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Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. Sunday, May 29, 2011 2D Campus GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Ashleigh Bethea pr oud and blessed to have su ch a sweet and gifted oung lady for a daughter Look out world (and PC), he re she comes. Remember fo ove Always Da 164875 LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Kaitlyn M. Kneece aledictorian Yo did it! We ar so pr ud of you and know God has gr at plans for you lif Lots of Love, Momma Daddy 164877 NINETY SIX HIGH SCHOOL Chambers Congratulations! ove, Papa 164874 FURMAN UNIVERSITY James Rapley III We ar so pr oud of you! est ishes in all you do! James Ve nice Rapley Jr (parents) James Rapley Sr the late Annie Rapley, atricia right the late Leon right (grandparents) 164876 A 7 2 0 1 1 MA 7, 2011 DIXIE HIGH SCHOOL Kaitlyn Brooke Brock ongratulations! re so ro Mom Dad, Mamas Papas Loper Sue-Sue Papa Geor ge 164878 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Lauren Elizabeth Culbertson Congratulations! ou have grown into such a beautiful young woman. Always put God first.

for get who you are and whose you are! Love Mama, Br ent, ater Br ayden only physical education teacher. Her classes start with a warm up before they are introduced to the lesson. She said at the third-, fourth- and fifth-grade level, physical education is about developing and refining specific skills. example, stepping with the opposite foot when you throw a ball or having your elbow square to a basket when you she said. She also tries to incorporate the basics of fitness into her lessons.

understanding that at this age, going to know as they grow how to take care of Cox said. Her students must go through a state mandated fitness test that evaluates their upper body strength, body composition, abdominal strength, flexibility and car dio and respiratory health. But Cox just lead them through the tests. talk a lot about what those results Cox said. She tries to expose her students to as many activities and skills as her schedule allows.

never know what going to fall in love she said. the idea. To get them to find things they enjoy doing so continue being fit for a Cox is also proud of the work the community and school have done with the Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart service learning projects. In the eight total years, the school has raised more than $52,000. This year alone, the students raised about $8,000 the most the school has ever raised.

Cox devotes one week of class to the projects where her students shoot hoops, jump rope and collect donations for the American Heart Association. Collecting donations is voluntary for the students. I get 100 percent participation in every she said. Last year, the school won an award for having the best participation based on the enrollment. Cox said she enjoys teaching and watching her students get excited when they grasp a new skill.

love to be moving, and they want to do their best. Very rarely do I have a student who enjoy physical education at this she said. truly excited about completing the task you have for COX Continued from 1D interviewed some truly incredible Wellons said. During his spring semester at Erskine, Wellons, an English and political science major, enrolled in an independent study that would allow him time to work on his book while his politics professor, Ashley Woodiwiss, edited it. Wellons has set a personal deadline for himself to finish his book by the fall.

He has 20 more chapters to go and four more interviews to do. In addition to the judges, also writing sections on the U.S. Marshals and the three courthouses in the district. Once he finishes the 30-chapter book, he then has to design it and lay it out. probably going to take every waking moment of my he said.

Wellons said the district will use attorney admission funds to pay for the publishing. He sure if it will be available on the open market. more like a library ref erence he said. A passion for the legal profession helped Wellons with the project. He said interested in law because of the impact it can have on other lives.

think a little bit of it may have had to do with John Grisham he said. the legal profession is a truly amazing profession. a profession where continually growing and changing, where every day is new and Wellons said he wants to work in the Western district as a clerk for a federal judge, which he called the form of the legal Although the book has been tough, Wellons said he was honored the court allowed him to work on it, and he regret his decision. agreed to it because sometimes given opportunities you really never expected to he said. amazing opportunities, and if you accept that opportunity and jump on it, it may never happen WELLONS Continued from 1D National Awards Air Force Association Award Col.

Alexander Ratliff; Daedalian Award, Col. Nickolas Boswell; American Legion General Military Excellence Award, Ciera Edwards; American Legion Scholastic Award, Avery Reeves; Daughters of the American Revolution Award, Whitney Berkebile; Sons of the American Revolution Award, Paul Costantino; American Veterans Award, Samuel Hutchinson; Military Order of World Wars, Reginald Sprowl; Military Officers Association of America Award, Lt. Tamarcus Turner; Veterans of Foreign Wars Award, Arsenio Lewis; Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Award, Amn. Destiny Miller; Reserve Officers Association Award, Lt. Ian Acton; National Sojourners Award, Raymond Williams; Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, Jacob McCravy; Military Order of the Purple Heart, Jubilee Smith; Air Force Sergeants Association Award, Jasmine McVay; Tuskegee Airmen Award, Joshua Cunningham, Enrique Castillo; Retired Enlisted Association Award, Matthew Morgan; Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Award, Richard Newman; Marine Corps League Achievement, Amn.

Samuel Hutchinson. Local Awards Cadet Group Award, Melvin Williams; Aim High Award, Lt. Christopher Welborn, Clarissa Pinkney, Michael Robinson; AFJROTC Award, Elizabeth Gilchrist, Travis Jackson; Charles L. Graves Achievement Award, Brian Hicks; Outstanding Cadets of the Quarter, Whitney Berkebile, Paul Costantino, Joshua Cunningham, Samuel Hutchinson; Outstanding Non-Commissioned Officers of the Quarter, Jasmine McVay, Ian Acton; Outstanding Officers of the Quarter, Jubilee Smith, Ciera Edwards, Col. Alexander Ratliff.

Soaring Eagle Award, Brian Hicks, Longevity Ribbon Award, all cadets with a passing grade. Kitty Hawk Air Society Badge Jasmine McVay, Joshua Cunningham, Denver Boyer, Cat eya Davis, Whitney Berkebile, Richard Newman, Joshua Weeks, Clarissa Pinkney, Chasity Spradley, Reginald Sprowl, Johnathan Leopard, Jalesa Weaver, Destiny Miller. Distinguished AFJROTC Cadet Award Col. Alexander Ratliff. Seniors Tribute was also given to the seniors as they completed their final major activity as a member of the cadet corps.

The seniors are: Brian Hicks, Maj. Elizabeth Gilchrist, Capt. Travis Jackson, Lt. Christopher Welborn, Michael Robinson, Clarissa Pinkney, Zachary White, Amn. Samuel Hutchinson.

EMERALD AFJROTC CEREMONY SUBMITTED Reading winners Brewer Middle media center recently announced the summer reading contest winners who won a book from the Summer 2011 reading list. From left are Hannah Prince, Clayton King, William Danas, Cody Robinson, MaKayla Mitchum, Tontinya Williams, Justin Rhode and teacher Alexa Boatwright. SUBMITTED Cooking up a storm Shaquille Burgess, a Greenwood High School senior and Culinary Arts Student at the Career Center, recently placed third in the Food and Beverage Management Event at the 2011 Skills USA Competition in Anderson. Burgess was awarded a $500 tuition scholarship from Johnson Wales University, renewable for up to four years. He is the first Culinary Arts student from Greenwood County to place in the competition.

Burgess was congratulated by his instructor Barbara Tolbert, right. SUBMITTED PTC honor Piedmont Technical College nursing student and Greenwood resident Marisa Ling, left, was recently awarded the Lena Wood Warren Scholarship during the scholarship luncheon. She is pictured with Lena Warren, former dean of health science at Piedmont Tech..