Charlynne Fry, second from right, with Chattanooga Music Teacher Association members Sally Powell, Katheron Latham and Sigrid Luther, from left.Charlynne Fry was recently presented the Distinguished Service Award by the Chattanooga Music Teachers Association.
Fry has taught music for 57 years. She is a graduate of Bob Jones University, where she received a bachelor's degree in music education with proficiencies in piano, voice and flute. She has served three times as CMTA president and was twice named the group's Teacher of the Year.
She is a frequent judge for piano and voice competitions in this area, has served as organist for several churches, is a member of the Chattanooga Bach Choir, a graduate of the Holmberg Arts Leadership Institute and was named a 2005 Chattanooga Woman of Distinction by the Lung Association of Tennessee.
She was a charter member of the faculty of Lookout Valley Junior High and High School, where she began a complete music program, including band, general music classes and choral activities as well as teaching freshman English. For 13 years she was a music volunteer at East Brainerd Elementary School, and she has volunteered as a music therapist with stroke victims.
She and her husband of 55 years, Adm. Vance Fry, have three children, one of whom is deceased, and three grandchildren.
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Rhea anglers receive check
Pro angler Greg Bohannan met with the Eagle Anglers of Rhea County High School to present a $1,000 check to the teen fishermen on behalf of Old Spice at Wal-Mart. Bohannan recently announced that his new sponsor is Old Spice, and that the company has launched Wal-Mart Hook, Line and Leaders program aimed at helping youth become "'reel' men of strength and leadership."
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Hughbanks attends D.C. program
Vivian Hughbanks of Signal Mountain interned with the National Journalism Center and Townhall.com through the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program of Hillsdale College.
The WHIP program accepts between 10 and 20 students each semester to live and work in the nation's capital. Students intern for a variety of institutes, congressional offices, think tanks, media and news outlets, national security agencies, lobbying firms, international trade organizations and private section companies.
Hillsdale College is an independent liberal arts college in southern Michigan.
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Folk School appoints new director
Laura Walker has been named the new executive director of The Folk School of Chattanooga. She has been involved in local music as a performer with the Dismembered Tennesseans and Timbre Fox, as well as a music and voice teacher.
The Folk School offers education in traditional folk music styles through lessons, group classes and community events. For more information about the school or upcoming events, check the website chattanoogafolk.com.
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Educators participate in ArtsBuild Institute
Nineteen educators representing 11 public and private schools participated in the third Holmberg Arts Leadership Institute for Teachers, sponsored by ArtsBuild.
The institute gave teachers a deeper understanding of the role the arts play in this area. Classes included presentations on the arts for underserved audiences, economic development and funding for the arts, hands-on activities, tours of arts organizations and special speakers.
Class graduates were Michelle Bailey, Liz Bullard, Amy Burton, Rebecca Clark, Carrie Cook, Ronda Foster, Lee Garner, Megan Grant, Bill Jamieson, Gaye Jeffers, Stephanie Mathis, Felicion McMillon-Diakhate, Amy Medley, Heidi Mies, Michael Mitchell, Karen Schmidt, Emily Ann Simpson, Kim Thompson and Beth Willocks.
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At the Shrine scholarship presentations, are, from left, Lee Mosley, Illustrious Potentate; Tory Ramsey, Alexus Mitchell and James Wright, scholarship recipients; Romond Pace, scholarship committee member; Jazzlyn Smith, Jakaira Walker and Devin Pope, scholarship recipients; and John Dodds, scholarship committee chairman.Shriners present six scholarships
Members of the Hyksos Temple No. 123, Prince Hall Shriners, presented six $500 Reuben Strickland Memorial Scholarships to local high school graduates. The $3,000 awards brings the Shriners' scholarship total to more than $60,000 in 10 years.
Recipients and the high schools from which they graduated are: Tory Ramsey, Soddy-Daisy High; Alexus Mitchell, Central High; James Wright, East Hamilton Middle-High; Jazzlyn Smith, Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences; Jakaira Walker, Brainerd High; and Devin Pope, Tyner High.
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Twelve receive Crystal Green awards
Twelve recent high school graduates were each presented a $1,500 Crystal Green Memorial Scholarship by Blood Assurance.
Recipients and high schools from which they graduated are Trevor Davis, Lincoln County in Fayetteville, Tenn.; Jamie Adams, South Pittsburg; Cassidy Romans, North Sand Mountain; David Drinnon, Chattanooga Christian; Baylee Deems, North Murray High; Dylan Scott and Sally Britton, Heritage High; Hayden Brown, McCallie; Joshua Selby, Soddy-Daisy High; Ryan Neal, East Hamilton Middle-High; Jesse Barnard, Christian Heritage; and Toni Doss, Holston High in Damascus, Va.
- Compiled by staff writer Susan Pierce