Taking notes
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, July 12, 2006
National City scholarships available
Effective immediately, college students opening a Relationship Free Student Checking account in National City’s seven-state banking franchise are automatically entered for the chance to win one of 15 $2,000 scholarships.
The scholarships will be awarded this fall. All college students, both National City customers and non-customers, are eligible to win the scholarships by visiting a National City branch and following the instructions on entering the drawing. Information on the scholarship sweepstakes is also available by calling 800-347-5626.
Bonds gets full ride to Morehead
Amanda Danielle Bonds of Bowling Green will receive a Commonwealth Scholarship to attend Morehead State University.
Bonds, the daughter of Tim and Angel Bonds, is a graduate of Warren East High School, where she was a member of the Beta Club and earned Best All-Around Raider Award and All-Season Academic list for the basketball team. A four-year, all-A student, Bonds also was in foreign language competitions.
The scholarships are awarded to students with superior awards and test scores.
The full scholarships are renewable for four years provided good grades are maintained.
Aaron Hulsey is touring Europe
Aaron Hulsey of Smiths Grove is in Europe on a 16-day music tour.
The son of Tom and Lynn Hulsey, he was part of a group that performed at the University of Louisville last week.
The Kentucky Ambassadors of Music honor bond and choir will share their music with audiences in England, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy and Germany.
Burysek goes to ag conference
Tyler Burysek represented Warren County at the recent Agriculture Students Striving for an Effective Tomorrow conference at Western Kentucky University.
Burysek was selected by a committee of students and professors representing Western’s ag department.
Students present on butterflies
Three Western Kentucky University students made presentations on their butterfly molecular biology projects at the 57th annual meeting of the Lepidopterists’ Society in Gainesville, Fla.
Undergraduates Timothy Shehan of Bloomfield and Tara Powell of Guthrie and graduate student Tia Hughes of Bowling Green attended the June 14-18 meeting with their mentor, Jeffrey Marcus, assistant professor of biology.
Shehan gave a talk titled “Applications of AFLP-based DNA fingerprinting to the study of the Lepidoptera.” Powell gave a talk titled “Molecular Forensics in Butterflies: The Origins of Basilarchia form ‘rubidus’ in Kentucky.” Hughes gave a talk titled “Molecular phylogenetics and the evolution of mimicry in the butterfly genus Basilarchia.” Marcus gave a talk titled “Population structure of the genus Junonia in Florida.”
Graham now dentist, joins practice
Brad A. Graham, son of George and Frances Graham of Bowling Green, received a doctor of dental medicine degree May 7 from the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
He has begun private practice with Dr. Eli Jackson in Bowling Green.
Graham is a 1998 graduate of Bowling Green High School a received a degree in biology in 2002 from UK.
Tiffany Evans on dean’s list
Tiffany Evans of Bowling Green was named to the spring dean’s list at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn.
To be named to the list, students must have a 3.5 GPA.
Evans is a 2002 graduate of Greenwood High School and is majoring in accounting.
Area students on honor’s list
Bowling Green area students were named to the spring dean’s list at Georgetown College, having at least a 3.7 GPA.
They include: Daren Casey Neel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Neel of Bowling Green; Sarah Jane Parsley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Parsley Jr. of Oakland; and Randa Leigh Stovall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randy Stovall of Scottsville.
College HVAC program certified
Bowling Green Technical College was granted accreditation of its Air Conditioning Technology program by HVAC Excellence, the national credentialing agency.
Working with all facets of the industry, BGTC tries to provide a highly trained workforce for the future of the community and provided supplemental training and certification as needed for local businesses.
Faculty members Lem Palmer and Terrell Murphy are committed to preparing their students at the highest level possible. The two have more than 65 years experience in teaching and field work. Last year the program had 100 percent placement of program completers.
During the on-site evaluation of the Bowling Green program, HVAC Excellence reviewed the mission of the program, faculty qualifications, faculty, teaching and learning materials, plan of instruction, physical facilities, equipment, tools, safety compliance, student facilities, placement services, financial aid, program funding, administrational responsibilities and cooperative training.
Accreditation is one of several considerations in determining eligibility for federal assistance.
Report: Local schools are what parents want
In the latest honor for Warren County Public Schools, an Ohio-based research firm identified the school system as one of only 21 in Kentucky that have what parents are looking for in their children’s education.
The Warren County school district is the only southcentral Kentucky district to earn the “What Parents Want” award from SchoolMatch, an Ohio research firm that collects and audits information about public and private school districts. The award is presented annually to 2,500 of the country’s 15,573 school districts.
SchoolMatch helps corporate employees find schools that match the needs of their children. This year, the organization surveyed more than 95,000 parents about what traits they look for in schools.
Jordan journalists coming to WKU
Beginning today, the International Journalism and Media Management Training program at Western Kentucky University hosts a team of six radio professionals from Jordan for a three-week training session.
The IJMMT is a partnership between Internews Network and WKU. The radio production unit is a cooperative effort between the IJMMT and the Princess Basma Youth Resource Center in Amman, Jordan. The unit will produce “Autostrad,” a new issues-oriented radio program.
The IJMMT provides the equipment and training necessary to produce the program. In preparation for the session, the Autostrad team created a blog to share experiences at www.auto stradradio.blogspot.com/.
The unit’s six staff members arrive today for the intensive radio training conducted by the staff of Western’s Public Radio and the faculty of WKU’s School of Journalism and Broadcasting. On July 30, the team travels to Washington, D.C., before returning Aug. 2 to Jordan.
Five named to Murray’s dean’s list
The following students from Warren County achieved dean’s list status at Murray State for the Spring 2006 semester. Those with a perfect 4.0 scholastic average are noted with an asterisk.
Amanda Biller*, Annie Fortier, Erin Hampton, Carolyn McAliley and Kellyn Robison*.
Charmaine Hunt back on the Hill
Charmaine Hunt, the Western Kentucky University graduate who appeared on “The Apprentice,” returns to campus July 26.
Hunt will speak at the Warren County Alumni Chapter’s July luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at Downing University Center’s Cupola Room.
A 2000 WKU graduate, Hunt was one of 18 contestants on the fifth edition of the NBC show hosted by Donald Trump.
Hunt, a Madisonville native, earned a bachelor’s degree in corporate and organizational communication at WKU. She works in Nashville for a Fortune 500 company specializing in warrants and risk management. (For more information, go to www.charmaine hunt.com.)
Tickets for the luncheon are $12 and may be purchased online or at the door. RSVP by July 21 online at http://www.wkualumni.org/ (click on events calendar link) or call the WKU Alumni Association at 745-4395.
For information on the Warren County Alumni Chapter, contact chapter president Heather Rogers at 782-0280.
WRECC sponsors trip for three students
Sponsored by Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corp., Blake Newton and Amanda Thomas of Leitchfield and Daniel Cooke of Smiths Grove were among more than 1,400 high school students from across the country who participated in the Rural Electric Youth Tour on June 9-16 in Washington, D.C.
Each year in June, high school students have an opportunity to spend a week learning what it’s like to be involved in politics, community service and today’s social issues. The theme of the 2006 Youth Tour was “Commitment to Community.” Highlights included meeting with elected representatives in the U.S. House and Senate to discuss the process of government and issues of the day, and learning about cooperative electric utilities and American history.
The Rural Electric Youth Tour is a joint effort of local electric co-ops, like Warren RECC, the Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives, and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Arlington, Va.
Open house set for Christian Academy
Bowling Green Christian Academy Open House is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.
The school for children in preschool through eighth grade is at 1730 Destiny Lane.
