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

DATE: THURSDAY, April 14, 1994                   TAG: 9404140227
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-9   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SCHOOL

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA students participating in a volunteer program, Alternative Spring Break, includes Steve Harman, David Penn and Laura Wertz, all from Roanoke. The students went to impoverished areas to help build houses, tutor and do other relief work.

Harman was a site leader in Baldwin, La., a rural community still recovering from damage caused by Hurricane Andrew. He also tutored elementary school children and prepared meals at a homeless center in New Orleans.

Penn traveled to Merida, Mexico, where he helped repair a clinic and day-care center, distribute clothing and food to the needy and assist in educating the community about health care and nutrition.

Wertz worked in Dungannon, one of two Appalachian sites where volunteers repaired homes, cut firewood, dug ditches, helped teach adults to read and worked with youths at risk.

Students paid for their own trips including housing, travel, food, a donation to their site, first-aid supplies and construction materials.

\ PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL has announced the names of students who won awards at the annual District 7 Vocational Industrial Clubs of America conference at Pulaski County High School.

First-place winners included: Jennifer Hanger, graphic communications; William Wallace, air-cooled engine; and Greg White, industrial electronics.

Third-place winners were: Keith Barnett, club display; Shaneka Basham, job interview; Virgil Coleman, club display; Crystal Gills, graphic communications; John Harris, job skill demonstration; Thomas Hodges, club display; Chris Lawrence, welding; and Jason Tyree, air cooled engine.

\ CARISSA TAYLOR, a junior at Northside High School, recently participated in a special Virginia Museum of Fine Arts program.

The theme of the three-day program at the Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond was "Artspeak"; and activities included workshops, tours, gallery visits and art-making exercises. The Art Museum of Western Virginia sponsored Marchal and Taylor.

\ KATHRYN RONDEAU, a freshman at Berea (Ky.) College, is volunteering with People Who Care, a service organization at the college.

Volunteers spend four to five hours on weekends visiting places such as the Madison County (Ky.) Association for Retarded Citizens, the Berea Health Care Center, Oakwood Training Center and the Eastern State Hospital.

Rondeau is the the daughter of Robert and Kathryn Rondeau of 3849 Shawnee Trail, Salem.

\ DAVID N. DUNSTAN, son of John Dunstan of Roanoke, has been named the recipient of a Leadership Activities Scholarship at Barton College in Wilson, N.C.

Dunstan, a Cave Spring High School senior, will enter Barton in the fall. The renewable scholarship will cover 15 percent of Dunstan's tuition.

\ CRAIG SOMMERS of Roanoke recently completed his master's degree in health care administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

\ MARK D. TANIS, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Tanis of Salem, has been selected for recognition in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

Tanis, a 1990 graduate of Cave Spring High School, is a senior majoring in business administration at Mary Washington College. He also is active in the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, the varsity track team, the Capital Athletic Conference All-Academic team and the Students for Free Enterprise. He has been named to the dean's list and the athletic honor roll, and serves as the student association treasurer.

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