Staff Report
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
06/07/08

Hodges University will hold its 2008 commencement ceremony at 4 p.m. Sunday at Germain Arena in Estero.

Among the graduates will be 37 Charlotte County area students who attend classes at the Hodges University learning site at the Edison College Charlotte campus.

Graduates include: Jack Allen Jr., Tammy Bayly, Jason Bennett, Darrin Brooks, Amber Bryant, Cynthia Caldwell, Cindy Campbell, Juliet Chipunza, Pamela Demeo, Juanita Elliott-Parson, Francesca Gardner, Suzanne Gee, Rasheed Golden, Richard Groff III, James Harper, Amy Hickey, Michele Kenny, Tiffany Kidd, Patricia Kullen, Maggdala LaRochelle, Shonda McDuffie-Barnes, Petra McGuigan, Susan Myers, Julia Neal, Charles Pakulis, Christine Palma, Elizabeth Perz, Carey Ramandanes, Leiane Rossilli, Helen Sobel, Michelle Squires, Robert Tiner, DeAnna Trouten, Peter Wheatley, Robert White, Michele Williamson and Brooke Yahle.

The commencement speaker will be Sen. Burt Saunders. For more information, call (239) 513-1122.

Banks set to help

local food pantry

All five Charlotte State Bank offices in Charlotte County will participate in a June food drive for the St. Vincent de Paul charity food pantry.

The bank is asking that donations of non-perishable food items be brought to any CSB location:

Port Charlotte Office, 1100 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte.

Punta Gorda Office, 2331 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda.

Wal-Mart Supercenter Office, 19100 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte.

Midtown Office, 3002 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte.

Peachland Office, 24163 Peachland Blvd., Port Charlotte.

Lobby hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, except for the Wal-Mart Supercenter office, which is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

St. Vincent de Paul, an international charitable organization based at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Punta Gorda, needs jelly, peanut butter, canned meats, cereal, dry pasta and sauce, canned pasta, tuna, boxed fruit juices and canned fruit.

Middle school math team scores big in contest

Port Charlote Middle School Math team had outstanding results at the Sigma Math League competition. Sigma Math is a five-round nationwide middle school math contest.

Out of several participating Florida schools, PCMS ranked first in team score for grades sixth through eighth and first in overall team score.

The most notable individual score was that of Samantha Luce, the PCMS Sigma Math champion. She earned a gold pin for scoring 37/40, which tied her for 20th place nationally out of 5,547 eighth-graders. This is the best Sigma Math score ever achieved by a PCMS student. The PCMS math team is coached by Joe Kirkey.

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