Early wins scholarship

Nick Early was awarded a Holton Memorial Scholarship, based on superior leadership and service in high school, to attend DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. Captain of the Moeller High School football team, he will also play football at DePauw.

Nick is the son of Tina and Al Early of Sycamore Township.

Four get scholarships

Mercy Franciscan Hospital Western Hills Auxiliary has awarded four scholarships to recent graduates of west-side high schools. Awards were made on the basis of academic standing and community and extracurricular involvement. The recipients were:

Matthew Schneider, attending Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing; Colleen Pater, attending the University of Cincinnati, and Christina Beck and Kevin Minges, at the College of Mount St. Joseph.

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All the world's a stage

If Catherine Van Wert listed her accomplishments on a resume, it might impress even the toughest college entrance committee.

And she's only 11.

Catherine will be as busy as a butterfly rehearsing for her role as one in Charlotte's Web, presented by Children's Theatre of Mason, Friday through Sunday.

The sixth-grader at St. Gabriel Consolidated School in Glendale will sing and dance as Bertie in Tom Sawyer at Sawyer Point during Tall Stacks Oct. 12-19.

She has also been cast in the ballet production of The Jungle Book at the Taft Theatre, March 18-24.

Catherine has studied dance at Nancy Norrick School of Ballet for seven years.

Another part of her busy schedule includes voice lessons under the direction of Elisabeth Robertson Studios at Cincinnati Music Academy, along with piano lessons.

She is a Girl Scout, plays on St. Gabriel's sixth-grade basketball team and is a soloist for the school's weekly children's Mass.

Catherine is the daughter of Robert and Linda Van Wert of Liberty Township.