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Bellefonte team claims scholarship tourney
Thirty-three teams competed in the Bellefonte Youth/Adult In-House Lights Out No-Tap Scholarship Tournament at Bellefonte Lanes last Sunday. After a hotly-contested four-game qualifier, seven teams advanced to bowl in the bracket-style finals. Ultimately, the Bellefonte team of Dakota Bowman and Brad Milanese defeated Kerri and Earl Shawley, also of Bellefonte, 532-499 to take the top honors. Rounding out the top seven were third-place finishers Derek Hoover of Pleasant Gap and Denny Jaworski of Bellefonte; fourth place Bryan and Rick Rogers of Pleasant Gap; fifth place Jordan and Andy Confer of Pleasant Gap; sixth place Ashlyn Brickley of Howard and Mary Hook of Pleasant Gap; and seventh place Steven and Leonard Verbeck of Pleasant Gap. In league bowling, the women had a shining star this week when Phyllis Walters of the Good Cheer League at Bellefonte Lanes fell one strike short of perfection with a 279 game.
Adeyooye Scholarship Endowed
A scholarship honoring Olamide E. Adeyooye has been endowed thanks to more than $22,000 in donations to the Illinois State University Student Foundation (ISUSF). The scholarship honors Adeyooye, an Illinois State student who was abducted and slain in October 2005. Fundraising efforts for the Olamide E. Adeyooye Scholarship began late in 2005. The fund has grown steadily thanks to donations from students, faculty and community members and through events such as the Play for Olamide Bean Bags Tournament in September 2006 and the Olamide Benefit Concert earlier this month. The first scholarship will be awarded in 2007 during Illinois States 150th Celebration. The Student Foundation is very excited to have the Olamide E. Adeyooye Memorial Scholarship endowed, said Student Foundation President Chandler Vandenberg.
Exceptional achievers of the year 2006
NEW YORK: Spectacular achievements, unprecedented levels of mainstream presence and all-round success marked the year that went by for the Indian American community.
Indra Nooyi, Shashi Tharoor, Zubin Mehta and Kiran Desai are the names that headlined the list of exceptional achievers during the year.
As in the past, this year too saw some stellar achievements among Indian Americans, which won them accolades not just from within the community, but from the whole of America.
Few persons in the world can take on a position thats responsible for handling a $100 billion multinational behemoth like PepsiCo. Among those few is Indra Nooyi. Already the Chief Financial Officer of the food and beverage giant, Nooyi was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company, in August this year, making her the fourth most powerful woman in the world (Forbes listing of 100 most powerful women of the year).
Purnell appointed FIA technical consultant
Tony Purnell, the former team principal of the Jaguar Racing and Red Bull Racing Formula One teams, has been appointed as a Technical Consultant to the FIA. You can get Grand Prix results by sending an SMS with the message F1 to 34911. This is a SuperSMS service and costs just R2 per SMS. Click on the link to find out what else is available. Purnell's main role will be to assist the FIA in developing Formula One technologies that will be road-relevant and which will help to improve the racing on the track. Working closely with FIA Technical Consultant Peter Wright and Head of the FIA Formula One Technical Department Charlie Whiting, Purnell will liaise with manufacturers, oil companies and key universities to identify the latest trends in vehicle technology developments.
SFCC computer science student wins high-tech scholarship award
Krista Arrington, a second-year South Florida Community College computer science major, was in the spotlight last week as members of the Florida High-Tech Corridor Council celebrated their 10th anniversary in Orlando. From a field of 14 nominees, the council selected Arrington to receive one of three full college scholarships to the University of South Florida in Tampa. The award will allow Arrington to complete a bachelor's degree after she completes her SFCC associate's degree in computer science next summer. The award helps fulfill the council's mission to help develop a skilled workforce capable of promoting the creation of a high-tech business and research center along the Interstate-4 corridor between Tampa Bay and the Space Coast. The 39-year-old Arrington of Sebring attends college, works and raises two children.
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