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Megan Carey (left) with Mrs. Libby Towers presenting the Governor's Scholar Recognition

The Paton-Churdan Class of 2019 recently held their Senior Mentor Banquet at the Paton Community Room.

The 16 seniors each chose an adult mentor that significantly influenced their lives and recognized them with an essay at the event. The students then received over $11,000 in scholarships. Attendees also enjoyed a catered meal provided by the Lidderdale Country Store, which was co-sponsored by Community State Bank in Paton and Churdan United Bank of Iowa. School Counselor Libby Towers said about the evening, “This is a fun and sometimes emotional evening that really helps to start the closure of a student’s career at Paton-Churdan.  This evening would not be possible if it were not for the families, mentors and community organizations and clubs that support our students through scholarships and sponsorship of this event. Thank you to all!”

The public is invited to the commencement ceremony on Saturday at 2pm at the school gym in Churdan. The graduating senior class valedictorian is Megan Carey and the salutatorian is Eric Thompson. The commencement ceremony is free and open to the public. You can see the list of scholarship recipients and pictures from the Senior Mentor Banquet below. All pictures are courtesy of Paton-Churdan Schools.

Megan Carey (left) with Mrs. Libby Towers presenting the Governor’s Scholar Recognition
Clayton Smith (left) with Mr. Chris Stimson (right) presenting the Bernie Saggau Award
Briana Jewett (left) and Jenna Beyers (right) with Don Hindman (middle) presenting the Morning Star Lodge #159 Scholarship
Briana Jewett (left) with Mrs. Libby Towers (right) presenting the Iowa Central Theatre Scholarship
Jack Bryson (left) with Sean Seabourn (right) presenting the Bob Carman Memorial Scholarship
Megan Carey (left) with Melanie Ludwig (right) presenting the PCEA Scholarship
Megan Carey (left) with Mrs. Libby Towers (right) presenting the UNI Academic Scholarships and Lohr Memorial Scholarship
Clayton Smith (left) with Bob Allen (right) presenting the Home State Bank Scholarship
Jenna Beyers (right) with Pat Rusnak (left) presenting the Beta Tau Delta Scholarship
Briana Jewett (left) with Dennis Tilley (right) presenting the David Higgins/Phillip Hoyle Memorial Scholarship
Jack Bryson (left) with John Lonergan (right) presenting the Edward English Post of Churdan American Legion and Churdan Legion Auxiliary Unit 198 Scholarship
Briana Jewett, Ariana Roper, Clayton Smith and Mrs. Towers representing Lyle Graue Memorial Scholarship
Megan Carey (left) and Connor Juergensen (right) presenting the Churdan Lion’s Scholarship
Clayton Smith (middle) receiving the Peoples Bank Scholarship from Nikki Uebel (left) and David Pedersen (right)
Megan Carey (left) with Thomas Laehn (right) presenting the American Citizenship Award
Jack Bryson (left) with Alec Schneider (right) presenting the United Bank of Iowa Scholarship
James Smith (right) with his mentor Mrs. Libby Towers
Blake Delaney (right) with his mentor Lacey Cullum
TJ Hoyle (right) with his mentor Kathy Thede
Megan Carey (right) with her mentor Tom Kennedy
Jack Bryson (right) with his mentor, Jeff Lamoureux
Gage Behrens (right) with his mentor Madisyn Behrens
Jenna Beyers (right) with her mentor Mrs. Annie Smith
Eric Sabus (right) with his mentor, Matt Sabus
Clayton Smith (right) is with her mentor Dennis Smith
Briana Jewett (right) is with her mentor Stephanie Pace
Caden Wilson (right) is with her mentor Cheri Ferguson
Carter Meseck (right) is with his mentor Eric Thompson
Mentor Mindy Roper is with Ariana Roper