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•The Community College of Rhode Island has announced its dean’s list for the spring semester. Students from the East Bay area who qualified are as follows:

Barrington — Shane Amaral, Bethany Antonevich, Matthew Barrows, Matthew Bengochea, Andrew Brockway Sr., Seth Davis, Jocelynne Leonardo, Jillian Lewis, Joshua Lopes, Christian Lopez, Derrick Martin, Hanni Mazloum, Odali McKeon, Gregory Moniz, Michael Mosco, Kaitlyn Naughton, Eric Oristaglio, Paul Redding, Danielle St. Angelo and Jonathan Sullivan.

Bristol — Robert Bretz, Kelly Cabral, Denisse Cardona, Alexander Dell, Laura Farney, Kiley Freer, Bettina Grimard, Ashley Maisano, Dillon Medina, Shawn Moniz, Lee Parker, Analee Sousa, Carrie Sullivan, Rebekah Vinbury-Guzman.

East Providence — Christian Bullock, Tiffany Connors, Robert Curvelo, Ashley DeVargas, Gabriela Farias, William Lange, Darren Lopes Jr., Jamie Mongeon, Stephen Ptaszek, Helena Rebelo, Amanda Reed, Elizabeth Rocha, Elise Rodrigues, Andrea Samson, Jessica Schloesser, Bryan Vieira, Nathaniel Want, Jasmine Wheeler.

Little Compton — Andrew Giguere, MaryEllen Hurley, Jennifer Rocha.

Middletown — Erica Bene, Abraham Cabanilla, Moriah Carrellas, Kristin Cunningham, Brian Dube, Michala Ebbitt, Volha Kalatsei, Ean Nelson, Kayla Parker, Connie Powell, Christine Wilmoth.

Newport — Sara Aguiar, Brian Aguiar, Stephanie Baranosky, Harrison Boakye, Carolyn Burnes, Renee Caldwell, Joseph Cush, Mallory Eardley, Christen Farias, Honore Ford, Edward Hoag, Shelly Jaseau, Kealan Jewell, Crystal Johnson, Mackenzie Kent, Emma McKinney, Chayan Medina, Shannon Metzler, Azade Perin, Ghizlane Saouib, Siham Saouib, Anne Sigourney, Kristen Tilley, Daniel Windley.

Portsmouth — Robert Chaves, Tayler Davis, Scott DeSantis, Donna Gall, Megan Herne, Michael Kurimsky, John Martin, Patrick Ring, James Rustad, Jan Schulz.

Riverside — Renee Boyce, Kayla Cavallaro, Gabriel Duarte, Michael Dyer, Layla Gonsalves, Casey Leonard, Stuart Moran, Jason Morton, Sarah Rockwell, Prasoeur Sek, Samantha Tobin, Charlotte Usher, Emma Wroblinski.

Rumford — Timothy Brady, Erin Counts, Meghan Fernandes, Tammy Marques, Jennifer Wood.

Tiverton — Vivia Ayrton, Nicholas Chasse, Jillianne Gagnon, Amy Griffin, Joseph Johnson, Sarah Lynch, Alissa Munroe, Heather Neville, Eric Rice.

Warren — Kathryn Alfano, Ryan Alves, Alyson Cabral, Megan Freitas, Cassandra Marchand, Amanda Salzat, Sharon Steele.

•The following East Bay area students were named to the dean’s list at Providence College for the spring semester:

Barrington — Amanda Pacheco, Erin Murphy, Jacquelen DeSisto, Julie Ruggieri, Megan Linakis and Timothy Lally.

Bristol — Kristine Buddemeyer, Scott Malloy, Talya Maynard.

Tiverton — Abigail Peckham, Adam Vanasse, Amanda Paquin, Ashley Margarida, Jessica Rowe and Jonathan Mello.

•The Newport Officers’ Spouses’ Club held its annual scholarship reception June 8. This year, $11,000 in scholarships was awarded to nine local graduating seniors who are military dependents, with amounts ranging from $500 to $2,500. An additional $2,400 in scholarships were awarded among the recipients in partnership with the Naval Command College.

This year’s recipients are: Kevin Valente, $2,500, Middletown High School; Erin Larcom, $2,000, Middletown High School; Kelly Wooley, $2,000, North Kingstown High School; Matthew Holfinger, $1,000, Clinton High School; Steven Gates, $1,000, Rogers High School; Megan Bolan, $1,000, Prout Memorial High School; Sarah Medley, $1,000, Portsmouth High School; Christina Boston, $500, Prout Memorial High School.

This year’s Naval Command College Scholarship 2008 recipient’s are Kevin Valente, $700, Middletown High School; Kelly Wooley, $700, North Kingstown High School; Christina Boston, $500, Prout Memorial High School; and Robert Moore, $500, Rogers High School.

•The 2008 Southcoast Hospitals Employee Recognition Ceremony was held May 30 at the Venus De Milo in Swansea to honor employees who have reached milestone years of service at Southcoast Hospitals Group’s Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.

East Bay area recipients are as follows:

45 Year Employee — Maureen Brown of Tiverton, laboratory at St. Luke’s Hospital.

35 Year Employee — Gail Emond of Bristol, pperating room at Charlton Memorial Hospital; Christine Cotsoridis of Newport, administration at Charlton Memorial Hospital; Judith Graves of Newport, patient services at Charlton Memorial Hospital; Pauline Featherstone of Tiverton, perioperative services at Charlton Memorial Hospital; Priscilla Lipe of Tiverton, outcomes management at Charlton Memorial Hospital; Donna Butler-Carreiro of Warren, laboratory at St. Luke’s Hospital.

•The 24th-annual Providence Journal Scholastic Journalism Critique & Competition for Rhode Island schools was recently held.East Bay area winning schools are as follows:

High School Division — Best High School Newspaper, second runner-up, Portsmouth Abbey School, The Beacon; Editorial/Opinion Writing, first place, Marisa Edmonds, Portsmouth Abbey School, The Beacon; In-Depth Reporting, second place, Sara Munda, Portsmouth Abbey School, The Beacon; Feature Story, second place, Katharine Sedivy-Haley, St. Mary Academy Bay View, The View, and third place, Kathryn Yao, Portsmouth Abbey School, The Beacon; Sports Story, third place, Quent Dickman, Portsmouth Abbey School, The Beacon; Illustration/Comic/Editorial Cartoon, first place, Chris Andrews, Portsmouth High School, The Patriot Ledger, and third place, Jordana Gaines, St. Mary Academy Bay View, The View.

Middle/Junior High School Division — Best Middle/Junior High Newspaper, second runner-up, Riverside Middle School, The Viking Press; Illustration/Comic/Editorial Cartoon, second place, Andrew Butler, Riverside Middle School, The Viking Press.

•The Newport County Board of Realtors recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to two college-bound area students. This year’s recipients are Ashley Edes of Middletown High School, and Russell Helger Jr. of Tiverton High School.

Ashley, who aspires to be a middle-school mathematics teacher, will attend Rhode Island College. Russell, who plans to be an engineer, will attend the University of Rhode Island.

•The Bristol chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently honored Greg Amore of East Providence and Davison Bolster of Warren. Amore, a history teacher at East Providence High School, was presented with the chapter’s American History Teacher of the Year Award. Bolster received the Bristol Chapter Community Service Award for preservation of the waterfront in Warren.

•At the Bristol County Lions Club’s recent annual meeting, new officers were installed. The new slate includes Linda Pelland, president; Wendy Allen, first vice president; Tom Carroll, second vice president; Frank Cirillo, secretary; Joseph Farmer, treasurer; Margaret Lunney, lion tamer; Debra Krohn, tail twister and Marie Byrnes, membership chair. The directors for the year are Joseph Karouz, Joseph Pelland, Bette Walpole and Wendy Allen.

Also, special awards were given out, including a “Lion of the Year Award” to Joseph Farmer for his fundraising dedication and a special President’s Appreciation Award to Carmen DiQuinzio for 55 years of active service in the Bristol County Lions Club.

•The Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties recently recognized 117 volunteers who provided more than 3,900 hours during 2007. Of special note were the Presidential Volunteer Service Awards, which honor volunteers who have given 100 hours or more, and Longevity Awards, which honor volunteers who have served for one year or more.

Volunteers from the East Bay area recognized for their work are as follows:

Barrington: Pam Mitchell.

Bristol: Pam Camara, Lorraine Capizano, Harriet Dwyer (Presidential Volunteer Service Award), Natalie Ferreira, Jared Harper, Linda Lannie-Carpenter, Tammy Medeiros, Maggie Peruto. Shirley Sanford, Mary Jane Sylvaria, and Claire Turner (Presidential Volunteer Service Award and Longevity Award).

Little Compton: Anna Gray Prior (Longevity Award).

Middletown: Linda Beall, Carlyne Benkhart, Patrick Blank, Mary Ellen Blass, Kaitlyn Bric, William Burns, Barbara Carnes (Presidential Volunteer Service Award and Longevity Award), Tonia Carrelli (Presidential Volunteer Service Award), Kathi Coutcher (Presidential Volunteer Service Award), Mary Jane Creely, Marlene Davis, Hollie Delaney, Marion Fink, Lorraine Going, Virgina Heins (Presidential Volunteer Service Award), Linda Hilliard, Elaine Lewis, Peggy Matteson, Samia Menassa (Presidential Volunteer Service Award and Longevity Award), Edith Milnes, Richard Morgera, Kim Pachico, Kristin Pierini, Ryann Scully, Irene Shenosky, Alice Sullivan, Ellie Thorpe, Marti Turano, Edward Weyhing (Presidential Volunteer Service Award) and Christine Winslow.

Newport: David Banks, Jane Barry (Presidential Volunteer Service Award and Longevity Award), Margaret Benigno (Presidential Volunteer Service Award), Spencer Berger, Gabriel Butcher, Marcia Cohen, Sean Coyne, Michael Curran, Nancy Curran, Manny Dias, Mary Dias, Patricia Drislane, Pauline Dumont, Gregory Fater, Kimberly Gittings, Dennis Greene, Jeremiah Lynch, Cheryl McCray, Pam Marchetti, Cheryl McCray, Stephanie McCaffrey, A. Geraldine Nagle, Joseph Nicholson, Jr., Murrary Norcross, Julia O’Halloran, Peggy Phelps, Mary Roche, Terry Trapani (Longevity Award), Ann Viau, Hannah Vierra, and Finton Wallace II.

Portsmouth: Mary Clark, Marie Collins, Dorothy Delessio, Donald Dressler, Deb Foley, Debra Furtado, Kiberly Gittings, Bev Hall, Marilyn Hambly (Longevity Award), Kay Healey, Peg Hurson, Lindsey Kusic, Elizabeth Landry, Patricia Lepanto (Longevity Award), Jo Lyga, Monica Magliocco, Dolores Petrush-Tarlton, Betty Schlesinger (Longevity Award), Gloria St. Martin (Presidential Volunteer Service Award), Larry Tozier, John Vitkevich (Longevity Award) and Barbara Weatherford.

Tiverton: Claire Bonoan, Marcie Carpentier (Presidential Service Award), Barbara Costa, Lorraine Davol, Patricia Lauder (Longevity Award), Beth Smith (Longevity Award), Joanne St. Laurent, Ryan Valentino, and Alice Vermette (Presidential Volunteer Service Award.)

Warren: John Kemp and Sandy Wade.

•The Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties dedicated its 58th-annual meeting to the memory of Dr. Donald P. Dressler and Ellen Murphy. Dressler served on the agency’s board of directors from May 2006 until his death in 2007. Murphy was a member of the board of directors from 1987 to 1991 and on the Advisory Board for the Young Parents program from 1985 to 1990.

One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of the Mary Dwyer Award for service to the agency. Mary Clark of Newport received the award this year. She is the longest-serving hospice volunteer at the agency (13 years). The following employees were recognized with length of service awards: Suzanne Monroe, 30 years; Candace Powell, 20 years; Jean Anderson, Theresa Gomes, Judy Meyer, 15 years; Heather Ginty, Karen Harris, Marge Perry, Carol Zufelt, 10 years; Rose Cantin, Anne Winthrop Cordin, Noni Horwitz, Judy McCarthy, Carol Parker, Aaron Pugatch, Carol Reid, Sherry Towey, 5 years; Patricia Bisbano, Shannon Brown, Jenny Burns, Barbara Carnes, Cheryl Carvalho, Kristine Clark, Carrie Cormier, Verna Desilets, Kim English, Sarah Ferreira, Bonnie Fischer, Cherie Gallant, Kathy Golini, Heidi Harvey, Jeanne Henry, Health Lancaster, Deborah Lawler, Lisa Lima-Tessier, Tina Michaud, Rebecca Postma, Denise Rochefort, Molly Rosinksi, Alison Seran, Deborah Silvia, Loree Silvia, Kim Stamatakos, Rebekah Tiexiera, Maureen Zeigler, 1 year.

Jean Anderson, executive director and CEO, also presented special awards honoring commitment to the agency and community to Mary Buckwalter, a teacher in the Youth Success GED/Career Academy; Marge Perry, social work supervisor and the social work team; Pat Kalble and Sue Garvey, counselors in the Youth Success Program; Regina Kelly, CNA; and Gloria Collier, who retired after 16 years as intake data entry specialist.

•Louis A Rego was recently inducted as the new president of the Warren-Barrington Rotary. Rego was one of 65 club presidents in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts installed by Rotary International President D.K. Lee of Seoul, South Korea.

The group installation was held at the Rhode Island Convention Center on June 23 before a gathering of Rotary members and friends from around the world.

To learn more about Warren-Barrington Rotary or to attend a meeting, contact Tim Pray, 410-0045, e-mail tapprint@tapprint.com. or for information about Rotary International, visit www.rotary.org.