Area Students Named Merit Scholarship Winners
Six Inland Northwest students have been named National Merit Scholarship winners. The awards are financed by the college or university.
The scholars, the college or university they will attend, and their graduating high schools are:
Jeffrey Ridlington, Whitman College, Mead Senior High School.
Kathryn Fanning, Gonzaga University; Pasco High School.
John Cameron, University of Washington; Pullman High School.
Richard Weeks, Gonzaga University; Ferris High School.
Charles De Grasse, University of Chicago, Walla Walla High School.
Ryan Ciolli, University of Oklahoma, Hanford Secondary School, Richland.
Cathy Johnston, Pasco, and Nancy Stewart, Spokane, were runners-up in the Treasures for the Tree Ornament Contest sponsored by Crafts ‘n Things magazine.
Two Inland Northwest students have been accepted to attend Dickinson College, Pa., in the fall:
Claire Innes, daughter of Charles and Wanda Innes, is a graduate of St. George’s School.
Jennifer Harrell, daughter of Michael and Mary Harrell, is a graduate of Gonzaga Preparatory School.
Helen Tennican, recently graduated from Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, with degrees in biology and Chinese studies.
Leonard Jansen, a retired Spokane attorney, has been named to a three-year term on the Whitman College Board of Overseers which is responsible for recommending policies related to institutional administration.
Jansen has been a chapterman at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, director of the Scottish Rite Foundation and president of the Lind and Ritzville Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Downtown Spokane Rotary Club, chairman of the Spokane Public Library Board and director of the Deaconess Medical Center Foundation.
Dr. Kelli Pearson has been elected chairperson of Business Excellence for Women, formerly Professional Resource Options.
Other newly elected board members are: Cari Lynn Cramer, Ellie Chambers, Maggie Crawford, Colleen Striegel, Susan Thomas, Marlene Waltermire and Kerry Faggiano.
Five athletes represented the Spokane Silver Mermaids at the XXIX AAU Junior Olympic Games in Des Moines, Iowa. They competed in the 14-15 age group in synchronized swimming.
The team of Karissa Crossley, Beth Moore, Megan Murphy, Nikki Velategui and Becky Weaver, finished 13th.
The trio of Moore, Murphy and Velateui, finished 13th, and the duet of Moore and Murphy finished 19th. In a solo performance Velategui finished 21st, and in a solo Crossley finished 23rd.
In figure competition, Beth Moore placed 32nd out of 140 athletes in the competition. Other athletes placed as follows: Megan Murphy, 86th; Nikki Velategui, 99th; Karissa Crossley, 116th; and Becky Weaver, 127th.
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