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Putnam County Rotary honors five high school students · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Putnam County Rotary honors five high school students. Written by
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  Shaw Local News Network, This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Putnam County
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  Rotary presented five awards to high school students at the
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  PCHS Awards Assembly on May sixth, recognizing academic achievement, extracurricular involvement,
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  and community service. Alan Castro received the NEWT Hammill Memorial Scholarship,
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  a five hundred dollars award for students pursuing business education.
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  Castro plans to attend IVCC and pursue a career in
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  marketing and real estate. Alex Rodriguez earned the Bill Klein
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  Memorial Scholarship, also five hundred dollars, which honors students who
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  demonstrate the drive and determination that past club president Klin exemplified.
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  Rodriguez has shown commitment to community service, academics and sports
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  and plans to attend Culverstockton College to study sports management.
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  Sidney Emmanuelson received two five hundred dollars scholarships for her
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  dedication to community service. The Dan Ramirez Memorial Scholarship recognizes
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  her intention to pursue a career in information technology as
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  a means to serve others. Ramirez, a former school's technology director,
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  was a Rotarian. The second award honors her work in
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  the PCHS Work Based Learning program, where she assisted Ramirez's successor,
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  mister Rundle Emmanuelson also participated in Rotary's Youth Leadership Awards
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  program and served as a mentor and companion to special
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  Olympics participant. Kennedy Werby, a PHS junior, received the club's
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  highest student honor for service above self. Werby served as
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  PCCHS Interact President this past year and participated in every
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  Interact project and event. In her honor, Putnam County Rotary
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  made a donation to the Rotary sponsored PCHS Interact Club