Community Milestones

IN PUBLIC SERVICE

□ Angela Vogler, a student at Mount Tabor High School, recently served as a page for the N.C. House of Representatives.

She is the daughter of Ronald and Charlotte Vogler of Winston-Salem and was sponsored by Rep. Dale Folwell (R-Forsyth).

Speaker of the House Joe Hackney (D-Chatham, Orange and Moore) appoints the pages and introduces each one to members and citizens in the House gallery at the start of each week during the Monday night session.

□ Meredith Abernethy, a student at Mount Tabor High School, recently served as a page for the N.C. House of Representatives.

She is the daughter of Richard and Anne Abernethy of Winston-Salem and was sponsored by Rep. Larry Brown (R-Forsyth).

IN EDUCATION

□ Thomas Edward Cartee III of Oak Ridge graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and Spanish and a minor in Chinese.

He has been inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society and is one of 48 Trinity students elected to the Epsilon of Texas chapter of Phi Beta Kappa as juniors or seniors.

His parents are Tom and Kathy Cartee.

□ Sarah Tesh of Clemmons has been named to the Spring 2009 Dean's List at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn.

She is a senior majoring in communication, and she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Tesh.

□ The following area students graduated from Roanoke College:

Leah Ruth Sigal of Lewisville received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in psychology.

Sigal is a graduate of Forsyth Country Day School and is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Barry W. Sigal.

Alison Jeanne Gilchrist of Lewisville received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in sociology.

Gilchrist is a graduate of Forsyth Country Day School and is the daughter of Ms. Page P. Gilchrist and Mr. Michael Brown,

Kently Bobbie Page of Winston-Salem received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in history and music.

Page is a graduate of Salem Academy and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby R. Page.

□ A project proposed by Sara Allen Harper of Winston-Salem has been chosen for the first round of funding from the Jefferson Public Citizens program at the University of Virginia.

Harper is the daughter of Lars and Mary Harper and a graduate of Reynolds High School. She is a third-year student at UVa. majoring in architecture.

Inspired by student design efforts in response to Hurricane Katrina, Harper and four other students will create a ready-made prototype shelter to take care of such needs of victims as water and power. The group hopes to work with the Building Goodness Foundation to produce a shelter design in time to aid future disaster situations.

Harper's team is one of the 16 student-group projects the university is funding as part of its newly launched Jefferson Public Citizens program, which grew out of Commission for the Future of the University.

□ The following area students were named to the Spring 2009 Dean's List at UNC Chapel Hill:

Alleghany County: Emily Mason Bridges, Audrey Leann Carico, Anneke Hampton Demmink, Melissa Danielle Farr, Catherine Ashley McGrady, Logan Joseph Oliver, Megan Marie Poole, Scott Zachary Pugh and Ashley Morgan Vroom.

Ashe County: Kelsy Edward Combs, Patrick Grant Dollar, Justin Craig Ford, Tyler Lanier Gamble, Jenny Ann Grubb, Samantha Jo Lewis, Allison Banks Margerison, Melissa Annette Miller, Dominion Vincent Rognstad and Jody Darrell Smith.

Avery County: Mary Beth Cook, Annie Elizabeth Ellis and Lucas Alan Pitman.

Davidson County: Shelley Barrett Aldridge, Yasmin Salah Amer, Mary Katherine Bean, Terrence Jermaine Bogans, Laura Anne Bradley, Helen Ann Buchanan, Evan Hunter Davis, Pearce Shoaf Dougan, Kenneth Douglas Elmore, Kaley Morgan Everhart, William Oliver Frazier, Scott Melville Gray, Alyssa Rene Hemric, Steven Douglas Ingram, Amy Michelle Jaworski, Madeline Gray Knier, Nikki Danielle Lazenby, Kathleen Amanda Lockwood, Joanna Elizabeth Long, Ryan Kent Martiniuk. Meagan Camille McGee, Derek Tyler Mobley, Anne Cyrille Moran, Michael Stokes Niver, Derek Christopher O'Neill, Amanda Catherine Plyler, Mark Montgomery Rothrock, Rebecca Ashley Rouse, Allysen Elizabeth Schaaf, Emily Ann Sink, Blaire Millen Smith, Wiley Livingston Smith, Mandy Marie Sorge, Abby Elisabeth Timberlake, Sydney Morgan Tysinger, Mary Katherine Varner and Lesley Brooke Wilfong.

Davie County: Lauren Nami Brown, Benjamin Thomas Bruffey, Andrew Charles Buckles, Kristen Marie Fromal, Amy Sachiko Gilbert, Annaliese Marie Haftman, Evan Alexander Hall, Amanda Marie King, Courtney Eberle Lee, Lauren Elise Macaione, Andrew Chase Mossman, Jessica Ryan Overbey, Jessica Lauren Roache, Ali Nell Russell, Michael James Smith, Jennifer Susan Stancill, Matthew Alexander Van Hoy, Stephanie Ann Wendel and Christopher James Woltz.

Forsyth County: John Armstrong Allen, Megan Cook Anderson, Benjamin Anthony Baden, Kristen Marie Baker, Scott Christian Barnes, William Allen Barringer, Jamie Erin Basham, Elizabeth Kaylor Bates, Katie Elizabeth Beam, Samantha Marie Bivins, Emily Collins Black, Ryan Mckinley Bolick, Elissa Ann Bolling, Morgan Mariah Bolling, Emily Marie Boone, Dana Leigh Brand, Thomas S. Brennan, Hollianne Marie Bright, Elizabeth Blakeney Brown, Morgan Marie Brown, Rebekah Jane Buckner, Madelyn Elizabeth Burkart, Christopher Andrew Burton, Catherine Anne Cappellari, Kathryn Nicole Charles, Fan Chen, Christopher Warren Clapp, Kathryn Chandler Clark, Melissa Chandler Clark, Keith Christopher Cale Clithero, Melissa Leigh Cochran, Kristen Jane Coconis, William Read Cole, Sarah Katherine Cook, Meghan Deanna Cooper, Casey Porter Cowan, Shelby Lynn Currier, Helen Patterson Dagenhart, Jaslin Marie Dais, Torren Paul Danowski, Lauren Alexis Degraw, Ryan Christopher Tyler Delapp, Joshua Richard Dilley, Brittany Mel Dorman, Amber Leigh Draughon, John Brady Duckett, Sarah Elizabeth Edwards, Paul Tyson EhlingerEmily Elizabeth Elledge, Jeremy Winston Ellender, Harold Walker Elliott, David Andrew Enarson, Charles Hamilton Engram, William Franklin Exline, Dean A. Fox, William Oliver Frazier, Caroline Morgan Fryar, Kelly Louise Fulk, Victoria Manova Fulton, Lindsay Morgan Furr, Scott Davis Gallisdorfer, Sean Patrick Gannaway, Julia Catherine Garner, Carly Ann Garrison, Audrey Lillian Gauss, Robert John Gfeller, Hannah Catherine Giles, James McKay Glasgow, Elizabeth Faye Golden, Crystal Nikia Gray, Elisa Nicole Greenwood, Leigh Carrell Habegger, Sarah Clair Hagler, Vethilla Yvette Hairston, Lisa Ann Halsey, Matthew Robert Hamrick, Kristin Anne Hansen, John Edward Harless, David Thomas Harris, Amanda Kelly Hayes, Christine Marie Hellinger, Stephanie Anne Hertz, Jaclyn Nicole Hess, Jamie L. Hester, Ryan Louis Hileman, Whitney Joy Hileman, Ashley Michelle Hill, Barrett Grey Holland, Brittany Morgan Honeycutt, Kevin Dixon Hudnell, Courtney Elizabeth Huffines, Annika Krystyna Hugosson, Meghan Alexandra Huskins, Betsey Schweig Hutton, Christian Stephen Johns, Tiffany Marie Johnson, Philip Montgomery Jones, Meredith Ann Jordan, Andrea Lauren Josey, Kevin Frank Joyce, Eric Charles Katz, Nazanin Mehry Kaussari, Christopher John Kennedy, Erin Sumner Kephart, Mary Magarene Kirkland, Bradley Steven Kniejsk,i Melissa Jane Knudson, Ashley Sarchet Koewing, Claire Marie Korzen, Samuel B Kritchevsky, Ann Mills Lassiter, Taylor Ford Loftis, Rebecca Lynne Lovewell, Elizabeth MacLeod, Brent Ford Macon, Matthew Robert Maloney, John Stephen Mann, Elizabeth Holland Martin, Joseph R. Matheson, Sarah Julian Maxey, Sean Kenneth Maxwell, William Scott May, Jonathan Bratton McCay, Colleen Shannon McGary, Caroline Frances McGhee,Brittany Olivia McGowan, Lily Estelle McHugh, Mackenzie Ruth McIlwain, Danielle Nicole McKinnis, Brittani Chanae McKnight, Jordan Taylor McLeod, Drew C Millette, Andrew Parker Morgan, Erin Louise Moriarty, Beatrice Elaine Moss, Anna Hanes Mullen, Deanna Beth Murawski, Emily Danielle Murray, Siddarth Shashi Nagaraj, Crawford Sherlock Nelson, Joshua Wayne Norman, Christine Noelle Norris, Jennie Michelina Olympio, Alyson Attia Oswalt, Michelle Elizabeth Paisley, Megan Lee Pierce, Alexander Nicholas Pirro, Virginia Scales Pleasants, Philip Zachary Pledger, Allison Lindsay Pool, Zachary David Powell, Thomas Paul Powierza, Juan Ignacio Prandoni, John Bradford Rider, Jason Douglas Rights, Seth Austin Roberts, Mary Stewart Robins, Jennifer Ann Robinson, Michael MacRae Robinson, Alison Kristin Rockett, Aldo Carlos Rodriguez, Kelsey Lowe Rogers, Sarah Danielle Rogers, Brian Thomas Rooks, Lauren Elizabeth Rose, Courtney Jean Ross, Marleny Ruiz, Meredith Ashley Sapp, Mary Elizabeth Sartin, Alexander Westwood Saunders, Katherine Jane Sawyer, Caroline C. Schneider, Elizabeth Maria Schoeman, Kevin Gerald Schroeder, Amelia Cave Sciandra, Cristopher William Seippel, Ellen Kathleen Sharpe, Sarah Marie Sheppard, Sarah Lynne Shoaf, Richard Edmund Shore, Alexander Griffith Slater, Bethany Michelle Slifko, Allison Minnis Smith, Kayla Jean Smith, Michael Joseph Smith, Matthew David Snyder, Andrew Henican Spangler, Chelsea Given Spangler, Kaitlin Rebecca Spring, Jade Marie Squires, Carmen Monique Stackhouse, Andrei R. Stefanescu, Robert Thompson Stephens, Elizabeth Clark Stocksdale, Laura Anne Stocksdale, Lauren Bailey Suggs, Katherine Cain Sullivan, Anna Lee Sweigart, Sarah Daughtry Symons, Evan Thomas Tasios, Jennifer Thuy Thai, Kelly Rebekah Thore, Taylor Sutton Twine, Elizabeth Anne Vance, Walker Griffin Vincoli, Sarah Elizabeth Vroom, Ian Michael Walker, Katja Marita Wallin, Kathryn Frances Waugh, Kathryn Taylor Webb, Steven Andrew Weifenbach, Mary Rebecca Hope Weiser, Emily Barrows Welker, Sean Daniel Weyrich, Emily Clare Widle, Meredith Morgan Williams, Walter Hugh Wilson, Sarah Ann Yancey, Jingyi Yang and Mary Allison Yingling.

Stokes County : Caresse Erin Bridge, Meghan Alexandra Cooke, Bryan Lee Denny, Rebekah Grey Goff, Travis Andrew Hall, Christopher Gene Ogburn, Matthew Scott Poindexter, Emily Megan Snow, Patrick Grayson Spaugh, Nicholas Bradford Watts and Ashley Brooke Wood.

Surry County: Mary Emily Antonecchia, Isabella Buzzo Bellon, Amber Chloe Boyd, Michael C Brown, Renata Chantal Buchanan, Adam Bradley Canosa, Megan Elizabeth Carriker, Stephanie Anne Caudle, Ryan Michael Collins, Hannah Elizabeth Dockery, Maria Fatima Dulay, Shaun David Hampton, Heather Elizabeth Jackson, Zechariah Franklin Krautwurst, Heather Love Lowry, Amelia Nicole Moody, Caleb Morgan Pardue, Thomas Aaron Pardue, Fernando Perez, Sarang Mukesh Shah, Rebekah Jane Stanley, John Andrew Wein and Alexander Hastings Wright.

Watauga County:Hallie Elizabeth Adams, Matthew John Howard Adams, Krishna Paul Aluri, Warren Kidder Ashley, Brooke Lauren Bailey, Olivia Anne Bowler, Cynthia Keeble Burton, Jamie Dupree Cash, Kelly Elizabeth Cherry-Leigh, Jonathan Philip Clements, Valerie Lynn Cornella, Ian Patrick Dale, Sarah Grace Douglas, Emma Elizabeth Dunlap-Grube, Joseph Thomas Duval, Bradley Scott Farthing, David Robert Fisher, John Kyle Fisher, Brianna Nicole Fleming, Ann Taylor Goodnight, Anna Kaitlin Gustaveson, Patrick Braden Haas, Savannah Michelle Haas, Jordan Leigh Horton, Robert Aaron Hrozencik, Kevin David Kennedy, Stephen Marc Kennedy, Ann Ma Mast, Brittany Deanne Miller, Brooke Ashlyn Miller, Melissa Annette Miller, David Matthew Moltz, Kellen Morrow Moore, Brandon Burcham Patton, Melody Joy Pineda, Nicholas Joseph Placentra III, Anna Ruth Robertson, William Logan Rowell, Ariel Elyse Rudolph, Kevin Christopher Rynn, John Austin Stevens, Rachel Parker Stevens, Christian Andre Symonovicz, Benjamin Glenn Vollmer, Katherine Rethorn Zeiss.

Wilkes County: Jessica Celeste Adams, Sarah Anne Allen, Kristie Anne Brown, Christopher Lee Carter, Elizabeth Jordan Chatham, Shannon Hayes Church, Philip George Curley, Monica Elizabeth Doyle, Noemi Garza, Brittany Nicole Greene, Marissa Maria McGlamery, Jane Roxanne Olsen, Michael J Pardue, Derek Clifford Pinkerton, Cody Mitchell Poplin, Margaret Bryan Taylor, Anish Vipin Thakkar, Julie Leann Tulbert, Kacie Leigh Updike, Josie Leigh Wood and Amanda Zana Younger.

Yadkin County: Heather Nichole Bowman, Isabella Noel Cochrane, Christen B'anca Glenn, Chelsea Rhiannon Pardue, Stephanie M Somers, Erin Taylor Wallace, Joshua Shaw Wasson, Michael Lee Zachary and Rachel Elizabeth Zachary.

□ The following area students are recipients of various UNC Greensboro 2009-2010 Merit Scholarships:

Naomi R. Bate of Oak Ridge, a Butler Scholarship valued at $10,800 for in-state students, for a total value of $43,200 over four years.

Benjamin R. Windsor of Greensboro, Lottie A. Hensley of Denton, and Olivia M. Kirby of High Point, each a Reynolds Scholarship valued at $8,000 annually, for a total value of $32,000 over four years.

David S. Miller
of Summerfield, a Jefferson-Pilot Scholarship valued at $5,000 per year, for a total value of $20,000.

Jack F. Woolard of Greensboro, an Alumni Award valued at $4,000 per year, for a total value of $16,000.

Matthew W. Younts of Stokesdale and Cody C. McCollem of Germantown, each a Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Scholarship valued at $6,000 per year, with a total value of $24,000.

Laura R. Blankenship of Kernersville, an L. Richardson and Emily Harris Preyer Scholarship valued at $3,000, for a total value of $12,000.

□ The following area students are 2009 spring graduates of Meredith College:

Davie County: Anna Kathryn Russell, cum laude, Advance.

Forsyth County:Meredith Emily Alexander, summa cum laude, Winston-Salem; Meredith Anne Baker, Winston-Salem; Natalie Winters Braswell, magna cum laude, Winston-Salem; and Courtney Allyson Meyer, Winston-Salem.

Guilford County: Cecelia Dawn Chandler, Greensboro; Krystle Michelle Davis, McLeansville; Jane Randolph Johnston, Greensboro; Sara Lizabeth Ladew, magna cum laude, Greensboro; Ashley Michelle Owens, Summerfield; Jessica Debra Schatten, Greensboro; and Julia Sokolsky, cum laude, Greensboro.

Stokes County: Alexiss Michelle Moore, Walnut Cove.

Wilkes County: Lauren Elizabeth Fletcher, Wilkesboro.

Yadkin County: Cynthia Nicole Abell, Yadkinville.

□ Sarah Elizabeth Longworth was named to the Wake Forest University Dean's List for the 2009 spring semester.

She is a graduate of Calvary Baptist High School and the daughter of Teri Longworth of Winston- Salem.

□ Rebecca Gall, a senior from Winston-Salem and Alice Smith, a senior from Ararat, Va. were named to the Dean's List at Mary Washington University for the 2009 spring semester.

□ Summer Bost has been awarded a two-year scholarship for assistance in a Master of School Administration from the N.C. Principal's Fellows Program.

Bost has a Bachelor of Social Work from Appalachian State University and an M.A. in Elementary Education from Salem College. She teaches first grade at Latham Elementary School.

She is the daughter of Mayor John Bost and LaDonna Bost of Clemmons.

IN THE MILITARY

□ Reserve Pfc. Zachary J. Agee has been mobilized and deployed overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the military operations involving members of the U.S. armed forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure Iraq.

He is a civil-affairs specialist with two years of military service, and is regularly assigned to the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion based in Greensboro.

Agee is the son of Michael C. Agee of Germanton, and a 2007 graduate of South Stokes High School.

□ Army Reserve Pvt. Brian Galloway has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

He is the son of Anthony Galloway of Walnut Cove and Marguerite Hales of Madison, and a 2008 graduate of McMichael High School in Madison.

□ Army Pfc. George K. Gordon, Jr. has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla., as an Honor Graduate and he received a Letter of Commendation.

Gordon, a motor transport operator, is the son of George K. Gordon Sr. of Elizabeth City, and Patsy L. Beasley of Winston-Salem. He is a 2003 graduate of Pasquotank County High School in Elizabeth City.

□ Army Pfc. Khowry M. Thorpe has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

He is the son of Gwendolyn D. Davis of Winston-Salem and a 2004 graduate of Parkland High School.

IN THE ARTS

□ Terry Kirby Erickson, a Winston-Salem poet, won two awards in the 2009 Adult and Student Contest of the N.C. Poetry Society. The winners were announced during a celebration held at the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines.

Erickson won two honorable mention awards in the adult category. One was for the Caldwell Nixon Jr. Award and the other was for the Lyman Haiku Award.

□ The Winston-Salem Symphony Association held its annual meeting and elected officers and board members:

The following people were elected for renewed three-year board terms: Penni Bradshaw, Dick Deem, Brad Friesen, David Levy, Michael Lischke, John Maselli, Gordon Peterson, Michael Rogers, Cynthia Rothschild and Jerome Silber.

The following people were elected to fill new three-year board terms: Steve Karr, Linda Oaster, David Olson, Deborah Reaves, Eric Sadler and Mary Tucker.

The following people were elected officers for 2009-10::

President: Roger Bear; Immediate Past President: Ray McKinney; Secretary: Jerome Silber; Treasurer: Dick Deem.

The following people were elected to serve as board committee leaders for 2009-10:

Advocacy and Education: Malcolm Brown and John Maselli

Development: Bev Jennings

Finance and Audit: Dick Deem

Governance, Nominating and Personnel: Jim Dossinger, Lis Marcotullio and Ryan Opel

Marketing: Gordon Peterson

Advisory council leaders are:

Artistic Advisory: David Levy

Symphony Chorale: Patricia Stewart

Encore Society: Chevara Orrin

Youth Orchestra: Joe Mount

Lis Marcotullio received the 2008-09 Virginia Dossinger Volunteer of the Year Award the Winston-Salem Symphony Association at its annual meeting.

Marcotullio is a member of the symphony's board of directors and is the immediate past president of the symphony's Encore Society volunteer group. She is an active volunteer for the Symphony.

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