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Rockingham County Schools students participated in the N.C. Music Educators Association’s State Honors Chorus on Nov. 8 at the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem.

The elementary, middle and high school choruses were made up of about 175 students each. More than 1,000 students auditioned for spots.

These are the Rockingham students who were chosen, their schools and teachers:

■ Taylor Slaughter, Douglass Elementary; Jonathan Drye, teacher.  
■ Jasmine Ismail, Holmes Middle; Eric Johnson, teacher.
■ Jawara Milles, Rockingham County Middle; Angel Rudd, teacher.
■ Mary Alice McMillan, McMichael High; Ann Pratt, teacher.
■ Matt Low, Morehead High; Sharon Barnett, teacher
■ Tyler Jeffries, Morehead High; Sharon Barnett, teacher.
■ Kayla Workman, Rockingham County High; Beverly Burke, teacher.
■ Danielle Zeller, Rockingham County High; Beverly Burke, teacher.

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A former teacher has established a scholarship at Rockingham Community College.

The Alice Carraway Smith Education Scholarship will support students pursuing a degree in education. Smith graduated from East Carolina University and later taught in Reidsville.

To be considered for the scholarship, students must live in Rockingham County and be enrolled in RCC’s college-transfer program for the purpose of pursuing an education degree. They must maintain a 3.0 grade point average, show financial need and be involved in the community.

Recipients can be full- or part-time students. Those who enroll in Greensboro College’s education program, offered through a partnership between the college and RCC, can receive the scholarship for two extra years.

To make gifts to the scholarship fund, call the RCC Development Office at 342-4261, Ext. 2000.

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The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office helped provide Christmas for about 500 soldiers.

Sheriff Sam Page launched A Soldier’s Christmas last month to help U.S. Army Lt. Col. Wade Blackwell and his regiment. Blackwell is the son of deputy Cynthia Blackwell.

Residents donated toiletries, books, puzzles, games and snacks, all of which were transported to Fort Bragg and shipped to the 382nd Aviation Regiment in Kandahar, Afghanistan. AFG Wipes in Reidsville also donated personal care wipes.

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Rena Marie Broadnax received the Lillian H. McLaurin Good Neighbor Association’s Good Neighbor Award for volunteering and for her “selfless acts of kindness throughout the community.”

Her community activities include volunteering with the Red Cross, making weekly visits to sick patients at Annie Penn Hospital and working at the polls during elections. But it was her work to raise awareness about autism that earned Broadnax this year’s Good Neighbor Award.

Broadnax, a Reidsville native, graduated from Reidsville High School in 1980 and attended Rockingham Community College.

She is married to the Rev. Harry L. Broadnax, and they have four children: Anitra Nicole, Christopher, Harry Jr. and Isaiah.

Broadnax is active at Shiloh Baptist Church. She likes to read, cook, bowl, play tennis and spend time with family.

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Several local employees received safe-driving awards Nov. 6 during the Reidsville Southern States annual membership meeting.

Richard Wright, Roger Weber, Tommy Fargis, Scott Roberts, Bruce Rees and Harry Nemec were honored.

Neal Bowman of Browns Summit and Brian Lewis of Gibsonville were elected to the board.

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Dr. Steve Halm was the guest speaker at the Nov. 12 Reidsville Kiwanis Club meeting.

Halm, a Reidsville doctor who specializes in pediatrics and internal medicine, talked to club members about the H1N1 virus. H1N1 has been around for some time, he said, and 19 million people died from a related virus during World War I.

Halm told the group that the H1N1 vaccine is effective and that its side effects are no worse than those associated with the seasonal flu vaccine.

The average age of those with H1N1 in North Carolina is 20 , Halm said, and those older than 60 are least likely to get the virus. Most of the people who have died from the virus had other health issues.

The club meets at noon Thursdays at Golden Corral on Freeway Drive.

Contact Jonnelle Davis at
627-4881, Ext. 126, or jonnelle.davis@news-record.com