Education briefs for July20

Olympian News Services | • Published July 19, 2008

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New Market student wins gold medal

Gabriel R. Cornman, a student at New Market Skills Center, won the gold medal for "internetworking" at the national SkillsUSA Championships. The winners were announced recently at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. SkillsUSA is a national organization for students in trade, industrial, technical and health occupations.

The internetworking contest consists of three main parts; networking design, general networking knowledge and hands-on evaluations.

Corman's gold medal came with a paid trip to CISCO headquarters in San Jose, Calif., software and hardware from Linksys, CISCO and Fluke, a $500 scholarship, and tools.

North Thurston grad gets scholarship

Cardell Smith, a recent graduate of North Thurston High School, was chosen as one of 32 teenagers nationwide to attend the Muzak Heart and Soul Foundation's annual summer camp, Noise. The camp, a two-week program created for aspiring music professionals, gives students the opportunity to learn about the music industry from top professionals in the field. The camp is July 13-25 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn..

Smith will attend Johnson C. Smith University and will be in the drumline. In high school, he played for his school's marching and jazz bands, as well as drummed for the Grace Gospel Choir. Smith also interns as a studio engineer.

Salmon group seeks project volunteers

The Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group is looking for volunteers with the Summer Chum project on the Union River in Belfair.

The Hood Canal summer chum is listed as an endangered species. Supplementation of summer chum has been one of HCSEG's project priorities. In the past two years, about 600 to 700 summer chum returned to the Tahuya River as a result of the supplementation project.

Volunteers are needed to watch the Union River summer chum trap site 24 hours a day, seven days an week from Aug. 15 to Oct. 15. Shifts are 8 a.m. to noon; noon to 5 p.m.; 5 p.m.-10 p.m.; and 10 p.m.-8 a.m. Contact Julie or Kim at 360-275-3575 julie@hcseg.org.