“A” Honor Roll:

12th GRADE:

Marvi Ali, Madisson Billings, Adam Bishop, Andrew Board, Carly Broome, Madelyn Burton, Kathryn Butler, Lauren Butler, V. Grace Cates, Emily Chrisman, Emily Drinkwater, Jessica Dwyer, Matthew Gladfelter, CJ Hillyard, Remington Jones, Byung Yoon Kim, Kathleen Legg, Rebecca Levy, Julia Lowen, Adair McCabe, Dorothy Nguyen, McKenzie Prillaman, Lavanya Raghavendra’Prasad, Tanner Tamaro, Victoria Thomas, Colleen Truskey

11th GRADE:

Taylor Asimakopoulos, Parker Benzie, Hailey Bivens, Benjamin Cardenas, Sandy Chang, James Cole, Emma Coogan, Mason Early, Katie Fortner, Deena Habazi, Elijah Hager, Allison Kelley, Sarah Lowen, Alexander Nguyen, Cody Peery, Jonathan Ribbe, Annalee Schuck, Karla Sepulveda’Garcia, Zachary Trayer, Stephanie Weisberg

10th GRADE:

Saffeya Ahmed, Rabiya Asim, Lauren Austin, Thomas Bradley, Ryan Carver, Samantha Casauay, Dalton Craighead, Juliana Crouse, Lila Derrico, MacKenzie Duncan, Danielle Durrance, Alex Emery, Andrew Farley, Lauren Flores, Alayna Francis, Abigail Gregory, Emily Hadfield, Gillian Horn, Grant Iannello, William Inman’Goecke, Contessa Klimaitis, Charity Klimaitis, Amber Kolozvary, Sara Muncy, Ashley Phillips, Nayana Raghavendra’Prasad, Dominic Russo, Maeve Sedivy, Hailey Sitze, Jessica Slakman, Aaron Sortore, Matthew Stiles, Jasen Tran, Julia Treubert, Andrew Via, Rebekah Wellons, Pamela White, Siteng Zhang, Alicia Zheng

9th GRADE:

Mohammed Alnahas, Taylor Billings, Colson Brandetsas, Jasmine Brickey, Sara Brunstetter, Meredith Campbell, Charles Chang, Jordan Clingenpeel, Thomas Conroy, Hana Coogan, Kaitlyn Creekmore, David Cruz’Torres, Joshua DeFalco, Christopher Dickenson, Ashley Fimbel, Caitlin Flippen, Alayna Foutz, Kyndal Grammer, Lina Habazi, Natalie Hamilton, Laurel Harris, Meagan Harrison, W. Brody Hicks, Chandler Keister, Justin King, Karah Kittinger, Molly Kwitny, Christa Madison, Katarina Martin, Jonah Meck, Khaila Mickens, Madison Monsour, Rod Morgan, Andre Nguyen, Emma Pendleton, Seth Poore, Rachael Powell, Taylor Powell, Piper Roe, Eleah Ruffin, Mark Stanisic, Ransom Sweeney, Lidya Tadesse, Morgan Todd, Michaela Trout, Delaney Waller’Smith, Taylor Williams

“A-B” Honor Roll:

12th GRADE:

Jared Adams, Olivia Allen, Maya Azar, Connor Baker, Clayton Benton, Dylan Brucki, Jordan Bryant, Cody Burchett, Stuart Burke, Joseph Caplinger, Sarah Cattigan, Lauren Chapman, Michael Colozza, Eric Culbertson, Nicholas d’Alelio, Weston Dean, Molly Derryberry, Lauren Fariss, Hailey Fitzwater, Ryan Flora, Adam Foutz, Hannah Furrow, Eliza Gaylord, Elvera Gurevich, Haylie Hamilton, Jessica Hart, Erin Holsinger, James Jackson, Breana Johns, Taylor Jones, Michelle Justice, Olivia Kiser, Zachary Leet, Jerilowe Lim, Daniel McGee, Alyssa McKinley, Laura Miller, Natasha Miranda, Smit Patel, Amy Reilly, John T. Roberts, Colin Rooney, Ebony Ruffin, Harrison Russell, Jacob Schuyler, Ana Silva, Sarah Smith, Robert Stanley, Paige Thompson, Marta Timmermann, Bradley Tomlinson, Ashley Wagner, Caroline Whisnant, John Wiggins

11th GRADE:

Saqib Ahmed, Taylor Alouf, Nathaniel Axt, Kendall Ayers, Peter Ayers, Edwin Ball, Conor Bondurant, Kayla Boris, Julia Bratu, Jacob Cash, Scott Collins, Lisa Crawford, Lilian Darist, Kelsey Dickerson, John Edwards, Jennifer Elig, Collin Ensor, Taylor Eubank,Hollie Ferguson, Tayllar Gardner, Mehgan Giammona, Carl Heath, Camillus Huggins, Hannah Jackson, Megan Keesee, William Kidwell, Caitlyn King, Benjamin Lacy, Sarah Lawryszek, Christopher Lucas, Krysta Luzynski, Andrew Maczugowski, Harold Manalo, Erin Martin, Chase McDaniel, Brett Meyers, Haley Mitchell, David Morrow, Shabi Mustafa, Jesse Newman, Shannon O’Leary, Matthew Phlegar, Genesis Price, Anthony Sanders, Daniel Seymour, Alexander Smith, Nicholas Smith, Nicholas Snodgrass, Kyle Utterback, Heather Vandergrift, Sebastian Wellford, Steven Westlake, Julia Weston, Caitlyn Williams

10th GRADE:

Wyatt Abshire, Taylor Agee, Mohammad Ahsan, Ty Albritton, Justin Alouf, Smita Bajgain, Lauren Baker, William Beard, Abigail Beatty, David Blades, Andrew Bond, Mercedes Brown, Hannah Bryant, Laura Cattigan, Morgan Chacona, Sarah Clark, Mejra Colic, Grant Colip, Nicholas Colozza, Annabelle Davis, Kaitlyn Dwyer, Safa Eltaib, Cole Flora, Zachary Foutz, Brendan Gallagher, Darian Goodrich, Kristina Hale, Brooke Hall, Jessica Hall, Veronica Hamilton, Maggie Harman, Kendall Harris, Evan Heath, Elena Hernandez, W. Cager Hicks, Samuel Hillyard, Lydia Hoeppner, Kaitlyn Huff, Ryan Iler, Andrew Jacobsen, Chase Keister, Kylie Kent, Joe Lankford, Lauren Lichtenstein, Darin Manigault, Tanner Martin, Jolie Matze, Matthew McGarry, Zachary Meadows, Robert Milby, Sara Morgan, Melissa Mortellaro, Kelsie Moses, Jackson Nye, Mallory Orr, Bryce Pappas, Cassandra Parulis, Grant Patterson, Kathryn Penny, Josephine Perrin, Megan Phillips, Mercy Plumb, Rachel Ramsey, Jonathan Roach, Andrea Sepulveda’Garcia, Emily Sharp, Hunter Smith, Ryan Smith, Nicholas Spicer, William Stahling, Cody Stockton, Stephanie Strom, Adam Sulkin, Lauren Tomlinson, J. Patrick Truskey, Samuel Walker, Stuart Whisnant, Kimberly Whitteker, Britney Witham, Tristan Witham, Cassandra Witten

9th GRADE:

Analea Angel, Charles Ball, Amanda Boris, Kristen Bradshaw, Sydney Breiner, Olivia Cameron, Emma Cass, Brooke Clayton, Redzo Colic, Cole Cowher, Grant Culbertson, Joseph d’Alelio, Paxton Daniels, Barbara Delp, Jasmine Demir, Danielle Elegy, Anna Elmore, Darian Fox, Abigail Frazier, Juliet Fueglein, David Goerner, Eva Goldsmith, Ebony Hale, Daniel Haroules, Norman Harris, Jennifer Hartman, Alexander Hernandez, Ethan Hoeppner, Natalie Horn, Lauren Huff, Kaitlyn Ireland, John Jirout, Roshni Lalchandani, Justin Larkin, Madeleine Lawson, Christian Loop, Mason Lowen, Hunter Mollica, Samantha Molloy, Hannah Mone, Jillian Morganelli, Selena Munkhbaatar, Cheyenne Muse, Tessa Muzzy, Dylan Overfelt, Kinsey Overfelt, Claire Overstreet, Jacob Plunkett, Cal Reeves, Christley Richardson, Amber Robtison, Sean Romano, Nathan Rose, Robert Russell, Nicholas Salmons, Kemper Scott, Zachary Shannon, Bailey Sharp, Noah Sharp, Logan Skaff, Adam Sledd, Lauren Slough, Kyra Smith, Kaitlyn Spangler, Evelyn Spradlin, Jordan Stovall, Justin Swisher, Austin Tolley, Jessica Trayer, Clayton Trump, Alexa Vaughan, Ada Wellford, Joseph Wells, Noah Wells, Seth Weston, Paul Wheelock, Taylor White, Ryan Williams

Loren Wright submitted pictures from right before it hit, when she was at Green Hill Park in western Roanoke County, and after last week’s thunderstorms.

Here are more pictures taken outside of my parents’ home in Southwest County near Cave Spring. Their beautiful 200 year old Oak tree was uprooted in last week’s storm. You can see the damage it caused. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but the road is still partially blocked by the downed tree.

Read the latest on the Weather Journal blog.

And remember, you can email your storm photos to news@swo-co.com, or upload them here.

Submitted by Roanoke County

It was a fun day at the park on Wednesday, June 12 for Bent Mountain and other area residents. The Bent Mountain branch of the library hosted a kick-off picnic to help usher in summer and to promote their summer reading program which goes from June 3 to August 9. The library provided hot dogs, drink and chips and not only that, but they offered face painting by Snookums the Clown and even had various games for the kids as well. The picnic took place outside of the Bent Mountain Public Library and was a big success. Kids and their parents played with bubbles, a parachute game, and they even got to use the playground too. The sun was shining and the air was clear up on the mountain that day… perfect for playing outdoors. You can read more about the county-wide library summer reading program here.

L to R: Alan Ronk, Foundation Executive Director; Jennifer Mundy, Care Services Coordinator with The ALS Association – DC/MD/VA Chapter; Krystal Thompson, Executive Director and Mae Johnson, Development and Marketing Director with Brain Injury Services of Southwest Virginia; Teresa Berry, Executive Director with SARA, Inc.; Erin Hildreth, Executive Director with Children’s Miracle Network

Foundation for Roanoke Valley announced today it has awarded more than $47,000 to local nonprofits from the Foundation’s Earl D. and Carrie Leigh Doran Fund. The Doran Fund, established through the estate of local barber Earl Doran, has a number of purposes, including supporting agencies that help individuals and families confronting catastrophic, life-altering circumstances and to agencies that provide support to battered women.

Brain Injury Services of Southwest Virginia was awarded a grant of $25,000 to expand its life skills training program for brain injury survivors. According to the Centers for Disease Control, at least 18,000 individuals living with long-term effects from brain injury reside in BISSWVA’s service area. Over the last decade, medical technology coupled with improved service delivery has increased the national brain injury survival rate. Mae Johnson, Director of Development and Marketing, noted, “With this grant, we will now be able to provide more brain injury survivors with individualized, intensive training sessions designed to enhance the quality of life and improve independent life skills. We are honored and grateful to receive this grant.”

Children’s Miracle Network was awarded a grant of $10,000 to support a “Good Samaritan Fund” to offer assistance to patients and families with expenses such as gas, food vouchers, and hotel accommodations. “Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, supporting Carilion Clinic Children’s Hospital, is beyond grateful to accept this gift from the Earl D. & Carrie Leigh Doran Fund. This money will help ease the difficult conditions that unexpected hospitalizations can create.” adds Erin Hildreth, Executive Director of Children’s Miracle Network.

The ALS Association, Inc. was awarded a grant of $7,830 to purchase durable medical equipment for its loan closet located in Roanoke, VA. ALS is a progressive and fatal neuromuscular disease that causes the progressive loss of voluntary muscle control. Most health insurance plans do not cover the necessary equipment and services needed to allow ALS patients to maintain a comfortable quality of life and few resources are available to help those diagnosed with ALS and patients depend on our help. “With the cost of care and medical equipment for a person living with ALS topping $250,000 a year, the free care services our Chapter provides are crucial,” says Judy Taylor, Interim Executive Director, “One of the most important services for the Roanoke area is our free medical equipment loan closet which can help to make daily tasks easier and keep these individuals independent.”

Sexual Assault Response and Awareness, Inc. was awarded a grant of $5,000 to provide care and assistance to battered women. SARA, Inc. is the sexual assault crisis center for the Roanoke Valley and provides 24-hour crisis intervention, emotional support and advocacy to victims as they negotiate the medical and legal systems after experiencing the trauma of sexual violence. SARA provides free, on-going counseling as victims rebuild and move forward with their lives. “The grant award from the Doran Fund will enable SARA, Inc. to continue to provide services to victims of sexual violence and abuse through our 24-hour crisis hotline and will allow us to revamp and revitalize our volunteer programming and in the long run, strengthen our volunteer corps.

Foundation for Roanoke Valley is the community foundation serving this region. The Foundation has worked for more than two decades to administer and make grants from hundreds of named endowment funds on behalf of the community. For more information, visit Foundation for Roanoke Valley’s website at www.foundationforroanokevalley.org or call 985-0204.

Submitted by Michelle Eberly

The Foundation administers 48 endowed scholarship funds, and it received more than 900 applications for scholarships this year. Recipients were selected on a competitive basis using criteria established by donors at the creation of the scholarship endowment.

The Foundation’s largest scholarship, its “Holland Scholar Award,” is always at least $10,000 and is given annually to an outstanding graduating senior from the Roanoke Valley who shows exceptional promise in his or her future college career. For 2013, the scholarship was $10,000 and was presented to Annie L. McGowan, a senior at Northside High School. McGowan will attend University of Virginia in the fall.

Other scholarships awarded to Roanoke Valley students include: (Names of Southwest Roanoke County students in italics)

The Alphin Family Scholarship Fund: Mary K. Lawrence and Katherine R. Schwam, Rockbridge County High School.

Cave Spring Lions Club Scholarship Fund: McKenzie E. Prillaman, Cave Spring and Emily K. Warren, William Byrd.

CITY School Foundation Scholarship Fund: Grace M. Casola, Patrick Henry and Ollie M. B. Howie, William Fleming.

Christi Crutchfield Memorial Scholarship Fund: Taylor N. Medley, Northside.

Helen F. Dickson Scholarship Fund: Logan C. Chaudoin and Analea M. Deeds, Alleghany; Lauren E. Alban, Covington.

Lenna E. Etzler Scholarship Fund: Devin S. Hogue, Lord Botetourt. Franklin County High School Scholarship Fund: Christy M. Braziel and Rachel L. Lowe.

Gilbert-Thompson Memorial Award Fund: Patrick C. Burns and Analea M. Deeds, Alleghany.

Clarence M. Gillis Memorial Scholarship Fund: Ollie M. B. Howie, William Fleming.

Michael Dean Guilliams Memorial Scholarship Fund: Cara J. Griffith, Roanoke Valley Christian School.

Margaret Jones Irvin Scholarship Fund: McKenzie E. Prillaman, Cave Spring; Austin G. Peters, Salem; Tyler K. Williams, George Wythe.

Melva P. Jones Scholarship Fund: Taylor A. Zimmerman, William Byrd.

Grace Lovegrove Memorial Scholarship Fund: Alina E. Woodford, Patrick Henry.

Marion Senior High School Memorial Scholarship Fund for Music, Arts, and the Performing Arts: Leighia K. Null.

Ronald L. Mayfield, Jr. Scholarship Fund: Yadav Sapkota, Patrick Henry.

The Louise and Sam McGhee Scholarship Fund: Kelly A. Albert, Hannah R. Austin, and Morgan K. Rakes, James River.

Dorothy and Julien Meyer, Sr., M.D. Scholarship Fund: Ciara N. Craddock, Faith Christian School.

Clarissa Edwards Noland Memorial Scholarship Fund: Hannah R. Austin, James River.

The National Honor Society – Felton Pendleton Memorial Scholarship Fund: Christopher J. Kremm and Tyler K. Williams, George Wythe.

Jean L. Price Scholarship Fund: Lynsey N. Barker, North Cross School; Ollie M. B. Howie, William Fleming; Beatrice Ruth-Cooper, Franklin County; Olivia L. Williamson, James River.

Dr. Robert A. Pruner Memorial Scholarship Fund: Quincy T. Miller, Patrick Henry.

Phillip Charles “Flip” Reid Scholarship Fund: Jonathon L. Brown, Alleghany.

E. Price Ripley Memorial Foundation Fund: Bryan C. Daunt, Glenvar; Taylor N. Medley, Northside; Adrianna N. Wilson, Franklin County.

Frank W. (Bo) Rogers Scholarship Fund: Bryan C. Daunt and Sarah J. Thomsen, Glenvar.

David Roller Memorial Scholarship Fund: Hannah M. Graves, Patrick Henry.

Scholarship Fund for Craig County High School Students: Bridgett J. Oliver.

Michael David Scott Memorial Scholarship Fund in Honor of the James River High School Class of 2000: Storm Durham.

Frank D. “Bo” Shrader Memorial Scholarship Fund: Cheyenne N. Slawson, Bath County.

Eddie Simpson Scholarship Fund: Analea M. Deeds, Alleghany.

The Joyce and Shad Solomon Family Scholarship Fund: Katelyn M. Rice, Bath County.

Samuel “Bo” Terry Scholarship Fund: Sadie T. I. Elliotte, William Fleming; Hannah M. Graves, Patrick Henry.

Bryan William Thomas Scholarship Fund: Bryce S. Mallette, Glenvar.

H.B. and E.B. Wharton Scholarship Fund: Ciara N. Craddock, Faith Christian School; Grant A. Plunkett, William Byrd; Suhaib Tahir, Hidden Valley.

Dianne E.H. Wilcox Scholarship Fund: Analea M. Deeds, Alleghany; Ethan H. Richardson, Marion Senior.

The Wings Scholarship Fund: Brittany K. MacPherson; Franklin County.

Melva Dulaney Wright Memorial Scholarship Fund: McKenzie E. Prillaman, Cave Spring.

Foundation for Roanoke Valley is the community foundation serving this region. The Foundation has worked for more than two decades to administer and make grants from hundreds of named endowment funds on behalf of the community. For more information, visit Foundation for Roanoke Valley’s website at www.foundationforroanokevalley.org or call 985-0204.

Submitted by Michelle Eberly

Photo courtesy of Tabatha Conway

Tabatha Conway sent these photos of an uprooted oak tree in Roanoke County in the storm yesterday.  She said it took out power for about three hours, but that everyone was OK.

Photo courtesy of Tabatha Conway

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OTHER STORM COVERAGE:
* Regional coverage from The Roanoke Times.
* Weather journalist Kevin Myatt talks about the storm on the Weather Journal.
* Food writer Lindsey Nair on food safety during power outages
* Here’s how to sign up for emergency alerts from Roanoke County
* Roanoke County administration center closed due to power outage
* First photos of storm damage around Southwest Roanoke County
* Betty Thompson shows off storm damage on Colony Lane

Roanoke’s All American Soap Box Derby will be held at Walrond Park on Saturday, June 15 starting at 9am. Spectators are welcome to enjoy the event, featuring 25 racers ages 7 to 14. Winners will go on to Akron, OH to compete in the World Championship on July 27.

Information from the Roanoke County Website

These pictures were taken outside of my parents’ home in Southwest County near Cave Spring.  Their beautiful 200 year old Oak tree was uprooted in today’s storm.  You can see the damage it caused.  Fortunately, no one was hurt inside my parents’ house, but the road is completely blocked by the downed tree and power is out.

Read the latest on the Weather Journal blog.

And remember, you can email your storm photos to news@swo-co.com, or upload them here.