Newsmakers for the week of June 30, 2003

Hilton High School junior Amy Folwell was selected by the Monroe County Youth Bureau as 2003 Youth Citizen of the Year in Monroe County for the age 15-21 group. She was nominated by Hilton teacher Ann Marie MacDonald for her citizenship, volunteerism; setting a positive example in school; and her leadership. A reception was held June 10 in the Monroe County Office Building to honor the Young Citizens for 2003.

Hilton High School Counselor Sonja Livingston received the $1,000 Iowa Award from The Iowa Review, a literary journal, for her non-fiction essay of life growing up in Orleans County. She will have her essay published in the Review. The Review recognizes "new and compelling writers."

Hilton eighth grader Chris Scorsese's Fire Prevention Poster, "Don't Play with Fire … Your Safety Depends on You," won first place in the Monroe County Fire Safety Poster contest. The slogan will be adopted by a campaign to help youth through the Juvenile Fire Prevention Task Force and WUHF-Fox News.

Hilton eighth grader Liliya Korolchuk's poster was chosen among 1,600 entries by the Seventh District Dental Society as the second place winner in the Children's National Dental Health Month contest.

A Brockport resident, Nathaniel Emmerson, was named to Denison University's spring dean's list. Students who achieve dean's list status have maintained a grade-point average of 3.5 or better (out of 4.0) for the semester.

Emmerson, son of Debbie and Bruce Emmerson of Crestview Drive, Brockport, is a 2001 graduate of Brockport High School and a senior Latin major at Denison.

Michele Groden, firm administrator at Mengel, Metzger, Barr & Co. LLP, has been elected to serve as chair of the board of directors for the Rochester Hearing and Speech Center (RHSC). Groden's responsibilities will include overseeing implementation of all board policies as well as enhancing awareness of the agency's mission within the community.

Groden resides in Spencerport.

Brooke Carlyle Boughter, of Spencerport, daughter of Lee and Patricia Boughter, was awarded a bachelor's degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.

Emily Mahns graduated from Monroe Community College with distinction, receiving as A.S. degree in communications and media studies. Mahns was inducted into Phi Thata Kappa International Honor Society, is a member of the Civil Air Patrol, and is on the national dean's list. She graduated with a 3.95 GPA and is currently studying at SUNY Geneseo.

Mahns is the daughter of Frank and Patricia Mahns of Manitou Road.

Christine McGovern, daughter of Mike and Jayne McGovern of Rochester, has been named to the spring 2003 dean's list at St. John Fisher College in Rochester. McGovern, a sophomore, is a psychology major.

Amy Cummings, daughter of Kevin and Debra Cummings of Churchville and a graduate of Churchville-Chili High School, graduated from St. John Fisher College with a bachelor of science degree in management/ marketing.

Rebecca Houghton of Hilton, earned a bachelor of arts degree summa cum laude in mathematics 7-12 - elementary education N-6 from Elmira College, Elmira, NY.

The Division of Academic Affairs at SUNY College at Brockport announces that the following local residents have been named to the dean's list at SUNY Brockport for the spring 2003 semester. The students each earned a minimum grade point average of 3.25, carrying a minimum of six credits to receive the dean's list designation.On the SUNY Brockport dean's list from Spencerport are: Michael Beattie, Rachel Beldue, Heather Branca, Jennifer Burke, Samantha Burns, Mary Daily, Daniel Daugherty, Susan Decker, Renee Diedrick, Alison Diehl, Kristin Excell, Carrie Fuss, Heather Garrett, Richard Giannavola, Stephanie Henchen, Jessica Hibbs, Kelly Hickman, Kathy Hryvniak, Melissa Hudson, Brandi Knapp, Jennifer Lynch, Virginia Lyness, Scott, Magin, Margaret Morganti, David Piano, Tim Puffer, Terry Russell, Susan Sabourin, Elizabeth Sharpe, Eric Sheldon, Sandra Shifley, Shannon Skivington, Steven Sorensen, Bradford Strine, Eric Swick, Tracey Taccone, Paul Waldron, Sarah Warner, Sarah Wasson, Shannon Webster, Diane West and Donald Zaleski.

On the SUNY Brockport dean's list from Hilton are: Melanie Amrozowicz, Noelle Auda, Danielle Bartl, Allison Barton, Crystal Bausch, Becki Bedford, Melissa Beehler, David Byrne, Jordan Christiano, Jeffrey Colburn, Paul Colburn, Donald Collichio, Stephanie Cusenz, Daniel Doell, Patricia Dougherty, Carolyn Dudash, Andrew Fetzner, Heather Fetzner, Jamie Forte, Jennifer Gavigan, Jennifer Gietzen, Christen Harnden, Kristen Hartwig, Nicole Ingham, Andrea Jones, Tiffany Kaiser, Courtney Kanous, Erika Lark, Michael Marseglia, Gabriel Moore, Kimberly Myers, Meagan Myers, Thomas Nau, Daniel Odrzywolski, Sarah Pearlman, Ruth Pierce, Julie Ouester, David Raysor, Jessica Reed, Katrina Reed-Mullen, Theresa Rodak, Molly Ruster, Andrea Sillick, Amanda Welch, Amanda Welch, Jennifer Windhauser, Jennifer Wolf, Jodyi Wren and Alicia Zambito.

On the SUNY Brockport dean's list from Hamlin are: Ashley Anker, Katherine Beck, Nicholas Beyrle, Amanda Boyd, Sheila Burch, Judith Burke, David Castle, Melinda Cater, Robert Cintron, Leonard Craft, Juan Delgado, Michael Englert, Audrey Erbland, Thomas Gearing, Kymberly Goltermann, Melissa Greenlaw, Ryan Grimm, Sarah Hinrichs, Marina Hughes, Robert Johnson, Justin Laureano, Christopher Lazzaro, Matthew Maleski, Colleen McCall, Tammy McGrath, Stephen Miller, Mandy Reis, Joseph Robinson, Monica Seeler, Teresa Shannon, Meghan Shewman, Kathleen Siciliano, Cristy Sigler, Shawn Stanton, Laura Turner and Jacob Werner.

On the SUNY Brockport dean's list from Churchville are: Sara Abrams, Nicholas Arcieri, Colleen Behrndt, Trisha Cartwright, Benjamine DeJonge, Linda Fogarassy, Kalyani Madhu, Autumn Sereno, Anthony Volta Jr. Nathan Williams and Elaine Yarger-Mitchell.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron M. Anderson returned May 29 from serving aboard the USS Nassau in the Persian Gulf for 10 months. The Nassau is an Amphibious Assault Ship (LHA) - a primary landing ship, resembling a small aircraft carrier, designed to put troops on hostile shores. In a secondary role, using AV-8B Harrier aircraft and anti-submarine warfare helicopters, the Nassau performs sea control and limited power projection missions. The Nassau carries the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit that was serving in Iraq and is based in Norfolk, Virginia.

Anderson is the chief flight deck electrician on the ship and oversees the electrical operations for the flight deck, and the "start stations" for the Harrier aircraft and helicopters.

Anderson was recently accepted into the Seaman to Admiral program and will be attending Old Dominion University in Norfolk beginning January 2004 to pursue a degree in electrical engineering. He will, after completing his degree, return to active service as an officer.

He is the son of Mark and Cindy Anderson of Bergen. He joined the Navy in 1998 upon completing high school at Byron-Bergen. His brother, EM 3 Daniel Anderson, is also in the Navy, stationed in Charleston, South Carolina.