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FEBRUARY 2020 TIOGA COUNTY COMMUNITY PRESS PAGE 8

Akshar’s All-Stars

Senator Fred Akshar continued the third year of his district-wide “Akshar's All-
Stars” student recognition program by recognizing students at 4 Tioga County
schools who have shown great leadership, compassion, school spirit, or improve-
ment amongst their peers.
Each student who is recognized as an “Akshar All-Star” receives a T-shirt,
framed certificate, and a challenge coin.

At Tioga Central High School, Akshar recognized senior Adeline Whitmore for
her kindness, honesty, ambition and work ethic in everything she does. Class valedic-
torian, Addy also excels on the athletic field, serves as Vice President of the National
Honor Society and Treasurer of the Spanish Club. Addy recently earned her Gold
Award in Girl Scouts by raising enough money to fully fund a new Veterans Memo-
rial in the Town of Nichols.

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The Friendly Neighborhood Tavern At Waverly High School, Akshar recognized junior Rachel Shambo for her strong
Rt. 434, Apalachin, New York 625-3935 work ethic, dependability and willingness to take on additional responsibilities and
opportunities whenever available. Rachel serves as Division Manager in the school’s
Wolverine Den Enterprise and Student Manager for the Ingersoll Rand Federal Credit
THINKING ABOUT BUILDING A Union at Waverly High School. A strong student in the classroom, Rachel is also a
member of the varsity tennis and swim teams, leadership crew, National Honor Soci-
DREAM HOME OR REMODEL? ety and is finalizing her EMT Certification through Greater Valley EMS.

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sets a positive example for the student body and shares his infectious, positive atti-
tude with students and faculty alike. His compassion, perseverance and keen sense of
responsibility helped him navigate losing both a friend and a coach within a year. As
FREE a senior, Luke kept his cross country team together as a family and supported them
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attitude, work ethic and his unwavering commitment to helping others. As an active
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INSURED and Fauna Friends 4-H Club and the Tioga County Giant Pumpkin Club, Ryan has
participated in various community service projects, including raising money for the
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In 2019, Ryan and his brother received the Breeder Award for breeding the Grand
Champion Market Hog at the Tioga County Fair.