Patch Bloomingdale-Riverview, FL --

 

The Hillsborough County Council PTA/PTSA has announced the winners of the 2013 Refelctions contest in which students are recognized in dance choreography, music composition, film, literature, the visual arts and photography.

Reflections, founded in 1969 to encourage students to explore their talents and express themselves, is for students in pre-kindergarten through the 12th grade. Works are first judged by the school-based PTA. The winning entries than advance to the Hillsborough County Council PTA/PTSA competition.

A lucky few have their entries move on state competition in April and national competition in June.

This year's Reflections theme was "The Magic of a Moment."

More than 30 students were recognized from Eastern Hillsborough County schools, including Bevis, Cimino, FishHawk Creek, Lithia Springs and Stowers elementary schools; Randall Middle School; and Bloomingdale and Newsome high schools.

· *See FishHawk Student Awarded Top Prize for Capturing Joyful Image With Her Camera*

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*Did you create work for the 2012-13 Reflections contest in Hillsborough County schools? Were you involved in the contest in some capacity, as student, organizer, teacher, parent or judge? Tell us about it in the comments box below.*

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*2013 REFLECTION CONTEST WINNERS: HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY*

*DANCE CHOREOGRPAHY*
*Primary School Division*
Judges Choice Chiles Dayna Ung
Honorable Mention Buckhorn Austin White
Honorable Mention Roosevelt Chloe Pfeiffer
3rd Place Carrollwood Jocelyn Pritchard
2nd Place Claywell Alexander Vidal
1st Place Lake Magdalene Elizabeth "Beth" Johns
*Intermediate Division*
Judges Choice Dale Mabry Brianna Rhoads
Honorable Mention Northwest Vanessa Cunningham
Honorable Mention Buckhorn Meghan White
3rd Place Hunters Green Tyler Forman
2nd Place Pride Rhea Pitale
1st Place MacFarlane Park Tatiana Tipton
*Intermediate - Special Artist Division*

1st Place Oak Park Ruby Sage
*Middle School Division*

Judges Choice Orange Grove Adia Hollist
Honorable Mention Orange Grove Anthony Silverio
Honorable Mention Orange Grove Emily Dole-Muinos
3rd Place Orange Grove Anderson DaSilva
2nd Place Orange Grove Crystal Irizarry
1st Place Orange Grove Tiana White
*High School Division*


3rd Place Bloomingdale Katie Hall
2nd Place Bloomingdale Mallory Hillary
1st Place Bloomingdale Kassidy Bevel




*MUSIC COMPOSITION*

*Primary School Division*

Honorable Mention MacFarlane Park Anna Harris
Honorable Mention Carrollwood Jocelyn Pritchard
3rd Place Lutz Prep Zoey Chang
2nd Place Chiles Dayna Ung
1st Place Roosevelt Chloe Pfeiffer
*Intermediate Division*

Honorable Mention Clark Sophie Marie Freed
Honorable Mention MacFarlane Park Karishma Chapalamadugu
3rd Place Bevis Alexander Fullerton
2nd Place Lewis Benjamin Vantoorenburg
1st Place Nelson Celine Wright
*Middle School Division*

Honorable Mention Wilson William Chapman
3rd Place Coleman Morgan Tankersly
2nd Place Martinez Michanna Jadick
1st Place Orange Grove Sarah Morey




*FILM*


*Primary Division*


2nd Place MacFarlane Alexander McColley
1st Place Schwarzkopf Devin Malhotra
*Intermediate Division*

Judges Choice Turner Arko Ghosh
Honorable Mention Roosevelt Kerry Tankersley
Honorable Mention Colson Sydney Greene
3rd Place Roosevelt Audrey Taylor
2nd Place Hunters Green Olivia Giraldo
1st Place Colson Emma Wilkes
*Middle School Division*

Judges Choice Davidsen Merdith Puster
Honorable Mention Martinez Pauline Howard
Honorable Mention Martinez Hannah Makholm
3rd Place Davidsen Linda Claire Chesney
2nd Place Benito Ashlyn Bartley
1st Place Martinez Michalina Jadick




*LITERATURE*


*Primary Division*


Judges Choice Dale Mabry Kayla Pawlik
Honorable Mention Buckhorn Molly Rice
Honorable Mention Chiles Dayna Ung
3rd Place Lopez Chloe Ryan Holzman
2nd Place Chiles Hansini Mahajan
1st Place Stowers Norah Christensen
*Intermediate Division*

Judges Choice McKitrick Paisley Gerasimovich
Honorable Mention Lopez Evan Kijanski
Honorable Mention Dale Mabry Alix Ruhin
3rd Place Turner Austin Stirling
2nd Place Northwest Olivia Rodriguez
1st Place Deer Park Naomi Garcia-Hector
*Intermediate - Special Artist Division*

1st Place Oak Grove Ruby Sage
*Middle School Division*

Judges Choice Walker Kristen Gallo
Honorable Mention Orange Grove Maya Garcia
Honorable Mention Coleman Hana Yankowitz
3rd Place Martinez Jamie Leist
2nd Place Wilson Amy Eldridge
1st Place Coleman Shea Straw
*High School Division*


Judges Choice Wharton Kaila McClarty
Honorable Mention Newsome Kira VanWingerden
Honorable Mention Plant City Nadine Lawton
3rd Place Wharton Rahma Elmond
2nd Place Wharton Kayla Talebi
1st Place Wharton Desiree Knight




*VISUAL ARTS*


*Primary Division*


Judges Choice Roosevelt Lincoln Chandler
Honorable Mention Apollo Beach Trenton Rogan
Honorable Mention Lutz Prep LeAnn Ho
3rd Place Wharton Rahma Elmond
2nd Place Clark Alexander Nguyen
1st Place MacFarlane Elise Weber
*Primary Division - Special Artist*

1st Place Lopez Stephen Burks
*Intermediate Division*

Judges Choice Lithia Springs Cameron Valdez
Honorable Mention Lutz    MacKenzie Bing
Honorable Mention Roosevelt Keeley Pendergrass
3rd Place Deer Park Werner Thoesler
2nd Place Lutz Prep Leslie Ho
1st Place Clark Cynthia Nguyen
*Intermediate - Special Artist Division*

3rd Place Oak Grove Ruby Sage
2nd Place Lopez Lorene Chambers
1st Place Hammond Anna Booth
*Middle School Division*

Judges Choice Coleman Shea Straw
Honorable Mention Coleman Elsa Lovejoy
Honorable Mention Orange Grove Maria Laura Villegas
3rd Place Adams Sabrina Chang
2nd Place Wilson Kayla Nelson
1st Place  Bartels Laura Wu
*High School Division*


Judges Choice Newsome Doi Kim
Honorable Mention Gaither Camille Malm
Honorable Mention Leto Irvin Reyes
3rd Place Leto Alejandro DeSantis
2nd Place Lithia    Teresa Arnoldson
1st Place  Gaither  Rachel Skoglund




*PHOTOGRAPHY*


*Primary Division*


Judges Choice Buckhorn Caleb Tubaugh
Honorable Mention Bevis Jack Suchore
Honorable Mention Lutz Prep David Hileman
3rd Place Cimino Ariel Burchan
2nd Place Hunters Green Will Leonard
1st Buckhorn Buckhorn Joshua Bembowczyk
*Intermediate Divison*

Judges Choice Lopez Hunter Lyman
Honorable Mention Hunters Green Julia Christianen
Honorable Mention Dale Mabry Sierra Shellabarger
3rd Place Nelson Zade Ksaibati
2nd Place Lutz Prep Caitlin Brooks
1st Place FishHawk Creek Adriana Torres-Juan
*Middle School Division*

Judges Choice Martinez Sadie Testa-Secca
Honorable Mention Davidsen Kaley Wojciechowski
Honorable Mention Martinez Veronica Hesswel
3rd Place Davidsen Aleena Ruscella
2nd Place Adams Rachel Johnson
1st Place Coleman Kathryn "McKinnon" Bell
*Middle School - Special Artist Division*
Honorable Mention Randall Kasey Murphy
3rd Place Randall Zachary Foyt
2nd Place Orange Grove Patrick Jackson-Williams
1st Place Randall Austin Huffman
*High School Division*
Judges Choice Newsome Mark D'Angelo
Honorable Mention Gaither Tyler Heinrichs
Honorable Mention Steinbrenner Ricardo Morales
3rd Place Steinbrenner Andres Rosario
2nd Place Bloomingdale Kristina Carreras
1st Place Bloomingdale Caitlyn Hine Reported by Patch 4 days ago.

Patch Brandon, FL --

 

The Hillsborough County Council PTA/PTSA has announced the winners of the 2013 Refelctions contest in which students are recognized in dance choreography, music composition, film, literature, the visual arts and photography.

Reflections, founded in 1969 to encourage students to explore their talents and express themselves, is for students in pre-kindergarten through the 12th grade. Works are first judged by the school-based PTA. The winning entries than advance to the Hillsborough County Council PTA/PTSA competition.

A lucky few have their entries move on state competition in April and national competition in June.

This year's Reflections theme was "The Magic of a Moment."

More than 30 students were recognized from Eastern Hillsborough County schools, including Bevis, Buckhorn, Cimino, Colson, FishHawk Creek, Lithia Springs, Lopez, Nelson and Stowers elementary schools; Randall Middle School; and Bloomingdale, Newsome and Plant City high schools.

· *See FishHawk Student Awarded Top Prize for Capturing Joyful Image With Her Camera*

______________

*Did you create work for the 2012-13 Reflections contest in Hillsborough County schools? Were you involved in the contest in some capacity, as student, organizer, teacher, parent or judge? Tell us about it in the comments box below.*

______________

*2013 REFLECTION CONTEST WINNERS: HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY*

*DANCE CHOREOGRPAHY*
*Primary School Division*
Judges Choice Chiles Dayna Ung
Honorable Mention Buckhorn Austin White
Honorable Mention Roosevelt Chloe Pfeiffer
3rd Place Carrollwood Jocelyn Pritchard
2nd Place Claywell Alexander Vidal
1st Place Lake Magdalene Elizabeth "Beth" Johns
*Intermediate Division*
Judges Choice Dale Mabry Brianna Rhoads
Honorable Mention Northwest Vanessa Cunningham
Honorable Mention Buckhorn Meghan White
3rd Place Hunters Green Tyler Forman
2nd Place Pride Rhea Pitale
1st Place MacFarlane Park Tatiana Tipton
*Intermediate - Special Artist Division*
1st Place Oak Park Ruby Sage
*Middle School Division*
Judges Choice Orange Grove Adia Hollist
Honorable Mention Orange Grove Anthony Silverio
Honorable Mention Orange Grove Emily Dole-Muinos
3rd Place Orange Grove Anderson DaSilva
2nd Place Orange Grove Crystal Irizarry
1st Place Orange Grove Tiana White
*High School Division*
3rd Place Bloomingdale Katie Hall
2nd Place Bloomingdale Mallory Hillary
1st Place Bloomingdale Kassidy Bevel

*MUSIC COMPOSITION*
*Primary School Division*
Honorable Mention MacFarlane Park Anna Harris
Honorable Mention Carrollwood Jocelyn Pritchard
3rd Place Lutz Prep Zoey Chang
2nd Place Chiles Dayna Ung
1st Place Roosevelt Chloe Pfeiffer
*Intermediate Division*
Honorable Mention Clark Sophie Marie Freed
Honorable Mention MacFarlane Park Karishma Chapalamadugu
3rd Place Bevis Alexander Fullerton
2nd Place Lewis Benjamin Vantoorenburg
1st Place Nelson Celine Wright
*Middle School Division*
Honorable Mention Wilson William Chapman
3rd Place Coleman Morgan Tankersly
2nd Place Martinez Michanna Jadick
1st Place Orange Grove Sarah Morey

*FILM*
*Primary Division*
2nd Place MacFarlane Alexander McColley
1st Place Schwarzkopf Devin Malhotra
*Intermediate Division*
Judges Choice Turner Arko Ghosh
Honorable Mention Roosevelt Kerry Tankersley
Honorable Mention Colson Sydney Greene
3rd Place Roosevelt Audrey Taylor
2nd Place Hunters Green Olivia Giraldo
1st Place Colson Emma Wilkes
*Middle School Division*
Judges Choice Davidsen Merdith Puster
Honorable Mention Martinez Pauline Howard
Honorable Mention Martinez Hannah Makholm
3rd Place Davidsen Linda Claire Chesney
2nd Place Benito Ashlyn Bartley
1st Place Martinez Michalina Jadick

*LITERATURE*
*Primary Division*
Judges Choice Dale Mabry Kayla Pawlik
Honorable Mention Buckhorn Molly Rice
Honorable Mention Chiles Dayna Ung
3rd Place Lopez Chloe Ryan Holzman
2nd Place Chiles Hansini Mahajan
1st Place Stowers Norah Christensen
*Intermediate Division*
Judges Choice McKitrick Paisley Gerasimovich
Honorable Mention Lopez Evan Kijanski
Honorable Mention Dale Mabry Alix Ruhin
3rd Place Turner Austin Stirling
2nd Place Northwest Olivia Rodriguez
1st Place Deer Park Naomi Garcia-Hector
*Intermediate - Special Artist Division*
1st Place Oak Grove Ruby Sage
*Middle School Division*
Judges Choice Walker Kristen Gallo
Honorable Mention Orange Grove Maya Garcia
Honorable Mention Coleman Hana Yankowitz
3rd Place Martinez Jamie Leist
2nd Place Wilson Amy Eldridge
1st Place Coleman Shea Straw
*High School Division*
Judges Choice Wharton Kaila McClarty
Honorable Mention Newsome Kira VanWingerden
Honorable Mention Plant City Nadine Lawton
3rd Place Wharton Rahma Elmond
2nd Place Wharton Kayla Talebi
1st Place Wharton Desiree Knight

*VISUAL ARTS*
*Primary Division*
Judges Choice Roosevelt Lincoln Chandler
Honorable Mention Apollo Beach Trenton Rogan
Honorable Mention Lutz Prep LeAnn Ho
3rd Place Wharton Rahma Elmond
2nd Place Clark Alexander Nguyen
1st Place MacFarlane Elise Weber
*Primary Division - Special Artist*
1st Place Lopez Stephen Burks
*Intermediate Division*
Judges Choice Lithia Springs Cameron Valdez
Honorable Mention Lutz    MacKenzie Bing
Honorable Mention Roosevelt Keeley Pendergrass
3rd Place Deer Park Werner Thoesler
2nd Place Lutz Prep Leslie Ho
1st Place Clark Cynthia Nguyen
*Intermediate - Special Artist Division*
3rd Place Oak Grove Ruby Sage
2nd Place Lopez Lorene Chambers
1st Place Hammond Anna Booth
*Middle School Division*
Judges Choice Coleman Shea Straw
Honorable Mention Coleman Elsa Lovejoy
Honorable Mention Orange Grove Maria Laura Villegas
3rd Place Adams Sabrina Chang
2nd Place Wilson Kayla Nelson
1st Place  Bartels Laura Wu
*High School Division*
Judges Choice Newsome Doi Kim
Honorable Mention Gaither Camille Malm
Honorable Mention Leto Irvin Reyes
3rd Place Leto Alejandro DeSantis
2nd Place Lithia    Teresa Arnoldson
1st Place  Gaither  Rachel Skoglund

*PHOTOGRAPHY*
*Primary Division*
Judges Choice Buckhorn Caleb Tubaugh
Honorable Mention Bevis Jack Suchore
Honorable Mention Lutz Prep David Hileman
3rd Place Cimino Ariel Burchan
2nd Place Hunters Green Will Leonard
1st Buckhorn Buckhorn Joshua Bembowczyk
*Intermediate Divison*
Judges Choice Lopez Hunter Lyman
Honorable Mention Hunters Green Julia Christianen
Honorable Mention Dale Mabry Sierra Shellabarger
3rd Place Nelson Zade Ksaibati
2nd Place Lutz Prep Caitlin Brooks
1st Place FishHawk Creek Adriana Torres-Juan
*Middle School Division*
Judges Choice Martinez Sadie Testa-Secca
Honorable Mention Davidsen Kaley Wojciechowski
Honorable Mention Martinez Veronica Hesswel
3rd Place Davidsen Aleena Ruscella
2nd Place Adams Rachel Johnson
1st Place Coleman Kathryn "McKinnon" Bell
*Middle School - Special Artist Division*
Honorable Mention Randall Kasey Murphy
3rd Place Randall Zachary Foyt
2nd Place Orange Grove Patrick Jackson-Williams
1st Place Randall Austin Huffman
*High School Division*
Judges Choice Newsome Mark D'Angelo
Honorable Mention Gaither Tyler Heinrichs
Honorable Mention Steinbrenner Ricardo Morales
3rd Place Steinbrenner Andres Rosario
2nd Place Bloomingdale Kristina Carreras
1st Place Bloomingdale Caitlyn Hine Reported by Patch 5 days ago.

Victoria Justice looked so chic at the Alice + Olivia Fall 2013 presentation in New York City last night! The star said designer Stacey Bendet wanted her to wear this black and white floral peplum dress with back cut-outs and we think it was a fashion home run! Plus, her Pretty Polly black seam tights were a must-have in the cold rainy weather.

OK! Look of the Day: Victoria Justice is Pretty in Paisley

On the red carpet we caught up with Vic, who told me she did her own makeup for the night. UM if the girl ever gets tired of singing and acting she could definitely have a career as a makeup artist! Her bright red lip and gold eye with black wingtip liner was gorgeous.

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*What do you think of Victoria's look? Comment below or tweet us @OKMagazine!*

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Patch Athens, GA --

 

On the final day of the final meet, when swimmers age 14 and under could obtain qualifying times for the upcoming state swim meet, Athens Bulldog Swim Club athletes huddled for a team cheer on the pool deck of Gainesville’s Frances Meadows Aquatic Center.

 “Go, Dawgs!” rang out authoritatively minutes before the swimmers readied for their races at the Lanier February Invite this past weekend.  Swim caps were donned, goggles were secured, and 22 athletes earned new state cuts.

Those achieving new state qualifying times included Caroline Allen, Anna Ash, Aidan Brook, Caedmon Churchwell, Fear Churchwell, Gunnar Churchwell, Wesley Cline, Olivia DellaTorre, Will Foggin, Anna Marie Garmon, Brynn Halbach, Gavin Jones, Siya Kannan, Charlie Logan, Elliott Martin, Kate Massey, Gracie Mauldin, Nick Mauldin, John Morgan McDonald, Macy Mullis, Dhruv Prakash and Felicia Pursner.

ABSC’s strong showing landed many swimmers in the top three berths in races in their respective age groups.  These swimmers along with their number of first, second or third place finishes total were:  Caroline Allen (2), Anna Ash (1), Aidan Brook (2), Caleb Camus (1), Mary Claire Cardwell (1), Fear Churchwell (3), Wesley Cline (2), Jacob Colquitt (5), Danielle DellaTorre (4), Gabbie Filipov (2), Cedar Hawks (2), Alex Hentenaar (1), Ian Hentenaar (2), Charlie Logan (3), Elliott Martin (2), Ellison Martin (5), Kate Massey (4), Lauren Massey (4), Gracie Mauldin (3), John Morgan McDonald (1), Macy Mullis (1), Camille Porter (2), Madison Rogan (1), Skylar Rogan (1), Abigail Weimer (8), Emily Weimer (4), Robert Wylie (3).

Some swimmers not seeking qualifying times competed in fewer races.  There were also 14-year-olds at the high school state swim meet on Friday and Saturday who only attended the Lanier meet on Sunday.

Other swimmers displayed increased endurance and speed by cutting significant time from certain races.  These athletes included Anna Ash (500 free, 200 IM, 200 fly and 200 free), Samuel Ash (200 IM, 200 free), Ansley Ayers (25 back), MacKenzie Baumgartner (100 IM, 50 breast), Sarah Blankenship (100 breast), Aidan Brook (1000 free), Caedmon Churchwell (200 back), Fear Churchwell (1000 free), Matthew Colquitt (100 breast), Brianna Dehring (100 back, 100 IM, 50 fly), Noel Dehring (50 fly, 100 back, 50 breast), Olivia DellaTorre (100 back), Anna Marie Garmon (200 fly), Ansley Halbach (25 fly), Gretchen Hinger (100 back, 50 breast), Kate Holbrook (1650 free), Lyndsey Kalessa (200 back), Siya Kannan (100 IM), Ava Kennedy (100 back, 50 free), Garrett Kennedy (100 IM, 25 breast), Charlie Logan (500 free), Henry Logan (100 IM), Kate Massey (200 back), Nick Mauldin (200 breast), John Morgan McDonald (1000 free), Marie Moore (200 IM, 500 free), Macy Mullis (100 fly), Maggy Payne (200 fly), Dhruv Prakash (500 free, 200 fly), Felicia Pursner (50 fly), Rebecca Pursner (100 IM, 25 fly, 50 fly, 25 back), Aisha Schulz (50 fly, 200 free) and Karen Zhao (50 fly).

Swimmers who maintained all personal best times over the course of two or more days of swimming at Lanier were Anna Ash, Jacob Colquitt, Olivia DellaTorre, Maddie Gist, Gretchen Hinger, Siya Kannan, Ava Kennedy, Felicia Pursner and Julianne Vogel.

Athletes showed seasonal improvement not only in posting numerous state qualifying times for the Georgia 14 & Under State Meet to be held February 22-24, but also in many personal best race times, good sportsmanship and team spirit.

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A recent survey from Pub Tech Consumer stated that over ninety percent of female readers share the same interest in romantic novels and e-romantic novels; that’s more then any other genre.

With the release of the top selling romantic novel Black Dagger Brotherhood by author JR Ward, vampire romance novels and e-books are making a name for themselves in the world of popular literature. With 74.8 million people reading at least one romance novel each year, there is no question that paranormal romance novels and romance e-books have made their place in literature history.

Author Victoria Knight has joined hundreds of other accomplished writers in the race for the newest and greatest romantic novel. With her newest novel DarkFire, Victoria Knight has taken the world of vampire romance by storm.

Knight’s highly acclaimed passion-filled novel follows protagonist Olivia Hunter as she pursues her quest for adventure as well as love.

After a passionate story of danger and mystery Olvia cannot seem to escape her past and finds herself pulled into an ever deepening web of intrigue, romance and mystery.

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Patch Lake Forest-Lake Bluff, IL --

Lake Forest High School announced the students making its first semester honor roll in a news release Tuesday. The names are listed as they were in the release.

*Seniors*

*High Honors*

Benjamin Richard Asma,  Camron Bagheri,  Kaitlyn K Bergmann,  Mollie Jo Blahunka,  Maia Alexandra Brearton,  Shannon Dempsey Brown,  Kylie Nei Carlson,  Alexandra Nicole Dayton,  Nolan ONeil Dohnalek,  Lauren C Dunn,  David R Fu,  Kevin Lin Fu,  Kevin P Goon,  Marisa Emily Houlahan,  August Edmond Klatt,  Daniel Francis Lewis,  Kevin Yu Li,  Ryan Liu,  Ingrid Berendina Lustig,  Peter Leander McCormick,  Brian Griffith Murphy,  Hannah Leigh Murrens,  Allison Nicole Penn,  Vincent Joseph Rinaolo,  Helen Wells Schlachtenhaufen,  Frances Sensenbrenner,  Samantha Rose Shipp,  Kelsey A Simet,  Jennifer Griffin Stutz,  Erik Swisher,  Sarah K Whitney,  Lauren Elizabeth Wyatt and  Jeffrey Thomas Zillner.

*Honors*

Arjan Abar,  Sabrina Maureen Acker,  Michael Daniel Affourtit,  Christine Marie Andersen,  Natalie Rose Asher,  Eric James Asmussen,  Kristen Karys Baker,  Edward August Barrie,  Nicole Rae Battaglia,  Anne Nicole Belgrade,  Mark William Benson,  Janna Leala Berman,  Emily E Bowman,  Saisha Chadha,  Laura Gee Chan,  J Elle Chody,  Caylie Marie Clewlow,  Ciara Neve Connell,  Clayton P Danly,  Madison Paige Delaney,  Grace Frances Demet,  Nicholas Emmett Demet,  Nina Sophia Demet,  Edward Murtagh Dempsey,  Morgan S Dever,  Thomas Michael Doherty,  Corinne Kathleen Donohue,  Elouise Jeanne Doyle,  Claire Riva Dumelle,  Henry Marshall Erzinger,  Kyle Robert Ewert,  John Thomas Faerber,  Madeline Rose Fasel,  Madeleine Jane Fawcett,  John Frame,  Theodore Spencer Freedman,  Andrew M Freeman,  Riley J Geschke,  Kathleen Sophia Gorczynski,  Lauren Nicole Graves,  Margaux N Guysinger,  Rand Hashim,  Katherine M Hayes,  Olivia K Hill,  Nicholas William Hodgdon,  Meghan Maurine Howe,  Matthew Davis Hughes,  Christopher Janeck,  Gabrielle Marie Javier,  Christina Quint Kalebic,  Joanna Maria Katsis,  Rachel Eleanor Keller,  Margaret E Kennelly,  Elizabeth Anna A Kerndl,  Nicholas John Kester,  Ella Margareta Knudsen,  Kathleen P Kurschner,  Hayley Erin Lakin,  Sarah Lenny,  Danielle Marie Loeger,  Erin T Malles,  Margaret Mary Mass,  Kelsey Sara McAfee,  Caroline Julia McGavock,  Amanda E McMahon,  Mia Mae McMahon,  Martha Carolyn Meng,  Madeline Rae Miller,  Isabelle K Montagne,  Cole Alexander Moore,  Max T. C Moore,  Karl Gethin Morcott,  Karsten Thomas Neumeister,  Olivia H Nguyen,  Nina Grace Nissly,  Brooke Pamela Payton,  Elaine Sarah Perret Goluboff,  Elliotte Kathleen Pomerich,  Jacob R Ragusa,  Daniel Harry Saffrin,  David Tilden Sanders V,  Taylor Grace Sandstrom,  Joseph Dominic Santello,  Alex D Sennello,  Devin Rose Shannon,  Faelyn Morahan Sheridan,  Emily Elisabeth Sherman,  Caleigh Ilan Silver,  Benjamin H Simpson,  Katherine Anne Sorensen,  Olumide Temitope Sosan,  John R Stanton,  Heather A Stark,  Jessica Cale Staton,  Layne Morrell Suhre,  Katherine Jean Sullivan,  Drew A Takacs,  John Paul Troller,  Mihaela Stoitsheva Tshobanova,  Luke R Turelli,  Nicole Kathryn Vargas,  Cameron Joseph Verbeke,  Weston Fredriksson Wildman,  Emily Christine Woidat,  Alex Joseph Woloshyn,  Mason Woods Kreppein,  Kathryn Elizabeth Wynn,  Sarah Elizabeth Wynn,  Harrison Kiwhang Yi,  Julia Alicha and Row Zureikat.

*Juniors*

*High Honors*

Bryan Andrew Africk,  Katherine Arnson,  Anna Backer,  Thomas Balk,  Caroline Blank,  Margot Dempsey,  Maximilian Foster,  Aimee Ihlenfeld,  Gregory Jakubik,  Anna Jane Keller,  Robert Anton Kesman,  Sarah Kitchel,  John Edward Kunz,  John Lekberg,  Megan Elizabeth Manning,  Brianna Rose Martin,  Jack Milanak,  Coleman Mitchell,  Mia Lauren Morettini,  Anna-Nicole Noronha,  Megan Desenis Peterson,  Lizett Pink,  Stephanie Pintas,  Ruth Cecilia Rinaolo,  Claire Ruggles,  John Sentell,  Gabrielle E Simeck,  Max Spehlmann,  Luke Staunton,  Andrew Trandai, Grace Mary von Ohlen,  Ryan Andrew Wang,  Madison Laughlin Wells,  Jacob Widner,  Natalie Jaz Yang and  Elizabeth Zordani.

*Honors*

Shannon Darby Altergott,  Pedro Alvarez,  Nicholas Edmund Anson,  Cody Joseph Baker,  Andrew Barrett,  Jennifer M Basgall,  Emily Baumeister,  Paul Beinhoff,  Grace Bernard,  Nicole Beshilas,  Anna Bleck,  Jack Robert Blumeyer,  Theodora Grace Borland,  Claire Elizabeth Borre,  Alicia Brune,  Emily Cavalaris,  Charlotte Close,  Maggie Curley,  Jackson Robert Daly,  Shane Daly,  Samuel J Danneker,  Victoria Marie Dee,  Abigail Deitche,  Victoria Helen Dent,  Mark Christian DiValerio,  Mary Rose Ahern Donahue,  Grace Duffy,  John Duffy,  Peter Durot,  Adrienne Ehrhardt,  Anika Elise Exum,  Victoria Falk,  Kallie Feldhaus,  Genevieve Foster,  Halle Frain,  Summer Franklin,  Harrison Paul Freed,  Graham P Ganshirt,  Dana Glynn,  Isabel Grabowski,  Margaret Mary Graziano,  Carter Lawrence Grieve,  Cordelia Grob,  Martin C Grum,  David Dean Grumhaus,  Michael Scott Gulson,  Emily Hanson,  Hannah Hart,  Jane Hayes,  Madison Anne Haynes,  Olivia Heddle,  Nicole A Hensel,  Abigail Hitchcock,  Victoria Honour,  Liam Thomas Howe,  Allison Hubbard,  Lillian Johnson,  Luke Johnson,  Sydney Johnston,  Sean Christopher Jones,  Meilin Keen,  Molly Kingsley,  Julie Moore Kitzerow,  Matthew Charles Koch,  Cassedy Livia Krumsee,  Caitlin Elizabeth Lanigan,  Colleen Emilia Leider,  Cassidy Lenstrom,  Jennifer Lepman,  Daniel John Lotts,  Natalia Luque,  Elizabeth Lynch,  Daniel Madura,  Brittney Manning,  Robert Mannis,  Julia Catherine Mathee,  Caroline May,  Lauren Eileen McCabe,  Genevieve McGowan,  Patrick Francis McGrail,  Michael Jon McKendry,  Laura Meng,  Payton Mickey,  Elyce Milligan,  John Moderwell,  Eliza Jean Mosbarger,  Ayse Muratoglu,  Madeline Neil,  Connor OKelly,  Katherine Ortell,  Elise Palombella,  Maria Pesek,  Rachel Pickus,  John Crotty Preschlack,  Nicolas Read,  Virginia Page Revenaugh,  Jack Richard,  Rachel Anne Rockwell,  Marissa Saffrin,  Joseph R Schlosser,  Caitlin Schneider,  Robert Schyns,  Chandler Scoco,  Connor Shannahan,  Duncan Shepherd,  Daniel J Sullivan,  Nicole Kimberly Tanna,  Peter Tarwid,  Katherine Taylor,  Rylan Cook Terrasse,  Courtney Theo,  Catherine Thoms,  Cheyenne Nicole Tilford,  Lucas S Tozzi,  Chantal Alexis Varco,  Marissa Wadhwa,  Erik Wasser,  Haley E Westphal,  David Williams,  Valerie Wood,  Marisa Ann Woodrum,  Jack Woolverton Yale and  Alex Zylka.

*Sophomores*

*High Honors*

Mary Alice Keller Arnstein,  Lauren Basgall,  Kathryn Lynn Bertram,  Abby K Bowman,  Helen Audrey Burkhardt,  Maureen Rose Cowhey,  Jessica Duong,  Etta Hill Eckerstrom,  Mattie L Eckerstrom,  Laura Gannon Gottschalk,  Hayley Alexis Grost,  Kathryn Rose Hanson,  William James Hermann,  Antoinette Irena Jakaitis,  Alexandra Armina Kazarian,  Taylor Alexandra Marcusson,  Margaret Walker Martin,  Daniella Francis Martino,  Allison Li Zhu Milligan,  Claire Elizabeth Milligan,  Hunter Reeves Moore,  Emily Anne Poth,  Hannah Brittany Rancap,  Madeline Mary Sheridan,  Uliana Solovieva,  Anne Yiting Stevenson,  Christine Emily Tanna,  John James Traynor,  Steven Robert Vogrich,  Julius Von Borcke,  Clare Margaret Wieland,  Elizabeth Marie Woidat and  Jacques Julian Zureikat.

*Honors*

Paul Stephen Ankenman,  Charles Robert Asma,  Caroline Rose Asmussen,  Christopher Collin Asmussen,  Nicholas Michael Athenson,  Douglas Barnhart,  Jesse Bernhart,  Isabella Bianchini,  Griffin C Bleecker,  Evan Boudreaux,  William Marshall Bro,  Hannah Elizabeth Burgener,  Reed Benson Burns,  Kevin Joseph Carr,  Matthew Joseph Carr,  Sean Patrick Casey,  Grant Scott Chamberlain,  Philip Chang,  Elizabeth Chapman-Orr,  Michael Allen Christensen,  Lindsey Pehlke Close,  Nicholas Enrico Demet,  Thomas Scott Lawrence Dent,  Bailey Nicole Ehrens,  Sean Gregory Ewert,  Hannah M Flagstad,  Kyle Matthew Gattari,  Quinn J Gaughan,  Luke Gregory Gibson,  Sydney Lynn Golde,  Taylor Anne Green,  Matthew Adam Gruenes,  Peter William Gundling,  Michelle M Gutierrez,  Alexandra Harding Jackson,  Farah Ahmed Hashim,  Lilah Straus Henry,  John Clarke Hough,  Margaret D Hunt,  Wesley Janeck,  Olivia Kristina Johansson,  Katherine Ann Karahalios,  Genevieve Mary Kenah,  Calvin Dale Kropke,  Daniel Bennett Kuperman,  Matthew Leonard Kut,  Michael James LeMay,  Harrison Beaupre Lindholm,  Madilyn R Locey,  Ciara Louise Lynch,  Margaret Esther Mack,  Tarrant T Mangasarian,  Parker James Marsh,  Luke Harrison Massar,  James Stanton McGrew,  Spencer Conrad Moore,  Trevor Rhys Morcott,  Colleen Anne Morris,  Catherine Anne Mory,  Riley Alexander Myles,  Sachin Amrit Nagarajan,  David Gregory Nelson,  Stephanie Elizabeth Novas,  John Patrick OConnor,  Katherine Rose Palella,  Ian Leonard Pearson,  Sarah Elliott Porter,  Alexander Robert Prindle,  Clara Anne Reinkemeyer,  Sydney Richman,  Brian Andrew Roper,  Jianna Dominique Santello,  Daniel Nathan Smith,  Jackson Ryan Smyth,  Madeleine Rose Sorensen,  Alexander Anthony Sorsen,  Isabella Esther Stackhouse,  Deanna Stephenson,  Zachary Scott Streightiff,  Megan K Stumpf,  Helene Renee Sudac,  Maria-Elena Svigos,  Katherine Ann Terry,  Lindsay Erin Teske,  Tommy John Trkla,  Mark Leonard Turelli,  Anna Marie Volkmann,  Conor Edward Walters,  Abigail Nadine Warren,  Olivia Prentice Warsek,  Mikaela Whittington-Baschoff,  Charles James Yale and  Katherine Elise Youdell.

*Freshmen*

*High Honors*

Matthew Joseph Begley,  Emily Danielle Bergmann,  Lilly Kate Bianchi,  Nora Ann Burgener,  Jhann Troi Cadaoas,  Brynn Lilly Carlson,  Will Harris Clark,  Emily Elizabeth Condic,  Katie Marie Condon,  Camille Athena Cook,  Elizabeth Robin Coughlan,  Julia Dixon,  Anna Leigh Fifhause,  Helen Lynn Fu,  Jacqueline Marie Glyman,  Meghan Laurence Guysinger,  Allison P Hensel,  Kelsey Joy Hill,  Deanne Hoaglund,  Lynette Michelle Huang,  Ryan Thomas Kitchel,  Adam Robert Kwiatt,  Reilly Anne Lanigan,  Katelyn Marie Lochiatto,  Martina Long,  Sidney Shea Martinez,  Hannah Louise Marwede,  Mary Bridget Mass,  Grant Gerald Messner,  Kyle Leslie Miller,  Paige Marie Muskat,  Jane Houston Oline,  Zoe Jayoung Park,  Katherine Margaret Pearson,  Dana Jadwin Pepowski,  Jack Aidan Pickus,  Alessandro Raganelli,  John Jeffrey Schlachtenhaufen,  Kaila Elizabeth Thomas,  Sarah Elizabeth Trammell,  Elise Marie Vondra,  Alexandra Sheridan Walinskas,  Claire Prentice Warsek,  Brandon Wolff,  Elise Michaela Vu Wong,  Jenna Claire Woodrum,  Samantha Jan Yang,  Emily Cora Young and Allen Yuan.

*Honors*

Adam David Acker,  Mariel Andrea Aquino,  Wil Audley,  Allison Katherine Banta,  Luke Christopher Bauder,  David Michael Beedle,  Kate Isabella Bellino,  Daria Alea Berman,  Anika Taylor Boyd,  Linden Briggs,  Samuel James Brush,  Sandra Nel Brzakala,  John Calabrese,  Michael Calabrese,  Craig Lyle Campbell II,  Emilee Rachel Weith Cho,  Ryan Thomas Weith Cho,  John Robert Cirame,  Matthew Patrick Clifford,  Madeleine Shaw Collins,  Kyle Thomas Condon,  Thomas Michael Condon,  Jack Darden Corrigan,  Ryan Patrick Dailey,  Hana Elson Danly,  Marianna Catherine Danneker,  Isabel Das,  Emma Diane De Noble,  John-Michael Arsenios Diveris,  Brian Daniel Doherty,  Grace Janet Draper,  Jake Lincoln Durburg,  Colton James England,  John Garrett Fahrenbach,  Michael Louis Garner,  Wyatt Goeks,  Alexander Melian Guest,  Peter Frederick Hill,  Saima Iqbal,  Adelaide Rose Jasica,  Lisa Suzanne Johnson,  Kendall Marie Kamholz,  Ellyn Christine Kennelly,  Robert Malcolm Kent,  Connor James Knop,  George Spencer Kolasa,  Anna Elise Kreiling,  Brooke Erica Kuby,  Carly Susan Kutschke,  John Branscome Landis,  Rachel Tara Larson,  Brian H Lee,  Ryley Noah Lenstrom,  Emma Drew Leonardi,  Grant Benjamin Levin,  Angelina ShanShan Liao,  John William Lunn,  Dana Terese Mabrey,  Lane Mathew Mankoff,  Stephen George Mathew,  Christopher Ronald Meng,  Spencer Alexander Milanak,  Louis Robert Muskat,  Mark Kendrick Myers,  Michael Thomas Noronha,  Robert Carter Frick Oakley,  Zoe Nicole Panos,  Micaela Lina Pasquesi,  Anna Catherine Platt,  Varun M Rao,  Madeline Noel Reehl,  Devin M Reich,  Amelia Johnson Rolander,  John Duffy Ryan,  Patrick Ross Ryan,  Lucas Sacherer,  Mitchell Koehn Salanty,  Marisa Ines Sardo,  Callahan Nicole Schmidt,  Kelsey Elizabeth Schmidt,  Mary Schutt,  Skye Shepherd,  Lauren Elise Shimabukuro,  Grace Elizabeth Singel,  Hanna Terry Sint,  Jack Steven Skinner,  Rebecca Jane Skinner,  Rebecca Lynn Stanton,  Henry John Steck,  Alayna K Steindl,  Nicolette Paige Stern,  Alexander Streightiff,  Lea Christina Waddle,  Lucy Mitchell Ward,  Carmen Margaret White,  Katherine Marie Wickman,  Olivia Indra Witmer,  Katherine Therese Woidat and  Maikal Kanoe Yamauchi.

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Patch Severna Park, MD --

Severna Park Middle School has released the names of students who earned honor roll recognition for the second marking period of the school year.

The following students earned the principal's honor roll (straight A's) in the first marking period.

*Grade 6: *Emma Antonucci,  Troy Barlow,  Reese Barrett,  Bailey Bartel, Matthew Bateman,  Bryce Benedick,  Ty Benz,  Zachary Binnix,  Alice Bishop, Lucy Bishop,  Hailey Blachly,  Cory Blohm,  Elizabeth Bosanko,  Hailey Boyd, Kathleen Bray,  Matthew Bredeck,  Declan Byrne,  Joshua Byrnes,  Mia Camm, Leah Campbell,  Shane Carr,  Emily Carson,  Hunter Chadwick,  Alexander Chaisson,  Shelby Chasser,  Cami Christensen,  Connor Church,  Sydney Cleary, Kailyn Crabill,  Brooke Craven,  Kiersten Crowley,  Madeline Daniels,  Dylan Davidoff,  Callie Davis,  Alyssa Dawson,  Jacob DeLaere,  Caitria Demeroto, Kylie Dingess,  Anna DiRienzo,  Camille Donaghey,  Isabel Downing,  Annika Drilling,  Rene Dykstra,  Lily Echeverria,  Cameron Fare,  Mary Feeney,  Olivia Fey,  Abigayl Finch,  Mary Fitzell,  Vivian Flanagan,  Christopher Flynn,  Nathan Foley,  Alek Fredriksson,  Owen Frey,  Virginia Garner,  Jacqueline Garza, Abigail George,  Ryan Getsinger,  Ashley Giard,  Jason Gibson,  Luke Glagola, Chloe Gordon,  Jordan Gregg,  Emma Hall,  Tristan Halloran,  Camden Handwerger,  Olivia Haring,  Elena Harris,  James Harris,  Lindsey Haughton, Jacob Herman,  Joshua Horgan,  Grace Hourigan,  William Howard,  Bradley Howell,  Macy Iams,  Caitlin Iley,  Michael Isakov,  Gavin Ivey,  Irma Jakubovaite,  Anop Jang,  Kyle Jefferds,  Emma Jeter,  Patrick Johnson,  Marina Karides,  Aaron Kent,  Emily Knight,  Abigail Kondracki,  Carson Kraycik,  Emily Lechowicz,  Logan Lee,  Payton Lee,  Mallory Lentz,  Collin Levay,  Christian Lim,  Lauren Lohff,  Jeremy Luers,  Lily Maddox,  Ainslee Marcus,  Georgia Marriner,  Jacob Martin,  Kara Mathews,  Daniel McBride,  William McCollum, Kailyn McCulloch,  Haley McPeters,  Annette McWilliams,  Bridget Meighan, Madison Mento,  Alexsaundra Miller,  Grace Mills,  Reilly Mitchell,  Caitlin Mittrick,  Abigail Moghtader,  Sara Mooradian,  Surisitee Motiram,  Caitlin Murphy,  Grayson Murray,  Julia Myers,  Christopher Nanney,  Aarushi Negi, Tyler Newhouse,  Gene Nulud,  Bridget O'Callaghan,  Allison Omer,  Charlotte Ondatje,  Kindred O'Neill,  Bridie O'Sullivan,  Delaney Ott,  Jane Patz,  Alexa Payne,  Christine Potter,  Andrew Province,  Melanie Reynolds,  Isaac Roe, Anne Roman,  Pearl Rosemond,  Jade Ruggieri,  Julia Ryan,  Mark Sasse,  Emmery Sayers,  Hailey Schendel,  Jackson Schultz,  Strickland Schumacher,  Madeline Scott,  Paul-Antoine Seitz,  Lucy Sharpe,  Taylor Shea,  Colleen Shrum, Matthew Simms,  Rose Singleton,  Ryan Sosnoski,  Rachel Spilker,  Isabella Stone, Cecilia Streaker,  Griffin Strickler,  Molly Sullivan,  Matas Suziedelis,  Erica Szymanski,  Anna Trozzo,  Kathryn Van Horn,  Luke Vincent,  Madeline Viteri, Thomas Voisinet,  Katerina vonFahnestock,  Caroline Welle,  Carson Whitney, Jack Whittington,  Matthew Widmer,  Juliana Wilson,  Erica Wirth,  Chloe Wright, Emily Wright,  Jackson Zimmerman.

*Grade 7: *Noah Anderson,  Abigail Becker,  Andrew Belloff,  Lucas Bloom,  Ryan Bloom,  Megan Brannen,  Lauren Breitinger,  Jack Burnett,  Catherine Cambon, Alena Carhart,  Kendall Casper,  Cameron Clark,  Casey Clements,  Ella Collings, Katherine Crawford,  Paige Cummings,  Madison Dearborn,  Sarah DeMaio, Nicole Demchuk,  Ryen Dill,  Hannah Drilling,  Maximilian Dunoyer,  Aryal Fette, Lauren Foster,  Madeline Fox,  Emilee Hardesty,  Abigail Haste,  Gabriella Higgins,  Elizabeth Hines,  Olivia Hubbart,  Katherine Jager,  Clifford Jamieson, Zena Jang,  Heather Jones,  Rachel Kalafos,  Jenna Kasten,  Emma Kearney, Julia Keefe,  James Keith, ,  Elizabeth Kiely,  Isabel Kintzley,  Maxley Kittiver, Erin Krauss,  Celia Krohn,  Alexander Kulvivat,  Jonah Lane,  Sydney Langlois, Christopher Languell,  Kaitlynn Lilly,  Audrey Long,  Sarah Lopez,  Mary Lynch, Chloe MacDonald,  Jared Mann,  Molly Maranto,  Lucas Marcoon,  Nolan Marks, Mallory Martel,  Kyle Martin,  Abigail McGuire,  Mary McShea,  Abigail Miller, Hannah Moore,  Luke Moran,  Lia Musante,  Mika Naylor,  Mark Nobilio,  Anne O'Friel,  Griffin O'Neill,  Lexi Ordakowski,  Krystal Outing,  Jillian Parisi, Benjamin Podlich,  Kennedy Purcell,  Victoria Richhart,  Graham Roeger, Andreanna Roros,  Catherine Russell,  Darcy Schlueter,  Joseph Sears,  Mallary Sellars,  Abigail Sides,  Jessica Smith,  Madelyn Smith,  Zachary Souders, Kathryn Soverns,  Anna Stevens,  Emily Summers,  Theodore Tagle,  Benjamin Talcovitz,  Jenna Taylor,  Jack Thomas,  Lucas Tolley,  Victor Urrutia, Delaney Vance,  Ryan VanVeelen,  Brandon Wachs,  Sydney Wallace,  Garrett Weiss, Matthew Wiley,  Lane Williamson,  Emma Witham,  Maria Ziethen.

*Grade 8:* Jessica Barnard,  Patrick Beairsto,  Alena Biscotti,  Kendall Brodbeck, Dorothy Chaudoin,  Peyton Cornelius,  Lily Evans,  Luke Faranetta,  Abigail Federroll,  Haley Gray,  Marshall Hageman,  Catherine Harding,  Ryan Herman, Patrick Hofstedt,  Shelby Hogan,  John Hood,  Amanda Horton,  Antonio Karides, Cabrey Keller,  Megan Killpatrick,  McKenna Lee,  William Linthicum,  Scott Lukas,  Sophia Lundeen,  Alexander Machan,  Erin Magner,  Tristan Markham, Mary Martin,  Elroy McAlexander,  Jacob McGuire,  Bridget McNealey,  Josephine Molavi,  Alexa Monroe,  Anna Nolte,  Matthew Novick,  Gwayne Nulud,  Kathryn Offutt,  Erica Otis,  Anna Peterson,  Matthew Poindexter,  Molly Pumphrey, Madison Raker,  Daniel Reise,  Rachael Rhodes,  Ashley Rolf,  Gabriel Sauvageau,  Ryan Schult,  Sarah Sherman,  Julia Slattery,  William Snyder, Dean Testerman,  Nicholas Urbanski,  Andrew Wallace,  Sheanan Warner,  Trent Watson,  Yu Chen Zhou,  Matthew Zurlo.

The following students earned honor roll in the first marking period.

*Grade 6: *Caedan Ackerman,  Marcus Adam,  Skye Adams,  Michael Alderson, Tori Allender,  Matthew Alton,  Aiden Apruzzese,  Katherine Arndt,  Lewis Bailey, Thomas Baker,  Erin Bast,  Tori Bates,  Jacqueline Beall,  Kalli Bellotte, Michael Biddinger,  James Bieri,  Veronica Binstock,  Benjamin Biscotti,  Isabella Blumenberg,  Oliver Bobbitt,  Brian Boehm,  Avery Borum,  Bryan Bowes, Jadyn Brady,  Madison Brady,  Sebastien Brennan,  Lindsey Brooks,  Aidan Brown, Trevor Bruce,  Nina Bulkley,  Abigail Burns,  Chloe Campbell,  Sean Campbell, Cameron Caouette,  Nathan Carey,  Lauren Carlson,  Christian Carpenter,  Tyler Cauthen,  Cole Cavanagh,  Adam Chase,  Tyler Chase,  Emerson Cho,  Grayson Cho,  Kylee Christensen,  Michael Christensen,  Garrison Clark,  Tyrise Clark, Stephen Cobbs,  Harrison Colborne,  Spencer Colborne,  Ainsleigh Cook,  Jacob Cooley,  Reese Cornacchia,  Faith Cortes,  Samantha Cremmins,  Emily Cronin, Kerry Cronin,  Nicole Custer,  Sydney Custer,  Madelyn Cutair,  Jada Cutler, Michael Dalida,  Patrick Damanti,  Robert Davids,  Brian Davies,  John Davis, MacKenzie Davis,  Lucas Dean,  Trevor Dearborn,  Angelo DeCicco,  Mitchell Decker,  Tucker Denault,  Ryan Denhardt,  Dominic DeSimone,  Evan Dill, Corinne Dills,  Thomas Dolan,  Ryan Dorr,  Lily Dougherty,  Michael Drabo, Samantha Drummond,  Jacob Eberhardt,  Nathaniel Edmonston,  Garrett Edwards,  Elisabeth Eufemia,  Matthew Fangio,  Hannah Fleming,  Jonah Fogle, Laura Folts,  Daniel Ford,  Cynthia Fowler,  Jasmine Fraser,  Emily Gabbard, Zachary Gamber,  Alexander Garcia,  Jessica Garner,  Max Gawitt,  Madison Gerard,  Zoey Gianetti,  Danielle Gonyeau,  Kamryn Grandstaff,  Samuel Grattan,  Jocelyn Gremillion,  Sophia Grimes,  Chase Gruver,  Michael Guldin, Sabine Gumula,  Paige Gunning,  Caitlyn Haggart,  Dominic Hall,  Jordan Hallet, Michael Hamlett,  Joshua Hannesson,  Grace Harrison,  Margaret Hasson, Rosemary Hayden,  Jack Hickman,  Elijah Hill,  Jake Hilliard,  Kailey Howell, Houston Hubbart,  Brendan Huebner,  Emily Hurd,  Nicolette Iacona,  Grace Isham,  Joseph Kelliher,  Avery Kelter,  Connor King,  Bailey Kinsey,  Sydney Kirchenheiter,  Jaime Kiriazoglou,  Matthew Kitts,  Alexandra Kline,  Campbell Kline,  Shaina Knox,  Emily Kozel,  Emily Krasic,  Alex Kuriawa,  Joseph LaRocque,  Yasmine Leizear,  Devin Lenear,  Madison Lenhart,  Matthew Letellier,  Camryn Levin,  Kennedy Lewis,  Pandora Lewis,  Leia Liberto,  Warren Louie,  Emily Luzier,  Dakota Macey,  James Maher,  Jacob March,  Alexis Marsalek,  Abigail Martel,  Samuel Martin,  Joseph Matthews,  Rachel McLean, Karla Meneses-Alcantara,  Ashley Merrell,  Kelsi Miklo,  Daniel Miles,  Kayla Minton,  Alexandra Mironova,  Matthew Mitchell,  Braden Mondor,  Miranda Murphy,  John Murray,  Sean Murray,  Carter Nagel,  Marisa Nevins,  Ryan Nix, Kyler Norton,  Austin Oakes,  Sarah O'Connor,  Joshua Ohler,  Charles O'Neill, Elizabeth O'Neill,  Margot Onellion,  Sean Ostrowski,  Abigail Patschorke, Caroline Patterson,  Alexander Paul,  Dmitri Penn,  James Persico,  Emma Peterson,  Kelsey Powers,  Emme Ray,  Ashlyn Reed,  Hunter Reeves,  Kaylee Reyes,  Graysen Rizzo,  Opal Rosemond,  Hannah Roth-Sisley,  Natalie Rupeiks, Domonic Scardina,  Dorothy Schaeffer,  Danielle Scheimreif,  Ronald Schilpp, Daniel Seeman,  Erin Seibel, Lanai Shields-Byrd, William Sherwood,  Lanai Shields-Byrd, Samuel Shirey,  Emily Shoults,  Joseph Singleton,  Sarah Siska, Adam Smith,  Ford Smith,  Curvin Snyder,  Stephanie Sommers,  Sophie Soreff-Jones,  Jonathan Souders,  Elizabeth Spates,  Matthew Stachitas,  Alexandria Stack,  Patrick Stewart,  Benjamin Stolarczyk,  Jessica Stringer,  Alexis Strom, Alparslan Sundseth,  Cole Swartz,  Ryan Szego,  Collin Taylor,  Ryan Thorpe, Niles Tinsley,  Toni Titow,  Sophie Toomey,  Andrew Trott,  Allison Troy,  Nathan Van de Meulebroecke,  Abigail van den Berg,  Matthew Van Vliet,  Jonathan Vernon,  Travis Victorio,  Donovan Walker,  Thomas Wallace,  Rachel Ward, Saejal Warner,  Ryan Watkins,  Myles Weatherford,  Addison Wells,  Sydney Wingate,  Ethan Wise,  Isabella Wood,  Dylan Yeagley,  Jack Yearwood,  Brian Yeatts,  Zachary Young,  Abigail Zborai.

*Grade 7: *Grace Adams,  Brian Albert,  Kara Anderson,  Nicholas Anderson, Garrett Andrews,  Andrew Antinucci,  Grace Appel,  Peyton Apruzzese,  Alaina Ashbeck,  Grace Atkinson,  Colleen Bachkosky,  Charles Bachmann,  Nicholas Barrett,  Keaton Bathras,  Holleigh Beauparlant,  Connor Becker,  Thomas Bell, Ashley Bellotte,  Andrew Betch,  Sarah Bishop,  Lauren Blejski,  Maxwell Boettinger,  Hunter Boyce,  Kelly Brenner,  Julia Brierley,  Emma Brindley, Carson Brinegar,  Kacey Brown,  Noah Buckingham,  Christiana Bulgin, Alexandra Burchfield,  James Burton,  Ariyana Byrd,  Claudia Callis,  Louis Cannon,  Colby Carbo,  Olivia Carhart,  Katelynn Carr,  Brooke Carson,  Barret Casto,  Maria Castro-Clinton,  Elizabeth Chappell,  Joshua Choi,  Mackenzie Clayton,  Grace Cleary,  Chloe Cocco,  Candace Cohen,  Leah Cooper,  Chase Cope,  Alise Cornelius,  Dominic Crino,  Makenzie Crosby,  Carter Daniels, Devyn Daugherty,  Catherine Davis,  Ethan Davis,  Scott Davis,  Benjamin Dearing,  Britany DeBord,  Ian Dennis,  Erin Diehl,  Thomas Donegan,  John Douglas,  Marshall Draughn,  Andrew Dykstra,  Jordan Ehart,  Cameron Ehnat, Gillian Eitel,  David Ellwood,  Sean Engelfried,  Brandon Evans,  Kyra Feick, Daniel Fernandez,  Cullen Figlioli,  Elise Fonseca,  Noah Foxson,  Caitlin Frank, Ava Fratus,  Quinn Freeman,  Stanley Galloway,  Jonathan Garcia-Ventura, Emily Geis,  Sarah Gellert,  Clare Gentile,  Adam Giard,  Jameson Gibbons, Jessica Giblin,  Mallory Glatz,  Jack Goode,  Sophia Gordon,  Haley Gosewisch, Ryan Gray,  Lucas Guy,  Mathew Hall,  Mahdi Hammat,  Jake Harrell,  Samantha Hartman,  Waleed Hassan,  Taylor Hawkins,  Alexandra Herschelman,  Ryan Hickman,  Katherine Hines,  Sarah Hoch,  Chase Hoenscheid,  William Hoffmann,  Carson Hoover,  Layla Horeff,  Nicholas Horgan,  Thomas Huber, Reid Hussey,  Nathan Hutcheson,  Jonathan Huther,  Katherine Iliescu,  Drew Jeffries,  Joseph Johns,  Brooke Johnson,  Delaney Johnson,  Maile Johnson, Madison Jones,  Alexis Kasuda,  Kelli Kazmarek,  Samuel Keeler,  Elizabeth Keller,  Amanda Kelley,  Grady Kershaw,  Elizabeth Kiely,  Andrew Kilchenstein, Matthew Kilchenstein,  Hanna Ko,  Kevin Kobosko,  Anthony Koehne,  Meghan Kraft,  Collin Kubista,  Skylar Kucker,  Jacy Kuhlman,  Christopher Ladas,  Betty Lou Lanagan,  Kayla Lawhorn,  Hunter Lawrence,  Riley Leeds,  George Lesher, Adam Levin,  Tyler Lewin,  Rachel Lewis,  Tracie Lewis,  Jack Libby,  Jerald Linnell,  Breanna Listmann,  Abigail Lizewski,  Alexis Loewen,  Rachel Lotlikar, Joshua Lyon,  Brian MacSorley,  Joseph Mahla,  Madeline Maier,  Thomas Malin, Ryan Maloy,  Suzanne Mangano,  Bibi Martinez,  Michael Mayers,  Sydney McConkey,  Viktorria McCormick,  Maci McCubbin,  Henry McGrath,  Lucy McKnight,  Ryland McMillan,  Aidan McNally,  Michael McShea,  Caitlin Meleney, Jack Metzger,  Adam Meyer,  Miles Michalski,  Harley Millar,  Reilly Miller,  Kody Milton,  Mary Mitchell,  Michael Moore,  Jenna Morreale,  Sean Morrison,  Ryan Muldoon,  Maxim Murphy,  Elizabeth Murray,  Ian Musser,  Maryellen Myers, Peter Myers,  Halle Neal,  Mya Nelson,  Ryan Nelson,  Hannah Nicholson, Matthew Noguera,  Shane Norris,  Madison Nutter,  Kelley O'Brien,  Hugh O'Connor,  Genevieve Odean,  Perrin Odenwald,  Stephanie Ours,  Alyssa Panzer,  Rohan Parikh,  Samuel Parks,  Danielle Pendergast,  Ari Penenburgh, Peter Petracca,  Sawyer Phillips,  Sarah Piccoli,  Kailee Polkabla,  Alexander Prigge,  Andrew Prodehl,  William Reed,  Maeve Register,  Maura Register, Scott Richmond,  Mary Riley,  Luke Roche,  Julia Roy,  Riley Rubiano,  Emily Russell, Daniel Saenz,  Chloe Salkeld,  Danielle Schall,  Henry Schemmel,  Kaitlyn Schuck,  Nicholas Seabolt,  Noah Shadowens,  Jillian Shivery,  Blake Shuart, Hunter Simon,  Kayla Simon,  Hannah Sloat,  Abigail Smith,  Braden Smith, Raquel Sobczak,  Natalie St. Clair,  Grace Staples,  Jacob Staples,  Jeremy Stevens, Tara Strasser,  Casey Swartz,  David Sykes,  Jack Sylva,  Summer Tambascio,  Selah Tatem,  Sarah Thomasson,  Bianca Timmer,  Hayden Toth, Sarah Turk,  Delaney Vance,  Miles Varn,  Kassandra Ventrudo,  Kenneth Watson,  Jacob Wernecke,  Rachel Wesley,  Elizabeth Westbrook,  Anthony Weyant,  Madeline White,  Kiera Williams,  Robert Williams,  Grace Williamson, Kyler Wilson,  Shane Windsor,  Ally Winship,  Elizabeth Wright,  John Wright, Alaina Zborai,  Melanie Zito.

*Grade 8:* Glenda Adams,  Ryan Alcorn,  Julie Allwein,  Chloe Ammon,  Autumn Anderson,  Deborah Baldyga,  Samuel Barranco,  Michael Bateman,  Rebecca Beall,  Madeline Bean,  Shanika Beckett,  Maxwell Bell,  Evan Bergman,  Rachel Bishop,  Alexis Bodnar,  Emma Bourgeois,  Alicia Bradshaw,  Tess Bradshaw,  Ryan Bramble,  Brett Braszo,  Coleman Bray,  Kyrsten Brewis,  Priya Brown,  Nathan Byington,  Shannon Byrne,  Sara Canas,  Molly Carr,  John Carty,  Natalee Chadwick,  Emma Chamberlin,  Gabriel Chamberlin,  Kevin Chang,  Thomas Chapman,  Andrew Chase,  Cian Chung,  Peyton Cleary,  Raphael Coates,  Theresa Constantine,  Benjamin Cooley,  Emily Couch,  William Cronin,  Christine Crowningshield,  Kayla Curry,  Sydney Daneman,  Makayla Dant,  John Davids,  Jacob Davis,  Taylor Dearborn,  Kathryn DeFeo,  Emily Derby,  Jansen Dike,  Laura Dingess,  Alyssa Dolan,  Madelyn Dudley,  Paige DuVall,  Gunnar Eichenlaub,  Justin Elliott,  Madison Elliott,  Grace Evans,  Mia Evans,  Allison Feeney,  Dakota Few,  Brandon Fiocco-Mizer,  Wayne Flohr,  Annabel Flynn,  Colin Fox,  Kelly Franchak,  Matthew Freeman,  Erin Furton,  Laterra Galloway,  Matthew Glady,  Marie Glagola,  Nathanael Gonzalez,  Grace Gremillion,  Gavin Grimes,  Hannah Guglielmini,  Kyla Guldin,  Elizabeth Gustafson,  Jake Hallet,  Timothy Hanratty,  Edward Harding,  Alana Harmeyer,  Matthew Harmeyer,  Patrick Harrington,  Lauren Harrison,  Travis Haskell,  Colleen Hemmerle,  Samuel Hickman,  Mackenzie Hite,  Benjamin Hollingsworth,  Jake Howell,  Sarah Howland,  Zoe Huff,  Robert Jackson,  Theodore Jackson,  Mason Jones,  Angela Jose,  Cullen Joyce,  Peter Karns,  Nicholas Kennedy,  Owen Keys,  Emily Kim,  Trent Kirchenheiter,  Jacob Knop,  Paige Kolbe,  Olivia Kraus,  Joseph LaFleche,  Michael Lamon,  Bryan Layshock,  Elizabeth Lee,  Natalie Lewis,  Katherine Lohff,  Makenna Lynn,  Morgan Macey,  William Mann,  Hailey Manning,  Andrew Mason,  Natalie Mathews,  John McNerney,  Andrew Medile,  Karin Mekhaeil,  Caroline Millenburg,  Nathan Mills,  Cydney Moore,  James Muessig,  Edward Neel,  Mary O'Connor,  Emma Oldershaw,  Kyle Olmstead,  David Opie,  Emma Ormond,  Trevor Patschorke,  Jackson Paul,  Carson Payne,  Jessica Perunovich,  Bethanny Peterson,  Erin Pigman,  John Podany,  Jessica Praley,  Chase Prengaman,  Mihailo Rancic,  Julia Reynolds,  Joseph Riddle,  Maria Rocha,  Marie Roe,  Alexander Rott,  Amanda Rumsey,  Kathryn Ryan,  Atrine Samadnejad,  Meredith Schaller,  Reed Schaller,  Elizabeth Schepens,  Erika Schmidt,  Mariah Scott,  Veeraj Shah,  Sean Shallue,  Stephanie Shanahan,  William Sharpe,  Taylor Shehade,  James Sherwood,  Evellyn Singleton,  Tyler Smith,  Kail-La Smith-Blackwell,  Kennady Sowell,  Christina Spicer,  Michelle Springer,  Aya Stefanovich,  Katherine Stemberger,  Shannon Stokes,  Katelyn Stolarczyk,  Desmond Stone,  Jordan Strom,  Brendan Sullivan,  Kyle Sullivan,  Patrick Sullivan,  Zoe Summers,  Robert Taddeo,  Benton Taylor,  Emma Toomey,  Margaret Trimpin,  Liam Ulbricht,  Jacob Umile-Butz,  Jason Valvano,  Alec Van de Meulebroecke,  Lindsey Van Horn,  Niels Van Londen,  Casey Van Vliet,  Logan Vance,  Andrew Volk,  Kira Wade,  Colleen Walker,  Allison Walsh,  Tyler Ward,  Katelyn Wareham,  Lauren Warner,  Brianna Watson,  Chase Watson,  Ian Weiner,  Hannah Welle,  Isabel Whaling,  Abigail Widmer,  Kyle Wilkinson,  Casey Williford,  Alexis Young. Reported by Patch 2 days ago.

Right after dropping the bombshell that Fitz learned the truth about Defiance -- and then killed Verna before she could leak it to the press -- "Scandal" took a huge leap forward. The action picked up 10 months later. Fitz is freezing everyone out, running the country on his own. He's also miserable and angry and has taken to drinking in the shower first thing in the morning.

In other words, he's not taking the news that these people he trusted basically stole the election for him.

That said, as he so delicately put it, he can't control his erection around her. Fitz and Olivia were the godparents for Cyrus' daughter, which meant a very awkward scene in the Church during the Christening. But things got even more awkward when Fitz followed her as she was leaving.

He pulled her into a closet and the two proceeded to have very angry sex. It was clearly a moment of physical weakness, and perhaps Fitz was hoping he'd feel something. But both felt that it was a mistake. As for Defiance, Fitz told Olivia he saw that as a betrayal.

The political side of the story drew David Rosen back in. Now, he's disgraced and working as a teacher. But suddenly he's set up for the murder of a woman who uses her feminine wiles to gather state secrets. Who's behind the setup and what their ultimate goal is remains to be seen.

Jump on board the crazy train that is "Scandal," Thursdays at 10 p.m. EST on ABC.

TV Replay scours the vast television landscape to find the most interesting, amusing, and, on a good day, amazing moments, and delivers them right to your browser. Reported by Huffington Post 2 days ago.

The Fortunes of War author had a grudge against the world, writes Artemis Cooper

The Balkan and Levant triologies, written between 1960 and 1980, were Olivia Manning's most important achievement. Collectively known as Fortunes of War, the novels were adapted for television seven years after the author's death. The series starred Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson as Guy and Harriet Pringle, whose wartime lives mirror those of Manning and her husband, RD "Reggie" Smith.

Born in 1908, the daughter of a naval officer whom she adored, Manning grew up in a penny-pinched household in Portsmouth, in an atmosphere poisoned by her mother's bitterness and rancour. She was five when her brother Oliver was born and, as her mother poured all her love into her son, Olivia felt bereft. She began earning her living as soon as she left school, and took evening classes at the Portsmouth School of Art. But when she began writing serials for the local papers, she realised that it was writing, not painting, that would help her save money and get away from home.

She moved to London in 1934, in the depths of the Depression when work was very scarce. A series of badly paid jobs left her half-starved in chilly bedsits, but she used every spare moment to write. Her first novel, The Wind Changes, appeared in 1937. Set during the Irish rebellion of 1916, one of its themes is the heroine's exasperation at the way she is excluded from the political discussions and concerns of the two men in her life – and her frustration is manifested in an angry sexuality.

Manning met Reggie Smith in the summer of 1938. He was a generous, cheerful man, with friends in every pub and books in every pocket. He had enjoyed her first novel, and liked the contrast between Olivia's strong intelligence and the slim fragility of her body. Three weeks later they were married. Five days after that they were on a train to Bucharest, where Smith was teaching for the British Council. He was greeted with delight by all his old friends in Romania, but few warmed to the reserved woman he had brought with him. Manning was annoyed by the fact that Smith seemed to dissipate all his energies in drinking and talking – a fate she was determined to avoid.

Unlike her fictional alter-ego, the unemployed Harriet Pringle, she doggedly carried on writing short stories, articles and reviews throughout the war years. The married couple escaped Romania just ahead of the advancing Germans, and found themselves jobless and penniless in Athens. When the Germans took Greece, Olivia and Reggie were among the flood of refugees who ended up in the hot, fly-blown, indifferent cacophony of Cairo.

The experience of exile scarred Olivia profoundly. In her trilogies it appears as a restless unease that is never far below the surface; as Deidre David observes in her book, this reflects the anxieties that preyed on her as she wrote the books during the cold war. Even more searing, though buried deeper, was the loss of her only child. In 1944, she and Reggie were delighted to find that she was pregnant. But the foetus died inside her, and she had to carry her dead baby to term.

David is a generous and sympathetic biographer, even if she underlines some points too heavily. At every opportunity we are reminded of Manning's skill in fusing history and personal experience into fiction, or how brilliantly she wrote from the male perspective. At the same time, she is good at putting Manning into context – particularly in the postwar British literary scene. While Reggie was making his name as a producer in the BBC, Olivia grumbled about how critical admiration for "The Booksey Boys"– writers such as John Wain, Kingsley Amis and John Osborne – left women writers out in the cold. But when Iris Murdoch, Muriel Spark and Edna O'Brien rose to fame, Manning's resentment shifted as she brooded over their celebrity and press coverage. Why were they getting so much attention? Her books – she hadpublished six between the end of the war and 1960 – were just as good as theirs, she felt, but hers were consistently ignored.

I don't agree with David's claim that "the sense of injury for which she was criticised after the war" grew out of the privations she had endured during her wartime exile. I think it was born when her mother's love found a new focus in her son – though this did not stop Manning from loving her brother, who like her had to endure the weight of their parents' miserable marriage. He joined the RAF and was killed in action in 1941. But although she disliked her mother, Manning seemed doomed to inherit that uncontainable grudge against the world. She was tightfisted with tradesmen, and fears that England was being overrun by foreigners provoked a small-minded racism that was particularly unattractive.

David never hides these flaws, and does her best to persuade us that Manning was a great novelist. She deconstructs the novels to their author's skills and preoccupations, and shows how her fiction is put together. This is a worthwhile exercise, although it has the built-in danger of diminishing the books it seeks to celebrate. I was not seized by an urgent desire to read The Doves of Venus, The Play Room or The Rainforest. Despite the research and sensitivity that David brings to the study of such novels, I cannot help thinking that their plots sound thin and watery compared to the trilogies.

It is Olivia's relationship with Reggie that remains at the core of this story, and given the tensions between them, there is something moving about their mutual devotion. Manning was, undoubtedly, a pill. But the shambolic and philandering Smith – who sometimes had both the radio and the TV tuned to the sports channels, while she was trying to write – must have been equally hard to live with. He was her primary editor, her rock of support, and he inspired the most vital character in her work. I wish there were more about him in this book, and that the reader could have heard something of his voice, either from letters or his lectures. Considering how much Manning wrote about him and what a compulsive talker he was, he remains elusive and silent.

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Grocery giant Tesco has hired the boss of BT’s super-fast broadband division on to its board. Reported by Independent 6 days ago.

2013 marks a milestone for the Girl Scouts, with a century of building "courage, confidence, and character" in young girls across the United States and beyond. The organization also celebrates 95 years of one of its most popular programs: the sale of its famously irresistible cookies.

For the 2013 cookie selling season, which takes place between January and April of each year, Girl Scouts of the USA has revamped its business approach, taking innovative measures to broaden customer access and overall appeal.

And these girls will stop at nothing to make their sale.

Over the last 95 years, GSUSA has nurtured a multimillion dollar enterprise focused on teaching young women the ethics of business and entrepreneurship. The program seeks to build confidence and reliability, but not the personal bank accounts of the girls who participate.

"Every penny after paying the baker stays with the local Girl Scout council that supports the sale," said a statement from the organization. Councils use cookie revenue to supply troops, groups, and individual girls with program resources, communication support, adult volunteers and assistance in conducting events.

The statement continued, "We see the opportunity to increase revenues nationwide and change the dialogue about Girl Scout Cookies."

They're baking up some creative ways to get there.

The Girl Scouts redesigned their boxes to appeal to a more modern customer, highlighting the five key principles that the cookie sales program teaches: goal-setting, decision-making, money management, business ethics and people skills.

"For the first time in over a decade we've updated our boxes to really show that actually Girl Scout Cookies are more than just cookies," GSUSA CEO Anna Maria Chávez told CNN's Early Start. "They develop these young ladies into tremendous leaders that are doing amazing things in their communities."

The organization is also making a nod toward health-conscious consumers with the introduction of Mango Crèmes. It's a new cookie featuring mango, coconut, vanilla and "Nutrifusion," a product that "supercharges" foods' nutritional value, according to the maker's website. ABC Bakers, one of only two "Official Girl Scout Cookie Bakers," describes the product as "a mango-flavored creme filling with all the nutrient benefits of eating cranberries, pomegranates, oranges, grapes, and strawberries."

Marketing and promotion strategies have also been overhauled. While tradition has it that Girl Scouts go door-to-door taking orders in their community and later hand-deliver the goods, tech trends have now made it possible for customers to seek out their sweet treat suppliers. The Girl Scout Cookie Finder App, available on iPhone and Android devices, provides GPS coordinates for the nearest cookie sales location.

Additionally, in step with recent food world trends, local troops teamed up with Sweetery NYC, a New York City food truck and mobile bakery, to create the National Girl Scout Cookie Day Truck. On Feb. 8, girls from all across the tri-state area rolled up to four different locations at designated intervals throughout the day. The snowstorm raged. The Girl Scouts sold on, securing canopy poles and credit card transactions.

That's right -- the Girl Scouts now accept plastic. Friday marked the introduction of the new sales method.

On average, Girl Scout troops participating in the program raise over $790 million a year and GSUSA doesn't have plans to slow down anytime soon. Neither do the girls, themselves.

Girl Scouts in the Greater Northeast last week were not only in competition with each other -- they were battling the elements. As a blizzard rocked the region, sugar-starved adults trudged through sharp hail and strong winds to get their hands on those famous green boxes.

Maribel Sabino, a 14-year-old Senior Girl Scout taking a break from sales to seek shelter from the cold, sat with her family at a café in midtown Manhattan. "We are here selling Girl Scout Cookies to inform people that Girl Scouts is not only about selling cookies and camping, but it is about how Girl Scouts is the No. 1 girl-led business in the world," she said.

Maribel's 12-year-old sister Rachel, a Cadette, didn't mind the weather all that much. "It's really a voluntary thing, but it teaches girls about life skills."

Their youngest sister Olivia, a 9-year-old Junior Girl Scout, agreed. "I use decision-making every day," she explained. "I have to decide what time I'm going to wake up for school; I have to decide what the Girl Scout money is going to be used for. It not only helps us in the future but it helps us every day."

Girl Scouts of the USA serves girls ranging from five to seventeen years of age. Troops exist in every zip code in America and 92 countries across the world. The organization now boasts 3.2 million young and adult members worldwide. Reported by Click Orlando 5 days ago.

BBC Local News: Channel Islands - Jersey -- Jersey's Olivia Jordan-Higgins will miss the opening event of the 2013 Symetra Tour. Reported by BBC Local News 5 days ago.