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

DATE: THURSDAY, February 2, 1995                   TAG: 9502040004
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THE VIRGINIA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS has selected several Roanoke Valley teachers to receive money under its 1994-95 Teacher Incentive Grant Program.

The teachers, among 118 statewide, were recognized for having the best in creative and innovative classroom projects that integrate the arts into the basic curriculum.

Roanoke Valley teachers who received this grant are: Katherine Bowman, Elizabeth M. Bursey, Sheryl P. Vaden, and Jinny Wooddall-Gainey, all from Community School; Rose Ann Burgess from Montery Elementary School; Vivian Gobble from Herman L. Horn Elementary School; and Susan C. Mele from W.E. Cundiff Elementary School.

MARY K. DOWE has won the first Robert L.A. Keeley Scholarship in Respiratory Education.

The $2,500 award was established by the Virginia Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Foundation. Established in 1929, the foundation provides TB research and patient support.

Dowe is a single parent with two children, works full time at the hospital and maintains a 4.0 grade point average as a full- time student in the respiratory care program at the hospital's College of Health Sciences.

Keeley, a Roanoke doctor, has been president of the Virginia Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Foundation since 1975. In 1991, he was awarded the Medical Society of Virginia's Community Service Award.

Keeley is graduate of the University of Virginia Medical School and a board certified physician in general and thoracic surgery.

BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE recently named several Roanoke-area students to the dean's list for the fall term. They were: Michael David Baker, son of John and Dianne Baker of Buchanan; Michelle Rena Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Brown of Roanoke; Dale LeRoy Foster Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Foster of Salem; Kelly Rebecca Honeycutt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Honeycutt of Blue Ridge; Marcia Rae Mundy, daughter of Charles and Nancy Mundy of Buchanan; and Christie Leigh Osborne, daughter of Gary and Carol Osborne of Daleville, who finished with a 4.0 grade-point average.

JIMMY J. ARTHUR JR., son of Jimmy and Nona Arthur of Hollins, has been named to the dean's list at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Ga., for the fall semester of the 1994-95 academic year. Arthur is a 1992 graduate of Northside High School.

TIFFANY P. HOBACK of Roanoke was among the students named to the 1994 fall semester honor roll at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo.

WILLIAM BYRD HIGH SCHOOL, has announced its place in the Reflections Contest winners. They are for literature: Gretchen Dress, first place; Omeed Dariani, second; and Amanda Pickering, third place. For visual arts: Keith Harrison, first; David Crossley, second; Pranoti Mody, third; and Catherine Taylor, honorable mention.

VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE recently announced the names of fall graduates.

Those from Roanoke are: Simon P. Adkins, Melissa D. Austin, Dean Bennett, Sheila G. Bird, Edith C. Bradley, Kimberly A. Cabaniss, Jill L. Camilletti, Rebecca L. Conrad, Kelly S. Crawford, Timothy M. Crowley, Scott R. Cunningham, Linh D. Dinh, Mark D. Gill, Jennie L. Hazlegrove, Denny D. Hill, Jennifer C. Klinger, Wesley Overstreet, Jr., James B. Pedigo, Michelle D. Ridgeway, Eric A. Salo, Traci A. Shannon, Wendy D. Shelor, Thomas C. Shinham, Carolyn N. Sink, Dale M. Smith Jr., Misty N. Smith, Tsion Tewolde, Linda H. Thomas, Vangie L. Wallace, Rita P. Wilkinson and Stephanie N. Woods.

From Salem: Christopher J. Bircher, Della A. Dutton, Emily D. Ferguson, Lori A. Hanes, Robert B. Owen, Zachary M. Owen, Anthony K. Shively and Carla H. Wade.

From Troutville: Daniel P. Baker, Benjamin E. Harris, Sandra L. Hash-Scull and Anna D. Taylor.

From Vinton: Gina L. Allen and Robert B. Casey Jr.

JOHN COLEMAN, son of Paul and Shirley Coleman of Roanoke, recently participated in the Crop Walk for Hunger.

Coleman, a 1992 graduate of William Fleming High School, is a junior math and physics major at Lynchburg College.

DANIEL JOHNSON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson Jr. of Roanoke, was named to the fall semester dean's list at Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn, where he's a junior.

THE OPTIMIST CLUB has announced the winners in its annual essay contest. They are: Vassiliki Farmakis, first place, Fleming-Ruffner Magnet Center; Mark Finney, second, Patrick Henry High School; Catherine Higgins, third, Northside High School.

The winning entry will be submitted to the Optimist District competition in Virginia Beach. The winner of the district competition will be awarded an expense-paid trip to the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pa. for a four-day conference on freedom and leadership.

REGINALD SHAREEF of Roanoke has been named in the third 1994 edition of ``Who's Who Among American Teachers.'' He is an associate professor of politicial science at Radford University.

ROBERT C. BURDICK JR., son of Bob Burdick of Roanoke, recently graduated from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., with a degree in business administration. Burdick also made the fall 1994 dean's list.

DENA CASSESE, an occupational therapy assistant student from the College of Health Sciences in Roanoke, has received the Rehabilitation Associates, P.C.'s first annual affiliation scholarship. Rehabilitation Associates, P.C. is a Virginia Beach and Richmond-based occupation and physical therapy practice specializing in pediatric and school-based therapy.

LONGWOOD COLLEGE has announced the names of its midyear graduates from the Roanoke Valley. They are: Penny Marie Argabright, Roanoke, social work; Donnie Eugene Martin Jr., Roanoke, business administration; Sharon Renee Patterson, Roanoke, sociology; Dennis C. Woodford III, Roanoke, sociology; Candice Renee Calloway, Roanoke, biology; Janet Marie Hartman, Roanoke, psychology; Sonya Denise Calenger, Roanoke, business administration; Elizabeth Anne Beckner, Vinton, mathematics.

KRISTIN SAUNDERS, daughter of Grady and Jo Ann Saunders of Roanoke, has been elected to the Student Government Association at Longwood College. Saunders, who is majoring in history and secondary education, also is a member of the Honor Board, Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, the yearbook staff and the Baptist Student Union. She is a graduate of William Byrd High School.

ROANOKE COLLEGE has announced the names of the Roanoke Valley students who completed degree requirements in December. They are:

From Roanoke - Jennifer L. Dean; Chanda H. Gillenwater, daughter of Patricia Burley; Richie B. Holt; Stacy L. Thomas, daughter of Linda H. Thomas; Diane R. Whorley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald G. Robertson; Laurie L. Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Williams.

From Salem - Timothy J. Brauch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Brauch; Richard E. Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Cook; Gary E. Hamilton, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Eugene F. Hamilton; Forest I. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Forest G. Jones; Debra M. Leslie; Carlan R. Myers; Steven P. White.

From Vinton - Aaron R. Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Craig; William D. Tolley, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Tolley; Jessica R. Tudor.

From Blue Ridge - Morris R. Gills, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie L. Gills.

JENNIFER BROOKE MARTIN, daughter of Dr. William Stacey IV of Roanoke, was named to the dean's list for the fall 1994 semester at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. Martin is a student at George Peabody College of Education and Human Development.

VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE has announced the names of Roanoke Valley residents named to its president's honors and dean's lists for the fall 1994 semester.

Those on the president's list include: Jon E. Bjorklund, Marc E. Bjorklund, Carol G. Mercer and Stevenson L. Schroeder, all of Blue Ridge; Amy Lynn N. Jones and Rebecca N. Jones, both of Catawba; Kimberly F. Jones of Cloverdale; and Sandra T. Moran and Carrie L. Poff, both of Fincastle.

Those from Roanoke are: Adam L. Adkins, Lynn M. Anderson, Doris A. Arthur, Gilbert E. Atkins III, Faith M. Bailey, Joan S. Beck, Jason S. Belcher, Michael H. Bobbitt, Robin L. Brookman, Sandra C. Brown, Colin D. Campbell, Jacob W. Clark, Paul E. Clark Jr., Bobby L. Cockram, Michael W. Craig, Charles J. Crush, Benjamin G. Dickerson, Kathy M. Doyle, Paul A. Dull, Jason P. Fizer, Trudy Forrester, Andrea L. Gonzalez, Chris S. Hall, Diane W. Hopkins, Stephanie Y. Horne, Nokaleta E. Hummons, Jeremy P. Jager, Michael A. Jordan, Deepak Kakar, Robin M. Kyle, Amanda B. Lafon, Annette P. Leonard, Dawn G. Lewis, Nicole Y. Lilly, Kimberly N. Lowe, Jason M. Luci, Charlie B. May, Patricia D. McCarl, Lori A. McDaniel, Preston C. Miller, Dianna S. Minter, Robin S. Morse, Louaine D. Mullen, Deanna S. Myers, Huy L. Nguyen, Michael S. Pendleton, Jennifer L. Plasters, Samuel M. Pope, Angela T. Price, Scott A. Rapp, Benjamin D. Resnick, Lauren E. Ricci, John M. Riedl, Christine R. Roberts, William S. Roberts II, Christina M. Romagnolo, Nora R. Sarver, John A. Saul III, Heather S. Sessions, Tina Marie Shaver, Wendy D. Shelor, Randy L. Shilling, Kelly M. Stroud, Jennifer L. Thompson, Lam N. Tran, Tuan M. Vu, Vangie L. Wallace, Carmen L. Wells, Beth A. Werness, Melissa K. White, Lori T. Willis, Maurice M. Wilson and June Zhu.

Those from Salem are: Kelly D. Anderson, Castiglian Bhamidipati, Tonya R. Boone, Larry D. Coldiron, Heather N. Cromer, Melissa D. Culverhouse, Emily D. Ferguson, Marcie A. Flinchum, Steven L. Garrett, Stacy D. Gray, Candice D. Munsey, Cyrus E. Pace, Jagruti R. Patel, Stephanie E. Rasnake, Harold R. Simpson Jr., Selena C. Slate and James M. Welch.

Those from Troutville are: Stephanie L. Austin, Linda M. Geiger, Tina M. Hogue, Sandra K. Neuhs, Chris S. Poulin and Alise J. Stewart.

Those from Vinton are: Anastasia P. Broderick, Muril L. Fields, David W. Lynch, Heather M. Ridgeway, Charles R. Sears and Charlene M. Waybright.

Those named to the dean's list are: Eric M. Camper, Buchanan; Patricia B. Gibson, Cloverdale; Julie S. Simmons, Daleville; Adele T. Dwier, Eagle Rock; Marcie V. Harless and Connie L. Hoffman, Fincastle; Jeremy B. Lilly and James R. Womack, Troutville; and James D. Booe and Melissa D. Drummond, New Castle.

Those from Roanoke include: Michelle J. Adams, Arnie P. Aldridge, Keisha R. Allen, Jessie D. Bitrick, Stacy L. Bohon, Marie E. Boucher, Andra M. Coffee, Lisa B. Carr, Michael F. Carroll, Matthew J. Corell, Patrick J. Costa, Sydney C. Divers, William A. Eanes, William M. Edwards, Larry D. Fisher, Jay C. Frost, Scott W. Graham, Kristin G. Guffey, Jason N. Hawley, F. Matthew Hudson, Ronald D. Jones II, Martha V. Kastler, Kristi D. Linkous, Jeffrey B. Lipscomb, Jennifer N. Mabe, Amy S. Martin, Peter J. Mason, Chuong H. Nguyen, Renee M. Orndorff, Michael C. Owens, Joshua J. Roberts, Susan C. Rowan, Melanie J. Salyers, Dominic T. Shouvely, Whitney C. Simmons, Susanne J. Slocomb, Miranda L. Smith, Pamela K. Smith, Robert M. Smith, Cynthia T. Snead, Steven B. Stanley, Marlene F. Starkey, Kerry L. Stephens, Samuel L. Stewart, Bradford C. Suhr, Allison M. Thomas, David M. Watts, Peter G. Webster, Bridgett L. Welch, Dawn M. Widener, Nancy L. Williamson, Rebecca F. Wood, Hensley E. Woods, Kimberly D. Wright and Joanne J. Youngblood.

Students from Salem include: Darren K. Allen, Jacquelyn C. Baldwin, Mitchell P. Bupp, Chad A. Clinevell, Eric Darby, Filmore C. Lemmon, William K. Russell, Amber D. Snead and Beverly S. Sturgill.

Students from Vinton include: John T. Holley Jr., Kristy C. Powell, Debra P. Price, Kenneth L. Rickerson, Michie C. Sherman and Robin E. Zebrasky.

WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY has announced the names of its honor roll students from Roanoke for the fall term. They are: Lauren Lee Willson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Willson; Sarah English Tune, daughter of Mrs. Nancy C. Tune; Ashley Blake Matthews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Matthews Jr.; Courtney Allison Tucker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl M. Tucker; Elizabeth Grace Weaver, daughter of Ms. Holly L. H. Weaver; James Morton Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Turner Jr.; and Meredith Gilmer Winn, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Winn Jr.

DAVID SAMUEL PERRIN, Roanoke, has been named to president's honor roll for the 1994 fall semester at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colo.

Perrin achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester.

AVERETT COLLEGE has announced the names of Roanoke Valley students who graduated in December.

Those from Roanoke are: Helen Jackson Lovern, bachelor of business administration, and Gary Wayne Kirby, bachelor of science in human resource development; both magna cum laude; Victoria Ann Ainsworth-Ray, James Franklin Armstrong, Joyce Hickman Hamm, Linda Sue Lawrence, Susan Renee Pollard and Robert Matthe Poole, all earning bachelor of business administration degrees; and Paul Douglass Beekman, Phillip Allan Bocchieri, Linwood Keith Brandis, Raymond Gilliam Cobb, Kevin John Delaney, Robert Elmore Evans and Jack Lee Wood, all earning masters of business administration degrees.

Bachelor of business administration graduates from Salem are: Brenda Louise Cole and Michael Anthony Gagnet.

Ralph Lewis Hayslett III of Troutville also earned a business administration degree.

MAURICE S. FISHER SR. son of William and Audrey Fisher of Troutville, has earned a doctorate degree in social policy and social work from Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Social Work. Fisher, a graduate of Lord Botetourt, received his undergradute degree from Roanoke College and his master's from VCU.

HO THIEN NGUYEN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hong Duc Nguyen of Roanoke, has been named to the dean's list at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C.

Nguyen is a 1994 graduate of William Fleming High School.

JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY listed three Roanokers among the nearly 80 students named to ``Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.''

The students from Roanoke and their majors are: Erin Doyle, English; Jill M. McFadden, chemistry; and Ashley N. Thompson, premdical studies.

KELLY DIERKER, a junior majoring in English, has been named to the dean's list for the 1994 fall session at Peiffer College in Misenheimer, N.C.

Dierker is the daughter of Judith and Richard Dierker of Roanoke.

THE VIRGINIA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS has selected several Roanoke Valley teachers to received money under its 1994-95 Teacher Incentive Grant Program.

The teachers, among 118 statewide, were recognized for having the best in creative and innovative classroom projects that integrate the arts into the basic curriculum.

MARY K. DOWE has won the first Robert L.A. Keeley Scholarship in Respiratory Education.

The $2,500 award was established by the Virginia Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Foundation. Established in 1929, the foundation provides TB research and patient support.

Dowe is a single parent with two children, works full time at the hospital and maintains a 4.00 grade point average as a full- time student in the respiratory care program at the hospital's College of Health Sciences.

Keeley is graduate of the University of Virginia Medical School and a board certified physician in general and thoracic surgery.

TIFFANY P. HOBACK, of Roanoke, was among the students named to the 1994 fall semester honor roll at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo.

VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE recently announced the names of fall graduates.

From Salem: Christopher J. Bircher, Della A. Dutton, Emily D. Ferguson, Lori A. Hanes, Robert B. Owen, Zachary M. Owen, Anthony K. Shively and Carla H. Wade.

From Troutville: Daniel P. Baker, Benjamin E. Harris, Sandra L. Hash-Scull and Anna D. Taylor.

From Vinton: Gina L. Allen and Robert B. Casey Jr.

JOHN COLEMAN, son or Paul and Shirley Coleman of Roanoke, recently participated in the Crop Walk for Hunger.

Coleman, a 1992 graduate of William Fleming High School, is a junior math and physics major at Lynchburg College.

DANIEL JOHNSON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson Jr. of Roanoke, was named to the fall semester dean's list at Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn, where he's a junior.

REGINALD SHAREEF, Roanoke, has been named in the third 1994 edition of ``Who's Who Among American Teachers.'' He is an associate professor of politicial science at Radford University.