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Club honors THS Rotary Scholars 
ROTARY SCHOLARS: The top 12 percent of the Taylor High School Class of 2007 was honored during the annual Rotary Scholars Banquet Thursday. Here, recipients of the award are pictured with Taylor Rotary Club President Connie Zycha. |
The Taylor Rotary Club hosted a banquet Thursday for several outstanding Taylor High School students and their guests. The club honored the top 12 percent of the Class of 2007 as Rotary Scholars and presented other awards. Keynote speaker for the event was Austin American-Statesman columnist and THS alumni Kirk Bohls. Bohls encouraged students to read and write as much as they can, to remain open minded and to remain committed to academics. He also encouraged graduates to “start giving back right now,” to connect with the world and take up causes that are important to them. He also said they should not let fear of a new environment stop them from getting the most out of college. “Everybody's scared to death, but you don't have to show it and it doesn't have to hinder you,” he said. Bohls also announced that he and his family are awarding a new $3,000 scholarship in honor of their father, Leon Bohls. Two scholarship recipients were introduced during the banquet. Devenia Gonzales received a $1,000 Rotary Vocational Scholarship, which was funded by Babeco. Bryce Block received the $3,000 Bunnell-Rotary Academic Scholarship. Among the Rotary Scholars honored during the banquet were: Brittany Behrens, who will attend the University of North Texas Bryce Block, who will attend Emory University Mallory Dykowski, who will attend Texas A&M Elisabeth Garry, who will attend Reed College Albert Gutierrez, who will attend Texas State University Suzanna Hernandez, who will attend Baylor University Christina Hilscher, who will attend Temple College Mallory Janak, who will attend Texas State University Sarah Johnson, who will attend Baylor University John Kaspar, who will attend the University of Texas Ashley Keith, who will attend Texas A&M Daniel Lopez, who will attend the University of Texas Michael Martinez, who will attend Angelo State University Jaboa Matoska, who will attend the University of Texas Nakevia Miller, who will attend Texas State University Matthew Millikin, who will attend Texas State University Ashley McFarlin, who will attend Texas State University Hailey Mokry, who will attend the University of Texas Amanda Moss, who will attend the University of North Texas Karina Pacheco, who will attend the University of Texas at Dallas Kelly Portillo, who will attend Temple College Emily Quinn, who will attend the University of Texas Devyn Rucker, who will attend the University of Texas Erin Tomei, who will attend the University of North Texas Kyle Vanecek, who will attend the University of Texas at San Antonio Lindsey Walton, who will attend Texas State University Reyna Yanez, who will attend Boston University
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