People and Places

Community School graduates Annie Flanagan and Krista Brown of Ketchum were two of 516 seniors graduating from Colby College in Maine May 23. Sociology major and Dean’s List student Flanagan is a daughter of Carol and Bill Flanagan. Brown, daughter of Tina and Rick Brown, majored in biology.

Army Pvt. Adam J. Miller has arrived at Fort Knox, Ky. to complete basic combat training. He is a son of Brenda J. Miller of Sun Valley and Curt Miller of Spokane, Wa.

Laura Cordes received the Mary Smith Hamer Journalism Scholarship during the DePauw University Awards Convocation May 12 in Greencastle, Ind. Cordes, a 1997 Wood River High School graduate, just finished her sophomore year at the four-year liberal arts college. She is the daughter of Diane and Jeff Cordes of Hailey. The Mary Smith Hamer Journalism Scholarship was established in memory of the 1970 DePauw graduate. It is given annually to a junior or senior woman who has excelled in journalistic endeavors and who demonstrates promise for a career in journalism.

Albertson College of Idaho presented academic and community awards to its student body during the 1999 awards ceremony May 18 in Caldwell.

Melissa Ireland of Bellevue received Excellence and Merit in Foreign Languages, and the Scarab Scholastic Honor Society.

Frances Nagashima of Hailey earned the ASACI Outstanding Senator, the Harry S. Kessler Scholarship and the George Wolfe Endowed Scholarship in Pre-Law.

Albertson College awarded 120 undergraduate degrees during the annual commencement ceremonies June 5 on the campus of the private, liberal arts college in Caldwell.

Locals among the graduating class were:

Melissa J. Ireland of Bellevue, B.A. in Elementary Education and Spanish; Cory McKay Ley of Ketchum, B.A. in History and Psychology; Jacqueline Cole of Stanley, B.A. in Creative Writing; and Brian James Homer of Hailey, B.S. in Physics.

About 400 College of Southern Idaho students were honored during the 33rd annual CSI graduation exercises held in May at the Twin Falls gym.

Locals included: From Bellevue—Anna Dora Jonesi, Kathleen Albin, Patricia Ann Spiekerman and Wendy Maxey Marlowe. From Carey—Aubree Bea Mecham. From Gannett—Travis Komar.

From Hailey—Jennifer S. Johanningmeier and Todd Raphael Smith. From Ketchum—Bettina Fabiano. From Picabo—Justin Bailey.

The College of Southern Idaho is pleased to announce the recipients of more than $500,000 in scholarships for the 1999-2000 school year. Among the local winners:

From Bellevue—Sarah Davis, $900 W.L. and Reiher-Land and $600 Kruse/Bordewick Honor; Ryan Nisson, $650 Presidential; and Owen Shelly, $2,000 Laurena and John Marshall.

From Hailey—Crystal Farner, $300 Lauterbach (Music). From Ketchum—Shannon Plummer, $1,000 W.L. and Freida Reiher-Land.

The following Blaine County students have been chosen to attend the 22nd annual Idaho Business Week July 11-17 and July 18-24 on the Boise State University campus:

From Wood River High School in Hailey—Kristen Hanggi, Amber Kirtley, Emily Klick, David Markin, Scott Neiwert and Brad Walker. From Carey School—Kendra Bailey and Carin Pyrah.

Attracting over 500 students, Idaho Business Week focuses on the values of the free enterprise system.

Claire E. Innes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Innes of Hailey, graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. May 16. Claire, a graduate of St. George’s School, received a B.A. in French, with Dean’s List honors.