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February 22, 2002/Adar 10, 5762, Vol. 54, No. 23
People on the moveLillian Howard, director of curriculum, programming, activities and events at The Jess Schwartz Community High School, has been selected as a fellow in the Day School Leadership Training Institute of The Jewish Theological Seminary. Howard is one of 15 Jewish educators nationwide to be selected for the honor.Sam Kathryn Campana, former mayor of Scottsdale, has been appointed vice president and Arizona state director of the National Audubon Society. Campana will begin her position immediately. The Jess Schwartz Community High School has received a grant from the AVI CHAI foundation, a New York-based private organization dedicated to supporting the growing Jewish day school movement. The grant will help the school reach out to community members in the form of scholarships and school improvements. The school has also received an AVI CHAI Judaic Preparatory Track grant to support a Judaic studies track for beginners. With the grant, the school will be able to offer an accelerated Jewish curriculum to students who join JSHS later in their education, allowing them to mainstream into Judaic classes at their grade level. Donna Troisi, day school director at the Tri-City Jewish Community Center, recently participated in the Jewish Community Day School Network annual conference in Orlando, Fla., representing both the school and the local community on the national agenda of Jewish education. Twenty-four Maricopa Community College Students are winners in the college's 2001-2002 Creative Writing Competition. In poetry, winners are Denice Caldwell, Misty Kiwak Jacobs, Carol Hoesch, Kimberly Rock, Roxane Barwick and James Vest. For the creative nonfiction category, winners are Diayn Day, Roxanne Wheelock, Denice Caldwell, Suzanne Lawrence, Linda Pressman and Tracy Werth. For short stories, winners are Diayn Day, James Vest, Zooey Stone, Nancy McCurry, Deborah Bauer and Marika Brown. In the one-act play category, winners are Dennis Burns, Michael Pauley, Gareth Amphlett, Christina Roberts, Elizabeth Farris and Tracy Werth. First place winners in each category are entered into a national competition for writers sponsored by the League for Innovation in the Community College. Phoenix-based Naturally Vitamins has signed a contract with MUCOS Pharma of Germany for exclusive and permanent rights to distribute Wobenzym N in the United States. Wobenzym is said to promote healthy joints, circulation, strengthen the immune system and speed recovery from injury. Temple Kol Ami of Scottsdale has elected Steve Weitzenkorn as president. Four new board of trustees members were also elected, including Michael Alexander, Ted Anderson, Bob Engelman, and Brad May as vice president. Continuing members of the board of trustees include Michael Gibbons, secretary; Elliott Pollack, treasurer; Natalee Josephs, Mark Kaplan, Scott Lentin and Leslie Lerman. Roger Cohen, who served as president for the past two years, remains on the board as emeritus. Avraham Azrieli has become a member of Brown & Bain, PA and is resident in the firm's Phoenix office. Azrieli primarily practices intellectual property law. Toni Wortman was recently elected president of Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel. Wortman, from East Northport, N.Y., succeeds Robert Spivak. Troy Hoch has joined the firm of Fennemore Craig as an associate. He will join the firm's real estate practice with a major emphasis in construction law. Julia Isabel Davenport, president of Maximize Your Publicity, announces the business' opening. Maximize Your Publicity offers services including marketing plans, organizing community events, Web site development, arranging speaking engagements and writing award nominations. |
