September 12, 2006 Youth Salute Awards
Night
The Finalists
are...
Sophie
Adelman, Sarah Linker, Karen Zhou, Kyle Malkin, Alexandra Rodriguez,
Maria Paonessa, Ben Grossman, Rachael Bauman & Jessica
Jardine
And the
winners are.........
Sophie
Adelman (4th Place - Chaparral), Sarah Linker (3rd Place - Notre
Dame Prep), Karen Zhou (2nd Place - Desert Mountain) & Ben
Grossman (1st PLace - Chaparral)
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YOUTH SALUTE IN BRIEF
Youth Salute is a leadership competition in
which 100 outstanding high school youth compete for the
opportunity to attend a leadership camp at Washington
University.
AZ Republic
Article
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2005
It was a tough decision
because all of the participants are outstanding leaders in the
community and winners in their own right. However, the panel of
judges determined that the following individuals are to be The 2005
Youth Salute Leaders of the Year.....

(1st Place) Kristin
Barber, (2nd) Sondra Lesser, (3rd) Jennifer Pan and (4th)
Mitsuaki Chi

It takes leaders
of all ages to build a stable world!
(LtoR back row) Tom
Sadvary, Jason Brock, Rick Mueller, Steve Jesson &
John Wintersteen
(LtoR front row) Lucinda
Pyne, Mitsuaki Chi, Jennifer Pan & Sondra
Lesser
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2004
The 2004
Youth Salute Awards Night was held on Tuesday, September 14,
2004 at Scottsdale Community College.
And the
Youth Leaders of 2004 are...

{L to R) Stephanie
Chung-Chaparral (4th place), Bruce Hogan-Shadow Mountain (3rd
place), Nicole Schneidman-Xavier (1st place), Hemalie
Rajyaguru-Shadow Mountain (2nd place)
Congratulations to all who competed!

Youth Leaders
(holding folders - Nicole Schneidman, Hemalie
Rajyaguru , Bruce Hogan & Stephanie
Chung
Judges &
Organizers: Greg Podd, Kathe Carolin, Art DeCabooter, Rick Mueller,
Jason Brock, John Baracy, John Wintersteen & Mary
Manross
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2003
Youth
Salute 2003 was sponsored by The Rotary Club of
Scottsdale, The Scottsdale Rotary Club Foundation, The
Scottsdale Airpark Rotary Club and Rotarian Bill
Arthur

(L
to R) RCS President Pat Rile, Caitlin Auther, 5510 District Governor
Greg Podd, Manali Bhave, SARC President Doug Reiner, Jessica
Gale, SARC Past President Rick Mueller and Allan
Pan
The 2003 Youth Salute Leaders of the
Year
1st Place - Allan Pan of Chaparral High School -
$1000 Scholarship
2nd Place - Manali Bhave of Desert Mountain High
School - $500 Scholarship
3rd Place - Caitlin Auther of Xavier College
Prep - $250 Scholarship
4th Place - Jessica Gale of
Horizon High School - $250
Scholarship
The Youth Salute Leaders of the Year also
receive a trip to St.Louis to attend "The Town Meeting On
Tomorrow"
The 2003 Star Award
Recipients
Caitlin Auther of
Xavier Prep
Alison Barrett of
Saguaro High School
Manali Bhave of
Desert Mountain High School
Megan Bhave of Desert
Mountain High School
Adam Duhlberg of
Horizon High School
Jessica Gale of
Horizon High School
Jacob Grossman of
Chaparral High School
Lauren Meeling of
Xavier Prep
Alan Pan of Chaparral
High School
Michael Rezzo of
Saguaro High School
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2002
Youth
Salute 2002 was sponsored by The Rotary Club of
Scottsdale, The Scottsdale Rotary Club Foundation,
The Scottsdale Airpark Rotary Club and Rotarian Bill
Arthur
"The 2002 Youth Salute Leaders of the
Year"

( Jaime Forseth, Kathryn West, Audra
Pratt & Heather Joselyn)
1st
Place - Audra Pratt of Saguaro High School - $1000
scholarship
2nd Place -
Kathryn West of Desert Mountain High School - $500
Scholarship
3rd Place -
Heather Joselyn of Chaparral High School - $250
Scholarship
4th Place -
Jamie Forseth of Xavier College Prep - $250
Scholarship
The "Youth Salute Leaders of the Year" also receive a
trip to St.Louis to attend "The Town Meeting On
Tomorrow"
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"The 2002 Star Award
Recipients"
Katie
Caughlin of Phoenix Country Day School
Catherine
Conley of Chaparral High School
Jonathon
Leclair of Brophy College Prep
Matthew
Russo of Brophy College Prep
Steven
Sckolnik of Desert Mountain High School
Amber
Steves of Horizon High School
We had a great turn out
for the awards and all participants enjoyed the event. A big
thank you to all of the organizers, judges, sponsors and
students who made this year's event a great
success.
Rotarians & Youth Salute Leaders

RCS Pres. Julian Fruhling, Rick Mueller, Jaime Forseth, Kathryn
West, Audra Pratt, Heather Joselyn, Karl Zier & Paul Timm
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THE
ARIZONA
REPUBLIC
NEWSPAPER
CHAPPARAL STUDENT YOUTH LEADER OF THE
YEAR
Lois McFarland
Special for the Scottsdale
Republic
Sept. 10,
2003
12:00
AM
Chaparral
High
School student
body president Allen Pan, 17, a first-generation
U.S. citizen
and accomplished violinist, is winner of the 2003
Scottsdale-Paradise Valley Community Youth Leader of the Year title
and a $1,000 scholarship.
He was chosen Monday night during
a competition among 10 finalists at the Scottsdale Community College
Performing Arts Center. Others receiving scholarships were Manali
Bhave, Desert
Mountain, second
place, $500; Caitlin Auther, Xavier College Preparatory, third
place, $250; and Jessica Gale, Horizon High, fourth place,
$250.
The four winners will each receive an all-expense-paid
trip to the National Council on Youth Leadership Conference Oct.
11-14 at Washington
University in
St.
Louis.
The
finalists, selected from a field of 102 applicants, were brought on
stage one by one to answer a final question posed by Rick Mueller,
founder of the Valley Youth Salute chapter.
Mueller asked
students what Mark Twain meant and whether they agreed with the
statement, "I never let my schooling interfere with my education."
Pan's answer evoked laughter from the packed auditorium. "I
completely agree with Mark Twain," he said. "I actually used the
quote in my campaign for student body president. I put it in fortune
cookies and gave them out to everybody."
He added: "Schooling
is more than just memorizing the states and capitals. It's working
with people, meeting new people, sharing ideas and developing people
skills."
Pan ranks No. 2 in his senior class with a grade
point average over 4.8. He is a National Merit semifinalist and
hopes to attend Harvard or Yale. He favors a career in law but
thinks politics will have a place in his future. He spent a month
this summer learning the ins and outs of politics as an intern at
U.S. Rep John Shadegg's Phoenix office.
"It was pretty interesting seeing how politics work from the ground
up," he said.
He ran for student body president without any
previous experience. "I'm glad that I went out for it because it's
an incredible experience, working with the student body and fellow
officers," he said. "Just serving the school is the greatest
part."
The teen violinist has been concertmaster of both the
Chaparral Orchestra and at Northern
Arizona
University's Summer
Music Camp. He also was chosen two years for the All-State
Orchestra. "Music has been a big part of my life," he said, adding
that he would continue with music "the rest of my life."
The
youth considers his parents, Pihsiu "Dellie" and Willy Pan, his role
models. "I look up to them every day, and I think of all the
hardships they have gone through trying to assimilate to the
American culture," he said. "They came from
Taiwan in the
1980s. It gives me so much pride and inspiration to accomplish the
American dream."
Allen's dad is an engineer at Honeywell,
while his mother operates her own business.
He also has a
sister, Jennifer, 15, a sophomore at Chaparral.
Paradise
Valley Police Chief John D. Wintersteen, a member of the judging
panel, said all 10 students were outstanding, and it was "a tough,
tough choice to be able to rank them first, second and on down." The
judges also included Scottsdale schools
Superintendent Barbara Erwin.
Second-place winner Bhave,
daughter of Ajay and Tyoti Bhave, has a twin sister, Meghan, who was
also a top 10 finalist. Both young women plan careers in medicine
and have mirrored one another in school and community activities
including the Principal's Advisory Council at
Desert
Mountain and as
Scottsdale Youth Corps leaders.
Other finalists were Adam
Duhlberg, Horizon; Lauren Meeling, Xavier; Michael Rezzo, Saguaro;
Jacob Grossman, Chaparral; Meghan Bhave,
Desert
Mountain and Alison
Barrett, Saguaro.
Sponsors of the 10th annual
Scottsdale/Paradise Valley Youth Salute, which has honored more than
600 student leaders over the years, are the Rotary Club of
Scottsdale and the Airpark Rotary Club in conjunction with
Scottsdale
Community
College.