Community Milestones

IN SPORTS

□ Hollis Lineberger recently won the Equitation Medals Finals at the North Carolina Hunter Jumper Association horse show held in Raleigh. She competed on her pony, Just Like That, and is currently the Champion Hunter Jumper in the pony division in North Carolina. To compete in the finals, Hollis qualified at horse shows throughout the year.

Hollis is a junior at Forsyth Country Day School, and rides at Deerwood Farm.

□ Bianca Malloy recently was selected to the CIAA's All-Cheerleading team. Malloy is a second-year varsity cheerleader at Fayetteville State University, and is also the 2009-2010 Miss Cheer Phi. A native of Winston-Salem, Malloy graduated from North Forsyth High School and is a sophomore majoring in social work.

IN EDUCATION

□ The following area students made the president's list for the 2009 fall semester at Surry Community College:

Ararat: Lisa Shelton and Robert Smith.

Boonville: Estela Campuzano-Sanchez, Joella Cleary, Brooke Dinkins, Tyler McCormick, Tamara Mentz, James Oliver, Yolanda Saffo, Krista Williamson and Paul Woodruff.

Cana: Wendy Haynes and Christopher King.

Dobson: Korey Buelin, Jaylynn Cropps, Kimberly Edmonds, Jessica Farley, Jessica Gillian, Donna Harrison, Danielle Kessler, Larry Kessler, Christian Mayes, Lila Reep, Linda Sandusky, Megan Simpson, Jonathan Smith, Kelley Vanhorn and Ty Woodring.

East Bend: Loretta Barker and Judy Edwards,

Elkin: Amanda Adams, James Brenwald, Kyle Eiswald, Bobby Hemric, Joshua Huttar, Timothy Johnson, Lorrie Martin, Matthew Martin, Shannon Senter, Kelly Snow, Krystal Spicer, Jason Walker and Jennifer White.

Fries, Va.: Kristina Chambers.

Galax, Va.: Nathan Smith.

Germanton: David Bragg, Dora Bragg, Kendra Bragg and Christopher Parrish.

Hamptonville: Linda Adams, Angela Bullin, Zurit Marmolejo, Andrew Pardue, Austin Prevette, Bridgette Robbins and Deborah Thomspon.

Jonesville: Timothy Byrd, Jarel Duncan, Tanya Gonzales, Rhonda Phillips, Shannon Turner and Angela Wells.

King: Kristi Ashworth, Tamara Benner, Jessica Irvin, Genna Poindexter, Joseph Sauvageau and Kimberly Workman.

Lowgap: Justin Easter, David Hodges, Allison Lowe, Amelia Oakley and Frank White.

Mount Airy: Sean Allen, Jennifer Aparicio, Virginia Armstrong, Jami Arrington, Wanda Atkins, Nelia Autry, Kristina Avera, Savanna Badgett, Jessica Bannister, Stephanie Beasley, Peggy Blalock, Tammie Boles, Andy Bowman, Ethan Brown, Amanda Buchanan, Mitchell Carpenter, Jody Collins, Sydney Cook, Jason Creed, Evan Culler, Nathan Deir, Candace Dollyhigh, John Edwards, Kirby Ferguson, Russell Frye, Charlotte Gillispie, Jamie Hall, Debbie Hawks, Brad Haymore, Blake Hetrick, Karen Hooper, Amanda Horton, Tyler Hudson, Mary Hunt, Kevin Inman, Courtney Jenkins, Cynthia Johnson, Dustin Johnson, Ashley Jones, Tanner King, Betty Leftwich, Rebekah Lisk, Joshua Martin, Kathy McMillian, Amy Mears, Melissa Miles, Michelle Montgomery, Ashley Nichols, Joshua Nichols, Allison Parsons, Mandy Reynolds-Bello, Phillip Riekehof, Andy Riggs, Jade Sawyers, Penny Sawyers, Alicia Shelton, Ethan Simmons, Lauren Simmons, Janet Sizemore, Robin Slate, Kyle Thomas, Gary Timmons, Colter Tompkins, Britney Tucker, Lucia Vlad, William Weddle, Bradley Williams, Lauren Wood, Zachary Yarbrough, Natalie Younger, Ryan Haymore and Jesus Luviano.

Pilot Mountain: Charles Carson, Trena Fogleman, Jamie Fulp, Brittany Gulley, Terry Hutchins, Michael Inman, Benjamin Lawson, Mildred McBride, Anthony Nicholson, Joshua Norman, Chester Scritchfield, Jody Shelton and Michael Sudol.

Pinnacle: Matthew Sisk.

Roaring River: Ethan Shepherd.

Ronda: Elizabeth Church, Joann Darnell, Brandy Davis and Candy Davis.

Rural Hall: Perry Trull.

Siloam: Ashley Mendenhall and Brian Norman.

State Road: Robert Clifton, Evan Dudley, Charles Ferguson, Thomas Liles, Lamech Trexler and Jeffery Williams.

Thurmond: Amanda Flippin, Hailey Holcomb, Curtis May and Josie Wood.

Toast: Sarah Dempsey.

Tobaccoville: Emily Craddock.

Traphill: Letitia Gant.

Westfield: Sara Collins.

Winston-Salem: Arturo Clavijo and Robin Lewis.

Yadkinville: Tamara Arrowood, Lindsay Ashburn, James Bowers, Jordan Collins, Carrie Driver, Susan Jones, Lisa Pilcher, Keith Scott, Amanda Shoaf and Karen Walls.

□ Nine seniors of Forsyth Country Day's Class of 2010 have been honored by the National Merit Scholarship, the second-largest number of seniors to be recognized in the school's history. They are: Emma Blumstein, semifinalist (applying for finalist status); Taylor Boone, semifinalist (applying for finalist status); Kris Dixon, commended; Corey Gallisdorfer, commended; Katie Goff, commended; James McCall, commended; Daniel Schreiner, commended; Jesse Solomon, commended; and Claire Wilson, commended.

□ The following area students made the dean's list for the 2009 fall semester at Surry Community College:

Ararat: Lauren Allen, Brittany Cooke Aaron Hall and Maria Trejo.

Boonville: Sawyer Dohn and Jessica Kite.

Cana, Va.: Derek McHenry.

Danbury: Mary Casey.

Dobson: Emma Belcher, Benjamin Box, Raymond Brown, Steven Collins, James Fenstermaker, Tiffany Griffin, Linda Hawks, Tammy Hodges, Zachary Levesque, Carey Lowe, Carolyn Parker, Juan Perez, Corey Redding, Britta Snow, Kayla Thomas, Maria Zurita and Frances Venable.

East Bend: Holly Billings, Brett Boles, Cara Davis, Harold Hobson, Garrett Hutchens, Autumn Ingool, Emily Matthews and Kimberly Matthews.

Elkin: Lance Edmonds, Jose Garcia, Morgan Harrison, Sandy Laws, Blake Markle, Jayme Money, Kayla Norman, Sherry Pluche, Candice Poole, Kathy Riley, Wanda Sexton, Ashley Snow, Kevin Snow, Andrea Specht, Megan Stanley, William Sullivan, Brenda Transou, Jerry Wagoner and Emily Woodard.

Ennice: Kelly East.

Germanton: Stephanie Akers and Tabitha Bragg.

Hamptonville: Maria Hernandez, Cody Spicer and Vivian Stanley.

Jonesville: Randy Absher, Maggie Royall, Allen Sewell, Eddie Steedly and Joshua Wood.

King: Jeffrey Asbury, Sarah Axtell, Kathleen Brooke, Amanda Clayton, Kacy Flippin, Darren Redding, Susan Sullivan, Charles Thore and Chelsea Work.

Lowgap: Bobbi Shaw.

Mocksville: Travis Burcham.

Mount Airy: Lorrie Adams, Jefferson Ayers, Helen Bailey, Sherry Bandy, Ashley Barber, Eric Barnett, Amanda Beck, Virginia Benge, Brandon Blick, Hannah Bullins, Denise Cain, Rodolfo Castillo, Amber Cowan, Mary Crotts, Erin Dollyhigh, Brittany Draughn, Ashley Easter, Michelle Edwards, Kari Flippen, Donna Flippin, Danny Gallimore, Krystal Gentry, Benjamin Goad, Jared Goings, Asia Goins, Luis Gomez, Sheila Harris, Nathan Hart, Benjamin Haskins, Jeremy Hawks, Vickie Hawks, Jordan Haynes, Kelly Haynes, Ardy Hernandez, Carlos Hernandez, Eva Hernandez, James Hiatt, Phillip Hiatt, Sandra Holden Garrett Howlett, Heather Hutchins, Brandon Johnson, Jonathan Jones, Jeanette Jordan, Rachel Karfit, Amanda Lipot, Lenise Lynch, Elizabeth Matthews, Timothy McDaniel, Kevin McMillian, Karen Nealis, Cody Nichols, Elizabeth Nissly, Erin Norman, Jeanette Payne, Mollie Pell, Chesty Peyton, Adrian Preslar, Ritchie Puckett, Karen Ratliff, Ashley Reece, Emily Richardson, Kif Rivera, Amanda Sawyers, Garrett Smith, Perry Spencer, Nichole Stephens, William Stephens, Dianne Tate, Terry Tate, Noah Troncoso, Misty Vargas-Serna, Tiffiany Wall, Shawn Watson, Robert Watts, Heather Weddle, Heath Wilburn, Elizabeth York, Aracele Zubieta, Kristen Needham, Candice Benfield, William Cooper, Casey Martin and Suzanne Cox.

North Wilkesboro: Erika Dowell.

Pfafftown: Brighton Freeman.

Pilot Mountain: Lora Arrington, Ashleigh Barneycastle, Alan Bishop, Tyler Brim, Ana Chavez, Courtney Cox, Jayson Crosby, Autumn Edwards, Donna Flippen, Tyler Lucas, Jarrett Lunsford, Brittany Manring, Evan McCarty, Gina Needham and Michael Wheat.

Pinnacle: Kimberly Brandon, Sydney Cox, Jamie Edwards, Derek Harp, Steven Haynes, Peter Sheppard, Shannon Sisk, Mary Woods and Phillip Yates.

Ronda: John Davis.

Rural Hall: Brittany Bodenhamer, Amanda Davis, Christina Davis, Kaitlyn Sawyer and Christopher Thum.

Siloam: Michael Airhart, Tanya Beck and Kristy Mabe.

Sparta: Amy Hudson.

State Road: Julie Caldwell, Vincent Davis, Mindy Ireland, Christopher Luffman, Jason Luffman and Joseph Wood.

Walnut Cove: Jessica Mabe.

Westfield: Joseph Payne.

Winston-Salem: Christian Cassell, Britney Huff and Laurel Young.

Yadkinville: Deborah Adams, Darren Caudle, Arthur Holcomb and Brandy Tucker.

□ National Skateboard champion Chad Tim Tim visited Our Lady of Mercy Catholic school Nov. 5 as part of the prize won by student Lindsay Carnes in the national Kids' Science Challenge competition for third- to sixth-graders. Students are invited to submit experiments and problems for a group of scientists and engineers to solve.

Lindsay will be working with the skateboarders to see what would happen if you used balls for the wheels.

□ Kristin Grillo of Winston-Salem was named to the dean's list for the summer semester of the 2009 academic year at the Berklee College of Music.

□ A group of students from Winston-Salem State University's observed Veterans' Day early by showing their appreciation on Nov. 10, 2009.

Students representing the graduate Rehabilitation Counseling and undergraduate Rehabilitation Studies programs visited the Veterans' Administration Outpatient Clinic in Winston-Salem for a morning of doughnuts, coffee and conversation. The service project doubled as an experiential learning opportunity in needs assessment that students could not get in the classroom.

The project, coordinated by Chad Betters and Shawn Ricks, provided students an opportunity to communicate with the veterans about their needs and concerns. Students graduating from the rehabilitation programs seek employment geared towards working with individuals with disabilities, including the veteran population.

The students involved included Velma White, Denver Behnke, Michelle House, Gary Mahatha, Shadai Munoz, Saundra Hayes, Jamaine Mack, Arielle Allen, Kentrell Pittman, Tierra Caldwell, Ramsey Rogers and Thomas Page.

This was the third year in a row in which students from Winston-Salem State University have visited the veterans at the outpatient clinic, and both programs intend to maintain the project for years to come.

IN MEDICINE

□ The Mental Health Association in Forsyth County presented the following awards at its 2009 annual meeting and awards dinner on Oct. 29:

Professional Service Award: To Lisa Hinson of CenterPoint Human Services -- for her compassion and service to persons who are homeless by connecting them with community resources with dignity and respect.

Mental Health Media Award: To Richard Craver of the Winston-Salem Journal -- for his continuing stories and articles surrounding local and statewide mental-health issues in light of mental-health reform in North Carolina and in light of budget cuts in state funding for mental-health services and its impact in the local community.

Lena C. Godwin Memorial Award: To A.J. Lewis, M.D., of the Sara Lee Center for Women's Health at Forsyth Medical Center -- for his advocacy on behalf of mental-health issues that affect women, particularly for his work in the establishment and implementation of a free-support group for women with postpartum depression.

Wade M. Gallant Jr. Volunteer of the Year Award: To Jacque Gellman, MSW -- a volunteer with the local American Red Cross for 12 years by providing counseling, support and related mental-health services to persons that have been through a disaster and for her volunteer work and support for a support group for families of loved ones in the military.

The Bell Award: To David Mount, PsyD. -- a community volunteer, change agent and professional staff with the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity whose mission is to integrate and link physical/medical health with mental health.

IN THE MILITARY

□ Jonathan Sullivan has graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Leader Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.

The primary focus of the course is to develop and evaluate each cadet's officer potential as a leader by exercising the cadet's intelligence, common sense, ingenuity and physical stamina. Cadets in their junior and senior year of college must complete the leadership development course, whereupon its successful completion, the ROTC program, and graduation from college, they are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, National Guard, or Reserve.

Sullivan is the son of John F. and Vicki L. Sullivan of Winston-Salem.

□ Air National Guard Airman Preston D. Cline 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 2004 graduate of West Forsyth High School, and the son of Angela and Robert Cline of Defiance, Ohio, and the grandson of Eunice and Terry Cline of Lewisville.

□ Air Force Airman Matthew K. Pressley graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. He is the son of Sharon Roper of Winston Salem.

□ Army Pfc. Shane A. Humphrey 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 is a 2009 graduate of West Forsyth High School, and the son of Louis Humphrey of Mocksville, and Janice Holland of Winston-Salem.

□ Air Force Airman 1st Class Christopher M. Sanders 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. The airman earned distinction as an honor graduate of the course.

Sanders is a 2002 graduate of Parkland High School, and earned a bachelor's degree in 2006 from UNC Chapel Hill. He is the son of Carl Sanders of Winston-Salem.

IN SCOUTING

□ Austin Felda Welch, a member of Boy Scout Troop 749 at Ardmore Methodist Church, was recently awarded the rank of Eagle Scout.

For his service project Austin created an outdoor art space in one of the internal courtyards at Reynolds High School by landscaping and purchasing pedestals. This provided a space for the art students to display their sculptures.

Austin is a senior at Reynolds High School, and is the son of David and Kathy Welch, and the grandson of Earl and Elizabeth Welch all of Winston-Salem.

IN OTHER AREAS

□ Students at Lewisville Elementary School who raised at least $175 for the school's PTA were awarded a creme-pie fight during the school's recent annual Creme Pie Attack. This year the PTA surpassed its $15,000 goal and raised $25,000. This money will support current programs and help offset recent budget cuts.

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.