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 ICS Essay winners are (left) 2nd Place
– Marc Des Lauriers; 1st Place- Ashley Torri and 3rd
Place- Morgan Feeney.
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The Rotary Four-Way Test essay winners from the area grade schools
received awards at the Tuesday Morris Rotary Club meeting. Present were students from Saratoga Grade
School and Immaculate Conception School, along with their parents. Shabbona Grade School did not wish to
participate this year. After reading
their winning essays, Andrea Buckman, Morris Rotary President-elect and chairperson
of local Four-Way Essays, presented the checks to the first place winners from each school.
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 Andrea Buckman is shown with Ashley Torri, first
place winner from Immaculate Conception school.
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After the
first place winners were finished with reading their essays, Andrea presented
checks to the second and third place winners and congratulated them for taking
the time to write an essay and participate in the contest. All the
students are eight graders, except for Morgan Feeney, who is a seventh
grader. Each participant received a
pocket-sized card with the Four-Way Test included on it. The Four-Way Test Essay Contest is sponsored by the
Rotary Club of Morris and District 6450 as a means of introducing the Four-Way
Test to the students in the area grade schools and encouraging them to think
how it could apply to their young lives.
The Four-Way Test
was created by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as the RI
President) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing
bankruptcy. He came up with a 24-word,
four-line test for his company to follow.
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 Saratoga Essay winners are (left) 3rd
Place – Jon Shworles; 2nd Place- Hillary Johansen and 1st
Place- Haley Corrigan.
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This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and
professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all
relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is
credited to this simple philosophy.
Rotary adopted the Four-Way Test in 1943 and it has been translated into
more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways.
Local Winners – the local Four-Way Test Essay contest winners, their
schools and school sponsors are as follows:
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Immaculate Conception (ICS)
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Place
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Student
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Teacher:
Mrs. Loreen Vlk
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1ST
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Ashley Torri
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2nd
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Marc DesLauriers
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3rd
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Morgan Feeney
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Saratoga Grade School
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Place
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Student
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Teacher:
Ms. Angela Roe
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1ST
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Haley Corrigan
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2nd
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Hillary Johansen
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3rd
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Jon Shworles
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The best entry of the above students will be submitted for District 6450
Four-Way Test Essay Contest. The
district winners will be recognized at the District Annual Business meeting, as
well as featured on the District 6450 website and newsletter.
Reference: Rotamorr, Issue 15, April 24, 2007. Article by John Zappia.
Morris Records:
2005-2006
Morris
Student ASHLEY VAKSDAL, FROM SARATOGA SCHOOL
Wins 2nd place in
District Competition.
More information on the District
Webpage.
2005-2006 News Articles
Article One, Southwest
Neighbors (Morris Daily Herald, April 1, 2006) Click HERE.
Aricle Two, Southwest
Neighbors (Morris Daily Herald, April 1, 2006) Click
HERE.
