ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, July 4, 1996 TAG: 9607060010
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E-6 EDITION: HOLIDAY
I. DAVID WHEAT JR. of Lord Botetourt High School was recently named Rural Teacher of the Year in Telecommunications. Wheat was honored for his use of the new interactive television system that links Lord Botetourt with the Botetourt County school system.
This award was presented by the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies, and included a $3,000 grant to Lord Botetourt for technology improvements.
JANELLE MITCHELL, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill H. Mitchell of Roanoke, was awarded the ITT Industries Scholarship to study at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., where she plans to pursue a degree in English.
Mitchell is a valedictorian of the 1996 graduating class at Cave Spring High School.
MICHAEL D. BARLOW was recently selected outstanding graduate of the Electricity Apprenticeship Program for the 1995-96 school year. Barlow completed his four-year electricity apprenticeship with the Roanoke Regional Apprenticeship Center at Patrick Henry High School and Newcomb Electric Co.
THE ARNOLD R. BURTON TECHNOLOGY CENTER has recently received a $10,000 grant from Project PACE, an educational partnership sponsored by the Crouse-Hinds Division of Cooper Industries. Project PACE provides grants to vocational-technical schools to better prepare their students for the workplace.
In addition to the initial grant, Burton Technology Center has the opportunity to compete for additional awards totalling $50,000.
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.
JASON FIELDS, the son of Joan Fields of Roanoke and Beau Fields of South Carolina, received a doctor of medicine degree from the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University.
Fields will begin a residency in pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
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.
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