Honored for service

RENO, NEV.Stanley A. Fishler, retired president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra, was honored recently by the Truckee Meadows Human Services Association as Humanitarian of the Year.

Fishler, a member of the Washoe Valley Ward, Reno Nevada Stake, has been a professional planner with the United Way for 31 years. He was cited for his work in making people the focus of concern in the areas of child care, homeless, mental health and retardation, chemical dependency, food bank and other health and social issues involved in improving the quality of life in the community.

Volunteer recognized

LA CANADA, CALIF.

Brent Goodsell was named a finalist in the 1990 National Outstanding School Volunteer Awards Program for his volunteer work in La Canada schools. An elder in the La Canada 2nd Ward, La Crescenta California Stake, Goodsell was nominated for his work in assisting elementary school children with disabilities. Each day for two years he assisted elementary school children during their lunch period and then spent two summers working as a full-time volunteer in the summer program for the children. Goodsell was one of 140 nominees selected as a regional finalist from more than 1,300 applications from around the country.

6th grade inventor

HERNDON, VA.

Samuel Aaron Routson, 12, has been selected as the 6th grade winner for Virginia in the 1990 Invent America competition. A member of the Herndon Ward, Oakton Virginia Stake, Samuel invented "the licking bubbles" solution for those who don't like to lick and seal envelopes. The invention works by filling bubble wrap with water and fastening it to the back of the envelope. When the envelope flap is closed, the bubbles pop and release the water to moisten the glue. Samuel was awarded a $200 U.S. savings bond for his invention.

Wins rodeo title

FILER, IDAHO

Zane Davis, a member of the Filer 2nd Ward, Filer Idaho Stake, was named the 1990 National Intercollegiate All-Around Rodeo Champion at the College National Finals Rodeo in Bozeman, Mont. He competes in bareback, saddle bronc, bull riding and calf roping and is a member of the rodeo team at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho, where he is majoring in public relations. He is currently serving in the Florida Ft. Lauderdale Mission where he is waiting for his visa to the Brazil Sao Paulo South Mission. After his mission and college, he plans to compete on the professional rodeo circuit. He is the son of former three-time world champion cowboy Shawn Davis.

Top chemist

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

A University of Utah chemistry professor, David M. Grant, recently won the 1991 American Chemical Society Award in petroleum chemistry. The 140,000-member American Chemical Society recognized Grant for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. He is also professor of chemistry at BYU, where he has been on the faculty since 1986.

A member of the Ensign 1st Ward, Salt Lake Ensign Stake, Grant won the University of Utah's Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence in 1987 and has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance and as associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Takes first place

PROVO, UTAH

Michael Boren, a deacon in the Pleasant View 5th Ward, Pleasant View Utah Stake, won first place in the standing long jump for his category at the 1990 National Hershey Track and Field Invitational in Hershey, Pa. Michael, the Utah state champion, represented the western region in the competition. When he was younger, Michael, who is also an honor student, had a leg condition that kept him from participating in any sport, but through determination he was able to overcome this obstacle.

Professor honored

PROVO, UTAH

Thomas G. Alexander, a BYU history professor, recently received an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. The association honored Alexander at its recent 50th anniversary annual meeting in Washington, D.C., for distinguished service in researching, writing and promoting state and local history.

Alexander is director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at BYU. A noted author, he also has won the Mormon History Association Award four times. Alexander serves as president of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (UASAL), and is a member of the Edgemont 11th Ward, Provo Utah Edgemont South Stake.

Receives medal

MAC CLENNY, FLA.

The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution recently awarded La Viece Smallwood the Bronze Good Citizenship Medal in recognition of her service in behalf of American principles. A member of the MacClenny Ward, Lake City Florida Stake, Sister Smallwood also received the Martha Washington Medal from the society several years ago. She was the first Floridian to receive the award. Sister Smallwood is a columnist for the Florida Times-Union.

Centenarian honored

HYRUM, UTAH

Luella Baer Nielsen celebrated her 100th birthday Dec. 2. The eighth of 13 children of Adolph and Louisa Haderlie Baer, she was born in Providence, Utah, and remembers taking one tenth of the family eggs, homemade butter and vegetables to the Church tithing office. She married J. Vern Nielsen Sept. 2, 1914, in the Logan Temple. He died in 1975. They were the parents of five children. She has four living children, 24 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren. She served on the stake YWMIA board for 16 years; twice as president of the YWMIA; Relief Society and Primary teacher; and as stake dance director. She was a visiting teacher until she was 82 years old.

Outstanding officer

BARSTOW, CALIF.

Capt. James R. Stewart, U.S. Army Medical Corps, was recently selected as a recipient of the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. A member of the Fort Irwin Branch, Barstow California Stake, Stewart was honored as the outstanding company-grade officer in his command for exemplifying MacArthur's credo of "Duty, Honor, Country."

Stewart represents the medics at the Health Services Command, which controls all Army Medical resources in North America and Hawaii. He is the first physician to receive this award. Stewart is deputy commander for clinical services at Weed Army Community Hospital located at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin.

Wins council award

ANTIOCH, CALIF.

Bernice Kentner was recently awarded The Award of Excellence by the International Image Council Industry in Chicago, Ill. Sister Kentner has provided the image industry with five books on color and beauty and numerous innovative creations. She is a cosmetologist who has specialized in color, fashion and cosmetic artistry. She and her husband, Bishop Dean Kentner, are serving in the Antioch Young Adult 5th Ward in the Antioch California Stake.

Realtor of year

OREM, UTAH

Utah County Commissioner Gary R. Herbert has been named Realtor of the Year by the Utah Association of Realtors. A member of the Sunset Heights 6th Ward, Orem Utah Sunset Heights Stake, Herbert is owner-broker of a real estate firm he began in 1980.

Multiple missionaries

NEWBERG, ORE.

The Hardie and Lorna Rollins family in the Newberg 1st Ward, McMinnville Oregon Stake, have four children serving full-time missions. Trina serves in the Texas Fort Worth Mission and her twin, Tara, serves in the Germany Dusseldorf Mission. Scott is in the Arizona Phoenix Mission and Tonya is in the Missionary Training Center, preparing for her call to the Argentina Rosario Mission. Brother and Sister Rollins are the parents of 11 children.