Three local grads win prestigious scholarship

Lisa Miller of Boulder City High School ran varsity track and served as secretary of the school's Interact Club and treasurer of its National Honor Society chapter. The salutatorian will study molecular biology at the University of Arizona.

Jesse Cannon was involved in the math and science magnet program at Clark High School. The bass/tenor section leader of the school's concert choir, who also lettered in track, is an Eagle Scout. The Brigham Young University-bound teen will study physical therapy.

Chaparral High School valedictorian Katie Feldman was student body treasurer, National Honor Society vice president and varsity tennis team captain. She'll attend Case Western University in Cleveland.

Merit Scholarships are sponsored and financed by the college or university the student is to attend. The awards will provide between $250 and $2,000 each year for up to four years of undergraduate studies at the sponsor school.

A SYMPHONIC SUMMER -- Melanie Grimmett, a junior at the Las Vegas Academy, is one of 65 students nationwide attending the fourth National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The violinist is being featured in four concerts and is receiving lessons with orchestra members. Melanie plays in the academy's symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra and pit orchestra, plus the Las Vegas High School's Honor Orchestra and the Nevada All-State Orchestra. She was won several competitions, including the Bolognini.

PEACE MAKER -- Jolene Yukes of Green Valley High School was recently honored as the state winner of the U.S. Institute of Peace's ninth annual National Peace Essay Contest at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. She will receive an award of $750 for her essay, "Prioritizing Our Plans for Peace: A Policy of Pragmatism." She also participated in a week-long workshop that focused on the Korean Peninsula. Students investigated the complexities of resolving a potential conflict between North Korea and its regional neighbors and the United States. In a three-day simulation, students represented government officials and attempted to resolve the crisis.

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