The Missoula FFA Chapter, which consists of students from Big Sky, Sentinel and Hellgate high schools, took home the Chapter Sweepstakes award at the 78th annual Montana State FFA Convention. The chapter also finished first in Parliamentary Procedure, first in in Agronomy, first in Natural Resources, second in Farm Business Management, second in Meat Evaluation and fifth in Agricultural Sales and Service.
The Sentinel Kiwanis Club of Missoula presented the First Annual Lyle R. Heath Community Service Youth Award to Sara Anderson, a junior at Sentinel High School.
Universities
Dean’s listUniversity of Washington College of Arts & Sciences - Kyle Anderson, Missoula
Johnson & Wales University (Rhode Island) - Ashley Dugdale, Missoula
Scholarships/awards
Nathan Lebsock of Frenchtown, was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Honors Leadership Scholarship from Dickinson State University.
Danica Clairmont, a student at Montana State University-Billings and a resident of Ronan, was the recipient of the Juliette Southard/Oral B Scholarship.
The University of Montana’s Office for Civic Engagement honored eight students for contributions to the Missoula community at the 2008 Volunteer Recognition Awards. The 2008 honorees, and the organizations with which they volunteer, were: Joshua Birchall, the UM Linguistics Program; Kelly Driscoll, Hunger Awareness Week; Jillian Hughes, the Ronald McDonald House Charities; Nick Lofing, Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children of Missoula; Katie Matus, the Poverello Center; and Kelley Orteg, Friends to Youth. Treva Bittinger with the Student Assault Resource Center, and Taylor Blakely with the Washington Middle School Flagship Program received “Outstanding Volunteer of the Year” awards.
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