Katahdin award ceremony held

    STACYVILLE — Katahdin High School held its awards night June 6 at the high school.
    Trophies were awarded to the following: Maggie McNally, most improved choral student; Brittany Landry, Maine Principal’s Association award, United States Marine Corp Scholastic Award and school service award; Ashley Parker, school citizenship award; Alexandria Olsson and Thomas Anderson, school spirit awards; Kayla Stevens, sportswoman of the year and U.S. Marine Corp Distinguished Athlete Award; Thomas Anderson, sportsman of the year and U.S. Marine Corp Distinguished Athlete Award. Honor students for the Class of 2008 were also recognized; they are: Brittany Landry, valedictorian; Alexandria Olsson, salutatorian; Reba Anderson; Thomas Anderson; Sarah Chong; Jasmine Cyr; Caitlin Duffy; Maggie McNally; Jasmine Pelletier; Felisha Robinson and Kayla Stevens.
    The following monetary awards were given to each student.
    • Brittany Landry: Appalachian Katahdin Award of Merit, $100; Melvin P. Craig Jr. Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Christopher Curtis Memorial, $300; Daughters of the American Revolution, $100; MELMAC Scholarship, $1,000; Patten Academy Alumni Scholarship, $1,550.
    • Kayla Stevens: anonymous, $300; Katahdin Area Boosters Club Scholarship, $200; Elliot A. Rogers, $200; Sherman High School scholarship.
    • Rena Rodgerson: Association scholarship, $300.
    • Reba Anderson: Bell Fund (Lillian and Beulah), $25; Patten Academy Alumni Scholarship, $2,100; Patten Woman’s Club Scholarship, $250.
    • Alexandria Olsson: Dr. Ronald Blum and Emma V. Milliken Memorial, $200; Bowers Funeral Home, $100; Katahdin Federal Credit Union Scholarship, $300; Patten Drug Scholarship, $250; Lawrence and Geneva Robinson Scholarship, $500.
    • Caitlin Duffy: Community Helpers Woman’s Club, $250; Bobby Duffy Athlete Scholarship, $100; Katahdin Federal Credit Union Scholarship, $300; Katahdin Area Boosters Club Scholarship, $200; Knights of Columbus Scholarship, $100; Emma V. Milliken Memorial Hospital, $500; Millinocket Regional Hospital Employee, $500; Molunkus Valley Chapter 95, Order of Eastern Star, $100; Sherman High School Alumni Scholarship.
    • Adam Tarr: Community Helpers Women’s Club, $250; Kevin Hunt Memorial Scholarship, $150; Mattie Morrison Lockett Scholarship Fund, $245; Patten Academy Alumni Scholarship, $1,250.
    • Felisha Robinson: Marion Cunningham Memorial Scholarship, $300; Freeman W. Curtis Memorial, $100; Patten Academy Alumni Scholarship, $1,550.
    • Maggie McNally: Amy M. Curtis, $100; Calvin Desrosier Music, $100; Eastmill Credit Union Scholarship, $500; Phil Faulkner Athletic Scholarship, $100; Maine Masonic Scholarship, $300; Molunkus Valley Chapter 95, Order of Eastern Star, $100; Sherman High School Alumni Scholarship.
    • Thomas Anderson: Second Lt. Leslie Dickinson Jr. Merit Award, $200; Eastmill Credit Union Scholarship, $500; Dustin J. Harris Scholarship, $500; Katahdin Area Boosters Club Scholarship, $200; Maine Masonic Scholarship, $300; Sen. George J. Mitchell Scholarship, $1,000 a year for four years; Patten Academy Alumni Scholarship, $1,700; Patten Woman’s Club Scholarship, $250; Sherman High School Alumni Scholarship; Southern Aroostook Trappers Chapter Scholarship, $50; Stetson Memorial United Methodist Women’s Group, $100.
    • Jasmine Pelletier: Early College for ME, $500 for four semesters; May Mountain Ski Association Scholarship, $100; Sherman High School Alumni Scholarship; Southern Aroostook Trappers Chapter Scholarship, $50.
    • Josh Lake: Jon R. Fenlason School Service, $100; Kevin Hunt Memorial Scholarship, $150.
    • Ashley Parker: The Grammie Elthea Scholarship, $200;
    • Jasmine Cyr: Houlton Regional Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship, $250; Katahdin Area Boosters Club Scholarship, $200; Katahdin Valley Health Center Employee Fund (in memory of Jonathan Anderson and Naomi White), $250; Millinocket Regional Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship, $500;
    • Colby McDonald: Katahdin Federal Credit Union Scholarship, $300; Knights of Columbus Scholarship, $100; Mattie Morrison Lockett Scholarship Fund, $245; Patten Academy Alumni Scholarship, $1350; Sherman High School Alumni Scholarship; George A. Violette Memorial Scholarship, $100.
    • Christopher Allen: Mattie Morrison Lockett Scholarship Fund, $245; Sherman Fire Department, $250.
    • Alex McAvoy: Emma V. Milliken Memorial Hospital, $500.
    • Lyron Blum-Evitts: Emma V. Milliken Memorial Hospital, $500.
    • Jenna Pelkey: Patten Academy Alumni Scholarship, $1,000.
    • Jasmine Brayall: Patten Drug Scholarship, $250.