Musicians abroad

Peter Chen, a Mason Intermediate School sixth-grader, and Leeds Hill, an eighth-grader at the School for Creative and Performing Arts, visited Croatia and Italy this summer as part of a chamber music residency.

They auditioned for and were accepted into a touring group associated with "Strings With an Accent" through the Preparatory Department at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Scholarships won

These students have been awarded scholarships to attend Wilmington College:

Presidential Scholarship ($9,000) - Jennifer Flint, a Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy graduate from Loveland who plans to major in criminal justice.

Dean's Scholarships ($7,000) - Shannon Brimelow, a Colerain High School graduate from Peach Grove who will study early childhood education; and Allison Staud, a Mother of Mercy High School graduate from Westwood who plans to major in biology or English.

On dean's list

Second-year business major Kimberly Strunk achieved a 4.0 grade point average and was named to the spring quarter dean's list at Ohio University.

The Colerain High School graduate is the daughter of Sandy Strunk and Larry Strunk, both of Colerain Township.

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A 10-year-old boy from Lawrenceburg, Ind., rode off with top honors last weekend in the National Barrel Horse Association Ohio State Championship competition, in Dayton, Ohio.

He is Clint Van Volkenburgh, son of Joe Trentman and Terrie Van Volkenburgh.

Clint and his horse, named Six, beat out some 150 other riders age 18 and under.

"I am pretty excited about this,'' said the Sunman Dearborn Elementary School fifth-grader, who has competed in Texas and Mississippi events. "I have been barrel racing since I was 5."

And it's a family affair.

"His mother and I have been involved in barrel-horse racing more than 20 years,'' Trentman said.