Marion FFA Chapter Earns National Silver Emblem Award
Marion FFA Chapter received the National Superior Chapter Award Silver Emblem at the 73rd Illinois FFA Convention in Springfield in June. Members Kelly Halloran Bryan Barton Bill Atwood Adam Dahmer Jason Cullum Steven Phillips and advisor Wayne Griffith attended. The chapter earned honors for student development chapter development and community development, including district fair entries a basketball tournament a float for Homecoming and a free petting zoo at the Williamson County Fair. Cody and Dusty King won State FFA Degrees, a first for Marion, and Halloran received Outstanding Chapter President with re election for 2001-2002.
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Wayne Griffith
Louisville
Cody
Dusty King
Illinois Ffa Association
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West Point Appointee Matthew Mazar Heads Toward Engineering
Matthew Mazar has an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point and will pursue a engineering field. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from The Woodlands High School in Texas. He is the son of Carol Lou and George Mazar of Texas and grandson of Jack and Mary Lou Atwood of Carbondale. Four students from Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council counties receive $1,000 May scholarships: Angela Poe of Red Bud, Jamie Harris of Perry County, Carlanna Bathon of Du Quoin, and Amy Cacioppo of Pinckneyville.
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Southern Illinoisfour
Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council
Angela Poe
Red Bud
Jamie Harris
Perry County
Carlanna Bathon
du Quoin
Amy Cacioppo
Pinckneyville
Carterville and Vienna Students Win College Scholarships
Carterville Ashley Anderson earns a John A. Logan College tuition waiver for fall and spring as the Carterville Scholarship winner. Denison University awards John Leebens a Faculty Scholarship for Achievement renewable for four years. Vienna’s Melissa McKenzie wins a Phi Theta Kappa scholarship to Southeast Missouri State University worth 2500 dollars annually for two years. Other grants include Amanda Kiser’s 500 dollar Environmental Managers Scholarship, April Drummond’s 1250 dollar Herrin Security Bank Endowed Scholarship, and Melisa Adkins’s 1825 dollar Mary Rendleman Johnson Nursing Scholarship.
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Denison University
Granville
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Denison
Vienna
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Phi Theta Kappa
Southeast Missouri State University
McKenzie
Vienna High School
Shawnee Community College
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Murphysboro
Amanda Kiser
Southern Illinois Environmental Managers
John A. Logan
Herrin
April Drummond
Herrin High School
Herrin Security Bank
John A. Logan College Foundation
Marion
Melisa Adkins
Mary Rendleman Johnson
Logan College
L. F
Pete” Johnson
Zephyrhills, Fla
Area schools vie for Malls4Schools prize in 2001 program
Ten local elementary schools compete for a $10,000 prize in the Malls4Schools effort at University Mall. Votes equal dollars spent, and rankings are adjusted by school size. Shoppers may vote through Dec. 14 at the mall’s customer service center, with weekly tallies posted.
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