Montrose student wins DTL contest

Winner of Week One in Chesapeake’s ‘Discovering Tomorrow’s Leader’ contest is Trevor Tompkins of Montrose Area High School. With him last Friday are, from left, Ray Wilmarth of the Montrsoe Rotary, Michelle Kowalewski of the Susquehanna Co 4-H, Jane Clements of Chesapeake; Tompkins; Jim Tallarico, MAHS Principal; Peter Quigg of the Community Foundation of the Endless Mountains; and Robert Welch of the New Milford Rotary. STAFF PHOTO/ROBERT BAKER

Trevor Tompkins, 16, a sophomore atMontroseAreaHigh Schoolhas been selected as the first weekly winner ofSusquehannaCounty’s “Discovering Tomorrow’s Leaders” contest, a partnership among Chesapeake Energy Corp., several local nonprofits and regional media.

Trevor has been an active member of theSusquehannaCounty4-H program for nine years. He is a member of the Susquehanna County Junior Holstein Club, Senior Dairy Judging Team, Senior Dairy Quiz Bowl and is the President of the Born to Show 4-H Dairy Club team.

He has shown his dairy cattle at the local, district, state and national levels and has been a group leader at theSusquehannaCounty4-H Dairy Camp providing his own cattle for members to work with and mentoring the younger students.

Trevor is on the varsity football and wrestling teams and volunteers with the youth football programs in theMontroseSchool District. He demonstrates excellent character and leads by example in everything he does.

“Discovering Tomorrow’s Leaders” gives residents the opportunity to nominateSusquehannaCountystudents who have displayed outstanding leadership qualities within the 4-H or any other student volunteer organization. One young leader, nominated by the community, will be selected each week for eight consecutive weeks through May. A refurbished computer will be donated to each winner’s school. In May, two lucky winners will be selected from all honorees to win a personal laptop computer.

Partnering with Chesapeake Energy in the “Discovering Tomorrow’s Leaders” contest are the Susquehanna County 4-H, the Rotary Club of Montrose, New Milford and Forest City, The Community Foundation of the Endless Mountains, Gem 104 Radio, Forest City News, Susquehanna County Independent Weekender and Susquehanna Transcript.

 

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