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Page 2A - The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, November 22, 2001
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Cadets Jaime Perez and Erik
Etheridge, both students at Lee
County High School, attended the
National Youth Leadership Fo
rum on Defense. Intelligence and
Diplomacy from October 23
through 28, 2001 in Washington,
D.C. Having demonstrated aca
demic achievement and an inter
est in a career related to national
security. Perez and Etheridge
joined 350 outstanding high
school juniors and seniors from
across America at the conference.
Students learned first-hand about
national security, diplomacy and
global defense systems.
“This group of young hopefuls
was in our nation’s capital dur
ing a critical time when global
leaders were banding together to
oppose terrorism,” said Donna
Weldin, executive director of the
National Youth Leadership Fo
rum. “While the leaders of coun
tries around the world are learn
ing from and addressing the Sep
tember 11,2001 incidents, so too
were students like Erik Etheridge
Jaime Perez. Experiencing the
pace, decision making and ur
gency of Washington, D.C,
through interaction with some of
our country’s most qualified na
tional security leaders will help
shape these students! future
plans.”
Captain Jeffrey K. Sapp, USN,
Commanding Officer of Naval
ROTC and a Professor of Naval
Science at Southern University
and Texas A&M College, opened
the program with his keynote ad
dress, in which he inspired the
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students. “Many of us grow up
thinking we are not capable of
much,” Captain Sapp said. “Well,
I’m here to tell you otherwise. At
one point, I was little more than
an athlete, but soon I realized edu
cation was vitally important to
my success. You need to recog
nize that you can do anything you
set your mind to. Get educated
and break out of the habit of
thinking you can’t do anything.”
He concluded, “Given the series
of events leading us from Sep
tember 11 into the future, our
country depends on you.”
Throughout the forum,
Etheridge and Perez experienced
how the U.S. plans for peace, pre
pares for crisis and met with lead
ers from key agencies and insti
tutions. Students had the oppor
tunity to visit several military in
stallations and agencies, such as
the U.S. Department of State; the
Marine Corps Combat Develop
ment Command at Quantico; the
U.S. Naval Academy; the War
Gaming and Simulation Center;
the Foreign Service Institute; and
Erik Etheridge
the National Infrastructure Pro
tection Center, among many oth
ers.
The National Youth Leadership
Forum culminated with a student-
run simulation of international
crises involving the Caucasus re
gion in Central Asia, where stu
dents assumed true-to-life roles in
making decisions to resolve a fic
tional global situation.
Erik Etheridge and Jaime Perez
Jaime Perez
are current staff members of the
Lee County High School Naval
Junior ROTC program and will
run a national security decision
making simulation for the senior
naval science students in the com
ing weeks. The expertise that they
gained in Washington, D.C. will
help to bring some of the quality
education and experience of the
National Youth Leadership Fo
rum to the local area.
National Exchange Club
Youths Of The Month
By Edwina Gleaton
Students selected to represent
Lee County High School as the
National Exchange Club Youths
of the Month for November are:
Brittany Bagnato, Hayley
Carlton, and Meejin Hahn. Three
students who are the highest
ranked in the senior class will be
selected each month from Sep
tember - March. In the spring, an
Exchange Club committee will
review student applications, and
students will be chosen to enter
the Youth of the Year national
competition.
Brittany is the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. John Bagnato. Her
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
John Bagnato and Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Stone. She is active in Beta
Club, National Honor Society.
Future Business Leaders of
America, and Fellowship of
Christian Athletes. Brittany
serves on the Regions Bank Jun
ior Board of Directors and vol-
VarsHy
Cheerleader
Exchange Club Youth of the Month are Meejin Hahn
and Brittany Bagnato. Not pictured is Hayley Carlton.
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unteers at Hunny Pot Stables/
Southwest Georgia Therapeutic
Riding Center, and Kinchafoonee
Primary School. She is a LCHS
varsity cheerleader and is active
in the All-Star Competition
Cheerleading-Community Orga
nization. Brittany is an excellent
student whose awards include
being selected for Governors
Honors, Georgia Merit Scholars,
Who’s Who Among American
High School Students, United
States Achievement Academy in
math, National Honor Roll, and
National Leadership and Service
Awards. She considers her most
outstanding achievement to be
receiving the Georgia Certificate
of Merit awarded to students in
the top 5% of their class. Brittany
plans to attend the University of
Georgia where she is thinking of
majoring in medicine. Her career
goal is to become a dermatologist.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Randy Carlton of Leesburg,
Hayley is the granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Alderman and
Mr. and Mrs. Straud Carlton.
Hayley is a College Prep student
enrolled in the LCHS Apprentice
ship Program; thus, she will also
receive the Technical/Career seal
when she graduates. Hayley is
active in the Future Business
Leaders of America and the Fel
lowship of Christian Athletes.
She has played tennis for 3 years
as a member of the LCHS Tennis
Team. Her community activities
include volunteering at Phoebe
Putney Hospital, mission trips
with Byne Memorial Baptist
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Bible clubs. Special achievement
awards include: Who’s Who
Among American High School
Students, the Georgia Certificate
of Merit, Varsity Tennis Letters
(3 years), hospital volunteer cer
tificate, local and regional science
fair wins, and various high school
academic awards. She plans to
attend Valdosta State University
and hopes to go into the medical
field, becoming a pediatric nurse.
Meejin is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Hahn of Lees
burg. Her grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Seung Hahn and Mr.
and Mrs. Kwang Yun. She is a
member of the Beta Club, Na
tional Honor Society. LCHS
Math Team, and Drama Club. She
volunteers at the Albany Humane
Society, and tutors other students
in math. She has also volunteered
to help first graders with home
work. helped run a bike rodeo,
and picked up garbage for the
community. Meejin enjoys play
ing the piano and tennis and con
siders being selected to partici
pate in the Governor’s Honors
Program as her most outstanding
achievement. Other special
achievements and awards include
Math Competition Awards, Alge
bra 2 Highest Average Award,
U.S. History Highest Average
Award, 11th Grade Perfect Atten
dance Award, and having all A’s
for all high school courses thus
far. Meejin plans to continue her
education at Georgia Tech where
she is interested in studying phar
macy.
The Northwest Exchange Club
of Albany sponsors the Youth of
the Month local competition. To
be eligible, students are scored on
their participation and leadership
roles in student govemment/class
government, newspaper/annual
school publications, musical or
ganizations, debate activities,
stage productions, athletic teams,
and club memberships. They are
also rated according to commu
nity organization memberships
and volunteer service hours,
grade point averages, and special
achievements or awards. In final
competition, students will be re
quired to write an essay to be
scored by a team of national
judges. Good luck in continuing
competition, ladies!