Four Area Students Receive Scholarships
Four Inland Northwest students each received a $500 scholarship from Leo’s Photography for their winning essays explaining how involvement with youth sports or activities made a positive impact on their studies.
Winners and their schools were: Brenda Kiehn-Grout, Soap Lake (Wash.) High School; Eric Haynes, Lewis and Clark High School; Colin Karthauser, Prosser (Wash.) High School; and Lynne Hueber, Mead High School.
Sacred Heart Medical Center has recently experienced a number of employee achievements:
Gerald Leahy, president and chief executive officer, was elected to a three-year term as secretary/ treasurer for the board of trustees of the Catholic Health Association of the United States. He has been president of Sacred Heart since 1988, after 25 years of working in various capacities.
Jean Sutton, a registered nurse, received the 1995 President’s Award from the American Society of Post Anesthesia Nurses. She has been a nurse at SHMC since 1966.
Kathleen Cope, a registered nurse, was selected as a state delegate to the White House Conference on Aging in Washington, D.C. She contributed information regarding nutritional needs of the elderly. The conference meets once every 10 years to develop policy recommendations to help older people live in their own homes for as long as possible.
Dr. Robin Cameron was named Doctor of Optometry of the Year by the Washington Association of Optometric Physicians during its annual convention. She practices at Garland Family Vision.
Shelly Maak, Greenacres, is a national “Who’s Arizona?” scholarship winner sponsored by J.C. Penney. She traveled to the company’s home office in Plano, Texas, to receive the $10,000 college scholarship. She is a sophomore at Whitworth College, is on the dean’s honor roll and is a Laureate Society member. She was one of eight students out of 10,000 applicants to win.
Dr. Grant Rodkey, formerly of Spokane, received the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the society’s annual meeting in Boston. He also received a new award named in his honor from the group’s Medical Student Section.
Rodkey, a graduate of Whitworth College, now lives in Belmont, Mass.
Karen Wilson and Henry Mendoza, Shadle Park High School teachers, will share a $12,000 GTE grant for math and science education. They submitted a winning proposal to GTE’s “Growth Initiatives for Teachers” (GIFT) program.
Wilson teaches math and Mendoza, science. They will use $5,000 of their grant for professional development and for a school-enrichment program. Their joint proposal will allow 60 students to take a yearlong course that integrates math and science.
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