The Garden Clubs of Durham showed its hard work and horticultural skills last month at the lower level of Stanford L. Warren Library.

There were eight categories of flowers represented. The majority of the flowers used were grown in their yards and homes.

Clubs involved were La Petite, La Petite Youth, Lyon Park Rose, Lyon Park Rose Youth, Year Round, Little Garden and Little Garden Buds.

Pupils earn scholarships

Today's Woman Organization Inc. honored Francenia Shuler, Minnie Forte-Brown, Mary Jacobs and Omega Curtis Parker with the "Phenomenal Women doing Phenomenal Work" award.

The organization also awarded high school seniors Kiera Lynn of Southern High School and Donald Landon Hawkins II of Chapel Hill High School with $1,000 scholarships to assist them with college.

Two get fellowships

Charmaine Fuller and Alba Onofrio have received the William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations.

Fuller, the current executive director of the Carolina Justice Policy Center in Durham, is a native of Henderson. She graduated magna cum laude from N.C. Central University in 2002 with a degree in political science and a concentration in international relations.

In 2007, Ms. Fuller completed the Master of Public Administration Program at N.C. State University with a concentration in nonprofit administration. Ms. Fuller is a former research assistant for the late state Sen. Jeanne Hopkins Lucas of Durham and has been employed by the Carolina Justice Policy Center since 2004.

Alba Onofrio is a bilingual nonprofit consultant specializing in institutional infrastructure and cultural competency. Previously, she served as executive director of El Centro Hispano, the largest grassroots Latino community center in the state. As a Latina-Anglo-American raised in the mountains of western North Carolina, Alba is dedicated to building cross-cultural understanding among diverse communities.

As a graduate of Duke University with a degree in comparative area studies, she currently does consulting work with Southerners on New Ground (SONG), a regional organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer activists committed to building community and movement strategy across various lines of difference.

Sertoma Club turns 25

The James E. Shepard Sertoma Club celebrated the group's 25th anniversary on June 24 at the Radisson Hotel. Dr. Charlie Nelms, chancellor of N.C. Central University, was the speaker.

Joe Gibbs, president of the club, presided over the program. It included a presentation of awards to Joseph Hilliard, Sertoman of the Year; Emmett Tilley III, recipient of the James E. Shepard Educator's Award; and Frank Davis Jr., who won the Service to Mankind Award.

The James E. Shepard Sertoma Club was chartered June 30, 1983.