North Bend middle schools release spring honor rolls

North Bend Middle School and Oregon Coast Technology School released the honor roll for seventh and eighth grade students in spring.

North Bend Middle School

Seventh grade students

€ 4.0 grade-point average: Karissa Fults, Kyle Hamm and Lucas Hammond.

€ 3.50 to 3.99 GPA: Jonathan Harris, Jaden Justice, Mariya Wymer, Madisen Ranson, Aireannah Foren and Emily Thom.

€ 3.25 to 3.49 GPA: Christopher Coelho, Kelli Whitman, Kara Shore, Ian Thompson, Brady Snelgrove, Allisa Rumreich and Auston Townsend.

Eighth grade students

€ 4.0 GPA: Aubrae Hathaway and Alisha Simpson.

€ 3.50 to 3.99 GPA: Jake Fletcher, Kelly Sanford, William Rempelos, Kevin Accinelli, Jessyka Copple, Steven Hickey, Christina Picking, Brittany Blondell, Daniel Cook and Camille Deming.

€ 3.25 to 3.49 GPA: Amelia Sevy, Yuridia Hernandez, Jordanna Harvey, Stephen Burkholder, Cody Harden, Justin Hausmann, Alexis Kralicek, Morgan Stephenson and Jackson Stump.

Oregon Coast Technology School

Seventh grade students

€ 4.0 GPA: Alessandra Hossley, Miranda Raper and Grant Stein.

€ 3.5 to 3.99 GPA: Anna Brecheisen, Lucas Qualman, Courtney Greif, Ryan Hinerman, Jade Waits, Ashley Watkins, Julia Ingersoll, Logan Lucero, Kristen Crager, Miranda Devereux, Caitlin McCullough, Sara Riley, Quinlyn Deming, Caitlin Snuggerud, Ernest Waller, Kenzie Cossey, Devon Carter, Stephani Weston, Courtney, Krossman, Kaleb Noggle, Zoe Ottemiller and Jordan Tiller.

€ 3.25 to 3.49 GPA: Joel Traylor, Melinda Fisher, Emily Bush, Breanna Bishop, Jantzen Moeller and Ashley Edmondson.

Eighth grade students

€ 4.0 GPA: Katherine Wilson.

€ 3.5 to 3.99 GPA: Rachel Matthews, Kyla Feaster, Brianna Blaser, Jasmine Waits, Jennifer Holbrook, Sharayah Becker, Jaron Thatcher, Katelyn Romanko, Jacob Lucero, Dean Reitz, Elizabeth Beechly, Alek Elmer, Kyleray Katherman, Steven Cuzzort, Kira Jany, Jane Schaefer, Andrea Ousley, Brian Palamer, Stephanie Derby, Rachel Rema, Haley Dunham, Brian Mattecheck, Emily Hepworth, Connor Keith, Mallory Rose, Charles Bucholz, Audrey Sewell, Taylor Shay, Courtney Richardson, Mitchell Holmes, Nicole Medford and Carter Peck.

€ 3.25 to 3.49 GPA: Nathan Kahler, Taylor Cribbins, Melanie Greif, Georgia Elam, Johnathan Devereux and Nathaniel Hunt Kelly.

Local students earn places on OSU's spring honor roll

Oregon State University has announced the names of students who have made the scholastic honor roll for spring term. A total of 506 students earned straight-A (4.0). Another 2,288 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the honor roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work.

Local students included:

4.0 or better:

8 Jennifer Freitag, of Bandon; Jennifer L. Senner, of Lakeside; Kayla D. Crook and Katherine E. Laird, both of Myrtle Point; Megan Hibner, Kevin Sundbaum and Trevin Sundbaum, all of North Bend; Allison M. Blackwell, of Gold Beach; Scott Tisler, of Reedsport; and Melissa Shelley, of Florence.

3.5 or better:

Vincent T. Adams, Sebastian Balogh, Jonathan B. Cummins, Benjamin K. Huff, Mark F. Raggon, Sandra J. Rickman, Jordan W. Stewart, Ty Volin, Amy L. Welch, William L. Woods and Ian D. Woytus, all of Coos Bay; Matthew G. Bradley and Anthony J. Denniston, both of Coquille; Jennifer L. Grossman, of Lakeside; Krista D. Carpino, Dylan J. Hitner, Tyler S. Nay, Justin D. Schaffer, David J. Schwarm, Kaylie M. Towne and Chris B. Weekly, all of Myrtle Point; Kendra I. Brown, Andrea Gay, Sonny Goodnature, Kerry Larsen and Kortni Watson, all of North Bend; Dylan Boye, Zachary Brattain, Samuel Cohen, Hannah Cole, Kristin Coons, Blake Heiss, Barton Land, Sarah Smith, Matthew Wallace and Amanda Wetherell, all of Brookings; Jessica Brueckner, Misty Engdahl, Kaitlyn Hampton, Chad Schlottmann and Teresa Treinen, all of Gold Beach; Tiffany Hanks, of Ophir; Margret Mc Gowan, of Port Orford; Leopoldo Castaneda, Andrew Merschel and Amanda Schafer, of Reedsport; and Mary Jane Remer, of Florence.

Becker graduates from OSU with teaching degree

Linda Becker, daughter of Jack and Rose Belcher of Bandon, graduated from Oregon State University with a Master of Arts in teaching in June.

Becker graduated from Bandon High School before attending Southwestern Oregon Community College where she received her Associate of Arts degree. She later transferred to Berea College in Kentucky to complete her bachelor's degree in English.

Linda and her 4-year-old daughter, Ariana, will be moving to Arizona in July to teach fourth grade at Indian Wells Elementary School, which is located on the largest Indian reservation in the United States, Navajo Nation.

Ring earns construction, engineering degree at OSU

Amanda Ring of Coos Bay graduated in June from Oregon State University with a degree in construction engineering management with a minor in business administration.

She was honored with the outstanding student award.

While at OSU, Ring was a member of the Associated Schools of Construction and Heavy Civil Engineering estimating team, which won a regional contest in Reno, Nev., and placed second nationally in San Antonio, Texas.

Ring accepted a project engineer position in Portland for the Knife River Corp.

Ring is the daughter of Jim and Lori Ring of Coos Bay. She graduated from Marshfield High School in 2003.