
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 22, 1994                   TAG: 9403220163
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: DUBLIN                                LENGTH: Medium

CROWDING AT GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL UNDERLINED AT AWARDS CEREMONY

Students and parents attending the awards ceremony for the Southwest Virginia Governor's School Science Consortium found themselves at a standing-room-only gathering.

``You all are experiencing right now what we are experiencing at the Governor's School,'' Pat Duncan, the school's director, told them.

The school is located on the Pulaski County High School campus, where it draws more than 80 students from Pulaski, Giles, Floyd, Carroll, Wythe and Smyth counties and the city of Galax. Classrooms have already swallowed up its office space and board meeting room, and enrollment may rise to 100 next year.

``It may be that, in a year or two, we will have our nice brand new Governor's School building,'' Duncan said. If so, she added, it will include an auditorium for such gatherings.

Sarah Simpkins won the grand award in physical science and Suzanne Kirby for biological science. Both are from Pulaski County.

Alternate grand award winners were George Parker, Pulaski County, physical science, and Bronwen R. Cox, Floyd County, biological science.

Research award winners in biological science were Lee Eure of Pulaski County in the junior division and Jill Underwood, Pulaski County, senior division. In the physical sciences, it was junior Katie Machi, Wythe County, and Parker.

Winners in the various divisions were as follows:

Behavioral science: Kellie Fariss, Carroll, 1st; Eure, 2nd; J. Hope Denny, Pulaski, and Sherri Armbrister, Wythe, tied for 3rd; Tyler Prouty and Jason Buckland, both of Giles, honorable mention.

Biochemistry: Angin Welker, Pulaski, 1st; Kerrie Lee, Wythe, 2nd.

Botany: Kirby, 1st; Natalie A. Spangler, Giles, 2nd; Scott Stafford, Giles, 3rd; Amy Dolinger, Giles, and R. Bethany Hankins, Wythe, honorable mention.

Chemistry: Lisa Leftwich, Carroll, and Katie Machi, Wythe, a tie for 1st; Georgianna E. Aust, Pulaski, 2nd; Edwin Summers, Carroll, 3rd; Dustan Yates, Floyd, honorable mention.

Computer science: Adam Phelps, Floyd, and Jayson Throckmorton, Carroll, tied for 1st; Anthony Wood, Pulaski, 2nd.

Earth science: Simpkins, 1st; Paul Mayes and Daronda Combs, both Pulaski, tied for 2nd.

Engineering: Parker, 1st; Setul G. Patel, Giles, 2nd; Phyllis Leary, Pulaski, 3rd; Jeremy Sebens, Carroll, and Chris Park, Wythe, honorable mention.

Environmental science: Jenny Porter, 1st; Sandra Phillippi, 2nd, and David W. Manley, 3rd, all from Wythe. Joanie M. Lambert, Bland, got honorable mention.

Mathematics: James W. Clark, Giles, 1st; Brian McElraft, Smyth, 2nd.

Medicine and health: Jill Williams, Pulaski, 1st; Megan Johnson, Floyd, 2nd; Marsha J. Tinker, Pulaski, 3rd, and honorable mention to Bethany W. Burrus, Pulaski; Jennifer Dagenhart, Giles; Henry Fariss, Lucas W. Phillips and Melissa D. Smith, all Pulaski.

Microbiology: Cox, 1st; Underwood, 2nd; Thomas Warburton, Pulaski, 3rd.

Physics: Jamie Ousley, Pulaski, 1st; Matthew Gardner, Pulaski, 2nd; Jeffrey A. Troy, Wythe, 3rd.

Zoology: Jessica McGlothlin, 1st; Sarah E. Williams, 2nd; Chris Woodie, 3rd, all of Pulaski.

by CNB