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7/18 School Notes / Academic Honors

*Locals garner recognition at WOU*Polk students make UO dean's list*WSHS graduate qualifies for honor*Benefit for LVCS slated on July 28

July 17, 2012

SCHOOL NOTES

Benefit for LVCS slated on July 28

MONMOUTH -- Dancing Oaks Nursery will host its annual Summer Garden Festival, a benefit for Luckiamute Valley Charter School, Saturday, July 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The nursery is located at 17900 Priem Road, southwest of Monmouth near Pedee.

There is no admission charge.

For more information: 503-838-6058; www.dancingoaks.com; dancingoaksnursery@gmail.com.

ACADEMIC HONORS

Local garner recognition at WOU

MONMOUTH -- A number of students from Polk County are among those who have qualified for inclusion on Western Oregon University's honor roll list for spring term 2012.

To qualify for the recognition, students must post a term grade-point average of between 3.5 and 3.99.

Among those qualifying for the honor roll are:

* From Dallas -- Jenni Lynn Anderson, Bethany Blancher, Michael Anthony Boggess, Eryka Whitney Brill, Mary Montella Brubaker, Tyler Theodore Brumfield, Luanne Carrillo, Azusena Carrillo Garcia, Adriana Carrillo-Garcia, Darcie Lynn Chin, Alyssa Brooke Collins, Katherine Anne Dick, Allason Adele Fewx, Amanda Beth Hill, Elizabeth Ann Kowash, Kari Jean Lyell, Leslie Paul McCloud, Krista Lea Rich, Katelynn Christine Riemer, Kylie Mae Roth, Tessa Brianne Sturm, Janelle Marie Sutter, Slade Francis Thackeray, Amy Jane Udell, Brandon Michael Updike and Sadie Lyn Western.

* From Falls City -- Dana Christopher Bergman, Heather Honey Diehm, Roxanne Colleen Kempfer, Charlene Michelle Mack, Matt J. Thompson and Sandra Kay Wood.

* From Independence -- Kristopher Michael Bean, Victor Caudillo, Amanda Marie Cole, Michael A. Frerichs, Samuel Jacob Henshaw, Jose M. Hernandez, Jessica Marie Landreth, Jonathon E S Lewis, Marcus Nevue McArdle, Horalia Rangel, Bethany Anne Reams, Yvonne Leona Tappert, Hannah Rose Warner and Gary Alan Wheeler.

* From Monmouth -- Erica Marie Baze, Sandra Dewitt Biester, Natasha Marie Blair, Nathan Douglas Dethman, Monica E. Diaz, Elizabeth Anne Giles, Shannon Taylor Grosse, LaTasha Leshay Horton, Kevin James Hutt, Darcy Sonda Maguire, Shawn David Mathews, Korenet Michelle McKinney, Sarah Marie Murphy, Christopher Wayne Redfern, Kasi Janet Stockner, Rhys Summers, Travis Walter Tallan and Harvey Sanders Taylor.

Polk students make UO dean's list

EUGENE -- Eleven Polk County residents were among the 1,293 students named to the University of Oregon's dean's list during spring term 2012.

To qualify, a student must be an undergraduate, complete at least 15 credit hours for the term and have 12 credits graded with a GPA of 3.75 or better.

Local honorees, by hometown, name, class and major, include:

* From Dallas -- Rebecca Jean Cudmore, sr., anthropology; and Charles John Drake, jr., undeclared major.

* From Independence -- Margarita Carrillo, fr., undeclared major.

* From West Salem -- Casey O'Neill Clinch, soph., biology; Jessica Rae Cummins, sr., English; Nicole Lianne Green, jr., human physiology; Nicole AdreAnn Hill, fr., pre-education; Christian Delfino Ochoa, fr., undeclared major; Victoria Marie Reis, jr., undeclared major; Nicole R. Stoenner, fr., undeclared major; and Marie Claire Woods, sr., business administration.

WSHS graduate qualifies for honor

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Breann Kinsey of Salem was among 610 students who made the dean's list at California Lutheran University for the 2012 spring semester. Kinsey, a 2010 graduate of West Salem High School, is a junior majoring in biological science. Students qualify for the dean's list by maintaining a 3.6 grade-point average in their academic subjects.