Community Milestones

IN SPORTS

CH Our Charming Lady, an American Saddlebred mare owned by Donna and Jack Finch of Greensboro, recently took Triple Crown honors at the American Royal National Championship Horse Show in Kansas City, Mo. The prefix "CH" added to a horse's name indicates the horse has been certified an official "Champion" by the American Saddlebred Horse Association after having achieved a designated number of victories.

Our Charming Lady was ridden by her trainer, Mary Marcum Orr. With their win at the American Royal, Mary Orr and Our Charming Lady remain undefeated in 34 consecutive classes dating back to 2006. Our Charming Lady, with Mrs. Orr, was also the only horse at the World's Championship Horse Show in Louisville, Ky., to win back-to-back World's Grand Championship victories in 2008 and 2009.

Mrs. Orr and her husband, Evan, own and operate High Caliber Stables in Kernersville, a professional training facility and riding program for amateur and juvenile riders who compete at the regional and national levels.

IN EDUCATION

The following area students were named to the 2009 fall semester dean's list at Appalachian State University:

Hamptonville: Micah Daniel Barron, Rhett Jacob Brown, Anna Walker Duty, Erin Teresa Rucker and Bradley Evan Willard

High Point: Sarah Renee Arthur, Taylor Elizabeth Berrier, Roy Nathaniel Bowling, Allison Shaver Byrd, Carson Reid Cashwell, Amber Brooke Chappell, Sara Ellen Cline, Douglas William Connelly, Jacob W. Daniels, Dana Noel Forrester, Caroline Lee Hager, Gregory Russell Haver, Morgan Lee Hayes, Allison Nicole Hilliard, Meng-Lin Hsieh, James Price Hulin, Michael Edward Johnson, Dana Elizabeth Larson, Lindsay Marie Laws, Brittney Jeanne Long, Sarah Christine Madden, Molly K. Maness, William Alexander McCaslin, Thomas Adam Moore, Tyler Stephen Morris, Emily C. Price, Megan Agnes Shelton, Emily Ann Spratt, Heather Rose Stone, Anna Christine Stroup, Lindsay Elizabeth Swaim, John Hale Vance, Samantha Rose Wileman and Anna Maria Ziolkowski

Jamestown: Matthew David Allen, Allison Christine Collins, David Timothy Cone, Matthew E. Klem, Pratigya Christy Marhatta, Ashley Kathryn Moore, Tessa Delaine O'Sullivan, Martha Meyer Pope and Jaymin Raken Shah

Jefferson: Christopher Steven Bare, Penny Barker Brewer, Susan R. Lewis, April Michelle Miller, Taryn Elizabeth Roten, Sarah Elisabeth Sullivan and Erica Charlotta Vannoy

Jonesville: Cord Landon Gentry and Samantha Annette Newman

Julian: Kellie Ann Staley

Kernersville: Amanda Marie Atkins, Sara Tracy Bianco, Andrew Charlton Black, Olivia Shayne Combs, Elizabeth Lee Dagenhart, John Gibson Edwards, Melanie Shearin Ferrell, Michael Collin Harmon, Brittany Anne Hauser, Andrew Hedgecock, Dara Kim, Elizabeth Lauren Lail, Annie Elizabeth Machamer, Aaron Matthew Mead, Jessica Lauren Memory, Bethany Marie Millsap, John Edward Nichols, Joshua Luke Nichols, Nathan Lee Phelps, Leigh Ann Pless, Meredith Claire Scott, Abbye E. Slade, Jacqueline Marie Stewart, Benjamin Jarrett Sweeney, Nathan Zachariah Uzenski, Tyler Hetletved Walters, Kyle Matthew Wright and Megan Ann Young

King: Katie Elizabeth Brown, Caitlin Marie Buchanan, Haley Dawn Cromer, Christopher Scott Eubanks, Kelsea Lee Fox, Amber Leigh Harold, Rebecca Ablazia James, Brittany Morgan Newsome, Timothy Samuel O'Neal, Robert Andrew Schultz, Alice Christine Smith and Jeffrey Lucas Smith

Lewisville: Dana Marie Cea, William Banks Church, Michele Ellen Dicio, Emma Lee Fitzwater, Brandon Lee Gaskins, Zachary Mitchell Hayes, Blake C. Hooks, Laura Nicole Langill, Mathew Shen Chiang Lee, Allyson Paige Lunsford, Laura Emily McMullan, Brian Wayne Preston, Warren Richard Reid, Lisa M. Rieger and Robert Thomas Potter Wannenburg

Lexington: Ryan Dale Allen, Jordan Michael Allred, Daisy Alonso, Logan Marie Angell, Anna Elise Beck, Derek Michael Blankenship, Christopher W. Dinges, Carmen Jane Everhart, Hannah Brooke Everhart, Rebecca Noel Horn, Sarah Elizabeth Horne, Heather Anne Horton, Kelly Marie Jackson, Jonathan Karl Kunz, Jacob Gray Lackey, Kelly Christine Lamb, Haley Foust Moore, Allison Marie Nelson, Mitchell Thomas Petersen, Cayce Brooke Poindexter, Kazie Franklin Poole, Caleb Thomas Robertson, Devin William Russ, Carey Elizabeth Sink, Sydney Ana Skipper, Brandon Edward Smith, William Austin Squires, Hillary Grace Tatum, Alison Kaye Tysinger, Sean Kevin Wilber and Mollie Elizabeth Woodell

Linville: Shane Michael Anderson, Sean Arthur Barber, Natalie Michelle Dale, Mara Elizabeth Herman, Roger Curt Omlie and Lauren Marietta Peters

Linville Falls: Jeffrey Daniel Young

Linwood: Christina Marie Garner, Coleman Gathany Phillips and Tyler Radford Thomas

Lowgap: Katherine Hannah Hunter

McLeansville: James Darnell Angel and Kerri Leigh Smoot

Mocksville: Meghan Lindsay Appelt, Nathan Lee Barnes, Garrett Tyler Benge, Meridith Grace Cheek, Kristin Leigh McMillan, Lauren Kristin Parker, Brittani Elaine Tester and Roy Lyden Williams

Moravian Falls: Katie Dean Anderson, Jerry Ross Byers II, Cierra Lashea Ferguson and Alice Mae Frutis

Mount Airy: Caroline Alexandra Ayers, Erette Jordan Bobbitt, Robert Taylor Bradley, Lauren Alice Chamblin, Christopher Adam Doss, Emily Michelle Foster, Cassie Elisabeth Gardner, Michael Brandon Goins, Amber Nicole Grey, Mary Elizabeth Griffith, Emily Megan Hale, Logan Mckenzie Jarrell, Ashley Elizabeth Johnson, Nicholas Richard Johnson, Jake Stanley Joyce, Amber Lynn Keck, Anne Delay Lamm, Clifford Mitchell Leagan, Adam Lucas Martin, Travis Jonas Pike, Elizabeth Jordan Poole, Kellan Marie Wilson, Kendra Tiffany Wise, Catherine E. Wood and Cynthia Lee Wood

North Wilkesboro: Anna C. Abernethy, John Ross Anderson, Andrew William Church, Ondrej Edward Dyck, Beulah Bonita Gambill, Kristen Leigh Glaze, Elizabeth Anne Horton, Traci Nicole Huffman, Jordan Elizabeth Mitchell, Amber Elise Osborne, Denise Elizabeth Sawyer, Eric Michael Sparklin and Raymond Joseph Watson

Oak Ridge: John Michael Allen, Melissa Ann Collyer, Craig Andrew Cook, Brittany Nicole Deaton, Michael John Dickinson, Shannon Kathleen Fiorentino, Ian Hunter Ford, Courtney Danielle Hill, Jaimie Ellen Houston, Michael Christopher Moore, Brandon Michael Mullin, Sarah Brianne Ollis, Charlie Zachary Reyes Jr., Anthony Carmelo Riccio, Jennifer Margaret Sandelli, Katelyn Maryssa Underhill and Zachary D. Wilson

Pfafftown: Sarah Elizabeth Anderson, Seth Ryan Anderson, Nathan Patrick Love, Charles William McLamb, Taylor Victoria Elise Smith and Emily Brooke Waddell

Pilot Mountain: Ashley Jean Adams, Madeline Jernice Davis and Travis Anthony Lucas

Pinnacle: Jessica Marie Collins, David Gabriel Crumley, Adam Christopher Jones, Michael Francis Schwarz and Savannah Nichole Williams

Pleasant Garden: Suzanna Alexander Byrd, Dustin Marie Hackett, Katherine Lynn Hensley, Robert Brett McFarland, Angelica Nicole Pacheco and Richard Barry Strickland III

Ronda: Jerra Lynn Garwood and Jeffery Drew Welborn

Rural Hall: Emily Revis Combs and Brandon C. Dickson

Sparta: Genevieve Amber Lohr

State Road: Hillary Elizabeth Irwin

Stokesdale: Dustin Alan Barton, Kelsey Kathleen Gagnon, Joseph Cliff Knight and Desirae Rose Morris

Summerfield: John Michael Arnaud, Amy Lindsay Bacon, Jordan Matthew Barbitta, Erin Camden Basham, Derek Lewis Church, Charles B. Crockett, Destinie Gayle Dew, Joshua Landon Elliott, Kristen Ann Fister, Teresa MIchelle Fister, David Winston Goad, Bryan Paul Green, Sara Elise Hines, Katherine Elizabeth Kaplan, Allison Nicole Keene, Ryan Daniel Lucas, Rachel Christina Luckhardt, Gregory P. Osborne, Chad Michael Ross, Melinda Katheran Scott, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Suter, Elizabeth Nicole Tamborino and Keeley Lynne Zimmerman

Thomasville: Mark Randall Akerman, Matthew William Christian, Jonathan Seth Dantzler, Laura Kathleen Hardy, Haley Elena Harrell, Jasmin Astrid McFayden, Matthew Justin Ramsey, Jacob Thomas Sheffield, Lindsey Page Varner, Christopher Kirk Ward, Paul Michael Zander

Valle Crucis: Elisabeth Claire Freeman and Courtney Frances Pearce

Walkertown: Ryan Dale Brown

Walnut Cove: Adam Jerome Cardwell, Kayse Lauren Henley, Ashley Lauren Jones and Melody Caroline Miller

West Jefferson: Laura Marie Absher, Kayla Ann Furches, Courtney Lynn Hartzog, Rebecca Michelle Howell, Teddy Lewis Jordan, Cynthia Iris Kastl, April Marie Lyle, Elliott Zane Parsons, Laura Lee Rash and Alexandra Gabrielle Sagendorph

Westfield: Jessica Lynn Inman and Caitlin Elizabeth Lamb

Whitsett: Jasmine Danielle Johnson

Wilkesboro: Matthew William Abernethy, Megan Fern Barnett, James Grayson Cheek, Belinda Bely Marino, Amber Kathleen Nunn, Alicia Marie Russell, Christopher Adam Souther, Mark Raymond Stone and Anna Pauline Wooten

Winston-Salem: Jarvis Mitchell Alfaro, Courtney Beth-Victoria Armstrong, Graham Wayne Arrowood, Brianna Sharyn Atkins, Michael Richard Ayala, Aaron Joseph Backfield, Adam Jeffery Bailey, Amber Leta Barnes, Christian Elizabeth Baucum, Jeffery Shawn Bennett, Megan Patricia Bennett, Allison Elizabeth Bicknell, Delvon J. Blue, Jesse Michael Brown, Sean Michael Browne, Adam Jordan Budasoff, Margaret Campbell, Lillian June Catone, Margaret Colhoun, Kyle Robert Comerford, Leslie Karina Diaz-Salmeron, Joanna Elizabeth Faulkenberry, Philip Lisle Foster, Jennifer Anne Gallimore, Kelsey Leigh Granger, Hannah Rachael Gusefski, Rachel Christine Haferman, Stephen Byron Hedrick, Rachel Victoria Hembree, Justin Robert Horwath, Madeline Michelle Irion, Casey Taylor Johnson, Olivia Leigh Jones, Joseph Richard Kahler, Elizabeth Burton Kennedy, Kathryn Elizabeth Kiger, Athena Stephanie Kroustalis, Susan Marie Lane-Rothrock, Ryan M. Laster, Perry Suzanne Loeser, Ian W. Mahathey, Robert Lewis Mason, Aliza Kathleen McIlwain, Ashley Kate McNeely, Peyton Leigh Murray, Katie Jane Nelson, Kerry Anita O'Rourke, Vanessa Papa, Matthew Smith Pegram, Meredith Leigh Poole, Jennifer Liz Pruna, Jon Thomas Riley, Steven Daved Roberts, Vincent Sean Roberts, Cayla Marie Schrader, Amanda Kathryn Shoaf, Conrad Ellray Sierra, Lindsey Brooke Smith, Mykal Alexandra Smith, Randall Allen Steinberg, Christopher John Stevens, Andrew Ryan Stewart, Kayla Diane Streussnig, Jillian Leigh Surber, Katherine Anne Swider, Justin Robert Via, Leah Catherine Weatherman, Katherine Lea Wiggins, Christopher Joshua Wilkes, Samuel Clay Wolff, Paul G. Yoder

Yadkinville: Margaret Jean Dillon, Nathan Gray Hennings, Natalie Sherrie Martin, Taylor Marie Motsinger, Christina Jo Pettit, William Luther Reavis III, Justin Christian Vestal, Alex Eugene Weidner and Chelsey Erin Wooten

Lora Elizabeth Smith was named to the 2009 fall semester chancellor's list at Appalachian State University. She is a 2008 graduate of Okemos, MI High School, and the daughter of William and Cynthia Smith of Advance.

The following area students were named to the chancellor's honors list during the 2009 fall semester at UNC Pembroke: Brian Jones, Laurel Springs; Anna E. Queen, Advance; Elizabeth R. Workman, Linwood; Trey Thomas Archer, Mocksville; Elizabeth Ashley Peters, Thomasville; William J. Bradle, Kernersville; Nicholas Ryan Canada, Winston-Salem; Danielle M. Hairston, Winston-Salem; Shelby Wray Newsome, Winston-Salem; Matthew T. Salley, Winston-Salem; Amy Elizabeth Creamer, Greensboro; Gabrielle Angel Harris, Greensboro; and Donald Joseph Pennington, Jr., McLeansville.

The following area students were named to the honors list during the 2009 fall semester at UNC Pembroke: Jeffrey Allen Delawder, Lexington; Kacy Alice Hogston, Lexington; Carly Daniel Stauffer, Mocksville; Amber Nicole Hayden, Greensboro; Michael C. Iheanacho, Greensboro; Courtland Ashton Kirson, Greensboro; Benjamin James McDiarmid; Justin Ray Griffith, High Point; Aaron C. Jernigan, McLeansville, Kareem R. Strong, McLeansville; Jacia Lynette Horton, Pleasant Garden; and Alan Christopher Parsons, Elkin.

Chase Alexander Morten has been named to the freshman 2009 fall semester president's list at Clemson University. He was also admitted into the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity in late November of last year.

Morten is the son of Bill and Beverly Morten of Winston-Salem.

Kevin Mackie Rawls has graduated magna cum laude from NC State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, and a minor degree in German. He is a graduate of West Forsyth High School, and is the son of Jeffrey and Molly Rawls of Lewisville.

Josh Jenkins, a North Davidson High School graduate and a junior computer information systems major at Pfeiffer University, recently earned the Cisco Certified Network Associate certification, a nationally-respected accreditation recognized by major technology vendors and computer support professionals.

The CCNA certification is a second-level Cisco career certification that indicates a foundation in apprentice knowledge of networking and information systems. CCNA certification means the ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-size routed and switched networks, including implementation and verification of connections to remote sites in a wide area network.

Evan A. Bozymski and Elliott L. Brewer have been selected to assume one of the highest leadership positions at Woodberry Forest School in Woodberry Forest, Va. Both seniors have been made members of the Prefect Board, which is responsible for administering the student-run honor system, one of Woodberry's most important traditions. In addition to introducing new students to the honor system, through which all Woodberry students pledge not to lie, cheat or steal, they serve as a mentor to younger students and assists with dormitory supervision.

Evan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Bozymski of Winston Salem, and Elliott is the son of Mr. Mark Brewer and Mrs. Wyatt Bassett of Winston Salem.

Woodberry Forest, now in its 121st year, is an independent boarding school in Madison County, Va. for boys in grades 9-12.

IN MEDICINE

Warren Steen of Winston-Salem has been appointed vice chairman of the Parents Council at the UNC School of Medicine. A leader in North Carolina philanthropy, Steen is president of the Rye Foundation, which makes charitable investments in the areas of religion, youth and education. His son, Bart Steen, a 2007 magna cum laude graduate of Wake Forest University, is a second-year student at the UNC School of Medicine.

IN THE MILITARY

Army National Guard Pvt. Stephen C. Naylor has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. He is a 2008 graduate of Davie High School, and the son of Steve and Angela Naylor of Mocksville.

Army Reserve Pvt. Curtis Griffin has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

He is the son of Linda Griffin of Winston-Salem.

Army Pvt. Christopher A. Triplett has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

He is a 2009 graduate of Magna Vista High School, Ridgeway, Va., and the son of Danny Triplett of Walnut Cove, and Sharon Triplett of Axton, Va.

Air Force Airman Seth W. Lucas graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, and has earned credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

He is a 2008 graduate of Forbush High School, and the son of Leslee Lee of East Bend.

IN RELIGION

Redeemer Presbyterian Church of Winston-Salem started its 8th new congregation last fall, Redeemer Yadkin Valley. Meeting in downtown Yadkinville, Redeemer Yadkin Valley plans to be a hub for other new congregations in Yadkin, Davie, Wilkes, and Surry Counties.

IN SCOUTING

Richard Ovid Rogers IV, a member of Boy Scout Troop 910 at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, was recently awarded the rank of Eagle Scout.

Rick's Leadership Service Project benefitted the Outreach Center of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church. For his project, Rick and a group of volunteers landscaped the front of Saint Paul's Place, and created an outdoor seating area for apartment residents and Outreach Center clients.

Rick is a senior at Forsyth Country Day School and will attend Vanderbilt University next fall.

He is the son of Richard and Karen Rogers of Winston-Salem.

IN OTHER AREAS

The Winston-Salem Foundation recently awarded the American Red Cross, Northwest North Carolina Chapter, a grant of $15,000 to help children and adults in fire-prone areas learn about fire prevention.

The grant is made from funds provided by the Robert Edwin Taylor and Margaret Long Taylor Memorial Fund.

News of accomplishments of Journal readers runs in the Community Milestones column on Mondays. 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. Submissions are generally published in the order in which they are received. Delays can be expected during those times of the year when submissions are high, e.g. during school graduations.