Atlanta.

□ Kathryn Suzanne Reynolds, of Winston Salem, was named to the dean's list of Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law for the spring 2009 semester.

□ The following area students received certificates at 2009 spring commencement of Davidson Community College:

Advance: Morgan Leigh Allen, Brandon Andrew Doby, Trent John Ranney, John Henry Stephens, III, James Willard Stone, Robin Elyse Taylor and Tina Marie Townsend.

Archdale: Jeffrey Ronald Hilton, Kenneth Brent McDowell, Judy Johnson Rich and Daniel William Sykes.

Brown Summit: Jason Volley.

Clemmons: Michael Chad Jeffries, Mary Hull Sotriffer and Cathy Ballard Woosley.

Denton: Regina Smith Cook, Keith Michael Hurley, Jr. and Stephanie Camille Peacock.

Greensboro: Staci Harrison Doolittle, Walter Lee Liles, Jr., Max Enrique Suarez and Annie Victoria Wells.

High Point: Zulfigar Ahmad, Rhonda Anne Eades, Jason Edward Ellis, Latoya Renee Jackson, Michael George Johnston, Evelyn Marie Kenner, Mudassar Ali Khan, Scotty Evans Newsom, Brittany Marie Nixon and Kecia Vespoint Wagoner.

Kernersville: Holly Stack Bodsford, Monica Hight Huggins, Timothy Ray Icenhower and Kenneth Dallas Wright, Jr.

Lexington: Rita Darnell Adams, Crystal Dawn Alexander, Jessica Lynn Ashley, Stanley Dean Baker, Jr., Byron Sullivan Barnette, Jonathan Magnum Barnette, Douglass Lindsay Burkhart, Crystal Marie Barber Butler, Jennifer L. Casey, Dustin Anthony Celli, Roby Marcus Clodfelter, Gwendolyn De'shelle Crump, Justin Louis Diehl. Joel Edward Everhart, Samuel Lewis Flowe, Jo Lynn Gray, Susan Choy Griegel, Roger Dale Hall, David Scott Harris, Melvin James Hodge, Charlene Frances Kidd, Dana Mahala Kirby, Tristan Brent Laws, Shawna Vance Leath, Kay Shelton Leonard, Everett Andrew Little, Trisha E. Lookabill, Travis Edward Louya, Michael Randall Markham, Charles Edward Matthews, Phyllis Honbaier Motsinger , Tonney Neouv, Jessica Megan Phipps, Elizabeth Martin Riddle, Jeffrey Rivera, Clay Franklin Rummage, Stacey Lynn Sheppard, Ryan Lawrence Smith, Steven Charles Smith, Derrick Jason Toby, Jonathan Michael Todd, Joshua Lee Trantham, Zachary Cecil Walker, Jennifer Leigh Walser, Jason Lee Wheelock, Justin Michael Wheelock, Brandon Kolt Whitley, Robert Brandon Young, Victoria Michelle Young and Garrett Wesley Younts.

Linwood: Brian Keith Compton, William R. Harris, Jr., Christine Elizabeth Owens and Johnny Young, Jr.

Mocksville: Billy Jack Birdsong, Steven A. Brown, Justin Lee Campbell, Charles Wayne Childress, Pedro Guzman, Jr., Patrick James Mullen, Ashlea Nichole Preston, Shawn R. Ruff, Victoria Lee Salerno-Bolton, Janna Cheree' Seamon, Joy Willard Smith, Lynn B. Smith, Jonathan C. Sweat and Kathy Elizabeth Woodward.

Thomasville: Angela Ballard, Jessica Lee Bellamy, Isaiah Daniel Benfield, Faye Byerly Burchett, Jake Weldon Burton, Presley Nicole Byrd, Shana M. Carver, Jamie Reid Conrad, Bradley Shane Cox, Brandon Duane Creech, Erick Javier Davila, Barry Ray Deel, James Robert Hardy, Jr., Ronny Lee Hassell, Arnold Roy Laws, Jr., Andrea Cristine Leonard, Joshua Michael Mantz, Elona Judith Presson, Deion Montrell Samuels, Surbhi Mathur Satsangi, Jeff M. Stanley and William Franklin Whitman, Jr.

Winston-Salem: Morgan Elizabeth Glasgow, Debbie McDaniel, Erin Bethani McLaughlin, Kara Nicole Petty, Christine Elizabeth Rhodes and Leigh Ann Sawyer.

□ The following area students received diplomas at 2009 spring commencement of Davidson Community College:

ADVANCE:
DEBORAH CHARLENE WADE AND RACHEL LEIGH WHITE.

Clemmons: Michael Chad Jeffries, April Mae Sink and Charlotte Smith Thomason.

Cooleemee: Judy Dulin Mayfiled.

Denton: Mandy Anderson Cottrell, Barbara Ann Delosh, Lori Beth Johnson, Charles G. Leffew and Ashley Hughes Snider.

High Point: Misty Renee Ahmad, Jeremy Gray Ellis, Maria Lilybeth Jones, Koni Sue McCoss, Scotty Evans Newsom and Miranda Kay Taylor.

Kernersville: Lori Ann Moore

Lewisville: Darrah Marie Warren.

Lexington: Amy James Allred, Bradley William Ayers, Byron Sullivan Barnette, Mary Joe Benoist, Pansy Marie Blackburn, Carey Bernard Booth, Christopher Adam Byerly, Jenifer Leah Campbell, Darlene Lanier Causey, Dustin Anthony Celli, Kasey Bohannan Cox, Tammy Jo Cox, Sokoen Kim Eam, Robin Parks Edwards, Kassie Leann Essick, Joel Edward Everhart, Amanda Kay Hart, Debra J. Henderson, Christy Dawn Holbrook, Amy S. Holmes, Roger Dale Hutchens, Moises Penaloza Juarez, Evelyn Marie Kenner, Michelle Hedrick Kepley, Charlene Frances Kidd, Kimberly Nicole Kinney, David Rosco Kirby, Kara Leanne Lang, Misty Brooke Lankford, Tristan Brent Laws, Tammy Yarbrough Lester, Everett Andrew Little. Trisha E. Lookabill, Tabitha Cheri-Hope Mabe, Sandra Louise McNease, Tracie Danielle Mize, Jeffrey Ryan Bandola Nonan, Barbara Woodall Partin, Whitney Angelique Petty, Kisha Marie Pompper, Betty Louise Ramirez, Dina Louise Richards, James Elliott Richards, Jr., Lisa Ellis Rowland, Andrew Quinlin Simpson, Ryan Lawrence Smith, Steven Charles Smith, Martha Gilliam Snider, Garland L. Swicegood, Russell E. Varney, Joshua Kane Walser, Chassity Kay Ward, Jason Lee Wheelock, Justin Michael Wheelock, Michael O'Neal White, Julie Davis Willard, Nicole Elaine Yokeley, Robert Brandon Young and Traci Ebert Young.

Mocksville: Elaine Lavonne Carter, Dorothy Caudle Jones and Jamie Leigh Koontz.

Pfafftown: Tamera Ann Sult.

Thomasville: Daniel Alvarado, Candace Marie Barker, Tonya Renee' Benfield, Joyce Williams Buckner, Donna Thompson Carmichael, Brandon Duane Creech, John J. Dingus, Carmen Michael Fitzgerald, Sherri Bryant Goddard, James Robert Hardy, Jr., Lyndsay Morgan Hunt, Teresa Hill Hunt, Shannon Oranda Jefferies, Toylondra Denne Jones, Amber Marie Krueger, Sarah Lynn Martin, Temako Jo McLendon, William S. McNeer, McKenzie Rae Meredith, Sarah N. Morgan, Robert Dalton Myers, Angela Parker Perdue, Billy Joe Thomas, Manuel Valdez, Keana S. Walker, Joe Daniel Ward, Joshua Scott Welborn, Connie Allen Westmoreland, Terry Wayne Whitman and Lindsay Ann Workman.

Welcome: Carolyn Faye Roberts.

Winston-Salem: Shelia Yvonaie Alick Kebe, Jennifer Ann Brown, Naomia Widener Buckley, Jacob Andrew Crotts, Joseph Lee Frank, Byron Keith Hennings, Patrick A. Morgan, Barbara Ladd Parnell, Matthew David Stark and Lanelle Allen Whittemore.

Yadkinville: Monica Patrice Groce and Sarah Elizabeth Hoots.

□ More spring 2009 Davidson Community College graduates information will appear in the next edition of Milestones.

□ The following area students have been awarded Scholar Vision Scholarships by the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation:

Ryan Amos of Walkertown plans to attend N.C. State University.

Shanna Stanley of Tobaccoville plans to attend Forsyth Technical Community College.

Lauren Stokes of Lewisville plans to attend Appalachian State University.

Kari Smith of Rural Hall plans to attend Campbell University.

Brent Sprinkle of Winston-Salem plans to attend Liberty University.

Salomon Bandy of Pfafftown plans to attend Wake Forest University.

Kyle Fageol of Winston-Salem plans to attend UNC Chapel Hill.

Melvin Aikens Jr. of Winston-Salem plans to attend UNC Chapel Hill.

□ Christopher Valentino of Winston-Salem has received a B.S. in business management from Western Governors University.

□ Shanomie Blackwood, a freshman at the UNC School of the Arts, is the first winner of The Larry Leon Hamlin and Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin/Winston-Salem Urban League Endowed Scholarship. She is enrolled in the B.F.A program in the UNCSA School of Design and Production, where she is studying scene design and technical direction.

Shanomie is the daughter of Benjamin Blackwood of Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from LaGuardia Arts High School, where she was been actively involved in many areas of stagecraft. She completed an internship with the Kaufman Center in New York, where she built and painted scenery for children's summer workshops. She also won an Alumni & Friends Award at her high-school graduation.

The Larry Leon Hamlin and Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin/Winston-Salem Urban League Endowed Scholarship was created in 2007 to honor the late Larry Leon Hamlin, the founder and artistic director of the National Black Theatre Festival, and his wife, Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin.

□ James Elva Austin of Winston-Salem, has graduated from Radford Unversity at the end of the 2009 spring semester. He earned a B.S. degree in psychology.

□ Kathryn C. Clark of Winston-Salem has recently become recognized as a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, National Leadership and Honors Organization at the UNC Chapel Hill. Sigma Alpha Lambda is a national leadership and honors organization dedicated to promoting and recognizing academic achievement, and providing members with opportunities for community service, personal development and lifelong professional fulfillment.

□ Lauren Jade Stokes, a sophomore and Spanish major, has earned recognition for the 2008 fall and 2009 spring chancellor's list at Appalachian State University. She was also inducted into the ASU chapter of Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society. She traveled to the Dominican Republic with ASU students for a study abroad and worked with Orphanage Outreach last spring.

Stokes is the daughter of John and Deborah Stokes of Lewisville.

IN THE ARTS

□ Mary Katherine Sherrill Lowder has been awarded the N.C. Society of Historians distinguished Robert Bruce Cooke Family History Award for her publication, The Jonathan "John" Lewis Lowder and Emma Transou Lowder Family of Forsyth County, North Carolina. The genealogical and biographical volume chronicles Lowder and Transou pioneers in the Quaker and Moravian movement of colonial North Carolina, and the family's role in shaping communities of Forsyth County for 250 years.

□ Miranda Propst, a student at West Forsyth High School, represented the school and Winston-Salem at the Cannon Music Camp at Appalachian State University this summer. She received the 2009 Directors Award for the Chambers Singers choir, and the 2009 Bill McCloud Music Educators of North Carolina Award. She was also awarded a full scholarship for Cannon Music Camp in 2010.

Miranda, a rising senior, will be one of the drum majors for marching band at West Forsyth High School this year. She is the daughter of Rodney and Louise Lash.

IN THE MILITARY

□ Air Force Airman Matthew A. Oswell has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, and earned credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. He is a 2008 graduate of Davie High School, and the son of Tonda Oswell of Mocksville,.

□ Navy Ensign Denny L. East reported for naval aviator training at the Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas. He is attending a 13-month undergraduate jet pilot training course that combines basic studies in engineering and navigation.

East is a 2001 graduate of East Surry High School, and a 2008 graduate of U.S. Naval Academy with a bachelor's degree. He is the son of Diann L. and Denny L. East of Ararat, N.C.

□ Army National Guard Spec. Nicholas E. Armstrong has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training consists of basic infantry training and advanced individual training. He graduated in 2001 from the high school program at Davidson Community College, and received a bachelor's degree in 2008 from Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro.

Armstrong is the son of Laurie and Martin Armstrong of Lewisville.

IN SCOUTING

□ Austin Chunn, a member of Boy Scout Troop 715 at New Philadelphia Moravian Church, has been awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. For his project, Austin planned and implemented a landscaping project at the South Fork Church of Christ. His Court of Honor ceremony was officiated by Jerry Taylor who recently retired after 29 years in scouting both as a Boy Scout and as a Scout Leader. Austin is the 28th Eagle Scout with whom Jerry helped lead through scouts.

Austin recently graduated from Calvary Baptist High School. He is the son of Brian and Vicki Chunn of Winston-Salem.

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