DAR names Finnison, a KSD senior, DAR Good Citizens for leadership, service

Thursday February 26, 2009

Area students named DAR Good Citizens for leadership, service

Three local high school students have been named 2009 DAR Good Citizens by the St. Asaph Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.

St. Asaph Chapter picked the following Good Citizens Sunday: Boyle County High, Nicholas Camic, son of Michael and Leslie Camic; Madeline Meckes, Danville High, daughter of Tim and Paula Meckes; and Kentucky School for the Deaf, Angela Maria Finnission, granddaughter of Lillie Finnission.

A DAR Good Citizen demonstrates to an outstanding degree the qualities of dependability, leadership, service and patriotism. They were presented DAR Good Citizen pins and certificates.

Camic is in the top 5 percent of his graduating class, a Governor’s Scholar and a member of the Beta Club. He is president of his senior class and co-president of the student council. As a member of the Change of Heart Club, he is charged with making a constant effort to make BCHS a more accepting and nurturing environment. He also participates in Y-Club and Future Farmers of America.

Camic has lettered in football since the 10th grade, and this year he was the starting center. He was named All-Area Center by The Advocate-Messenger, and he has been Academic All-State since the 10th grade. He is active in his church youth group, and as an Eagle Scout he is active in Boy Scouts of America and Order of the Arrow.

Some of Camic’s volunteer activities are Habitat for Humanity, Herrington Lake clean-up and working with the after school program for elementary students. Camic plans to attend a four-year university followed by medical school with a goal of becoming a family physician.

Meckes is president of her senior class at DHS. She is captain of the soccer team, and has been honored as Most Valuable Infielder, Most Valuable Player, All-State honorable mention and All-District Team. She is also a member of the swim team and received the 110 percent Dedication Award. She is also a cross country runner.

Meckes is a peer tutor and volunteers with other high school clubs. She has gone on mission trips the last two summers to Jackson, Miss. and Mishawaka, Ind. She is a reader at her church. After school, she is a dance instructor, a member of the Heritage String Orchestra and works as a photographer’s assistant.

Meckes plans to major in political science and minor in French. Her goal is to be involved in politics, possibly as a foreign affairs specialist.

Finnission has been a cheerleader for five years. She has also participated in basketball, volleyball and track. She volunteered at the Li’l Cherubs Children’s charity sale and the community-wide pancake breakfast on the KSD campus, and she works at the concession stand at the games.

After school, Finnission works at the Calvary Baptist Church Daycare Program, and she holds baby-sitting jobs when she is at home in Hazard.

The guidance counselor at KSD describes Angela as “a hard working, friendly young woman who always treats others with respect. She demonstrates a strong work ethic.”
Copyright:The Advocate-Messenger 2009

Website for KSD Cheerleaders and Soloist

http://www.ksd.k12.ky.us/nationalanthem.htm

KCDHH celebrates Deaf History Month

uesday April 7, 2009

Deaf History Month celebrated

FRANKFORT – Names of famous deaf champions, such as Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin and best-selling author Connie Briscoe, are familiar to scores of fans worldwide. However, the successes they have celebrated in their fields may not have been possible without the gains made in the deaf civil rights movement, which is well into its third century.

Deaf History Month, celebrated annually from March 15 to April 15, highlights three milestones in the deaf and hard of hearing community including:

* March 13, 1988 -The victory of the “Deaf President Now” movement when students at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., staged a protest demanding the first deaf president for the university;

* April 8, 1864 – The signing of the charter for Gallaudet University by President Abraham Lincoln establishing a college for the deaf; and

* April 15, 1817 – The founding of the first public school for the deaf, American School for the Deaf, by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.

The Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is celebrating Deaf History Month with a video display on the agency’s Web site at http://www.kcdhh.ky.gov.

The slide show illustrates the struggles and successes of the deaf and hard of hearing community over the past two centuries and includes photographs of the Deaf President Now movement, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and modern deaf icons, such as actresses Linda Bove, Phyllis Frelich and Matlin, college football standout Martel Van Zant and former “Incredible Hulk” star Lou Ferrigno, who is hard of hearing.

At the end of the slide show, a list of featured links detailing more information about the slides is available. A Deaf History Month information sheet is also posted below the slide show.
Copyright:The Advocate-Messenger 2009