Military news

Army Pvt. Morgan A. Durling has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. He is the son of Richard and Kathleen Durling of Corvallis. He graduated from Corvallis High School in 2007.

Jennifer Smart graduated from U.S. Navy Basic training at Great Lakes, Ill., on Feb. 15. Jennifer earned the singular honor of Recruit Chief Petty Officer in her division of 88 recruits. This is the highest-ranking position in the recruit training command structure. Jennifer graduated from Crescent Valley High School in 2006.

Air Force Airman Alfred J. Hayes has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of Debrah Taylor-Sole of Corvallis and Alfred Hayes Jr. of Eugene. Hayes graduated in 2006 from West Albany High School.

Private First Class Cody L. Ash completed Marine Corps basic training, San Diego, Calif., and diesel mechanic school in Camp Lejeune, N.C. He is now stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Ash is the son of Larry Ash of Sweet Home and Tonya Ash of Albany. He’s the grandson of Lawrence Ash of Shedd and Arnold and Phyllis Secher of Philomath. He graduated from Corvallis High School in 2006.

Eagle Scout

Charles Edward Siddoway will receive his Eagle Scout award on March 3. He is the son of Terri Siddoway of Eugene. His Eagle Scout service project benefited Philomath Community Services by adding fencing and a rolling gate system to the rear of the building.

Top historian

Jeff Sklansky, an associate professor at Oregon State University, has been selected one of the top young historians in the country by the History News Network. Historians were selected for the honor based on accomplishments in their profession.

Sklansky teaches American intellectual and cultural history in OSU’s department of history. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1988, he received his master’s degree and Ph.D. in history from Columbia University, where he did his doctoral work on the ideological roots of modern American social science. He joined the OSU faculty in 1997.

His first book, “The Soul’s Economy: Market Society and Selfhood in American Thought, 1820-1920” (University of North Carolina Press), won the 2004 Cheiron Book Prize from Cheiron, the International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Sklansky is currently working on a book titled “The Money Question: Currency in American Political Thought, 1700-1900,” which traces the struggle over what should serve as money, who should control its creation and circulation and according to what rules.

His work has been supported by year-long fellowships from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Charles Warren Center at Harvard University, and the American Council of Learned Societies.

He also is also editor of the book series, “New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History,” from Johns Hopkins University Press.

History News Network is a nonprofit corporation based in Washington. It aspires to put news in a historical context by publishing articles written by historians on current events topics. Its Web site is: http://hnn.us

— OSU News

Santiam Christian Schools

Honor Roll List, 2007-08, second quarter:

Senior class n 4.0: Curtis Burwell, Kathryn Caday, Seth Carey, Joshua Brumfield, Jennifer Danna, Terri De Jager, Katie Elwer, Luke Fowler, Jordan Gerding, Samantha Gilman, Scott Hart, Susan Herbert, Ji Hye Kim, Wade Knowles, Dana Kropf, Michelle Land, Amollia Matthews, Rachel Miller, Keith Petersen, Amy Peterson, Alyssa Schmidt, McKenzie Ulrich and Lisa Zuidema.

Senior class — 3.5 and above: Rebecca Anni, Beth Brandaw, Andrew Conniff, Kyle Doty, Stacy Eash, Stephen Foster, Edward Henricks, Andrew Kennel, Hannah Kessi, Grant Knowles, Kalyssa Koontz, Jacob Kummer, Ethan Ladd, Johnny Moa, Steven Morris, Benjamin Oldham, Michelle Reynolds, Andrew Richardson, Anthony Saviola, Andrew Seumalo, Isaac Sutter, Eunice Trujillo, Rebekah Warner, Masa Watase, Raechel Wendel and Jacob Wonsley.

Junior class — 4.0: Nicole Barton, KateAshley Clarke, Chuck Gidley, Sara Gray, Christopher Hebert, Erik Hellesto, Demetri Howerton, Taylor Kummer, Christopher Mikkelson, Lisa Perry, Jason Powell, Amanda Prentiss, Lauren Schaffner, Danae Swatman, Courtney Towery, Denise Vande Burgt and Sean Wilson.

Junior class — 3.5 and above: Amy Balkins, Corrie Bellamy, Ian Bellamy, Rebecca Boddy, Ashley Boersma, Jordyn Coon, Hannah Doyle, Brandon Ellis, Kirsti Graffenberger, Ryan Hanson, Spenser Harold, Timo Hohmann, Derek Howerton, DoeJin Kim, Megan Klosterman, Rachel Kubler, Tristan Manley, Lauren Oakes, Roxy Ower, Jung-Yeun (Laurie) Park, Shelley Platt, Ah Young Song, Kayla Sundin, Marcus Thomas, Miranda Warren and Daniel Ziminski.

Sophomore class — 4.0: Cressa Berg, Kyle Alexander, Brooke Callis, Bethany Carlson, Ellen Chambers, Robert Graham, Dustin Grimps, Heather Hambley, Kiersten Hendrix, Kimberly Knaupp, Noelle McCarthy, Sarah Miller, David Nigro, Tammy Pratt, Julia Quiring, Connor Schehen, Jonathan Stavros, McKenzie Thompson, Alisha Veldink, Austin Williams and Taylin Woods.

Sophomore class — 3.5 and above: Lianna Barnes, Hannah Bittner, Kathryn Blakely, Hannah Bowder, Bryan Bremer, Hannah Carpenter, Megan Daniels, Maggie Dufour, Kaz Dyer, Aubri Emmert, David Faddis, Timothy Fanno, Benjamin Griner, William Harvey, Megan Herrold, Elaine Horton, Hwan Hoon (Chris) Jung, Yoko Karasawa, Isaac Kennel, Han Jun (Ryan) Kim, Sheng-En (David) Lin, Tyler Mavichien, Eric Morris and Hannah Warner.

Freshman class — 4.0: Vahishtah Dasteur, Emily Hellesto, Elle Coon, Josiah Covey, Emma Carlson, Ian Coe. Doe Hyun Kim, Timothy Prentiss, Bethany Reams, Kaylee Roderick, Ashley Torgerson, Michaelah Swier, Anna Wruck and J. Renee Zipp.

Freshman class — 3.5 and above: Hanna Almen, Wesley Barton, Tyler Brumfield, Krista Burrows, Dustin Edin, Mary Hart, SooMin Jun, Kelsie Kachel, Soo Hyun (April) Kwon, Elizabeth Land, Jieun (Kira) Lee, Matthew Maupin, Shea Mead, Micah Meyers, Kendra Moss, Michael Neilson, Arielle Nunez, Brooks Radtke, Hayden Tedrow, Thomas Ulrich, Rachel Van Dyke, Jessica Waite and Taylor Wobig.

Eighth grade — 4.0: Kenneth Anderson, Evan Barnes, Molly Bartholomew, WanHee (Tessa) Chung, Joshua Edwards, Julia Fox, Eric Gray, Jade Headings, Jeffrey Hendrix, Gretchen Jacobsen, Hanna Kim, Erin Miller, Victoria Nelson, Daniel Parsons, Tyler Ropp, Levi Salyer, Reese Schaffner, Isaac Seumalo, Elizabeth Slezak, AnnaMae Sutherland, Pendrey Trammell, Lauren Verdeyen, Travis Waite and Darcie Woods.

Eighth grade — 3.5 and above: Tyler Aldrich, Sara Almen, Daniel Bowder, Brielle Bromley, Joseph Chambers, Sean Cornell, Jonathan Faddis, Michael Fanno, Laura Freeman, Jacob Howard, Matthew Klosterman, Victoria Kreger, Ryan Kropf, Connor Ledeboer, SooMin Lee, Christa Towery, Duane Troyer and Michael Worotikan.

Seventh grade — 4.0: Emma Boersma, Emilee Bradley, Taylor Deskins, Jodie Dufour, Kandice Easdale, Rebecca Elmer, Tiffany de Vos, Peter Fricke, Andrew Han, Eunice Kim, Jordan Lange, Danika Locey, Nicole Magnuson, Rachel Maupin, Zachary Paul, Jonathan Perry, Merissa Prentiss, Micah Ropp, Grant Schroeder, Amy Shifley, Kalyn Thayer, Laura Thompson and Derek Wong.

Seventh grade — 3.5 and above: Michael Armour, Jennifer Baily, Olivia Boddy, Matthew Bolden, Michael Brown, Emily Griner, Nishana Hamann, David Harold, Sadie Hellesto, Tyler Judd, Cody Manzi, Christina Mason, Joseph Miller, Caleb Moss, Graham Nock, Cody Paratore, Austin Powell, Anthony Sahakian, James Saunders, Jesse Seumalo, Jordan Swigart-Riginger, Emily Thiessen, Joanna Ziminski, Kodi Wolfe and Abigail Woosley.