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8:09 am Thursday, November 15, 2001

Excellence in education

By Staff
Nov. 15, 2001
The Meridian Community College Foundation has awarded $1,000 scholarships to Lara Marie Boles, Brent Doolittle and Lyndsey Howard.
The scholarships were funded by an endowment from Mabel and S. Carl Meritt of Meridian.
Boles is studying photo journalism at MCC. She is a graduate of Meridian High School.
Doolittle is a sophomore majoring in business and finance. A graduate of West Lauderdale High School, he is a member of the MCC soccer team and Phi Theta Kappa.
Howard is a freshman at MCC studying in the University Transfer Program. She was salutatorian of her graduating class at Clarkdale Attendance Center.
The following students were named to the West Lauderdale Elementary School Honor Roll for the first nine weeks of school:
Second grade: Lauren Almand, Acea Ange, Jasmine Bates, Hunter Beasley, Chelsea Bebley, Jessica Brown, Destiny Buck, Nicola Callahan, Taylor Carroll, Gunner Catlett, Hunter Cermak, Shelby Chaney, Josh Courtney, Brandon Creel, Lexie Culpepper, Brandon Curby, Brett Daugherty, Paige Davis, Trey Davis, Bailee Davison, Shelby Decker, Jessica Deen, Tawny Detweiler, Joshua Donald, Jage Doss, Benjamin Eakes, Amanda Eaves, Scotlynn Farmer, Sakeria Fielder, Courtne'e Fox, Kiana Gale, Alexis Gay, Miranda Gibson, Courtney Glebe,Tiffany Goins, Jacob Hamilton, Hunter Hamner, Hannah Hart, Hannah Heiser, Dakota Henry, Heather Hensley, Grant Hill, Dalton Hinson, Katlyn Hoffer, Lauren Hollingsworth, Reid Johnson, Ashley Jordon, Erika Joyner, Ashley Knight, Jason LaShane, Katie Lee, Lucas Leeper, Brittany Lewis, Daniel Lott, Chris Mallett, Dennis McInnis, Brandon McMellon, Dylan Miles, Claire Milling, Haleigh Moffett, Dylan Neal, Aaron Ng, Addier Odom, April Olvero, Haley Parker, Morgan Patterson, Rhaley Perkins, Kaitlyn Polk, Jacob Poole.
Third grade: Caleb Alawine, Danielle Alawine , Matthew Alawine, Roxanne Alawine, Brianne Allen, Jessica Allen, Mark Allen, Jessie Armstrong, Michelle Ball, Alex Bell, Cody Berrey, Courtney Black, Dylan Blackwell, Robbie Blalock, Ryan Bland, Jackson Blue, Brandi Buck, Cody Carmichael, Zach Carpenter, David Cheatham, Elona Coats, Rebecca Coker, Haley Courtney, Megan Cox, Amber Craven, Ragen Creel, Paige Davis, Amanda Dienhart, Bonnie Blue Dulaney, Turner Ennis, Smokey Ethridge, Chelsea Everett, Kaitlyn Flaskamp, Kristopher Frederickson, Ashley Garrett, Ryan Godwin, Cory Goodman, Manuel Granados, Wayne Grant, Jessica Griffin, Tiffany Harden, Lauren Harrison, Ben Harvey, Angela Haskins, Shelby Hitt, Morgan Jenkins, Kourtney Johnson, Jordon Jones, Bliss Keller, Daniel Knox, Bryce Landreneau, Kiara Lewis, Pete Lewis, Haley Logan, Hunter Long, Phillip Lucky, Trent Mathis, Dana Matthews, David May, Garrett McBeth, Chelsea McCain, Wesley McGehee, Trey McNickle, Tori Meloche, Megan Melton, Tommy Miller, Madison Mitchell.
Fourth grade: Chelsea Aycock, Sharonda Bates, Jessica Blue, Jady Bratu, Keil Brown, Brian Bullock, Marlena Clayton, Clay Clearman, Sharifa Cole, Nicole Colianni, Summer Cook, Jake Courtney, Tyler Creel, Taylor Cumberland, Parker Davis, Georgia Doner, Jessi Dowdy, Jessica Eldridge, Nathan Ethridge, Ryan Evans, Morgan Fason, Rachelle Fenton, Alexa Flaskamp, Kayte Ford, Linda Glardon, Jordan Gordon, Kelly Green, Nina Grimes, Jessica Hamilton, Kolton Harrison, Adam Hicks, Jonathan Hitt, Nathan Hodges, Seth Hoskins, Kayla Johnson, Elizabeth Jolly, Julie Jones, Stephanie Kinard, Allison Lee, Jake Lee, David Lott, Andrea Mabry, Rebecca Marsack, Leslie Martin, Cain Mayatt Kara, McFarland, Jodi McKeithen, Renee McKinney, Matt McPhearson, Caleb Melton, Carly Milling, Connor Milstead, Jared Mowdy, Matt Munn, Erin Neal, Cady Pace, Simeon Pak, Daniel Parker, Dylan Peden, Josh Poole, Briitany Pounders, Shelby Powell, Brandon Richardson, Kathryn Ann Ridinger, Dana Riley, Hollie Rodgers, Cherise Savell, Jourdan Schulte, Chelsea Shirley.

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