By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
The annual Scholarships and Awards Night event was held at ACGC High School on May 14. Those given honors and/or scholarships included:
Local Scholarships and Awards
- Bernie Saggau Award: Jathan South
- Governor’s Scholar Award: Emmarae Ellis
- Wayne Cooley Nominee: Paige Van Meter
- Guthrie County Citizenship Award, Iowa State Bar Association: Gavin Sloss $250
- Adair County Citizenship Award – Iowa State Bar Association: Belle Fagan $250
- American Legion Post 164 Scholarship: Shay Lemke, Gavin Sloss, Paige Van Meter $250 each
- Sons of the American Legion Post 164 Scholarship: Adalyn Benson, Jayla Hoover, Hannah Muller $250 each
- Omar B. Shearer Unit 124 Auxiliary Merit Award: Shay Lemke $500, Blaise Tallman $500, Gavin Sloss $1,000
- Military Recognition: Nathan Kelley, Jonathan Martinez, Hunter Mohr, Danny Sherwood
- Masonic Lodge: Shay Lemke, Gavin Sloss, Jathan South $400 each
- Bayard Lion’s Club Scholarship: Taytum Bates $300
- Bayard American Legion: Taytum Bates $300
- Adair Women’s Club Scholarship: Hannah Muller, Shyann Young $150 each
- Festival of Trees Scholarship: Emmarae Ellis, Belle Fagan, Jayla Hoover, Noah Kading, Grace Lavoy, Ali Plagman $150 each
- Lynn Lehman Scholarship: Shyann Young $300
- Marines Scholastic Excellence Award: Grace Lavoy, Taytum Bates
- Distinguished Male Athlete Award: Eli Madsen
- Distinguished Female Athlete Award: Shay Lemke
- “Semper Fidelis” Award for Musical Excellence: Ali Plagman, Gavin Sloss
- Outstanding Senior English Department Award: Emmarae Ellis, Grace Lavoy
- Outstanding Senior Communications Award: Gavin Sloss
- Outstanding Individual Speech Award :Addison Laughery
- Jen Hewitt Memorial Art Award: Tessa Sheeder
- Outstanding Senior Art Award: Max Sills, Tessa Sheeder
- Outstanding Senior Award for Instrumental Music/Arion Award: Shyann Young
- Outstanding Senior Drama Award: Taytum Bates
- Outstanding Senior Vocal Award: Ava Campbell, Shyann Young
- Iowa Choral Directors Association Outstanding Senior Award: Emmarae Ellis
- Trudy Straub Speech Award: Shyann Young $2,000
- Guthrie County REC Scholarship: Gavin Sloss $1,000
- D. and Kathy Kuester Scholarship: Shay Lemke, Danny Sherwood $250 each
- Association of Independent Business Women Scholarship: Belle Fagan $500
- Guthrie County Youth Foundation Scholarship: Will Kading, Shay Lemke, Blaise Tallman, Ashton Zekucia $400 each
- Eddie McCartney Memorial Scholarship: Belle Fagan $350
- Guthrie SWCD Scholarship: Gavin Sloss $500
- Adair SWCD Scholarship: William Kading $500
- Healthcare Scholarship (Sponsored by: Synergy Wellness, Dub P Apparel, Hospice of the Midwest & The New Homestead): Belle Fagan $1,000
- Adair-Casey Education Association Scholarship: Ali Plagman, Shyann Young $100 each
- Adair Library Brainard Memorial Scholarship: Adalyn Benson, Emmarae Ellis, Belle Fagan, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Jayla Hoover, Grace Lavoy, Shay Lemke, Hannah Muller, Ali Plagman, Jathan South, Paige Van Meter, Shyann Young $250 each
- Doris Brainard Scholarship: Belle Fagan, Will Kading $500 each
- D Evangeline Kuester Scholarship: Shay Lemke, Gavin Sloss $100 each
- Daisy Petersen Trust Scholarship: Ali Plagman, Noah Kading $1,000 each
- Neil Lewis Memorial Scholarship: Gavin Sloss $300
- DMACC Graduation Certificates and Cords: Belle Fagan: CNA – Nurse Aide, Advanced CNA; Grace Lavoy: CNA – Nurse Aide, Advanced CNA; Shay Lemke: CNA – Nurse Aide, Advanced CNA; Karime Onofre: CNA – Nurse Aide, Advanced CNA
- Northwest Missouri State University Scholarships: Bearcat Advantage Scholarship: Ava Campbell, Ali Plagman $1,500 each
University Scholar: Ava Campbell, Ali Plagman $8,392 each
Central College Scholarships (amounts vary): Journey Scholarship: Taytum Bates, Jacob Risinger - Presidential Scholarship: Taytum Bates, Jacob Risinger
Trustee Scholarship: Taytum Bates - Hixson Award: Shyann Young $20,000
- Guthrie County Republican Central Committee and Doyle G. Beeber Scholarship: Shay Lemke $250
- Luckinbill Memorial Music Scholarship: Shyann Young $500
- Coon Valley Telephone Co. Scholarship: Noah Kading $1,500 and Jayla Hoover $1,000
- Panora Fiber: Jathan South $1,000
- Farmers Electric Cooperative: Will Kading $600 and Belle Fagan $1,000
- Adair Casey Conservation Club: Belle Fagan, Will Kading $200 each
- AgHub Midwest Scholarship: Gavin Sloss $1,000
- AgriDrain Scholarship: Gavin Sloss $1,000
- Guthrie County Corn Growers Association: Will Kading $250
- Adair County Corn Growers Association: Belle Fagan $500
- Kelly Laughery Service Scholarship: Belle Fagan $500
- Sammi Long Endowment Scholarship: Belle Fagan $200
- Guthrie County Cattlemen’s Scholarship: Shay Lemke $900, Paige Van Meter $800, Gavin Sloss $600, Noah Kading $600
- Casey Service Club Scholarship: Noah Kading, Will Kading, Ali Plagman $250 each
- ACGC Charger Booster Club Scholarships (amounts vary): Adalyn Benson, Grace Colling, Belle Fagan, Jayla Hoover, Addison Laughery, Shay Lemke, Hannah Muller, Karime Onofre, Ali Plagman, Paige Van Meter
- Iowa Farm Bureau, Adair County Scholarship: Belle Fagan, Hannah Muller $200 each
- Iowa Farm Bureau, Guthrie County Scholarship: Will Kading, Gavin Sloss, Paige Van Meter $500 each
- Ernst Heritage Farms Scholarship: Belle Fagan $600
- Susan M. Slater Education Scholarship: Ali Plagman, Victoria Morrill, Paige Van Meter $250 each
- Guthrie County Hospital Foundation: Belle Fagan $500, Karime Onofre $500, Grace Lavoy $1,000
- Guthrie County Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Belle Fagan $500
- Peoples Bank Scholarship: Shay Lemke $500
- Everfi “Top 3” Financial Literacy Students Grace Colling (Overall Winner), Paige Van Meter, Emmarae Ellis
- Guthrie Center Lions Club Scholarship: Belle Fagan, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Jayla Hoover, Noah Kading, Addison Laughery, Grace Lavoy, Shay Lemke, Hannah Muller, Ali Plagman, Gavin Sloss, Jathan South, Paige Van Meter $200 each
- Norunn Stangland Scholarship: Emmarae Ellis, Addison Laughery, Grace Lavoy $1,000 each
- Jessie Leeper Building Lives Scholarship: Belle Fagan, Grace Lavoy $250 each
- Hayes Trust Scholarship: Noah Kading, Will Kading, Ali Plagman $500 each
- Casey Women’s Club Scholarship: Noah Kading, Shay Lemke, Ali Plagman $150 each
- Chapter PH and BY PEO Scholarship: Paige Van Meter $1,000
- Taylor Scholarship: Grace Lavoy $12,000
- National Honor Society Medal Presentation: Adalyn Benson, Emmarae Ellis, Jayla Hoover, Noah Kading, Addison Laughery, Grace Lavoy, Shay Lemke, Eli Madsen, Jathan South, Paige Van Meter
- 4×4 Athletes: Noah Kading
- Activities Acknowledgements: Ava Campbell – Cross Country and Track – NWMS
- All School Reunion Committee Scholarship: All Senior Students Present Received $50 each
- Gary Rees Trust Scholarship: Belle Fagan will receive $25,000 to be split up for 5 years
- Presentation of Senior Key: Belle Fagan and Lucy Knutter
Additional Scholarship Awards Class of 2025
- Belle Fagan: 4 Seasons Fundraising Scholarship $250 Adair Co. Cattlemen’s Scholarship $150 Adair Co. Farmers Electric (REC) Scholarship $1,000 Kelly Laughery Scholarship $500
- Elizabeth Gonzalez: UNI Panther Presidential Scholarship $1,000
- Jayla Hoover: St. Mary’s Catholic Church Scholarship $250
- Noah Kading: Iowa State University Forever Scholar $8,000
- Will Kading: Alan Elgin Memorial Scholarship $500 Adair Co. Farmers Electric (REC) Scholarship $600 DMACC Foundation Scholarship $1,000 National FFA Bayer Grow Ag Leader Scholarship $1,500
- Addison Laughery: Guthrie Co. 99 County Full Tuition Representative
- Grace Lavoy: Drake Presidential Scholarship $32,000/year, St. Anthony Foundation Scholarship $1,500
- Shay Lemke: Guthrie Co. 4-H Foundation Scholarship $500
- Payton Policky: St. Mary’s Catholic Church Scholarship $250
- Gavin Sloss: Alan Elgin Memorial Scholarship $500 Beck’s Hybrids Play with Heart Scholarship $1,000, Guthrie County 4-H Foundation Scholarship $750, Helena Homegrown Scholarship $1,000, Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities Scholarship $500, National FFA Bayer Grow Ag Leader Scholarship $1,500
- Jathan South: Iowa State University Forever Scholar $8,000, Modern Woodmen Scholarship $7,500
- Paige Van Meter: St. Mary’s Catholic Church Scholarship $250
- Mason Wahl: St. Mary’s Catholic Church Scholarship $250
- Shyann Young: Adair Co. Cattlemen’s Scholarship $150 Guthrie Co. Fair Queen Scholarship $300 Evelyn V. and Raymond H. Werner Scholarship $2,300, Lualis Dumenil Scholarship in FCS Education $2,500