ROANOKE TIMES 

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

DATE: THURSDAY, October 12, 1995                   TAG: 9510180001
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-6   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SCHOOL

TAYLOR JONES, son of Liz and Larry Jones of Roanoke, recently received a scholarship to attend the North Carolina School of the Arts' School of Design. Jones, a senior studying visual arts at the school, earned the $1,500 scholarship based on his portfolio.

KRISTIN WESTERMANN of Roanoke, a junior at Wittenberg University, was on a program to aid rural reconstruction in the Honduras.

She is the daughter of Dwayne and Kay Westermann of Roanoke.

MARY ELIZABETH BRYANT, a freshman at Radford University, was selected as a Radford Scholar.

Bryant, a Patrick Henry High School graduate, will receive a full four-year scholarship worth $44,000 from the Radford University Foundation Inc.

Bryant's award is funded by Elbert J. and Evelyn H. Waldron of Shawsville.

JOHN ELLIOTT III of Roanoke was among 20 housing residents who received $1,500 educational scholarships from the Virginia Housing Development Authority.

The scholarships, part of VHDA's new $30,000 education scholarship program, were available to residents or their dependents living in rental housing financed by the Virginia Housing Development Authority.

Elliott plans to study electronics at Virginia College.

GERALD A. DeMASTERS, a student at Salem High School, was the winner of the Trig-Star Competition, a trigonometry test sponsored by the Western Chapter of the Virginia Association of Surveyors and the National Society of Professional Surveyors.

Individual school winners are Brandon J. Simpson, Cave Spring; Sarah Rene Hudson, William Byrd; Meghan M. Templeton, Northside; Kelly A. Solesbee, Glenvar; Luke Taun Chong, Patrick Henry; Darsha Stevens, William Fleming; Theresa Mai, The Governor's School; Cory Key, Liberty; Jennifer Tindle, Staunton River; and Lesley Bowne, Jefferson Forest.

DeMasters represented the Western Chapter at the state competition in Norfolk in July.

ANTHONY JAMES CARTER of Salem, recently graduated from Clinch Valley College in Wise.

ROANOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL'S School of Practical Nursing has announced the names of Roanoke Valley students who graduated in August. They are Mary Agee, Tammy Bower, Heather Carter, Kimberly Dalton, Jessica Harris, Leslie Harris, Ella Jackson, Ruth McGuire, Brandi Matthews, Gail Mayhew, Susan Monk, Kristin Rea, Kenneth Taylor, Sylvia Watts and Robert Wozniak, all of Roanoke; and Ashley Faw, Brenda McClure and Cathy White, all of Vinton.

JOHN CRITZER of Fincastle has won the $1,000 state DeMolay scholarship.

Critzer, Jason Akers of Roanoke and Chris Pendleton of Blue Ridge, also received $850 scholarships from the Karnes Memorial Scholarship Fund during the recent statewide DeMolay Conclave.

THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE BLUE RIDGE recently handed out scholarships to six students to help them explore or extend their experience in the arts. Ray Jackson of William Byrd High School, Tony Southers of William Fleming High School and Hassan Al-fatlawy and Eddie Nichols, both of Patrick Henry High School, received money to buy art supplies.

Jeff Eeningenburg, a recent Patrick Henry graduate, will use his scholarship to cover one semester of voice lessons at Moody Bible Institute; and Angela Primo of the Roanoke Valley Christian School will use her scholarship to continue art lessons. 


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