Learning briefs 3/15/05

Shawnee senior attends leadership conference

Alex Martin of McClure, Ill., recently attended the Congressional Youth Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., as part of a leadership development program. Martin is a senior at Shawnee High School in Wolf Lake, Ill.

Dennington to attend Young Leaders conference

Lessley Dennington of Cape Girardeau has been selected for the Junior National Young Leaders Conference held in Washington, D.C., in April. The conferences develops leadership skills and introduces middle school sudents to leadership throughout American history. Dennington is the daughter of Don and Marilee Dennington.

Evans named to fall dean's list at Fontbonne

Emma Evans of Jackson was named to the 2004 fall semester dean's list at Fontbonne University in St. Louis.

Local students earn DAR Good Citizen's Award

Four local students recently received the Good Citizens' Award from the Nancy Hunter Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were Kristina Stovall of Delta High School, Rusty Staller of Oak Ridge High School, Rachel Story of Central High School and Emily Bira of Notre Dame Regional High School.

Optimists list oratorical contest winners

Winners in the 2005 Noon Optimist of Jackson oratorical contest were: Samantha Elfrink, third place; Anna Haertling, second place; Kelly Litzelfelner, first place; Blake Stone, third place; Trevor Mabuse, second place, Landon Huber, first place. First-place winners qualified to advance to the Optimist's zone contest later this month.

Holloway to go to state finals of geographic bee

James Holloway, a fifth-grader at Trinity Lutheran School, was recently selected to attend the state finals competition of the National Geographic Society's Geographic Bee. Holloway is the son of Keith and Kathy Holloway.

Jackson student earns scholarship to ASU

Kathleen Graham of Jackson has been selected for a Beyond Boundaries Scholarship to Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Ark., for the fall 2005 semester. She is the daughter of Mark and Elise Graham of Jackson.

President's, Regent's scholarships awarded

Rachel Roggow of Cape Girardeau has been awarded a President's Scholarship to attend Central Missouri State University starting this fall. A senior at Notre Dame Regional High School, she is the daughter of Rodney and Karen Roggow of Cape Girardeau.

The following students have been awarded President's scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2005-2006 academic year:

Jennifer Emanie, a senior at Central High School, is the daughter of Charlotte Beck of Cape Girardeau and Fred Emanie of Fuquay-Varina, N.C.

David Jenkins Jr., the son of Alice Jenkins of Cape Girardeau, is a senior at Central High School.

Sarah Trotter, the daughter of Christine and Gary Petzoldt of Jackson and David and Peggy Trotter of Portage Des Sioux, Mo. She is a senior at Jackson High School.

Jessica Job, a senior at Jackson High School and is the daughter of Janna Davis and Christopher Clubb of Jackson, and Gary and Marsha Job of Scott City.

Melissa Jennings, the daughter of David and Mary Ann Jennings of Jackson. She is a senior at Jackson High School.

Several area students have been awarded Regents' scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2005-2006 academic year. They are:

Rachel Story, a senior at Central High School. She is the daughter of Jon and Kay Story of Cape Girardeau.

Ryan Ponder, the son of Mike and Connie Ponder of Cape Girardeau. He is a senior at Central High School.

Lora Vails, a senior at Central High School, the daughter of Virginia Craft of Cape Girardeau.

Steven Eeftink, a senior at Notre Dame Regional High School.

Alisha Obermann, a senior at Scott City High School, the daughter of Chuck and Debbie Bollinger of Scott City.

Alana Newell, the daughter of Mark and Dorothy Newell of Scott City and a senior at Scott City High School.

Adam Ross, a senor at Jackson High School. He is the son of Eddie and Brenda Ross of Jackson.

Central Junior High releases honor roll

A Honor Roll

Eighth grade -- Rachel Berry, Megan Brandt, Jaron Brennecke, Sylvia Christy, Joshua Egbuka, Kelly Ennis, Kristen Fondren, Nicole Gaither, Emily Gerlach, Catharine Goeke, Elizabeth Griffith, Samantha Gross, Amanda Kaverman, Abigail Kiefner, Frances Kinder, Taylor Kirn, Olivia Kurtz, Heather Leible, Garion Lovig, Natalie Metzger, Brittany Moreland, Brooke Morris, Angela Morton, Nathan Nall, Bethany Olson, Colleen Otte, Tyler Payne, Hilary Schulman, Jordan Sheets, James Stuckey, Sarah Uptmor, Rita Walter, Stephanie White, Jennifer Willett, Alison Yuen.

Seventh grade -- Rachel Bagot, Lauren Bishop, Lorie Blalock, Anna Bowles, Rheagan Butler, Sonya Chaudhari, Jennifer Cooper, Merritt Fluegge, Samuel Gramling, Annette Hammond, Clayton Hardesty, Hayley Harris, Ben Hendricks, Bob Howard, Lyndsey Keener, Diane Langenfeld, Julie Langenfeld, Sarah Lasky, Yong Lee, Adam LeGrand, Kaitlin McGrath, Emily Myers, Zachary Reeves, Miranda Rich, Chayli Richardson, Veda Riley, Mariah Sander, Trenton Sanders, Nina Scheibe, Suzanne Scott, Shawna Shockley, Charis Stewart, Dylan Stover, Janna Trautwein, Eric Walter, Joshua Wen, Adam White, Allison Wolz, Adeline Yates, Matthew Zlokovich.

B Honor Roll

Eighth grade -- Vanessa Ayers, Matthew Bierschwal, Stephanie Bird, Taylor Bowman, Ashley Brown, Brittany Burnett, Tyler Camp, Kaley Childers, Brandon Chiu, Hannah Cox, Oliva Crain, Michael Crow, Fatia Davis, Sara Diemer, Garrett Duncan, Halie Dunn, Christian Dunnavant, Brenna Frederick, Daniel French, Murray Grace, Joseph Graham, Jared Green, Tess Heisserer, Jamie Hillier, Aric Holzbauer, Jacqueline Huston, Lucian Johnson, Brandi Lalumondiere, Jesse Lawrence, Kristiana Lazarova, Matthew Leimer, Timothy Lester, Victoria Lowes, Jessica Major, Matthew Mcintyre, Zeidy Mora, Kimberly Munn, Andrew Nall, Amy Nguyen, Phi Nguyen, Amanda Nichols, Christopher Ogle, Cara Parkinson, Stormy Peeler, Carley Pierce, Emily Polen, Jamie Popp, Elizabeth Propst, Joe Renn, Mallory Rhodes, Jondrea Riley, John Ritter, John Robinson, Jared Scirocco, Antonia Seyer, Andrew Shupert, Jared Siemers, Timothy Simmons, Trey Simpson, Courtney Slaughter, Blake Smith, Matthew Smith, Derek Summers, Kelsey Teichman, Courtney VanNostrand, Allen Viers, Tara Volkerding, Cassandra Weisenberger, Andrew Westcott, Zachery Wilson, Anne Wolpers, Andrew Wu, Caitlin Yeargain.

Seventh grade -- Erik Allen, Benjamin Allison, Krysta Beasley, Hannah Beaton, Katie Beaton, Jillian Bess, Allison Billmeyer, Rebecca Bliss, Mason Brennecke, Erica Childs, Teressa Colon, Dakota Counts, Rayburn Cowan, Alexander Crawford, Lindsay Cunningham, Michael Denmark, Melissa Dullum, Daniel Easley, Brian Egbert, Mary Ford, Corey Fowler, Stephen Gardiner, Amber Glassmire, Jessica Harris, Caroline Heise, Travis Herbst, Josh Hiett, Tanner Hiett, Levi Horman, Emily Irvine, Alaika Jones, Dominique Jones, Alexander Kantchev, Kaylen Knepp, Patrik Kozlovsky, Michael Limbaugh, Nora Maglone, Cory Mangels, Billy Mansell, Melissa Mather, Curtis Mathson, Quitman McBride, Matthew McLean, Joshua Meyer, Michael Miller, Lamar Oehlert, Morgan Fatalita, Morganne Phillips, James Pickel, Lillian Robinson, Victoria Schabbing, Holly Schermann, Joshua Schindele, Steven Schreckengost, Taylre Scott, Andrew Seyer, Caleb Sullivan, Olivia Swanks, Holly Teague, Latasha Terry, Glenn Volkderding, Christopher Wade, Jace Walz, Sheree Wilkerson, Destiny Wilks, Paige Yount.