SCOUTS

SCOUTS
Sophomore receives highest Girl Scout award
Brooke Ashley Williams is a recent recipient of the highest award in Girl Scouting. At the Cadette/Senior Banquet held at Ciminero's Banquet Centre on April 23, she was presented the Girl Scout Gold Award.
A daughter of Wanda Williams, Brooke lives on Highland Avenue in Lordstown. She is a sophomore at Lordstown High School.
Brooke is a member of Troop 324, led by Melanie Jones, and has been a member of Girl Scouting for 10 years.
The focus for Brooke's Girl Scout Gold Award Project was black history. She worked with young people to prepare a dramatization on black history, tookthem to a play about segregation and wrote an essay, "Black History is American History".
Brooke is also active in summer track and New Fellowship Church and is a volunteer at Trumbull Memorial Hospital.
4 Scouts win gold
In a ceremony last month, the Lake-to-River Girl Scout Council presented the Girl Scout Gold award to four members of Troop 238 of Liberty.
The troop's service award was having a Valentine's Day dinner dance for senior citizens of Liberty, Hubbard, Girard, Niles and Lordstown.
Guests were given a photograph to commemorate the occasion, a homemade dinner, roses and candle globes. They then were able to dance the evening away to 1940s-style swing music. The girls chose this project to reinforce the idea that senior citizens should be cherished not discounted.
Laura Coombs, daughter of Janice and Fredrick Coombs, is a senior at Liberty High School. She is a member of the National Honor Society and the drama club.
She played the tuba in the marching band and the trumpet in the symphonic band. She is a member of Church Hill United Methodist Church.
Katelyn Furlong, daughter of Lori and Mark Furlong, is a junior at Liberty High School. She plays the flute in the marching and concert band. She is a cheerleader and a member of the yearbook staff. Katelyn is part of the puppet team at Pleasant Valley Church, where she is a member.
Mandi Milligan, daughter of Deanna Eggelston of Liberty and Brian Milligan of Niles, is a junior at LHS, where she is a member of the girls soccer team. She plays the tuba in the marching band and the flute in the symphonic band.
She is corresponding secretary for the youth group at Church Hill United Methodist, where she is a member.
Carol Ann Smolka, daughter of Teresa and Joseph Smolka, is a junior at LHS. She is a member of the school's NHS, Tri-M Music Honor Society, and the school newspaper. She is the drum major for the marching band, plays clarinet for the symphonic band, and plays tenor saxophone and keyboard for the jazz band. She also is a member of the Stambaugh Youth Symphonic band. A member of Church Hill United Methodist Church, she is the co-president for its youth group.
All the young women received the Girl Scout Silver awards in 2002.
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