FR honor roll announced

Fort Recovery High School named students to the second quarter honor roll.

Seniors named to the all A honor roll were Athena Evers, Emily Hart, Lexi Hobbs, Shannon Knoth, Emily May, Kaitlyn Pearson, Austin Pohl, Logan Ranly, Jill Roessner, Travis Sutter and Abby Wenning.

Seniors named to the A/B honor roll were Tyler Acheson, Caleb Backs, Emily Bruns, Trey Collins, Tracy Fortkamp, Grace Gehle, Lauren Gehle, Brooke Gower, Angela Heitkamp, Chassity Hemmelgarn, Matt Hemmelgarn, Paige Hemmert, Rodney Hemmert, Andrew Homan, Faith Hull, Austin Jutte, Katie Jutte, Jocelyn Kaiser, Kylee Kaiser, Renee Kuess, Carly Link, Caleb Martin, Audra Metzger, Nathan Ontrop, Devin Post, Dillon Ramirez, Jason Roessner, Madelyn Roessner, Nina Wendel, Davis Will and Whitney Will.

Juniors named to the all A honor roll were Ryan Braun, Alexis Bubp, Sydney Dues, Taylor Grisez , Madison Grover, Kelsey Jutte, Samantha Kahlig, Madison Kaiser, Heather Klenke, Claire Metzger, Briget Pottkotter, Ethan Schoen, Carley Stone, Taylor Thien and Kyle Timmerman.

Juniors named to the A/B honor roll were Brittany Evers, Carissa Evers, Hannah Evers, Jack Gonzalez, Gabe Grieshop, Curtis Grube, AJ Heitkamp, Amanda Hipple, Aaron Homan, Will Homan, Harrison Kaup, Kristen Keller, Rick Knapke, Matt Kuess, Eryn Litmer, Alex Maestrelli, Kristy McIntosh-Thobe, Cashaus Metzger, Chloe Metzger, Rachel Moorman, Alyssa Post, Natalie Pottkotter, Kolin Sanders, Sabrina Schmitt, Lydia Schmitz, Eddie Siefring, Andrew Stocker , Grace Thien, Nathan Thornhill, Nick Thwaits, Austin Timmerman, Trevor Vaughn, Dylan Weagant, Cade Wendel, Jessica Wendel and Kiah Wendel.

Sophomores named to the all A honor roll were Riley Ellenberger, Hannah Knapke, Kayla Lennartz and Cassie Poeppelman.

Sophomores named to the A/B honor roll were Tristan Breymaier, Michael Fritz, Lauren Fullenkamp, Elise Gehle, Reagan Grieshop, Audrey Guggenbiller, Hannah Heitkamp, Natalie Homan, Noah Homan , Taylor Huntsman, Aleigha Jenkins, Christopher Knoth, Cassidy Martin, Clayton McEldowney, Courtney Metzger, Brenden O’Dell, Jackson Ontrop, Clay Pearson, Madison Rammel, Joe Roessner, Elijah Stammen, Nolan Thobe, Nathan Weigel, Chloe Will and Kaden Will.

Freshman named to the all A honor roll were Brandon Bruns, Riley Dilworth, Ashley Dues, Harlie Dues, Ashley Hart, Olivia Homan, Brooke Kahlig, Ally Kaiser, Kenzie Kaiser , John Knapke, Morgan Litmer, Dana McCain, Drew Muhlenkamp, Josh Muhlenkamp, Olivia Patch, Mitchell Pugh, Owen Schoen and Paige Timmerman.

Freshman named to the A/B honor roll were Brandon Bruns, Riley Dilworth, Ashley Dues, Harlie Dues, Ashley Hart, Olivia Homan, Brooke Kahlig, Ally Kaiser, Kenzie Kaiser, John Knapke, Morgan Litmer, Dana McCain, Drew Muhlenkamp, Josh Muhlenkamp, Olivia Patch, Mitchell Pugh, Owen Schoen and Paige Timmerman.



Spelling Bee winners

Judge Haynes Elementary recently held its annual Spelling Bee. The winner of was Ryne Goldsworthy. He is a fifth grade student and the son of Carissa Allred and Matt Goldsworthy.

The runner-up was Alexa Bravo. She is a fourth grade student and the daughter of Esmeralda and Raman Bravo.



Speech winners

Winners for the Optimist Oratorical Speech Contest were named at area schools.

East Elementary School winners were Maddy Snow and Nathan Lothridge. The runner-up was Kenzie Landon.

Pennville Elementary School winners were Rosie T.R. Eicher, the daughter of Toby D. and Rosa J. Eicher and Gabe Pinkerton, the son of Rex and Cathy Pinkerton.

Runners-up were Mattie Affolder, the granddaughter of Charlene Wilder, and John Graber, the son of David B. and Anna J. Graber.

General Shanks Elementary School winners were Aubrey Millspaugh, the daughter of Timothy and Kristin Millspaugh and Nicholas Lyons, the son of Matt and Tammy Lyons.

Runners-up were Katelynn Landers, the daughter of Angela Landers, and Sam Myers, the son of Nathan and Amy Myers.



Guest speaker

Friends of the Fort Recovery Public Library are sponsoring an event for an Indiana author.

Monica Koldyke Miller will speak at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Fort Library.

Miller will discuss how she got her start in writing and her first published book “Threads of Betrayal.” She will have books available for signing.