Morrison Rotary Club recognizes the Morrison High School October Students of the Month Paige Leighton and Blake Huizenga.

Paige’s parents are Kerry and Michael Leighton. Her school activities include football and basketball cheerleading for 2 years, student council 4 years and current president, and yearbook committee for 2 years. She is a member of the Emmanuel Church youth group where she has participated in mission trips. Her hobbies include drawing, watching movies and spending time with family and friends. Her future plans are to attend UIUC to study business or education.

Blake is the son of Chad and Myra Huizenga. He has participated in several school activities including golf for 2 years, trapshooting (4 years) and his true passion, FFA (4 years) where he is the current chapter president. Throughout his FFA journey he has volunteered by organizing Thanksgiving and Christmas meals and he was able to assist with the Chambers Fallfest . In his free time he enjoys camping with his family, and fishing in waters all over the Midwest. His biggest venture is his 5-acre pumpkin business where he has developed innovative ways to increase production and sales. After high school he plans to attend Sauk Valley College for 2 years and then transfer to UW- Platteville and major in Ag Business and minor in Agronomy.

 

Morrison Rotary Club recognizes the Morrison High School September Students of the Month Sarah Stralow and Isaiah McDearmon.

Sarah’s parents are Ken and Carol Stralow. She enjoys cheerleading for both football and basketball. She has also been serving as Vice President of the Student Council and she is a member of the Yearbook committee. In her spare time, she also plays in the Quad Cities Youth Philharmonic orchestra. In her free time, she enjoys playing violin and piano and spending time with family and friends. Her future plans are to attend the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and major in architecture.

Isaiah is the son of Hilary and Jason McDearmon. He has participated in a number of school activities including Key Club and Student Council all 4 years of high school. In addition, he has participated in track and field and cross country. He set a goal in his Sophomore year to qualify for state in both. He has enjoyed the Emmanuel Youth group and has participated on 3 mission trips. Isaiah enjoys playing bass guitar at Emmanuel. With all of his cross-country experience he loves to be outside and just loves hiking in the great outdoors especially in Colorado. His future plans are to pursue a mechanical or nuclear engineering degree. He has been accepted to Iowa State but is considering University of Illinois Urbana, Purdue University or UW- Platteville.

 

Our Morrison Rotary group donated 70 bike helmets with Rotary logos to Morrison 3rd grade students. Pictured here placing the logos stickers on the helmets are: Left-Right

Karl Kovarik, John Prange, Kevin Kuehl, President Scott Vandermyde and Jim Camp. Thank you gentlemen for your assistance and thank you Morrison Rotary for protecting our kids!

 

Sarah Weston is the daughter of Annette and Dennis Weston. She is involved in band (drum major for 3 years), theater, key club (president), scholastic bowl, prom committee, orchestra, madrigals and she also found time to play basketball. She has played in the Dixon Municipal Band and also assisted with the Kiwanis Club activities and she works at Sullivans. Her hobbies include MUSIC, reading, painting, baking and hiking. Her future plans are to attend Augustana College and major in Music Education with a goal to be a music teacher.

Karalynn Kirkpatrick is the daughter of Kayleen Mecum. She participates in choir, madrigals, drama club, prom committee, key club(co-president 1 yr.) and B.L.I.N.D. Through Key Club she is able to volunteer at various organizations. She loves musical theater, reading and watching movies. She also loves to hang out with her family in her free time. She loves, loves, loves multimedia and making/editing videos with her friends. Her future plans are to attend Illinois State University and major in theater/film so she can make a lifelong career in the industry.

Congratulations to both of these fine young women!

 

The Morrison Rotary Club is proud to recognize Morrison High School seniors Carly Boonstra and Chase Newman as our January Students of the Month.

 

Carly is the daughter of Thomas and Donna Boonstra. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Student Council and she is a statistician for the wrestling team. She assists with blood drives, and planning student activities such as dances and holiday events. Her hobbies are reading, working out, playing games and spending time with family and friends. She loves to spend time fishing and camping at her family’s cabin in Ptown. Her future plans include attending Sauk Valley College or Illinois State University to major in accounting or business.

 

Chase is the son of Brooke and Mathew Newman. Chase has been playing basketball and football since he was about 5. He also runs track. He is a member of the National Honor Society. Recently he helped move furniture and products from the Food Pantry in the Methodist Church over to their new location by Kunes. Chase mentioned that Dr. Nicky Eustace from Morrison Community Hospital, who is the team doctor for the football team, really had an impact on his future plans. After talking to her he would like to pursue a degree in Physical Therapy at a college that specializes in that program.

 

 

Cambell is the daughter of Jason and Domini Buikema. She has participated in golf in her freshman year and volleyball all 4 years. She is a member of Student Council and the National Honors Society. She has also assisted with the prom committee. Cambell has assisted with community blood drives and she has volunteered at the Morrison Sportsman’s Club. She enjoys working with children, spending time with family and traveling. Her future plans include attending college for nursing with plans to become a nurse anesthetist. She really wants to work with pediatric patients.

 

Carson is the son of Jason and Erica Strating. He has participated in football where he was team captain 2 years, basketball, baseball (captain 1 year) and track. He has donated many hours working at the Whiteside County Fair in the beef barn and then cleaning the property afterwards. He has also volunteered to help kids play flag football. Finally he has helped sell sandwiches for the Key Club fundraisers and he helped unloading vehicles at the annual recycle day. His hobbies include hunting, fishing, golfing and lifting weights. Carson has worked for the City of Morrison for the past 3 years. His future plans include a college where he can play football. He is undecided on a major.