
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 15, 1994                    TAG: 9406150479 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: B3    EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA  
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: 940615                                 LENGTH: GREENVILLE

292 STUDENTS TO ATTEND ECU LEADERSHIP SESSION

{LEAD} A total of 292 junior high and senior high students from the eastern half of the state have been selected to participate this summer in a residential program at East Carolina University for young leaders.

The students will spend two weeks at ECU as participants in the 1994 Legislators' School for Youth Leadership Development.

{REST} The program, which consists of activities to develop the students' leadership, thinking and communication skills, is operated by the ECU Rural Education Institute.

Rising eighth- and ninth-grade students attending the eastern Legislators' School will be on campus for a June 19-July 1 session, and students who will be in grades 10 to 12 will attend a July 3-July 15 session. The students will be housed on campus. All expenses are paid from funds provided by the N.C. General Assembly.

The students include: Ronesshia Evette Moore, Ja'mea Reed, Aurora; Melissa Mustard, Zachary Tankard, Bath; Khalil Abdullah, Chocowinity; Simeon Tsikalis, Rae Lyn Webb, Edward; Gina Louise Everett, Leanna Cox, Kim Laws, Matt Motteler, Washington; Daphne Castellow, Kana Spivey, Carlin Frett, Windsor; Sherita Bernard, South Mills; Elizabeth Titilayo Martins, Edenton; Sarah Ward, Tyner; Anthony Mark Gray, Avon; Erin Elizabeth Smock, Patricia Mae Woods, Buxton; Dennis Robinson, Hatteras; Jim Sheetz, Kitty Hawk; Melissa Lynn Midgett, Wanchese; Antoine Spruill, Gates; Melanie Wrobleski, Linda O'Neal, Fredrika Clayton and Sherian Swindell, Ocracoke; Stefanie A. Tharps, Swan Quarter; Kane Auson Bess, Oriental; Billicia Charnelle Hines, Neely A. Kramer and Holly Temple, Elizabeth City; Ryan Hunter Furlough, Jeremy Hudson, Columbia; Christopher Eric Styons, Plymouth, and Joe Everett, Roper.

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