Our National Merit Scholar

Hey, I have to brag for a second about Eric Newfeld, who's starred in dozens of community theatre shows over the years.

He's graduating now and getting ready to move on to college, but he earned an impressive honor, which was announced today:

Only two students in the entire Tri-State region were named among the 2,800 winners of a National Merit Scholarship, which provides four years of monetary awards toward college tuition.

The first is Eric A. Newfeld, who will graduate from Cabell Midland High School. He plans to attend Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., and study law.

The second student is Alexandra L. Kirk of Fraziers Bottom. She is graduating from Winfield High School and plans to attend West Virginia University and study psychology.

Eric's a great young man who has starred onstage and backstage - he was the assistant director in the last show I directed!

Congrats to Eric and his family!