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Bill and Beverly Peyton ofHustonville, Ky., announcethe engagement of theirdaughter, Iris Nicole Peyton,to Gustavo Alejandro Vale-cillos, son of Gustavo andAdriana Valecillos of Cara-cas, Venezuela.

e bride-elect is a 2008Summa Cum Laude gradu-ate of Campbellsville University where she played on thewomen's Lady Tiger tennis team and is a member of AlphaChi. She is a model for BenditaRose.

e groom-elect is a 2010 graduate of CampbellsvilleUniversity where he played on the men's Tiger tennis andsoccer teams. He plays professional soccer for Estudiantesde Merida F.C. in Merida, Venezuela.

A wedding is planned for June 9 on the beach of PalaceResort's Hard Rock Hotel, Punta Cana, Dominican Repub-lic.

Iris Nicole Peyton and Gustavo Alejandro

Valecillos

Jim and Carolyn HuffmanLand of Stanford are cele-brating their 50th weddinganniversary with a recep-tion 2-4 p.m. May 27 at Free-dom Baptist Church, 3505U.S. 27, Stanford.

e couple were marriedMay 27, 1962, at LancasterBaptist Church in Lancaster,Ky., by the Rev. Tom Nix.Best man was J.B. Land, fa-ther of the groom, and maidof honor was Ruby Stevens.Jim is a retired machinistand minister of music, andCarolyn is a registered nurseand assistant professor atBluegrass Community andTechnical College.

e couple have threechildren, Kelly (David) Ris-ner of Centerville, Ohio, KenLand of Lancaster, Ky., andLea Andra (Robert) Foster of Walnut Ridge, Ark.; eightgrandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Your presence is the only gift the couple request.Send a letter of best wishes for the tribute album to: Lea

Andra Foster WBC Box 3652, Walnut Ridge, AK 72476 orKelly Risner, 10809 Waterbury Ridge Lane, Centerville,Ohio 45458.

Lands celebrate 50 years

Jim and Carolyn Land

Awards

Beloit College, Beloit,Wis.: Caitlyn deAraujo ofDanville recently receivedthe Delta Psi Delta Pri at Be-loit College’s Honors DayConvocation on May 2.DeAraujo is a junior.

Graduates

Union College: Local stu-dents who graduated May 5include John Hodge ofDanville, who earned a sec-ond master of arts in educa-tion degree in specialeducation; and Chelsi Wallsof Stanford, who earned abachelor of science degreein health, non-teaching.

Sullivan University:Sarah Faith Coffman gradu-ated April 21 with her asso-ciate degree in earlychildhood education. She isa graduate of Boyle CountyHigh School.

Academic recognition

Denison University:Abby Kerbaugh received theJames T. Glerum top 50scholar-athlete award basedon her grade-point averageand class rank at DenisonUniversity in Granville,Ohio. Students were recog-

nized by invited facultymembers who commendedthem for their impressivebalance between the class-room and their sport. Ker-baugh is a sophomore atDenison University whereshe is a double major in bi-ology and chemistry with aminor in mathematics. Shewas a member of thewomen’s soccer team.

She is a 2010 graduate ofBoyle County High Schooland the daughter of Richardand Mindi Kerbaugh andthe granddaughter of Dougand Edith Pendygraft andQuinn Kerbaugh.

St. Catharine College:e president’s list includesstudents with a perfect 4.0grade point average: HaganGoldey and Kasie Prather,both of Lancaster; Lexi Har-ris of Stanford; AdrienneLeigh of Bradfordsville; La-tricia Smith of Harrodsburg;and Courtney True ofDanville.

e dean’s list includesstudents with a grade pointaverage of 3.6-3.9: JessicaDarland of Harrodsburg;Carmen Frederick of Burgin;Kayla Garrett of Willisburg;and Tiffany Reed of Lan-caster.

National Honor Society

Shawnee State Univer-sity: ree faculty membersbecame honorary members,and 116 students were in-ducted into Phi Eta Sigma,the National Honor Societyon April 10. Kaley Jackson,of Danville, qualified formembership and was in-ducted into Phi Eta Sigma.In order to qualify for mem-bership, students must havea 3.5 GPA or better. Phi EtaSigma rewards first-year stu-dents by encouraging aca-demic excellence ininstitutions of higher learn-ing.

Faculty members in-ducted as honorary mem-bers are Mary Oling-Sisay,vice president of student af-fairs, of Wheelersburg, Ohio;William Rockwell, directorof student housing and uni-versity center, ofPortsmouth, Ohio; andGeorge Trampe, recently re-tired associate professor ofnatural science, of Firebrick,Ky.

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Campbellsville Univer-sity: Several students re-cently were inducted intoOmicron Delta Kappa, a na-tional leadership honor so-ciety.

Local inductees include;

Kaylynn Best, a junior, ofHarrodsburg, secretary ofODK for 2012-13; KelseyBest, a junior of Harrods-burg, vice president of ODKfor 2012-13; and KellyYocum, a senior of Stanford.

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Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Lawrenceburg: Theassociate degree nursing pinning ceremony was May 3 at AndersonCounty High School. The class of 2012 includes Elizabeth Adofo, KrystalBarron, Toni Beasley, Nicole Bell, Christi Cress, Cynthia Crowe (class treas-urer), Mary Jean Garland, Delia Grigson, Donna Hines, Christie Jackson,Maria Layport (class secretary), Richard Price, Julie Pugh, Hope Ross,Christina Routt, Denae Sagraves, Donald Short (class president), LarryStafford (class vice president), Ryan Sumpter, Angela Tinsley, JoannaVaughn, Kimberly Walker, Tabitha Walker and Kimberly Young.

Campbellsville University — e university held its pin-ning ceremony on May 4. Among the speakers were Camp-bellsville President Michael V. Carter and Frank Cheatham,vice president for academic affairs, and 38 students re-ceived puzzle-shaped pins that featured the School of Ed-ucation’s theme of “empowerment for learning.”

Local students include Tara W. Johnson of Harrodsburg;Rhonda Maggard of Stanford; Courtney Nichols of Harrods-burg; Kendra Nutter of Danville; Peggy Gaona of Willisburg;and Daniel Chase Padgett of Stanford, salutorian.

Pinning ceremonies

Abby Kerbaugh

Sarah Coffman

Maggard Padgett Gaona Nutter

EKU student’s biodiesel proposal earns second placeRICHMOND — An East-

ern Kentucky University stu-dent earned second place inthe eighth annual Ap-palachian Ideas NetworkShowcase.

Christian Wyler, a juniorpre-optometry major ofLancaster, received $1,500after presenting his concept,“Ethanol of Appalachia.” Hisventure would make theplentiful source of switch-grass, which thrives on mar-ginal land and is resistant todisease and insect invasion,more readily available to thecellulosic biorefineries ofthe region.

e Berea College Entre-preneurship for the PublicGood program in collabora-tion with the Sullivan Foun-dation, hosted the two-daycompetition in April. EKUcompeted against AsburyUniversity, Berea College,Brenau University, Hamp-den-Sydney College andMorehead State University.

Teams of students partnerwith local organizations anddevelop an innovative, vi-able business concept.

“is concept interestsme because the environ-mental movement is apressing feature of our soci-ety,” Wyler said. “My con-cept would work with localfarmers in order to not onlyprovide resources and edu-cation, but help implementthe crop throughout thestate ...”

Wyler’s biodiesel re-search dates to his highschool days when he beganproducing biodiesel in abackyard facility. e 2009graduate of Garrard CountyHigh School was FutureFarmers of AmericaAgribusinessman of the Yearfor Kentucky in 2009.

To follow the progress ofWyler’s project, visit itsFacebook page at www.face-book.com/EthanolOfAp-palachia.

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