Thirteen students honored, Students Award Day

Shown in the above photo on the front row, from left, are Braxton Witt, Landon Kaylor, Claire Herendeen and Royce Martinez, all student award winners. Back row, from left, includes Danielle Shaw, Huntington County Chamber of Commerce board member, sitting in for sponsor, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems; Mike Zahn, sponsor, First Federal Savings Bank; Nancy Richison, sponsor, Huntington University, and Austin Conrad, sponsor, FCI Construction. Not shown in the photo is Aubrey Landrum and sponsor Commodity Blenders, LLC.

Shown in the above photo on the front row, from left, are Kennedy Brewer, Keira Boothman, Leighla Bruner and Logan Hammett, all student award winners. Back row, from left, include Joe Wiley, sponsor, Bowers Brewer Garrett & Wiley; Joe Urschel, sponsor, Huntington University; Julia Wilson, sponsor, Parkview Huntington Hospital, and Nick Bauer, sponsor, Huntington Firefighters Association.

Shown in the above photo on the front row, from left, are Andrew Lochmaier, Liam Sell, Kraiger Tumbleson and Mason Kline, all student award winners. Back row, from left, include Alex Brown, sponsor, Truitt Law Office; Chris Troxell, sponsor, Incipio Devices; Danielle Shaw, Huntington County Chamber of Commerce board member, sitting in for sponsor, Novae, and Darlene Stanley, sponsor, JJ’s.

The Huntington County Chamber of Commerce along with the local Optimist Club partnered to hold the annual Student Awards Day on Thursday, April 23. The event was held in the library at Huntington North High School.

Danielle Shaw, Chair-Elect of the Chamber board, welcomed those in attendance, and Charles Chapman, Optimist Club, led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Carrie Miller, president of the local Optimist Club, led in the Optimist Creed. Chuck Brimbury, Superintendent, HCCS, recognized the students and their many accomplishments, and thanked the sponsors for their investment into the children of the Huntington County Community Schools. Tiffanney Drummond, Director, Learning Center, introduced the students, and Russ Degitz, principal, Huntington North High School, gave the students their certificates and a gift from the Chamber and Optimist Club.

The winners of the awards are selected each year by their teachers. Thirteen students from thirteen different disciplines were honored during the luncheon ceremony. This year the recipients recognized were Aubrey Landrum, Agriculture, sponsored by Commodity Blenders, LLC; Braxton Witt, Automotive, sponsored by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems; Landon Kaylor, Business, sponsored by First Federal Savings Bank, and Claire Herendeen, Certified Nurse Aide, sponsored by Huntington University.

Also honored were Kennedy Brewer, Criminal Justice, sponsored by Bowers Brewer Garrett & Wiley LLP; Keira Boothman, Education Professions, sponsored by Huntington University; Royce Martinez, Construction, sponsored by FCI Construction, and Kraiger Tumbleson, Welding, sponsored by Novae.

Other students recognized were Andrew Lochmaier, Information Technology, sponsored by Truitt Law Office; Logan Hammett, Fire & Rescue, sponsored by Huntington Firefighters Association; Leighla Bruner, Emergency Medical Technician, sponsored by Parkview Huntington Hospital; Liam Sell, Precision Machining, sponsored by Incipio Devices, and Mason Kline, Worked Based Learning/ICE, sponsored by JJ’s.