| 2011 4-H Honor Court named |
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| Written by Sentinel-Tribune Staff | ||||
| Tuesday, 26 July 2011 07:58 | ||||
After the elite eight members of the court were announced, Sara Boyle and Shelby Vaughn were recognized as the top two of the eight. Each will receive a $500 scholarship. The remaining members of the Honor Court are Marissa Dauer, Austin Davis, Amy Johnson, Andrea Kotula, Hailey McCarron and Jessica Walls. Each of them will receive a $250 scholarship. Members of the Honor Court will act as a 4-H Ambassador, often being asked to speak at functions throughout the year including achievement and recognition programs. They also may be invited by local clubs for speaking engagements. Boyle, Dauer and Walls were also named to the 2010 Honor Court. Boyle is a 13-year member of the Tontogany Four Leaf Clovers 4-H Club. The daughter of Roger and Judy Boyle of rural Weston, she is also a member of the Junior Fair Board and its news reporter. She is a camp counselor, a member of the Leadership Board, 4-H Committee and a CarTeens instructor. She will be attending Ohio State University pursuing a degree in Ag Communications. Vaughn has been a member of the Soaring Eagles and other clubs for 13 years. She has been active in competing at both the county and state level. The daughter of John and Kim Vaughn, Pemberville, she is the secretary of the Junior Fair Board, a CarTeens instructor and heavily involved in both the 4-H and Conservation camps. She will be attending the University of Toledo to major in nursing.
Davis is the only male to be named to the Honor Court in the last two years. He is the son of Matt and Monica Davis, Cygnet. He has been a member of Jackson Livestock 4-H for nine years and been active on numerous boards and committees since his freshman year. Among those activities are camp counselor, CarTeens, Leadership Board and as a Junior Fair Board member. He plans to attend college to major in engineering. Johnson is a senior at Bowling Green High School, and the daughter of Paul and Laura Johnson. She is a 9-year member of the Colorful Clovers 4-H Club and in involved as a camp counselor and on the Junior Fair Board. Kotula, the daughter of Brian and Karen Kotula, is a 12-year member of the Dowling Stitch, Stir and Stock and Saddles and Surreys clubs. The rural Perrysburg resident will be a senior at Eastwood High School, where she is on the volleyball and equestrian teams. McCarron was not in attendance on Monday as she was competing with her horse at the Ohio State Fair, the daughter of Sara McCarron, rural Weston and Chris McCarron, she is a member of five 4-H clubs including the Sunset Saddlers. She is also a member of the Junior Fair Board. The Bowling Green High School graduate will be attending ATI this fall in Wooster. Walls, the daughter of Becky and the late Eric Walls of Grand Rapids, is a 13-year member of the Tontogany Four Leaf Clovers 4-H Club. She is also a member of the 4-H Leadership Board, and a three-year member of the Junior Fair Board. She is also part of the Quilters Club and a veteran camp counselor. The recent graduate of Otsego High School will be attending Miami University this fall with plans to major in history. Interestingly, all eight members of the Honor Court are vying to be part of the Wood County Fair Royal Court in the Queen and King contest with results to be announced Tuesday night following the annual kick-off parade. There were 15 top 4-H members, age 16 and older who prepared an application with an essay and were interviewed by a panel of judges on Sunday. The top eight were chosen based on those applications and interviews. The other finalists were Bethanie Davis, Shelby George, Samantha Scott, Abby Sell, Maggie Selzer, Justin Swhihart and Staci Thomson. Though the program is a fairly recent addition to the 4-H line-up, it has become a very cherished and honored achievement. Funding for the Honor Court is a result of the support of the 4-H milkshake barn. |
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