July 18, 2024 • Volume 39, No. 5
The Cumberland Panthers U16 girls team beat the Brantford Bisons 41-12 in their OWFL semi-final game on July 6. See story on page 14. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO
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Rotary Club recognizes young people of character By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star The Rotary Club of Orléans recently honoured 23 remarkable young people from Orléans and the surrounding area during their annual Young People of Character Awards at the Shenkman Arts Centre. Among the award winners were Emily Frost, Mekhi Simpson Falcao, Veronique Forest, Kalie Hatoum, Ali Hosseini, Joud Houssari, Jessica Janega, Ali Knowles, Lucas Leingartner, Zoe Lapensee, Bruno Luten, Eric Mercer, Bethuel Mworsho, Christian Patterson, Justine Perreault, Sophie Proulx, Rosa Sadat, Rayaan Saeed, Clara Shales, Angel-May Stubbert, Evangeline Tablou, Haifa Zemni and Maissa Zemni. Each of the award winners received a glass trophy and a certificate, while three of the recipients – Lucas Leingartner, Ali Hosseini and Eric Mercer – were given a $500 scholarship. The recipients were nominated by their
schools and judged by an assessment committee that looked at all the nominations and selected award winners based on the information provided by the nominator in a number of areas including leadership, compassion, creativity, integrity, resilience, social responsibility and commitment to excellence. The award ceremony was organized by cochairs Gayle and Nabil Oudeh and their team of volunteers. Nabil Oudeh and Monique St Amand coemceed the event with while Maria Stellar and Juliana Drayton from Sing House Studio entertained the audience with their beautiful voices. The Young People of Character Awards would not be possible without the generous support of the program’s title sponsors Assante Wealth Management and Top Rankin Mortgages. Silver level sponsors Design & Systems Inc., CCR International and Ottawa Prestige. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12