Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, November 10, 1994 TAG: 9412300020
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-7 EDITION: METRO
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Andrew Paul Marchal, Patrick Henry High School graduate, and Joyce Gardner, a William Fleming High School graduate, received David Roller Memorial Scholarships. They attend Virginia Commonwealth University. Marchal is the son of Richard and Carol Marchal, and Gardner is the daughter of Ronda Fritz.
The Roller stipend was established with community contributions in honor David Roller of Roanoke, who was a VCU art student at the time of his death.
Christopher Shannon Allmon, a William Fleming High School graduate, and Kristy Faye Ratcliffe, a Patrick Henry High School graduate, received the Frank Tota Leadership Award. The award was established through community contributions and a financial award from the American Association of School Administrators given to Tota, former Roanoke school superintendent.
Allmon, son of Mavis C. Allmon, attends the College of William and Mary. Ratcliffe, daughter of Phillip and Carol Carp, attends Virginia Tech.
MELISSA R. WOODS and CAROL WHITESCARVER have earned master's degrees in education, curriculum and instruction from Virginia Tech.
Woods, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Woods Jr. of Roanoke, has taken a job as a teacher in the Roanoke public schools and will be working with children with learning disabilities.
Whitescarver, daughter of Furman and Loretta Whitescarver Jr. of Salem, has taken a job in the Salem school system, teaching high school Spanish.
S. MEREDITH YEAGER, daughter of Jack and Sarah Yeager of Roanoke County, has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Health for research in evolutionary genetics of the immune systems.
The Cave Spring High School graduate is seeking a doctorate at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She earned her master's degree in genetics at Hood College in Frederick, Md., and her undergraduate at Radford University.
CORINNE BEASLEY GOTT of Roanoke has received the Distinguished Alumni Award at Lynchburg College. The award is given to alumni who have distinguished themselves through outstanding achievement in professional life, academic life and service to Lynchburg College.
Gott, director of the Roanoke City Department of Social Services, is a 1949 graduate of the college.
VIRGINIA COLLEGE has announced the names of students who earned recognitions during the summer quarter.
The following students have completed the graduation requirements: Leslie D. Campbell, Roanoke, electronics technology; Robert M. Dowdy, Salem, electronics technology; Ricardo R. Moreira, Roanoke, computer programming; Melissa R. Murray, Roanoke, computer information systems; Anthony G. Plunkett, Roanoke, electronics technology and Hardy L. Williams, Salem, computer information systems.
The following Roanoke students were named to the president's list: Kenneth M. Archer, Tina M. Atkinson, Leslie D. Campbell, Daniel J. Lewis III, Ricardo R. Moreira, Melissa R. Murray Samuel G. Overstreet Jr., Tosha N. Taylor and Hardin D. Yeuell.
The following students were named to the dean's list: Kelley S. Claytor, David N. Cockram, Roger D. Daugherty, Jonathan A. Dillon, Jason W. Hale, Lewanda Hogan, Jason W. Johnson, John T. Kamara, William J. Karnes, Jonathan Sesay, Deborah T. Snead and Darrel K. Trent, all of Roanoke. Also Robert M. Dowdy and Philip R. Givens, both of Salem; and Joseph H. McGhee of Vinton.
CHRISTY MARIE DAY and WILLIAM KRAUSE, former James Madison Middle School students, who now attend Patrick Henry High School, received citizenship awards from the Daughters of the American Revolution Roanoke chapter.
Day, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Day, and Krause, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Krause, eanred the National Defense Good Citizenship Awards.
DONNA DILLEY, director of the local chapters of the National League of Junior Cotillions in Roanoke and Botetourt counties has been selected for membership into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
Phi Kappa Phi is an academic honor society that admits students with high standing and faculty, staff and alumni who have distinguished themselves in their field.
MICHELLE BREHANNA VASSAR of Roanoke recently received her master of arts degree from Western Kentucky University.
BRIAN BAILEY, son of Larry and Bonnie Bailey of Roanoke, will attend the Karl-Franzens University of Graz in Graz, Austria, as an international exchange student from Virginia Tech.
DEBBIE HUNNELL of Roanoke and ROBYN MUNDY of Daleville are among 10 students recently selected to the varsity cheerleading squad for the Emory & Henry College football team.
Members of the team were chosen by competitive tryouts.
Hunnell is the daughter of Linda Hunnell. Mundy is the daughter of Sue and Jack Mundy.
ELIZABETH WEAVER, a senior at Washington and Lee University, has been cast in the theatric production of "Other People's Money" by Jerry Sterner.
Weaver, a Russian studies major, has appeared in several other plays. She is the daughter of Holly L. H. Weaver of Roanoke.
STEPHEN L.W. KAVANAUGH, son of Michael F. and Zora B. Kavanaugh of Boones Mill, has earned a bachelor's degree from Virginia Military Institute and was commissioned a second lieutenant through the Army ROTC program.
Kavanaugh is a 1990 graduate of Cave Spring High School.
WHO'S WHO AMONG AMERICA'S TEACHERS has included several Roanoke Valley teachers in its latest edition.
The teachers, nominated by students, are: Haifa M. Al-Zubaidi, Ernest Edward Johnson Jr., Linda Clarke Livengood, Mary Jo Downing Fassie, David Lee Spangler, all of William Fleming High School; Christine Roberts Arnold and Barbara Dillard Williams, Roanoke Academy for Math and Science; Carole Yvonne Taylor Billings, Joellen Barrow Brittle, Rebecca Evadne Ross, Susan Strubel Sherlow, Jean Gwendolyn Stech, Cammie Rose Williams, all of Cave Spring High School; Robert Henry Brill, Northside High School; Lisa Owens Brookshier, Cave Spring Junior High School; Susan Day Caldwell, Madison Middle School; Conrad A. Claytor, College of Health Sciences; Richard Wayne Crites and James Arthur Hooven, Virginia Western Community College; Pamela Catherine Fives, Hidden Valley Junior School; John Mayo Furrow, Marian Jane Toms, Janice R. Shelton, Roanoke Valley Christian Schools; Susan Linebaugh Davis, Penn Forest Elementary School; Debra Padgett Grzanka, Joyce Willis Robinson, Burlington Elementary School; Mark Steven Hairston, John Edward McMichael, Robin Neamo-Parker, Dawn Perdue Parker, all from Patrick Henry High School; Frederick Lee Hoffman, Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology; Lawton Davis Kasey, Lincoln Terrace Elementary School; Melody Lockard Leah, Fairview Magnet Elementary School; Susan Shell Morris, Stonewall Jackson Middle School; Ruby K. Shepherd, James Madison Middle School; Donna Mountford Speidel, Oak Grove Elementary School; Martha Sue Thompson, Northside Junior High School; Tina McKinney Weiner, Addison Aerospace Middle School; and Vickie Jefferson Wright, Fleming-Ruffner Magnet Center;
Laura Duncan Bolton, Lois Ann Cox, Barbara Kirby Jones, Billy Glenn Miles, Myra Janette Moseley, Cynthia Lozano Stephens and Charles Randolph Ward, Salem High School; Barbara Ames Brown, South Salem Elementary School; Gregory Lewis Gallion, Douglas Allen Graham, Charles Lyle McLaren, Eva M. (Farell) O'Hare and James M. Paxton, Andrew Lewis Middle School; Judy Seay Goodwin, Nancy Wilbourne Graham and Karen Nichols Montgomery, Glenvar Elementary School; Linda Pagans Graham, Elizabeth Ellen Hall, Donna Meredith Hoffman, Larry Calvin Humphreys, Glenvar High School; and Margaret Tillman Humphrey and Dennis Reaser of Salem schools; Sandra Maeder Gates, Breckinridge Elementary School; Linda Smith Johnson, Lois Wood Switzer and Lori Catherine Wingo, all Botetourt Intermediate School; Barbara Abshire Markham, Buchanan Elementary School; Janice Pitts Deyerle and Andrew Phillip Ward, Lord Botetourt High School; Mark Bradley Baetz, Craig County High School; and Diane Haynes Morefield and Elizabeth Wygal Semones, William Byrd High School; and Deborah Simmons Wiley, William Byrd Middle school.
CAVE SPRING and PATRICK HENRY high schools recently placed in the 21st annual Radford University Math Rally. Schools were judged on an individual and team basis. Certificates were awarded to the top three individuals and top three teams in classes A, AA, AAA, and a $100 prize was given to the top individual winner in each class.
The Cave Spring team was second in the AAA division. Team members were: seniors Mary Dunne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dunne; Rimjhim Sarkar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Subhas Sarkar; and Gina Nasca, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nasca.
The Patrick Henry team of seniors John Eure, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Eure Sr.; Ivan Herman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Herman; and Joel Nitchman, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Nitchman, was third in the AAA division. Eure also placed second individually in this division.
CLAYTON S. HIGHBERGER of Salem and JULIA E. SLEMP of Roanoke, both students at Randolph-Macon College have been recognized by Zeta of Virginia chapter of Phi Beta Kappa for earning a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better through their sophomore year.
KATHERINE E. GARRETT and NATALIE BUSHKAR, both of Roanoke, were among the winners in First Virginia Banks Inc. 1995 Annual Student Art Calendar Competition. Their work will be featured in the 1995 Virginia Student Art Calendar, which will be distributed at all Virginia branches at First Virginia member banks. Each winning student received a $150 First Virginia Statement Savings account. Each school with a winning student received a $250 contribution.
Garrett is a fifth-grader at Penn Forest Elementary, and her work will appear in the calender on the month of March. Bushkar is a sixth-grader at Cave Spring Junior High, and her work will appear on the month ofApril.
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