Milestones

Help quake victims

The Augusta Chinese Coalition, including the Augusta Chinese Benevolent Association, CSRA Chinese Association, Augusta Chinese Christian Church, Augusta Chinese Fun Club Chorus and the Medical College of Georgia Scholar/Student Association, has raised $22,474 for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to aid victims of the China earthquake.

Nursing sorority

The following students from the Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing have been inducted into the Phi Chi Beta chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc.: Desire Greene, Lorri Hays, Monique Germany and Artinsia Shakir .

Get scholarships

The following students have been awarded $500 Irma Mildred Floyd Southward Memorial 2008 scholarships from the Augusta Area Alumni chapter of Fort Valley State University:

Byron Wilson Doyle, Erica Lashell Crawford, Nondhi Ronyea Harvey, Tamara Mackie, Knyatte Mitchell, Shye Etoy Richardson and Maurice Goodwin .

To receive grant

The Mentoring, Academics, Computers and Healthy Recreation Academy in Augusta has been selected to receive a $25,000 grant from the U.S. Tennis Association's Tennis and Education Foundation for the Aces for Kids program.

Photography winners

The following people were winners of the Augusta Photography Festival:

Edgar Miles , best of show.

Past category -- Ralph Parish , first place; Cameron Bentley , second place; and Colleen McBride , third place.

Present category -- Ron Beadenkopf , first place; Vernon Barnes , second place; and Myron Clements , third place.

Personal category -- Nichole Granger , first place; Misty Morris , second place; and Patrick Biestman , third place.

Honorable mention -- Gabriel Weathers , Lynn Reed , Tara Schuck , Robin Raymond , Donald Appel , Gary Dexter , Cherie Barnett and Casey Szocinski.

Lions Club officers

The following officers have been installed for the Hephzibah Lions Club:

Joanne Rogalsky , president; Phillip Shirley , first vice president; Faye Winters , second vice president; Jon Winters , secretary; Beverly Roberts , treasurer; Sherry Wodicka , lion tamer; and David Usry , tail twister.

MCG helps food bank

The Senior Leadership unit was the overall champion of the Medical College of Georgia Health System's third annual food and funds drive for Golden Harvest Food Bank. During the competition, MCG Health System raised 4,084 pounds of food and $3,928.85 for the food bank.

Named honors student

Sarah A. Gibson , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gibson, of Augusta, has been named a spring 2008 honors student at Phillips Exeter (N.H.) Academy.

On president's list

Melissa Johnson , of Richmond County, has been named to the president's list for the spring quarter at Heart of Georgia Technical College, Dublin.

Makes dean's list

Amy Elizabeth Rush , daughter of George Andrew and Sabrina Rush, of Augusta, has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.