Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 5, 1994 TAG: 9405110058
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-12 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
The Leann Whitlock Memorial for Excellence in middle school science winners were: Patrice Lewis, Breckinridge; Charles Dibling, Woodrow Wilson; Elizabeth Matthews, James Madison; Blaine Owsley, Addison; Christopher Genheimer, Madison; Christopher Sowder, Stonewall Jackson; Adam Roberts, Madison; Donna Moran, William Ruffner; Douglas Taborn, Ruffner; Sara Joyce, Madison; Amanda Willis, Breckinridge; Adam Childers, Madison; Maranda Greene, Jackson; Virginia Weckstein, Wilson; Nathan Mossor, Addison.
Senior division winners were: Gardner Hoover, first; Kathryn Houston, second; Raki Wright, third; Latasha Thompson, third, all in botany.
Mariana Abraham, first; Sonya Sawyer, second; Alex Wade, third, for medicine and health.
Viki Farmakis, first; Daniel Daum, first; Kristi Alger, second; Yaron Rachlin, second; Debra Kurshan, third; Theresa Robertson, third, for environmental sciences.
Jamal Millner, first; Alan Wagstaff, second; Katie Andrews, third, for physics.
Adam Doherty, first; Erik Wishneff, first; Robin Reed, second; Jennifer Rogers, third, for behavioral and social sciences.
Candace Cooper, first; Sarah Turner, first; Syiisha Dale, second; Greg McCray, third, for biochemistry.
Allison Suggs, first; Emily Bennett, second; Marcel Michelli, third, for engineering.
Senior team project winners were: Chad Bowden/Josh Knust, first; Channing Preston/Janemarie Ridenhour/Eric Ritter, first; Hanes Feldman/Keedick Coulter/Scott Repass, second; Andy Johnston/Clark Williams, second; Anastasia Bacalis/Jennifer Mann/Erin Rutherford, third; Tabitha Brown/Jaime Summers, third, for physical science.
Dylan King/William Godsey, first; Sharvette Law/Brandy Jernigan, second; Shataqua Taylor/Archie Collins, third, for life science.
Middle school division winners included Charles Diblin, first; Elizabeth Matthews, first; Patrice Lewis, second; Brad Scaggs, second; Carrie Oliver, third; Greg Overholser, third, for botany.
Blaine Owsley, first; Christopher Genheimer, first; Christopher Sowder, second; Laura Dowdy, second; Gary Slates, third; Warren Hammond, third, for chemistry.
Adam Roberts, Donna Moran, Daniel Talmadge, second; Douglas Taborn, second; Neesha Patel, third; Scott Light, third, for physics.
Sara Joyce, first; Abby Fifer, second; Sara Wonson, third, for environmental sciences.
Adam Childers, first; Amanda Willis, second; Reed Saul, third, for zoology, medicine and health.
Maranda Greene, first; Brian Hungate, second; John Martin, third for biochemistry.
Virginia Weckstein, first; Doshia Goodwin, second; Alicia Boles, third, behavioral and social sciences.
Nathan Mossor, first; Alan Rowlett, second; Nghia Nguyen, third, for math and engineering.
Central Council PTA awards for promising projects went to Katie Stockburger, Madison; Matthew Hendrick, Breckinridge; Reed Saul, Madison; Nghia Nguyen, Jackson; Donna Wright, Breckinridge; Chad Ricker, Jackson; Sophia Miksa, Ruffner.
The senior high division awards went to: Jennifer Hanger, PH; Amy Johnson, Fleming; Kianna Price, PH; Ben Moffitt, Fleming; Jay Edwards, PH; Mujtaba Khan, Fleming.
[ ]Viki Farmakis of the Governor's School-Fleming received the American Association of University Women award.
Elizabeth Matthews of Madison won the Eastman Kodak Company awards for photography.
[ ] Science Museum of Western Virginia spotlight award: Sara Wonson, Wilson; Taylor Willis, Madison; Nghia Nguyen, Jackson; Lisa Hart, Jackson; Jabari Witcher, Ruffner; Earl Smith, Jr., Ruffner.
United States Metric Association award: Allison Suggs, Governor's School-PH.
American Meteorological Society award: Adam Roberts, Madison.
National Association of Biology Teachers award: Mariana Abraham, Governor's School-PH.
National Association of Corrosion Engineers award: John Harris, Governor's School-PH.
Smoke Free Society by the Year 2000 award: Reed Saul, Madison.
Southern Photo and Print award: Emily Bennett, Governor's School-PH.
Council of Teachers of Mathematics award: Alan Wagstaff: Governor's School-PH.
Iota Sigma Pi National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry award: Syiisha Dale, Fleming.
U.S. Department of Energy: Kristi Alger, Governor's School-PH.
Yale Science and Engineering Association, Inc. award: Marcel Michelli, PH.
U.S. Air Force in Various Fields of Science award: Gardner Hoover, PH; Mariana Abraham, Governor's School-PH; Daniel Daum, PH; Katie Andrews, Governor's School-PH; Erik Wishneff, Governor's School-PH; Jennifer Rogers, Governor's School-PH; Greg McCray, PH; Marcel Michelli, PH; Sonya Sawyer, Fleming; Viki Farmakis, Governor's School-Fleming; Charles Dibling, Wilson; Christopher Genheimer, Madison; Douglas Taborm, Ruffner; Abby Fifer, Madison; Adam Childers, Madison; Reed Saul, Madison; Brian Hungate, Jackson; Virginia Weckstein, Wilson; Alan Rowlett, Addison; Blain Owsley, Addison.
U.S. Army in Various Fields of Science award: Mariana Abraham, Governor's School-PH; Kristi Alger, Governor's School; Marcel Michelli; PH; Shanzida Husain, PH; Emily Bennett, Governor's School-PH.
U.S. Navy and Marine in Various Fields of Science award: Mariana Abraham, Governor's School-PH; Kristi Alger, Governor's School-PH; David Talmadge, PH.
THE ROANOKE COUNTY SCHOOLS SCIENCE FAIR winners have been announced. They are:
Behavioral and Social Sciences: Brian Simpson, first; Kimberly Rogers, second; Martin Kessler, third; Christine Grecus, honorable mention; Emily R. Martin, honorable mention.
Biochemistry/Microbiology: Meenoo Jain, first; Sarah Airey, second; Tim Robers, third; Matthew Tobey, honorable mention.
Botany/Zoology: Evelyn Greiner, first; Catherine Bolton, second; Christine Sluder, third; Rachael Perrott, honorable mention; Tanya Turner, honorable mention.
Environmental Sciences: Raymond Waymack, first; Allison Waymack, second; Catherine Airey, third; Nanda Channaiah, honorable mention.
Medicine/Health/Chemistry: Yasmin Jilla, first; Deepa Channaiah, second; Stacie Nixon, third; Cherie Wagner, honorable mention.
Physics/Engineering/Computer Science: Ryan Danner, first; Joseph Statzer, second; Brian Sutton, third; Mark Futrell, honorable mention.
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.
ANDY MARCHAL, a senior at Patrick Henry High School, and 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.
CHRISTINE HILLMAN, a Spanish teacher at William Byrd High School, has been awarded a scholarship from the University of Virginia to study and live in Valencia, Spain, for a month this summer.
CRAIG SOMMERS of Roanoke recently completed his master's degree in health care administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
WILLIAM FLEMING HIGH SCHOOL has announced the names of students who placed at the recent Virginia Tech Tests of Engineering Aptitudes, Mathematics, and Science competition.
The team of Patrice Callahan, Jennifer Ferrell, Amy Johnson, Matt Jones, Tommy Pendleton, Richard Tillies and Chris Walker placed second in their category.
JAMES A. PAULEY of Daleville and ELIZABETH M. NORDT of Salem were named to fall semester dean's list for Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.
LONGWOOD COLLEGE has named several Roanoke Valley residents to its fall semester dean's list. They are: Kimberly A. Boucher, Carrie D. Brown, Sarah E. Moore, Douglas L. Poff, all of Roanoke; Sherry L. Wright of Salem; Elizabeth A. Beckner of Vinton; and Deana B. Pinion of Troutville.
SHAFIQ WALLER and BETTY YOUNG, William Fleming High School students, recently won Outstanding Cadet awards for their contributions to the Fleming R.O.T.C. program.
Waller, a senior who plans to attend Hampton University, is a wing commander; and Young, a junior who wants to enter the U.S. Air Force, is a cadet colonel.
HOLLINS COLLEGE has announced the names of Roanoke-area adult students who were were named to dean's list for fall semester. They are Darlene Coulson, Linda T. Cunningham, Beth-Boyd Denson, Sherri L. Fialko, Diana C. Harvey, Gailen R. Miles, Tia M. Moore, Ginny C. Davis Owen and Jennifer Parker.
ROBERT A. SAR, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Sar of Roanoke, has been selected by Campbell University to appear in the 1994 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
Sar, a graduate of Northside High School, is a second-year law student. He has served as a legislative staff assistant to the White House chief of staff and in the U.S. Department of Justice.
AMY BETH MERCER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Mercer of Roanoke, has been named a 1994-95 student resident adviser for Mary Baldwin College in Staunton.
PHILIP H. BANGLE, a junior at Hampden-Sydney College, has been elected to membership in Eta Sigma Phi, the national honorary classical fraternity.
Bangle is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. James H. Bangle of Roanoke and Dr. and Mrs. H. Max Landey of Marion.
LACEY ELIZABETH EIBERT, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton D. Eibert of Roanoke, recently had an article published in the Cumberland College Admissions Newsletter.
Eibert is a junior at the college in Williamsburg, Ky. The admissions newsletter is a bi-yearly publication of articles about campus activities.
WILLIAM FLEMING HIGH SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAM has received an honorable mention award for outstanding achievement in the 1994 Athletic Management Awards of Excellence Program, sponsored by Athletic Management magazine.
Michael Goforth, athletic trainer and a teacher at William Fleming, directs the athletic training program. Fleming's program was featured in the March issue of the magazine.
by CNB