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BC Middle honors veterans
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Sgt. Joe Kindred, left, Lt. Col. Jonathan McColumn and Cpl. Jesse Burnette stop for a photo Nov. 10 during the Veterans Day program at Bryan County Middle School. - photo by Photo provided.

Bryan County Middle School celebrated Veterans Day on Nov. 10 with a program that consisted of songs, speakers and original readings by students.
Speakers were Lt. Col. Jonathan McColumn, who is stationed in the Pentagon Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, as the director of the Contracting Administration Support Office, Washington, D.C. He is the brother of Jennifer Waldburg, who is a teacher at BCMS. 
The other speaker was Staff Sgt. Russ Murray, who is part of the group from Fort Stewart that serves as tutors for BCMS students. Police Chief Mark Crowe rendered two selections, “American Soldier” and “God Bless the USA.” 
The BCMS/BCHS High School bands performed “Armed Forces on Parade,” a piece that included songs for the Navy, Army, Marine Corps and Air Force. 
The BCMS Chorus also performed two selections.  Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students read original poetry, tributes and essays about their relatives and others in the military. 
As a final tribute to all veterans, a slide show was presented showing pictures of relatives of staff, faculty and students who served, or presently serve, in the military.  The master of ceremonies for the occasion was David Williams.

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Groups hand out scholarships
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Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer shows her Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. With her are Tom Harris, Ashlee Farris, Brett Berry and Kim Diebold. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016. - photo by Photo provided.

Three reports recently presented scholarships

Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer received the Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016.

Garden Club

The Richmond Hill Garden Club recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Katherine Wood and a $500 scholarship to Carly Vargas, both seniors graduating from Richmond Hill High School.

The awards were presented May 8 during Honors Night at RHHS.

Wood plans to attend Green Mountain College in Vermont and major in environmental studies.

Vargas plans to attend Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, to pursue a degree in either environmental studies or biology.

The garden club awards a $1,000 scholarship annually to a local high school senior who plans to major in a field related to environmental concerns, plants and/or gardening.

This year, due to having two exceptional candidates, the garden club awarded an additional $500 scholarship.

Exchange Club

The Exchange Club of Richmond Hill recently named Caroline Odom as its student of the year.

The club each month during the school year names a student of the month, and the student of the year is chosen from among those winners.

Awards are based on academic performance, community involvement and leadership.

Monthly winners receive $100, with the annual winner getting a $1,000 scholarship.

The Exchange Club has been recognizing students for more than 30 years.

Odom will go on to compete in the Georgia District Exchange Club against students from across the state.

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