Art lovers and others recently attended the “Art of HomeOwnership” to support affordable housing. The event, which featured an auction of miniature homes made by local artists, raised $3,000 from sponsorships and sales, the proceeds of which will be used to broaden public awareness of opportunities for affordable housing. The Center for HomeOwnership, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Goler Community Development Corp., and S. G. Atkins Community Development Corp. sponsored the event.
l The Winston-Salem Kiwanis Club has installed its new officers and board of directors for 2010-11.
The new officers are: John Jennette, president; David Cook, president elect; Andy Brown, secretary/treasurer; Kathy Wilson, assistant secretary/treasurer; Dick St. Clair, immediate past president.
New members of the board of directors are: Norwood Lide, Ken Carlson, Lou Prongay, Barbara Masi, Jack Geis, Greg Larrimore and Gordon Skeeters.
Also, members with perfect attendance were recognized. They are: Sylvia Adams, five years; Ken Carlson, six years; David Crook, three years; Jack Geis, 16 years; John Jennette, two years; Jeannie Leggett, eight years; Martin Levy, one year; Norwood Lide, nine years; Tom Munden, five years; Lou Prongay, 10 years; Dick St. Clair, three years; Roby Walls, eight years; and Kathy Wilson, three years.
l The Winston-Salem Rescue Mission has received a grant of $14,000 from The Winston-Salem Foundation in support of the installation of a new heating system in the primary Mission residential facility on Oak Street. The grant award was made possible through a gift from the Mary A. Payne Charitable Fund of The Winston-Salem Foundation. The amount of the grant award will cover the remaining costs associated with the installation of the heating system.
The Winston-Salem Foundation is a community foundation that supports charitable programs in the greater Forsyth County area.
IN EDUCATIONl Kayla Leonard, Jonathan P. Loftin and Rosa M. Taylor have been named Commended Students in the 2011 National Merit Program. All are students at Davidson Early College High School.
l The following students from Winston-Salem, were named to the 2010 spring semester dean’s list at Salem College: Megan Ashley Barnhart, Hailey Elizabeth Boyles, Twila Dolmique Brown, Adelle Victoria Burgos, Stephanie Donahue Carter, Victoria Stout Collier, Miranda Lynn Cummins, Amber Elizabeth Curran, Michael Scott Dugas, Mary Etienne, Linda T. Faber, Ingrid Zulema Galindo, Melissa D. Guevara-Calderon, Teradee Kris Ann Hagan, Nadjia Hanusic, Raymond Douglas Hicks, Sondra Michelle Hodgson, Heather Hoyle Hubbard, Jasmine Al-Barakah Huff, Maria D. Katsoudas, Hope Julia Kerr-Read, Blake Kovner, Kolby Lynn Kucyk, Kimberly Anne LaBroad, Jennifer Margaret Lewis, Sandra Nicole Marshall, Antana Mary Martinez, Harry A. Lerner, Leslie Ann Mills, Aura Ines Mosquera, Robin Renee Cox Myers, Deborah Leigh Nelson, Amanda Nicole Porter-Cox, Lindsay Piper Potter, Kathleen Tucker Rainey, Maria Samantha Salcedo, Benilde Swenson, Lauren Tuttle, Andrea Nicole Welborn, Kristina Danette Welch, Ashley Renee Widener, Keyra Michelle Williams, Lisa Marie Williams, Laura Rachelle Willis and Donald Lynn Wilson.
l Gregory Paul McElmurry of Lexington has earned a B.S. in technology from Excelsior College in Albany, N.Y.
l Michelle Montgomery Butina has been awarded a Ph.D. in workforce education from the College of Education at the University of Georgia. She holds a bachelor’s degree in clinical laboratory science from Winston-Salem State University, and a master’s degree in clinical laboratory science from Michigan State University. She is presently director of the Clinical Laboratory Science program at the University of Kentucky.
Butina is the daughter of Charles Montgomery and the late Pat Montgomery of Tobaccoville.
l Molly Miller of Winston-Salem has been named a Pride Leader for the 2011-12 academic year at Greensboro College.
Pride Leaders are students who have completed at least one year of college, and are chosen each fall to support the college’s First-Year Center in all activities designed for new students. They serve as role models for all students in academic and co-curricular areas.
l Tony E. Sanders Jr. has been chosen to attend the Mobilize.org Democracy 2.0 Awards Summit: “Target 2020: My Education. Our Future,” in Charlotte. The summit is presented by Mobilize.org, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the North Carolina Community College System and Central Piedmont Community College.
Sanders will join up to 150 community-college students between the ages of 18 and 34 to discuss barriers to completing their education, and to develop solutions that institutions and student communities can use to address them. The top five solutions, selected by participants, will receive financial and expert support valued up to $7,500 to be implemented throughout North Carolina as on-campus or online projects.
Sanders is a student at Forsyth Technical Community College, and a member of the Student Government Council. He was selected to attend the summit because of the education issues he identified in his application, and the solutions he proposed that community members in Winston-Salem can use to support community-college students. He is also the Western Division representative for the North Carolina Comprehensive Community College Student Government Association.
l The following are students are 2010 spring graduates of UNC Chapel Hill:
Alleghany County: Holly Corinne Busic, Melissa Danielle Farr, Catherine Ashley Mcgrady, Hannah Elizabeth Smith and Ashley Morgan Vroom.
Ashe County: Patrick Grant Dollar, Matthew Seth Eller, Jennifer Rowh Fairchild, Ashley Nicole Lewis, Samantha Jo Lewis, Melissa Annette Miller and Jacob Steven Perry.
Davidson County: Christopher Franklin Abernethy, Yasmin Salah Amer, Holly Nicole Bennett, Terrence Jermaine Bogans, Laura Anne Bradley, Steven A. Brown, Helen Ann Buchanan, Jennifer Marie Burkey, Daniel P. Cook, Matthew H. Duncan, Kenneth Douglas Elmore, Ross Andrew Garner, Scott Melville Gray, Christian Lejoni Hairston, Steven Douglas Ingram, William Adam Jackson, Daniel Gray James, Aaron Kyle Johnston, Madeline Gray Knier, Wilson Craig Koontz, Brandon Neal Mendenhall, Jacqueline Leigh Millican, Anne Cyrille Moran, Ngoc-Lam Minh Nguyen, Courtney Tara Roller, Mark M. Rothrock, Allysen E. Schaaf, Thomas Christian Schneeberger, Daniel Simeon Siceloff, Blaire Millen Smith, Mandy M. Sorge, Julianna P. Thomas, Ryan Edward White and Lauren Elyse Young.
Davie County: Lauren Nicole Bennett, Benjamin Thomas Bruffey, William Alexander Evans, Mary Catherine Steed Hartley, Lauren Elise Macaione, Andrew Chase, Jessica Ryan Overbey and Michael James Smith.
Forsyth County: Tamara S. Adams, Niema Alimohammadi, Megan Cook Anderson, Samuel Haywood Arey, Meka Alysse Asbury, Jamie Erin Basham, Shakira Bonique Bethea, Samantha M. Bivins, Emily C. Black, Elissa Ann Bolling, Mary Patricia Borgerding, Megan Roe Wilson Boyle, Dana Leigh Brand, Emily Elizabeth Browder, Elizabeth Blakeney Brown, Morgan Marie Brown, Kerry Ann Burton, Jourdan Marie Cabe, Tyler Alan Caldwell, Sean David Childers, Christopher Warren Clapp, Cullen Roberts Clark, Keith Christopher Cale Clithero, Yunisha L. Cloud, Melissa Leigh Cochran, Angelica Danielle Cockerham, William Read Cole, Sarah Katherine Cook, Casey Porter Cowan, Stefanie S. Cox, Jessica Lauren Crumpler, Jaslin Marie Dais, Robert William Dawson, Taylor Paul Deaton, Douglas John Debaugh, Beata Veronica Debinski, Lauren Alexis Degraw, Brittany Mel Dorman, Joshua Baker Drye, Sasha Celeste Dunbar, Marshall Oliver Dworkin, Shalee Shontae East, Mary H. Edens, Sarah Edwards, Stacy Lynn Elder, Emily Elizabeth Elledge, Jeremy W. Ellender, David Andrew Enarson, Charles Hamilton Engram, Esteban Jorge Figueroa, Amanda Lynn Fitzgerald, Nicole Simone Flannigan, Andrew P. Flynt, Katherine Foster Flynt, Kelly Suzanne Forester, Kelly Louise Fulk, Scott Davis Gallisdorfer, Sean Patrick Gannaway, Carly Ann Garrison, Caroline Elizabeth Gentry, Laura Mackenzie Gibbs, Lucy Turner Gifford, Elisa N. Greenwood, Leigh Carrell Habegger, Kristin Anne Hansen, Julie Meyer Harrington, Akelo Lynn Harris, David Thomas Harris, Sara Lynn Harris, Amanda Kelly Hayes, Christine Marie Hellinger, Andrea Rebecca Henningsen, James Patrick Henricks, Daniel Grady Herring, Kristen Baynes Herrington, Jaclyn Nicole Hess, Virginia Lauren Hightower, Matthew Ryan Hinson, Christie Lynn Hogan, Sally Carson Howard, Amoreena Elizabeth Ranck Howell, Courtney Elizabeth Huffines, Michael Charles Hurst, Alexander Thomas Jenkins, Amber Jamill Johnson, Katherine Rogers Johnston, Gregory Thomas Jones, Meredith Ann Jordan, Nathaniel Wade Jordan, Kevin Frank Joyce, Brian D. Karriker, Nazanin Mehry Kaussari, Katelyn Ann Keith, Erin Kephart, Scott Griffin Kixmiller, Lauren Byers Loftis, Taylor Ford Loftis, Sarah Niven Long, Lowry Simone Lovell, Jessica Dale Macdougall, Bryan Thomas MacOn, Matthew Robert Maloney, Elizabeth Holland Martin, Sara Elizabeth McClain, Colleen S McGary, Caroline Frances McGhee, Kassi Marie McIntosh, JulieAnn McKellogg, Steven Brian Michael, Charles Brandon Mitchell, Erik Thomas Mitchell, Rachel Susan Moore, Andrew Thomas Morrissey, Jenna Lynn Mory, Ian Joseph Nelligan, Crawford Sherlock Nelson, Zane Braxton Nichols, Joshua Wayne Norman, Jennie Michelina Olympio, Jonathan R. Oparowski, Michelle E. Paisley, Kenneth Edward Parker, Rebecca Keyser Parsons, Allison Lindsay Pool, Candace Lauren Poplin, Zachary David Powell, Alexander Byrd Punger, Sarah Danielle Rogers, Lauren Elizabeth Rose, Caius John Richard Roth, Cornelia S. Roy, Marleny Ruiz, Ashley M. Rumple, Kevin Gerald Schroeder, Kathryn Garrett Shaffner, Ellen Kathleen Sharpe, Carrie Elizabeth Shaw, Sarah Lynne Shoaf, Richard Edmund Shore, Daniel Blair Sowder, Carmen Monique Stackhouse, Laura Anne Stocksdale, Lauren Bailey Suggs, Maeghan Laura Sutton, Sarah Daughtry Symons, Fauzia Tariq, Jennifer Thuy Thai, Brendan Ramon Thompson, Kelly Rebekah Thore, Ian Michael Walker, Ann Mclaughlin Watson, Nicole Leigh Watts, Ryan Radcliffe White, Emily Clare Widle, Danielle Krystal Williams, David Isaac Williams, Meredith Morgan Williams and Sarah Ann Yancey.
Stokes County: Matthew Scott Poindexter, Emily Megan Snow and Justin Michael Spinks.
Surry County: John Hunter Appler, Amber Chloe Boyd, Megan Elizabeth Carriker, Eric Brandon Creed, Maria Fatima Dulay, David Jonathan Hetrick, Brandon Jim Hodges, Nicholas Gregory Holcomb, Sarah Lewis, Peter Renato Mariani, Catherine Elizabeth Mitchell, Amelia Nicole Moody, Caleb Morgan Pardue, Brittany Hope Reynolds, Joseph Ross Thompson and Brandy Marie Varner.
Watauga County: Matthew John Howard Adams, Rachael Elaine Atwell, Jesse Mick Barker-Booth, Nathan Edward Barnes, Jennifer Rowh Fairchild, John Kyle Fisher, Barrett W. Green, Kristen Smith Greene, Sydney Marie Hollingsworth Hess, Robert Aaron Hrozencik, Kendra Malia Johnson, Matthew James Koh, Ann Ma Mast, Ryan Justin McCreary, Melissa Annette Miller, Kellen Morrow Moore, Stuart Reuben Owens, Brandon Burcham Patton, Sarah Elizabeth Pearce, Maria Gunnell Pruitt, Martha Clair Wood, Katherine Rethorn Zeiss and Benjamin Mark Zich.
Wilkes County: Sara Lavinia Aceituno, Joseph Mcneill Bumgarner, Noemi Garza, Brenda Mae Lackey, Elizabeth Ross Lilly, Marissa Maria McGlamery, Anish Vipin Thakkar and Whitney Lynn Walker.
Yadkin County: Heather Nichole Bowman, Patrick John Dowd, Maria Gunnell Pruitt and Hannah R. Southern.
l Pamela S. Simmons has been named the director of the Winston-Salem State University’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), and Tanya E. Walker as assistant director.
In the role as director, Simmons will be responsible for the implementation, administration and oversight of the QEP to improve students’ writing proficiency, and report to the senior provost for academic affairs and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ accreditation liaison. Walker will perform duties related to the university’s writing in the major program.
Simmons joined WSSU in 2006 in the Department of English and Foreign Languages, where she was an assistant professor, and coordinated the developmental English course. With her appointment as QEP director, she was also appointed an associate professor of English. Simmons earned her undergraduate degree in speech and theater from Albany State University, M.A. in English at Northwestern State University, and Ph.D. from Walden University with a specialization in English composition and rhetoric. Simmons is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, the North Carolina Teachers of English Association, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Walker has been an instructor of English at WSSU since 2005, and will continue teaching in the Department of English and Foreign Language. She earned her undergraduate degree in English from Bennett College, M.A. in English and African-American literature from N. C. A&T State University, and is a Ph.D. candidate at Howard University with a specialization in African-American literature and drama. She is a member of the College Language Association, the Black Theater Network, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and Black Women of Essence
IN THE ARTSl The Muddy River Art Association’s (MRAA) Annual Juried Art Show recently opened at the Clemmons Library. Fifty-seven artists entered 106 works, of which 89 were accepted. Allison Slaby, managing curator at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, was the juror; and Sandra Cieszewski, MRAA member, chaired the show.
Prizes were awarded to: Judith Rush, first place; Diane Nations, second place; and Bill Gramley, third place.
Honorable mentions went to Tiffany Barron, Pete Driscoll and Jody Walker.
l Melissa Jessup of BL Cabinetry in Rural Hall, recently won one of the top two honors in the Decora Cabinets Design Contest. She won the kitchen category for a kitchen remodel project. She will receive $750, and her winning design will be featured in on-line advertisements.
IN PUBLIC SERVICEl The Rev. Phil Goble Jr. of Pilot Mountain has been named executive director of the Greater Mount Airy Ministry of Hospitality Inc. (GMAMH). The GMAMH runs the Shepherd’s House,
a homeless shelter, and a domestic violence shelter in Mount Airy. Both facilities serve clients from North Carolina and southern Virginia.
Goble earned a bachelor’s degree in speech communications at N.C. State University, and is currently attending Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary where he is pursuing a Masters of Divinity degree. He is the author of Facing Grace, published in 2007, and a nationally award-winning journalist.
Goble entered the ministry in 2005 while working with the Mount Airy News. He later worked with the group that started The Messenger in Surry County. He has preached and pastored in the Surry County and southern Virginia areas since 2005, and was ordained in 2008.
Goble and his wife, Michelle, live in Pilot Mountain with their daughter, Marilyn, a junior at East Surry High School, and son, Devon, a seventh-grader at Pilot Mountain Middle School.
IN THE MILITARYl Air Force Airman Joshua A. Spillman has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The eight-week program included training in military discipline and studies,
physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. By completing the basic training, he also earned credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Spillman is a 2008 graduate of Davie High School, and he is the son of Linda Spillman of Mocksville.
l Army Pfc. Shane A. Humphrey is one of more than 300 soldiers who will participate in the “Spirit of America 2010” as the U.S. Army celebrates its 235th birthday. The show is one of the Army’s largest community-outreach events.
This year’s event will take place in Pittsburgh, Pa., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Grand Rapids, Mich. During the event, soldiers bring history to life by capturing true stories of those who have answered the call to duty for the nation. They will dress in historical uniforms to re-enact key moments in the U.S. Army and American history, which will include battle scenes with short periods of simulated gunfire, and performances by the Army’s elite ceremonial units.
Humphrey, a drill-team catcher, is assigned to the 4th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Fort Myer, Arlington, Va., and has served in the military for one year. He is a 2009 graduate of West Forsyth High School, and is the son of Louis E. Humphrey of Bowles Road, Mocksville, and Janice M. Holland of Winston Salem.
IN SCOUTINGl Brothers Jeremiah Alan Millikan and Daniel Caleb Millikan have earned the rank of Eagle Scout during a Court of Honor Eagle Trail Ceremony at Fairview Moravian Church. Both of their Eagle projects were at Southeastern Stokes Middle School. For their projects, Jeremiah built 26 steps on a hillside leading to the football field and track, while Daniel built a batting cage for the girl’s softball team.
The brothers began their scouting careers as Tiger Cubs with Cub Scout Pack 427 in Germanton, and later bridged over to Boy Scout Troop 427. Both are Brotherhood members in the Order of the Arrow, an honor society for Boy Scouts.
Jeremiah and Daniel are sophomores at South Stokes High School. They are the sons of Alan and Dianne Millikan of Germanton, and the grandsons of Lucy Millikan and the late Benny Millikan, and Richard and Ruth Morgan, all of Winston-Salem.
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.
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