Jody Armstrong Named All-American Scholar

Jody Armstrong, a Moses Lake resident and graduate of Washington State University, was named an All-American Scholar by the U.S. Achievement Academy.

Scholars are nominated upon recommendation by teachers, counselor and other qualified sponsors.

Armstrong is the daughter of Cathie and Dennis Stuhlmiller, Liberty Lake; Pat and Sue Barclay, Loon Lake, Wash.; and Dennis and Judy Ferguson, Moses Lake. Armstrong, who graduated from WSU summa cum laude, was nominated by Gail Chermak, chairman of WSU’s Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences.

Gloria Harrison’s poem, “Toys,” has been published in “Portraits of Life,” a book of original poetry compiled by The National Library of Poetry.

Bryan McCleary, a base installation security journeyman at Fairchild Air Force Base, has been promoted to the rank of staff sergeant.

Charlotte Hardt, assistant director of the Area Health Education Center at Washington State University, has been selected for a primary care policy fellowship by the Public Health Service.

She is a graduate of Spokane’s Intercollegiate Center for Nursing.

Hardt was nominated by the National Rural Health Association and will spend three weeks in Washington, D.C., studying primary health care issues at all levels of government and the private sector and will attend White House and congressional briefings.

Jennifer Gruenefelder, a civil engineering student at Gonzaga University, received a $1,000 scholarship from the Northwest Concrete Pavement Seminar Committee. The group grants two scholarships each year to students pursuing a career in transportation engineering.

The Gonzaga University School of Law’s moot court team of Mary Gaston, Tom DeBoer and Carl Warring advanced to the “Sweet 16” of the National Moot Court competition in January in New York City.

The team captured the opening-round match against Pepperdine University before losing to Fordham University and Ohio State University.

Betsy Crosby, a junior at North Central High School, was selected to participate in the Presidential Classroom in Washington, D.C., where she attended seminars presented by leaders from each branch of government, the military, media, lobbying organizations and business - and a private tour of the White House.

Crosby also won first place and $1,000 for her essay in the Washington Association for Biomedical Research.

Clark Brunkow-Mather, son of Nancy and Chris Mather, was recently named to Washington State University’s president’s list. Brunkow-Mather achieved a 4.0 grade-point average at WSU. He is a 1996 graduate of Mead High School.

Melynda Huskey of the University of Idaho, has been appointed director of Washington State University’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Allies Program.

Huskey has been director of the UI’s Independent Study in Idaho and serves on its grievance board and is active with the UI Women’s Center.

Ane’ska Lindblad, a 1996 graduate of Central Valley High School, has been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Montana for the fall semester.

Students must earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average and carry at least nine credit hours.

Army Pfc. Benjamin Bergman graduated from the chaplain assistant course at Fort Jackson, S.C., which stresses religious support, development of interpersonal skills, unit ministry and services in a battlefield environment and battle-fatigue casualty care.

Bergman is the son of Kim and Bob Bergman, Spokane, and is a 1991 graduate of East Valley High School. He holds an associate degree from Spokane Community College.

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