Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, July 18, 1995 TAG: 9507190083
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: HALE SHEIKERZ
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Several local students attended the event. Following is a list of students and groups who won awards.
Timothy Nelson of Christiansburg, first place in the instrumental category of the share-the-fun show;
Clay Rogers of Christiansburg, first place in the electric energy category;
Elizabeth Sullivan of Blacksburg, first place in the food preservation category;
The Montgomery consumerama judging team, with members Kyla Trice, Erin Wilcke and Christine Mittman, won first in the judging contest. Trice and Wilcke also placed first and second highest, respectively, in the individual overal category of the consumerama contest.
A special electric project was also conducted along with the 4-H Congress. The project is designed to help youth broaden their experience and understanding of how energy relates to economics and the environment. Josh Rosenfeld, Dave Lunsford and Wes Handy, all from Christiansburg, participated in this program.
Other students who attended the congress include, from Blacksburg: Joni Shoulders, Shannon Marx, Nathan Kyle and Andrea Kirk; from Christiansburg: Betsy Austin and Lori McKinnon; from Shawsville: Scott Barrett.
Three Christiansburg High School students will participate in the 1995 Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Project Conference at Longwood College. The students are members of the school's Teens Need Teens peer support group.
Jay Clark, Stacy Neel and April Orange will attend the conference July 25-28. More than 400 young people from the Virginia will participate in the program. The conference is sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education and is designed to provide leadership training, promote safe schools and prevent alcohol, tobacco and other drug use by their peers. This year's conference will stress the role students have toward safe schools.
All three students attended the conference last year as participants, but this year they are youth leaders and will receive two days of intensive training for their positions.
|n n| The Rotary Club of Montgomery County sent two Auburn High School students to the 11th Annual World Affairs Conference in June at Marymount University in Arlington. The Rotary Club of Springfield sponsored the residential program that involved approximately 150 American and foreign high school students.
Erin Bull, a senior from Riner, and Stacie Boothe, a junior from Pilot, attended the four-day conference where they met with other students, university professors, diplomats and government spokespersons. The students also had the opportunity to tour the nation's capital and attended a play at the Kennedy Center.
The Montgomery County Rotary Club and Auburn High provided scholarships to cover the students' expenses.
The New River Community College Early Learning Center graduated 11 pre-schoolers last month. The children will attend kindergarten next fall. Following is a list of area graduates:
Blacksburg: Mattea Day, daughter of Mary Day; Jason Wilkinson, son of Betsy Wilkinson.
Christiansburg: Jessica Audette, daughter of Wendy Audette.
Dublin: Andy Boyd, son of Lisa Boyd.
Floyd: Cara Showalter, daughter of Larry Showalter and Valerie Nicholson.
Pulaski: Jimmy Stump, son of Tracey and Bill Stump; Chevella Booth, daughter of Todd and Nova Booth.
Radford: Lucas Shepherd, son of Tammy Shepherd; Dylan Potter, son of George and Lesa Potter.
Shawsville: Laura Smith, daughter of Jeff and Alecia Smith.
Wytheville: Leia Atwell, daughter of tony and Lorri Atwell.
Christiansburg High School has started to collect locker fees for next year. The cost is $3. The school's office hours are Monday thru Friday from 7:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 382-5178.
Carrin Rich of Blacksburg received honors for the 1994-95 academic school year at Stuart Hall, an Episcopal boarding and day school in Staunton. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rich.
by CNB