Four people will be honored for community service tonight at the 49th Annual Freedom Fund dinner of the Cincinnati Branch of the NAACP.
The event will be held at the Cincinnati Museum Center and will feature a speech by the Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy, former congressman and a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Fauntroy is president of the National Black Leadership Round Table.
Honorees are the Rev. Damon Lynch Jr., who will receive the Wright Overstreet Memorial Award.
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| Golden Key member
Heather Waymouth of Mason has accepted
membership in Golden Key International Honour Society. The organization
provides academic recognition to college juniors and seniors in the top
15 percent of their class.
Waymouth attends the State University of New York at Geneseo.
Grad assistant award
Ryan Flannery, who recently earned
a bachelor's degree in computer science and math from the University
of Cincinnati, has been awarded the Ohio Board of Regents Distinguished
Doctoral Graduate Assistantship in Computer Science at UC.
The Covington Catholic High School graduate is the son of Terri and
Tom Flannery of Villa Hills.
Denison Young Scholar
David Smith-Watts, a senior philosophy,
politics and economics major, was selected as a Young Scholar at Denison
University. The program is designed to allow outstanding students the
opportunity to conduct summer research on a one-to-one basis with a member
of the faculty or independently with faculty supervision
In addition, for his leadership in Sigma Phi Epsilon, he was named
Outstanding Greek Leader at Denison. The Seven Hills High School graduate
is the son of Susan Watts and Greg Smith of Amberley Village.
Dean's List honors
Political science major Edgar "Ted" Charlton
III was named to the dean's list for three consecutive quarters
at Ohio State University and was also selected for membership in the
National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
The Anderson High School graduate is the son of Beth and Ed Charlton
of Anderson Township.
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Lynch is pastor of New Jerusalem Baptist Church, Carthage. He has been heavily involved in community activities, including serving as president of the Baptist Ministers Conference and a trustee of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
Herbert R. Brown, senior vice president of public relations at Western-Southern Insurance Co., will receive the Theodore M. Berry Award. Brown is a lifetime member of the NAACP. He was on the Cincinnati Board of Education from 1978 to 1987.
Moss White will receive the President Award. White is a retired Cincinnati Public Schools administrator. Since retiring in 1985, he has been involved in numerous volunteer efforts. He is chairman of the Milton Hinton-NAACP Scholarship Program and on the board of directors of the Greater Cincinnati Credit Union.
Gloria Nelson-Turnbow, a teacher in the St. Bernard School District, will also receive the President Award. She is the youth adviser for the branch and has served as director of ACT-SO (Academic Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics) for the branch for more than a decade.
"We are extremely pleased to be able to honor these four individuals for their outstanding contributions in making the quality of life better for African-Americans in our community,'' said Calvert Smith, branch president.
Eight students will receive scholarships of $2,500 each. They are Ashley Roberts and Victoria Stroud, graduates of Walnut Hills; Rena Dukes and Matthew Ewing, Purcell Marian; Fernika Mudd, The Seven Hills School; Nicole Bailey, Summit Country Day; Rian Karis Hill and Nia Heard, St. Ursula.
Village receives grant
The village of Lincoln Heights has received a $93,336 grant from the Homeland Security Office of Domestic Preparedness.
