Scholarship winners

John and Phil's Toyota in Corvallis recently announced five Linn-Benton Community College scholarship winners.

Scholarship recipients are Aaron Collins, Cynthia Crane and Eric Rothe of Corvallis, Steven Paterson of Lebanon and Amber Zimmer of Junction City. Each will receive $1,000 scholarships from John and Phil's good towards one term at LBCC.

Phil Doud, president of John and Phil's Toyota, announced the winners during an LBCC Small Business Management class instructed by Marty Schulz at the Benton Center on March 4.

Delaney Rose McLemore, a Philomath High School senior, recently was awarded the Yeager Scholarship to Marshall University in Huntington, W. Va. This scholarship is a highly competitive four-year full scholarship offering students multiple opportunities for overseas study. The scholarship started in the late 1980s and is named after Chuck Yeager, a West Virginia native who was the first pilot to break the sound barrier. This year, 12 students from around the country were awarded the scholarship. McLemore is the first recipient from Oregon.

Pokemon league winners

The Pokemon Trading Card Game just finished its state championship series. In a field of almost 200 participants, members of the Corvallis Pokemon TCG league scored highly. Clint Armstrong took home a first-place trophy in the senior (11-14) age division. Junior player (age 10 and under) Neal Van Tamelen, placed second and Stephen Chenard third.

College performance

Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. - Chloe Shilaos, an Earlham College first-year student and daughter of Victoria Shilaos of Corvallis and Terrance McCoy of Junction City will perform in Earlham's Winter choral concert March 28 in Stout Meetinghouse. Shilaos is a member of Earlham's concert choir.

Philomath students earn awards

Philomath High School students earned six first-place victories at a statewide forestry skills competition at the 70th annual Oregon Logging Conference held last month at the Lane County Events Center in Eugene. Cody Labaha and Henry Labaha earned first place in cable splicing. Beth Torgeson and Kirk St. Clair earned first place in jack-and-jill cable splicing. Beth Torgeson earned first place in map reading. Karis Lindvall earned first place in tool identification. Kirk St. Clair earned first place in tree climbing. Shauna Foster earned first place in choker setting.

Philomath High School students competed against high school students from across the state in a variety of forestry skills, including jack cable splicing, compass and pacing, tree climbing and choker-setting.

CV student wins competition

Evan Wu, a 15-year-old sophomore at Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis, is the 28th winner of the Vernon L. Wiscarson Young Musicians' Competition.

The Wiscarson family and the Oregon Symphony Association in Salem sponsors the competition, which is held in Smith Music Hall at Western Oregon University in Monmouth. Additional underwriters include WOU, Salem Electric and Sterling Savings Bank. This year's competition was held Saturday, March 15.

Wu, accompanied on the second piano by his professor, Rachelle McCabe, performed the first movement of Robert Schumann's piano Concerto in A Minor.

Later in the day, Wu wanted everyone to know how much he also owes to his teacher, Joan Gathercoal. Wu also noted that McCabe teaches two of the other competition entrants, pianists Michael Sheng and Ellen Yin. Sheng tied for second place with violinist Patrick Yun. "McCabe's devotion to her students is incredible," Wu said. McCabe is an instructor in the OSU Department of Music.

Wu is the son of Junjie Wu and Susan Wang of Corvallis.

Also receiving awards were; in a tie for second place, Michael Sheng, piano and Patrick Yun, violin and honorable mention, Conner Plant, alto saxophone and Andrew Gerlicher, piano.

Sponsored by the Wiscarson family, the Competition continues a 28-year tradition, a labor of love that began when the Wiscarson Family donated money to recognize the mid-Willamette Valley's finest young musicians. Established in 1980 by the Wiscarson Family, this event provides an opportunity for the mid-Willamette Valley's young soloists to compete for cash prizes. Students in Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Linn and Benton counties, through their senior high school year, are eligible.

The OSAS administers the competition. The Association is responsible for bringing The Oregon Symphony to Willamette University's Smith Auditorium for a series of symphony and pops concerts each year.

For more information, see their web site at www.orsymphonysalem.org or call 503-364-0149.

OSU band director earns doctorate

Christopher Chapman, acting director of bands at Oregon State University, has been granted a doctorate of musical arts degree from the University of Washington in Seattle.

Now in his third year at OSU, Chapman conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble, and teaches courses in music education and graduate and undergraduate instrumental conducting.

Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Chapman holds a master's degree in music from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a bachelor's degree in music from the Ohio State University. His doctoral thesis at the University of Washington was titled, "An Investigation of Current Instruction Practices for the Undergraduate Instrumental Conducting Student Concerning Left Hand Technique and Facial Gestures."

Prior to his appointment at OSU, Chapman served as the associate director of bands at Florida Atlantic University, where he founded the athletic bands program and the Symphony Band. From 2002 to 2005, he worked as the graduate assistant director for the University of Washington band program. Prior to that he served as the director of bands at Foothill High School in Henderson, Nev.

Chapman is a member of the Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity, where he serves as the co-governor of the western district, and an honorary member of the Tau Beta Sigma honorary band sorority. He is also a member of the College Band Directors National Association, Oregon Band Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference and Oregon Music Educators Conference. He lives in Albany with his wife, Robyn, and their daughter, Cecilia.