Mooresville brothers Troy and Cyrus Homesley have been accepted into the 2008 Duke Talent Identification Summer Studies Program and will be getting a head start on college courses.
Troy, 16, will be attending Duke University and Cyrus, 13, will be at Davidson College.
To qualify for Duke TIP's Summer Studies Program, students must have taken the SAT or the ACT and earned scores that are well above the average earned by college-bound seniors.
Troy was accepted into Duke TIP several years ago, and Cyrus was just accepted with test scores in the 95th percentile of the approximately 70,000 academically gifted seventh-graders who took the SAT.
During a three-week term, TIP summer students enroll in a single course from options including criminal trial advocacy, screenwriting, international relations and controversial politics. The students attend class seven hours per day on weekdays and three hours on Saturdays. Courses cover the equivalent of a semester of college-level work.
Statesville artist honored
Statesville artist Ilisa Miller Howell just returned from participating in the American Craft Retailers Expo in Las Vegas and was awarded Best of Show in two-dimensional art. Howell will be featured in the September/October edition of New Age Retailer magazine.Howell's paintings can be seen at www.howellingmoon.com.
Humane Society of Iredell
Within the first month of their appointment, the new officers and board members of The Humane Society of Iredell County have hired the group's first executive director.
Juli Reed has been appointed to the position, and will manage the operations of the Humane Society. Reed has over 20 years' experience in animal welfare and practiced as a licensed vet technician from 1996 to 2007.
Prior to joining the Humane Society, she worked in private veterinary practice clinics. Reed's animal welfare work also includes wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, emergency animal medicine and animal sheltering.
The Humane Society's priorities are building a no-kill shelter, increasing the number of adoptions and spays/neuters, and reducing the pet euthanasia rate in Iredell County. Reed and the board will be starting a capital campaign to raise funding for the shelter.
For more information on the Humane Society of Iredell: www.iredellhumane.org, or call and leave a message at 704-871-2594. The e-mail address is info@iredellhumane.org.
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