Student honors, a building rename at CF: Good news in Ocala/Marion | Sept. 11, 2022

Ocala Star-Banner
·2 min read

Area students excel in higher education

University graduate

Angela Stinson, Ocala, Doctor of Education degree, Educational Leadership, University of the Cumberlands

President’s List

Nathaniel Graves, Belleview, Southern New Hampshire University

Jimi Rucker, Ocala, Southern New Hampshire University

Jessica Chambers, Ocala, Southern New Hampshire University

Helen Cowart, Ocala, Southern New Hampshire University

Gregory Aylward, Ocala, Southern New Hampshire University

Faith Murphy, Ocala, Southern New Hampshire University

Kaylee Mandrell Oxford, Southern New Hampshire University

Karen Mottl, Silver Springs, Southern New Hampshire University

Safe dining: 2 Ocala-area restaurants ace inspections, 7 fail with high-priority violations

Where the locals eat: In SW Ocala: The Golden Spoon Diner has quickly found its crowd

Read all about it: Library at Mary Sue Rich Community Center will be named Sankofa

Dean’s List

T'Airra Lane, Ocala, Valdosta State University

Belinda Wilson, Ocala, Southern New Hampshire University

Alexeus Rodgers, Ocala, Southern New Hampshire University

CF honors retired athletic director with building renaming

The College of Central Florida District board of trustees has honored recently retired Athletic Director Bob Zelinski with a building renaming, according to a press release from CF. The former Newton Perry Aquatic Center, which will soon house athletics administration, will be named the Bob Zelinski Athletics Building.

The College of Central Florida District Board of Trustees has honored recently retired Athletic Director Bob Zelinski with renaming the Newton Perry Aquatic Center to the Bob Zelinski Athletics Building. From left: CF District Board of Trustees Chair Rusty Branson, Bob Zelinski, and Jim Henningsen, CF president.
The College of Central Florida District Board of Trustees has honored recently retired Athletic Director Bob Zelinski with renaming the Newton Perry Aquatic Center to the Bob Zelinski Athletics Building. From left: CF District Board of Trustees Chair Rusty Branson, Bob Zelinski, and Jim Henningsen, CF president.

“The board and college leadership are proud to recognize Bob for his years of service and commitment to excellence,” Jim Henningsen, CF president, said in the release. “His expectations of hard work in the classroom as well as on the field ensured that his student-athletes were prepared for life after graduation.”

Zelinski retired from CF in June after 23 years of service to the college and 51 years in the Florida College System.

Dunnellon student competes in NCAA fall athletics at Albright College

Clay Lewandowski, of Dunnellon, is a member of the NCAA Division III men's tennis team at Albright College, according to a school press release. A graduate of Dunnellon High School, Lewandowski is a sophomore business administration and sociology major at Albright.

GFWC Greater Ocala Woman's Club book bag and school supply collection

Sharon McCarron and Mary Ziegenhorn, of the GFWC Greater Ocala Woman's Club, organized a gathering to fill backpacks with school supplies that were then donated to the Ocala Domestic Abuse Center.

The GFWC Greater Ocala Woman's Club collected school supplies and filled 21 backpacks. The backpacks were donated to the Ocala Domestic Abuse Center. From left: Sandra Stipins, Pam Ruder, Sharon McCarron, Colleen Fuhs, Barbara Iazzetti, Charlene Earl, Darlene Vaughn, Nancy Hutchinson and Mary Ziegenhorn. Donor not pictured: Cindy LaRosa.
The GFWC Greater Ocala Woman's Club collected school supplies and filled 21 backpacks. The backpacks were donated to the Ocala Domestic Abuse Center. From left: Sandra Stipins, Pam Ruder, Sharon McCarron, Colleen Fuhs, Barbara Iazzetti, Charlene Earl, Darlene Vaughn, Nancy Hutchinson and Mary Ziegenhorn. Donor not pictured: Cindy LaRosa.

Nine club members met to collect backpacks and school supplies to be delivered to the center. Twenty-one backpacks were donated with a total of $700 in school supplies.

Dunnellon author releases mystery-suspense novel

Theodore Josiha Haig of Dunnellon will release his sixth mystery-suspense novel, “Baldwin Village,” in October. Haig is a native New Yorker and is a screenwriter, playwriter and novelist.

The book cover of Dunnellon author Theodore Haig’s sixth publication, “Baldwin Village.”
The book cover of Dunnellon author Theodore Haig’s sixth publication, “Baldwin Village.”

“Baldwin Village” is a novel about a Jewish community in Toronto that is friendly to U.S. deserters and draft dodgers during the Vietnam War.

Send items to calendar@starbanner.com

This article originally appeared on Ocala Star-Banner: Good news in Ocala, Florida includes building rename at state college