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Penobscot Nation Boys and Girls Club

INDIAN ISLAND – Members of the Penobscot Nation Boys and Girls Club participated recently in the 2007 Image-Maker National Photography Contest.

Club members received recognition in a local contest hosted April 13 at the Bangor Museum and Center for History by museum volunteer coordinator Willow Martin.

The youths’ photographs were professionally displayed and evaluated by three qualified judges on the basis of skill and artistic sensibility expressed in the photographs.

Entries were divided into age groups: ages 9 and younger, ages 10 to 12 and ages 13 to 15. The work was judged in two categories – color and black and white.

The youngsters participated in photography classes led by Jessica Santiago, PNBGC youth worker. “The youth demonstrated a natural creative ability,” she said.

Winners in the contest were:

. Leigh Neptune in the ages 13 to 15 group, for a black and white photograph.

. Tyler Ann Harris, in the ages 10 to 12 group, for color, and black and white photographs.

. Keyana Voye, in the ages 9 or younger group, for a color photograph.

. Willow Sockalexis, in the age 9 or younger group, for a black and white photograph.

The winners will compete at the regional level in June at an event hosted by the Boys and Girls Club of Northwest New Jersey. Judges will select 20 pieces of photography, one from each category and age group, which will be sent to Boys and Girls Club of America’s National Headquarters in Atlanta for Image-Maker’s National Photography Contest.

“We wish our club members the best of luck,” said Carla Fearon, director of the Boys and Girls Club.

Zonta Club Scholarships

BANGOR – The Zonta Club of Bangor has announced the recipients of its scholarships for the 2007-2008 academic year:

. Robin L. Lozier, Hermon, winner of a $1,000 Zonta Scholarship.

. Rebekah J.T. Green, Brewer, a $1,000 Zonta Scholarship.

. Mellisa A. Fraser, Alton, a $1,000 Zonta Scholarship.

. Nile Cheney McGhie, Cutler, a $1,000 Zonta Scholarship.

. Stacey M. Gomm, Brewer, a $1,000 Zonta Scholarship.

. Allison E. Wicks, Bangor, a $1,000 Myrt Willey Scholarship for a major in business.

. Sara M. Martin, St. Albans, a $1,000 Lillian Wall Scholarship for a major in communication sciences.

Zonta scholarships are awarded annually to women who pursue a post-high school degree at a college or university in Maine.

The Zonta Club of Bangor is a member of Zonta International, a worldwide service organization dedicated to the improvement of the status of women. The club meets at 6 p.m. the second Monday of each month at the Sea Dog Restaurant.

John Bapst Memorial High School

BANGOR – Two John Bapst Memorial High School Destination Imagination teams placed first in the North Central Regional Competition and competed in the DI State Championship on April 7 at the University of Maine.

In the state finals, Team Ortiz placed second with its “Round About Courage” problem, and Team Edwards placed first with its problem, “Car-DI-ology.”

For the third year in a row, Team Edwards will advance to the Global Finals, this year May 23-25 in Knoxville, Tenn.

Members of Team Edwards, coached by John Edwards in the “Card-DI-ology” problem, are Justin Bousfield of Glenburn, Matthew Edwards of Glenburn, Asher Simonds of Sedgwick, Matthew Verosloff of Levant and Lukas Wong-Achorn of Amherst.

Members of Team Ortiz, coached by Patricia Ortiz in the “Round About Courage” problem, were Charles Bergeron of Veazie, Nicholas Gramlich of Holden, Nicholas Hubbard of Holden, Anthony Ortiz of Orrington, Samuel Rioux of Holden, Michael Sekera of Eddington and Daniel Wheeler of Eddington.

Audrey Swanton, the John Bapst Destination Imagination adviser, said, “In addition to their regional awards, Team Edwards won a DaVinci Award for technical structure, and Team Ortiz won a Renaissance Award for overall performance. Later, at the state finals, Danny Wheeler and Anthony Ortiz were awarded Destination Imagination University Scholarships in recognition of their years of involvement with the DI Program.”

BANGOR – The John Bapst Memorial High School Purple Math Team took first place in the 2007 Eastern Maine Math League Medium Schools Division, first in Division C for the regular season statewide and first in Division C in the State Math Meet held April 10 at the Bangor Auditorium.

The team is one of 10 schools invited to represent Maine on April 27 at the New England Math Meet in Massachusetts.

John Bapst Math Team coach Brendan Murphy said, “This has been a very successful season so far, both at the team level and for individual students.”

At the Eastern Maine meet, individual awards were given to top scorers Anna Carmack of Veazie, Fritz Eyerer of Newburgh, Lucas Hubbard of Holden, Nathan Lesser of Orono, Ian Szydlo of Glenburn and Lukas Wong-Achorn of Amherst.

At the state event, Lucas Hubbard tied for the highest-scoring ninth-grader and Fritz Eyerer was the 11th top-scoring junior.

Henry Wells Scholars

AURORA, N.Y. – Named Henry Wells Scholars by Wells College, receiving one of the school’s most prestigious awards for future students are:

. Kelsie Anderson, a senior at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor.

. Emma Chaiken, a senior at Bangor High School.

Henry Wells Scholars are high school students with at least a grade average of 90 and 1150 or higher in the SATs who are nominated by a guidance counselor or Wells alumna.

Honorees are awarded $3,000 to fund an experiential learning opportunity while studying at Wells College. During the freshman year, they receive hands-on experience in a work setting. The paid experience, during the junior or senior year, can be an internship, research project with a professor or off-campus study.

For more information, visit www.wells.edu.

Orono High School

ORONO – The Orono High School speech and debate team will offer an evening of drama, humor, poetry and dessert at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the Keith Anderson Community House, Bennoch Road. Admission is $3. Proceeds will help send team members to the national competition in Kansas.

Colleges

Beal College

BANGOR – Beal College will hold its graduation at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 29, at Peakes Auditorium, Bangor High School.

The commencement address will be given by Ardeana Hamlin. She is the author of two novels and is working on a sequel to her first book, “Pink Chimneys.” For a short time, she worked as a receptionist at Beal College. She writes the By Hand column for the Bangor Daily News, where she has been employed since 2001. She also copyedits and writes for The Weekly.

Early childhood education students at Beal College are planning activities to help celebrate “The Week of the Young Child” April 23-27. The week will be celebrated in Maine through the Maine affiliate of the National Association for the Education of the Young Child.

Activities to mark the week include a children’s book exchange. Also, law enforcement students and the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department will provide gunlocks.

Representatives from the Raising Readers program, Penquis CAP and the Co-operative Extension will be on campus to provide students and parents with parenting and child care information, and information on how to help further the development of young children.

Beal College students will celebrate spring and Cinco de Mayo on Wednesday and Thursday, May 2-3, at the college. Mexican food will be served and door prizes will be given in honor of the holiday.

New England School of Communications

BANGOR – Theresa Dziezyk, 20, of Swan’s Island, a junior at the New England School of Communications, is swapping one island for another.

She has earned a two-month internship with singer-songwriter Steve Sargenti and his wife, Kathy, at their home recording studio on Maui in Hawaii, starting in July.

An audio engineering major, Dziezyk will be responsible for the recording, editing and mixing of Sargenti’s original songs for a new album.

Dziezyk earned the internship, which includes board and room, because of her training in the audio engineering program at NESCom. Interns are selected from applicants who have finished audio engineering training programs.

Before attending NESCom at Husson College, Dziezyk had a daily two-hour commute by boat to attend Mount Desert Island High School, plus a half-hour drive during a year of study at the Hancock County Technical Center in Ellsworth.

Dziezyk graduated in 2004 in the top 10 percent of her class at MDI. She participated in show choir and was a member of a theater group and the radio club. She did an internship at WERU radio in Blue Hill where she and another student produced an hour-long monthly teen talk show. At NESCom she is a dean’s list student. She is the daughter of Philip and Claire Dziezyk of Swan’s Island.

Northeastern University

BOSTON – Matthew Whalen, son of Cheryl and Mike Whalen of Brewer, is this year’s recipient of the William Rand Scholarship through the Massachusetts Epsilon chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society.

Scholarship recipients shall “confer honor upon the university by distinguished scholarship, exemplary character and contribution to their community and campus.”

Whalen was selected to receive the award because of his outstanding service to Tau Beta Phi, his readiness to help in any way possible and his enthusiasm to further the chapter. He is the president-elect of the chapter and a junior at Northeastern majoring in industrial engineering.

Norwich University

NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Area students named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Norwich University were:

. Luke Nabozny of Bangor.

. Peter Herrick of Hampden.

. Michael Peverada of Hampden.

. Jonathan McLeod of Levant.

. Kate Mclean of Orrington.

University of Connecticut

STORRS, Conn. – Jessica Gale of Glenburn has been named a Babbidge Scholar at the University of Connecticut.

She was honored April 11 during the university’s 14th annual Scholars Day. Babbidge Scholars must maintain a 4.0 grade point average for the previous two semesters, taking at least 12 credits a semester.

University of Maine

ORONO – Adrienne Given, a sophomore at the University of Maine, has been inducted into Gamma Omicron, the UM chapter of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in education.

Kappa Delta Pi, founded in 1911, recognizes the status of scholars and educators to achieve and sustain pre-eminence in teaching, scholarship and service.