ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, July 18, 1996 TAG: 9607180012
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-7 EDITION: METRO
TAYLOR L. JONES, son of Liz and Larry Jones of Roanoke, graduated with honors from the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Jones received a special merit award to attend Yale University this summer, the first NCSA student in 30 years to do so. He is also the recipient of a $4,125 scholarship to attend NCSA in the 1996-97 academic year.
He hopes to pursue a career in filmmaking.
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL of Alexandria has named three Roanoke residents who graduated in June. They are:
Wiley J. Burrows Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley J. Burrows; Louise T. Forsyth, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Forsyth; and Garland S. Lynn, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Lynn.
THE WILLIAM FLEMING JUNIOR AIR FORCE ROTC has been selected as a recipient of the 1996 Meritorious Unit Award. The Fleming unit is one of four in the state of Virginia to receive this honor.
CAROL SNYDER, a business teacher at William Fleming High School, recently received the Blue Ridge World of Work Award sponsored by the Blue Ridge Regional Education and Training Council.
WILLIAM FLEMING HIGH SCHOOL students in the TV/Video program recently received awards at the 1996 Virginia Educational Media Association Media Festival. Jason Smith won first place for "Line on the Ground," a public service announcement on teen violence. Corey Prosser, Jason Smith, Bethany Collins, Eugene Preston, Ray Hegyi, Sherman Lea and Peter Lewis won first place in the video feature category for their documemtary,"Election '95."
APRIL N. STIMELING of Roanoke is the winner of the $1,500 1996 N&W Federal Credit Union Student Scholarship. The scholarship is based on scholastic merit and financial need. Stimeling, a Northside High School graduate, will attend the University of Virginia in the fall.
BRIAN SUTTON, a student at William Byrd High School, was the Western Chapter winner in the annual Trig-Star competition sponsored by the Western Chapter of the Virginia Association of Surveyors.
Others from the Roanoke area who participated in the trigonometry contest are: Patrick Bell, Salem High School; Amy Reich, Glenvar High School; Justin O'Dell, Cave Spring High School; Casey Demetria, William Fleming High School; and Seth Levey, Roanoke Valley Governor's School.
ELLYN STECKER, daughter of Hank and Rosalie Stecker of Roanoke, has been named to the honor roll at St. Mary's High School in Raleigh, N.C., for the spring semester.
JOSHUA DITTRICH of Roanoke has been selected to attend the ninth Virginia Governor's Latin Academy this summer. Only 45 students from across the state were chosen for this honor.
LOCAL CHAPTERS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION recently presented Good Citizenship awards to Roanoke-area students.
The General James Breckinridge chapter honored Eugene Leftwich, Jonathan Tanner and Twanna Marie Banks, all of Addison Middle School. Other students winning awards are Fredy Wright, Kayla Walker and Monica Cowden, all of Breckinridge Middle School; Jessica Gunzburger, Charlie Glenn and Moriah Moore, all of North Cross School; and Candice Walker of the Patrick Henry High School R.O.T.C. program.
The group's Colonel William Preston chapter presented the awards to Matthew Bagby and Ginny Snead of Crystal Spring Elementary; Barbara Evans and Brent Williams of Woodrow Wilson Middle School; Jennifer Moore, Ryan Stroud and Kristine Maxymiv of Roanoke Catholic School; and Maranna Jane Lemon of Northside High School.
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