COUNTY CHAMBERS ANNOUNCE 2004 FLAME FOR LEARNING AWARD SEMIFINALISTS The Johnston County Association of Chambers of Commerce has announced the twenty semifinalists for the 11th Annual Flame for Learning Award, the county's teacher of the year program. The association, representing the Chambers of Commerce in Benson, Clayton, Cleveland, Four Oaks, Kenly and Smithfield-Selma, sponsors the award each year. The semifinalists will be interviewed later this month and will be recognized at a banquet on April 26 at the Johnston County Country Club, where three finalists and the recipient will be named. The semifinalists and their schools are listed below: Krista Bass - Micro-Pine Level Elementary School Rebecca Batten - McGee's Crossroads Elementary School Susan Bottoms - Glendale-Kenly Elementary School Gayle Bowling - Smithfield-Selma High School Edith Boyette - Glendale-Kenly Elementary School Angela Davis - Polenta Elementary School Donna Hawkins - McGee's Crossroads Middle School Jill Helms - Cleveland Middle School Ginger Hill - East Clayton Elementary School Jo Anne Honeycutt - Cleveland Middle School Christine Jernigan - West Clayton Elementary School Emily Johnson - McGee's Crossroads Elementary School Heather Parish - North Johnston Middle School Sandra Perkinson - Smithfield-Selma High School Tami Poland - East Clayton Elementary School Joey Smith - West Johnston High School Anna Marie Sutherland - Princeton School Kristy Stephenson - Cleveland Middle School Amy Tabor - Wilson's Mills Elementary School Diane Valavanis-Moss - McGee's Crossroads Elementary School Congratulations to our semi-finalists as well as all of the teachers who were originally nominated!
