Cinda Parson Honored As Science Teacher Of Year
Cinda Parson, a Ferris High School teacher, was recently honored as Region I’s Secondary Science Teacher of the Year by the Washington Science Teachers Association.
Parsons, who has taught nine years at Ferris, pioneered a successful Science Olympiad program and now serves on the the state Olympiad’s board of directors. Her pilot program in organic chemistry is now offered in every Spokane high school.
She was also selected to participate in the Partners in Science program at Gonzaga University doing research in bio-inorganic chemistry.
Three Inland Northwest students have received degrees from Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma. The students and their degrees are:
Stefanie Mattie, Spokane, history and special education K-12.
Helen Tennican, Spokane, biology.
Jennifer French, Colton, Wash., nursing.
Marcy Headley, a registered nurse in Sacred Heart Medical Center’s radiation oncology department, has been named the American Cancer Society’s Volunteer of the Year for Spokane County.
For 10 years, Headley has coordinated the cancer society’s CanSurmount program in which trained cancer survivors visit newly diagnosed cancer patients.
She was also co-chairwoman for ACS’s 1995 Relay For Life, which raised more than $64,000.
Jeff Mackleit has been named the Associate Surveyor of the Year for the Inland Empire Chapter of the Land Surveyors Association of Washington. He is employed with Thomas, Dean and Hoskins.
Kenneth Seiler, of Seiler Engineering and Surveying, was named Surveyor of the Year.
Three Inland Northwest students have received scholarships from various colleges:
Marci Vance, daughter of Gerri Vance, Spokane, and Robert Vance, Kirkland, Wash., received a $1,000 Dorothy O. Kennedy Scholarship from the Washington State University College of Pharmacy. She is a 1992 graduate of University High School.
Kerrie Spoonemore, daughter of Sandra and Joe Spoonemore, Pullman, also received a $1,000 Dorothy O. Kennedy Scholarship from WSU’s College of Pharmacy. She is a 1990 graduate of Pullman High School.
Rachel Jung, Fairchild Air Force Base, received the Arthur J. Hoare Scholarship from Wichita (Kan.) State University.
Debbie Lee, daughter of Shirley and Dennis Wagoner, Veradale, has received a fellowship from the University of Arizona to complete research at the British Library in London.
Lee, a Central Valley High School graduate who now lives in Yakima, recently delivered academic papers at the University of Maryland and Harvard University, and her article, “Certain Monsters in Africa: Poetic Voodoo in Keats’ Lamia,” appeared last October in the London Times’ Literary Supplement.
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