National Merit Commended
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Dyle Henning, son of Oanh and Dyle Henning of Lapeer has been named a Commended Student in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Lapeer East High School Principal Kelly Paige will present a letter of commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation to the senior.
There are about 34,000 Commended Students nationally.

4-H Honors
Members of 4-H were honored at the 2007 4-H Spring Achievement/Style Revue that took place recently at the Center Building in Lapeer.
Honors included: Royalty Prince Colin Hile; 1st alternate Kaleb Parsch; 2nd alternate Jonathan Craig. Princess Danielle Crittenden; 1st alternate Mallory Tanis; 2nd alternate Tricia Lankton; 3rd alternate Ariel Abbey; 4th alternate Stephanie Bodenbach. King Rick Straight; 1st alternate Andrew Rhodes. Queen Rachel Russell; 1st alternate Cierra Wilcox; 2nd alternate Meagan Gilbert; 3rd alternate Sierra Horton; 4th alternate Kayla Beach.
Citizenship Washington Focus Trip: Delegates Lacee-Starr Horton, Andrew Rhodes and Amy Straight. Milk Marketing: Danielle Crittenden and Rick Tanis. Key Club: Rachel Russell, Amy Straight, Lacee-Starr Horton and Arianna Wilcox. Camp Miniwanca: Andrew Rhodes; 1st alternate Amy Straight; 2nd alternate Arianna Wilcox. County Medal Winners: Ariel Abbey, Beef, Crafts; Victoria Billig, Hobbies & Collections; Community Service; Stephanie Bodenbach, Horse & Pony; Jonathan Craig, Computer Science; Danielle Crittenden, Goats; Katy DiPirro, Horse & Pony; Erika Garant, Swine; Colin Hile, Crafts, Horse & Pony; Lacee-Starr Horton, Safety, Shooting Sports; McKenna Koskinen, Goats; Kaleb Parsch, Computer Science; Rachel Russell, Vet. Science, Rabbits; Renee Russell, Knitting & Crocheting, Rabbits; Justin Shaver, Foods, Vet. Science; Nicholas Shaver, Foods, Sheep; Amy Straight, Achievement, Leadership; Emily Straight, Poultry, Swine; Mallory Tanis, Community Service, Dairy; Miranda Tanis, Vet. Science; Rick Tanis, Public Speaking; Chad Weiss, Beef, Rabbits; Tiffany Weiss, Achievement. Cover Design Contest: 1st - Cassandra Thompson; 2nd - Mallory Tanis. Capitol Experience: Tricia Lankton and Andrew Rhodes. Savings Bond Winners: Nicholas Shaver, Alexis Craig, Ricky Tanis, Justin Shaver, Gabriel Thompson, Casey Smith, Ashley Lankton, Cassondra Cartagena-Ortiz, Stephanie Pozsgay and Megan Hubarth. Lapeer County 4-H State Awards participants: Tiffany Weiss, Rick Straight and Amy Straight. Mark of Excellence Essay: Erika Garant and Emily Straight. Teen Council Representatives: Rick Tanis, Tricia Lankton, Meagan Gilbert and Chance Baker.

Local writer
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LAPEER — A short story by local writer Katherine Burgess will appear in Patterns, the annual literary magazine of St. Clair Community College.
Her story, Anticipation, tells of an elderly woman with dementia, who has trouble remembering that her husband is deceased. Burgess, an SCCC student, worked at a nursing home for a time.
The local Writers’ Circle, of which Burgess is a founding member, celebrated her achievement on Tuesday, March 13. Her success was no surprise to others in the group. “I knew when I first read her material that she would break into print soon,” says Gerald Sims, another founding member. “I’m hoping several others of our group will follow on her heels.”
Patterns is the oldest literary magazine of any community college in America.
Writers’ Circle is a local group of would-be writers that meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Their goals are to encourage each other and increase the quality of local literary works. For details, call 810-245-0228. — S.I.

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