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High School Recognition Recap Our April 25th meeting was our annual High School Recognition program. This year we featured 7 schools including Hononegah High School for the first time in the long history of this event. Just from memory, there were 3 furure Doctors, 2 teachers, 2 lawyers, a music teacher, a child psychologist, and a computer scientist among others. The highlight each is the awarding of the two Burdette Anderson Memorial Scholarships worth $2,000 each. In order to qualify for these scholarships, each of the recognized students is required to write an essay. The essays are judged by the committee and Burdette Anderson's daughters, Linda Oshita and Susan Vetrono. After each school's male and female students are recognized the scholarship winners are announced. Sue Vetrono announced that Conner Magnuson from Rockford Christian High School was the winner of the first scholarship. Linda Oshita then presented Sofia Korasick from Guilford High School with the second scholarship. Sofia also won the informal "smile of the group" award for a great smile. Congratulations to all of our honorees who give us hope that we have some great leaders for the future. We had a great turnout for this special event. President Pete welcomes everyone to our meeting. Helen Hill is the Master of Ceremonies and announced the precedures which will be followed to keep the meeting running smoothly. Boylan students Ryan Starck and Simona Caruana with Rotarian Roger Maggio, Rotarian Paul Von Driska and East students Benjamin Gibbons and Isabella Galvan. Rotarian Jeff Fahrenwald and Guilford students Kassandra Carpenter and Blake Falcione. Harlem students Zachary Nelson and Alyssa Fulton with Rotarian Mary Ann Norwood (in the middle). Rotarian Nellie Miller with Hononegah students Sofia Korasick and Gabriel Kohl. Rockford Lutheran students Emma James and Brenden Nelson with Rotarian Becky Rundquist. Rotarian Deb Johns with Rockford Christian students Connor Magnuson and Jor'ae Beaver. Burdette Anderson's daughters Linda Oshita and Sue Vetrono with the scholarship winners, Sofia Korasick and Connor Magnuson.
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