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- Six Sabine Parish 4-H’ers receive awards
News Release Distributed 11/18/11
MANY, La. – 4-H members comprised six of the eight Sabine Parish students who received the Discovering Tomorrow’s Leaders awards, a program sponsored by Chesapeake Energy Corp.
The winners were selected from more than 280 nominations submitted by school officials, families, friends, and 4-H and FFA officials.
In addition to the awards, Chesapeake donated $1,000 in equipment and supplies to each school. The Sabine Parish 4-H Club, FFA and Sabine Parish Chamber of Commerce also were awarded computers for their support of the students selected and their efforts in the contest.
Each week for eight weeks, a student was selected based on a wide range of school activities, including volunteerism with 4-H and character development through FFA.
Sabine Parish winners who are 4-H’ers and their high schools are Regan Anderson, Negreet; Samuel Laroux, Ebarb; ShaMiracle Brown, Pleasant Hill; Candice Richardson, Florien; Daniel Litton, Converse; and Hunter Curtis, Ebarb, who was one of two students who won a laptop computer at an awards banquet Nov. 15.
The event has also been held in Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto and Red River parishes.
Mary Ann Van Osdell
The LSU AgCenter and the LSU College of Agriculture