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JANUARY 2010                             

RYLA LEADERS SPEAK TO DAYTON ROTARY

TWO OUTSTANDING DAYTON STUDENTS WERE RECENTLY HONORED BY

BEING SELECTED TO ATTEND ROTARY LEADERSHIP CAMP CALLED RYLA, OR ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS. THERE WAS 265 ATTENDEES FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS HELD AT WOODLAKE BAPTIST CHURCH CAMP NEAR CORRIGAN ON THE VERY COLD WEEK EXPERIENCED A FEW WEEKS AGO. . THE TWO DAYTON STUDENT LEADERS WERE GUESTS ON A RECENT KSHN RADIO PARTY LINE PROGRAM AND THEN THURSDAY THEY SPOKE TO THEIR LOCAL SPONSORS WHO FUNDED THE WEEKEND CONFERENCE – THE DAYTON ROTARY CLUB. THE TWO TEENS, BOTH EXCELLENT STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE BRONCO FOOTBALL TEAM WERE INTRODUCED BY DHS PRINCIPAL TRAVIS YOUNG. THEY ARE DAVID GRAHAM AND JOHN LUKE LAMBRIGHT, BOTH JUNIORS FROM DAYTON HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS CLEAR THEY HAD THE QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP – WORKING AS A TEAM THEY PLAYED OFF OF EACH OTHER IN THEIR PRESENTATION. TALKING ABOUT WHY THE ROTARY CAMP WAS SO SPECIAL TO THEM. FIRST WAS DAVID GRAHAM FOLLOWED BY CLASSMATE JOHN LUKE LAMBRIGHT.

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IT WAS JOHN LUKE LAMBRIGHT WHO SUMMED UP HIS FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT THEY GAINED FROM THE ROTARY LEADERSHIP EVENT.

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HIS FELLOW CAMPER, DAVID GRAHAM, WAS CHOSEN, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER RYLA ATTENDEES, TO RETURN AS A CAMP COUNSELOR FOR NEXT YEARS ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS CAMP.