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The Rockingham County Farm Bureau has donated $15,000 to the Rockingham Community Kitchen (www.rockinghamkitchen.org). The Community Kitchen is a joint project of Rockingham County Cooperative Extension and the Rockingham County Business and Technology Center.

The donation provided the matching funds required for a recently awarded N.C. Value-Added Cost Share-Equipment for Processors grant for $12,500.

Together the grants will be used to buy a steam kettle, labeler, scales, work tables, and other items for the kitchen. The new equipment and training will help food entrepreneurs safely produce a wider variety of value-added products.  

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Army Spec. Justyn T. Duke has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

Duke earned distinction as an honor graduate.

He is the son of Terrye Olverson of Eden.

The specialist graduated in 2004 from Morehead High School and received a bachelor’s degree in 2009 from UNC-Pembroke.

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Greensboro College named Jason Samuel Creighton of Reidsville a 2011-12 student marshal at its annual student awards convocation for academic achievement this month. Creighton is among the top-ranking students in the class of 2012.

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The Dan River Basin Association named Tiffany Haworth as its new executive director this month.

Haworth, a native of Ohio with a degree from Rutgers University, has experience working in both the corporate and nonprofit worlds in Illinois, New Jersey and New York.

Since 2004 she has been with the United Way in Martinsville, Va., where she has created new partnerships and programs and has conducted workshops and training for dozens of organizations and businesses.

The Dan River Basin Association serves a 16-county region, spanning the North Carolina and Virginia border, all united by the Dan River and its tributaries.

Founded in 2002 to preserve and promote the region’s natural and cultural resources, DRBA has headquarters in Eden and offices in Collinsville, Va., Danbury and Yanceyville.

DRBA’s first executive director, Katherine Mull, retired this spring. Haworth begins her position May 2.

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North Carolina Community Colleges recognized Rockingham Community College student Dale Earles Jones along with 57 other community college students for academic excellence during an annual meeting, held this month.

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Local artists Debbie Dishmon and Frank Duncan will have work on display at the Rockingham County Governmental Center in Wentworth during April and May.

Dishmon, a Rockingham County native, works with mosaics. Her work can be found on the ground floor of the building.

Duncan lives in Stokes County and much of his work centers on local history and nature. His work can be found on the building’s second floor. 

Contact J. Brian Ewing at 627-4881, Ext. 120, or brian.ewing@news-record.com