Community awards $93,500 in scholarships to 31 PAHS seniors
Members of the Port Aransas business community as well as individuals continued the tradition of supporting Port Aransas High School seniors by presenting scholarships at the annual assembly held Friday, May 23.
SOUTH JETTY STAFF PHOTOS BY DAN PARKER

SALUTATORIAN ELAINE FRANCO, LEFT, AND VALEDICTORIAN STEPHANIE MEAGAN JONES WITH PRINCIPAL TRAVIS LONGANECKER.

Members of the Port Aransas business community, as well as individuals, continued the tradition of supporting Port Aransas

High School seniors by presenting scholarships at the annual

assembly held Friday, May 23. During the assembly, the Port

Aransas High School valedictorian and salutatorian were presented, as were the recipients of the Jerry McDonald Citizenship Award. The award honors Jerry McDonald of Port Aransas who

died in service to his country during the Viet Nam conflict in

March 1969.

CENTURYTEL PRESENTED BY CHUCK ARDOIN, LEFT, AND JOHN NAVARETTE, RIGHT, TO, FROM LEFT, STEPHANIE MEAGAN JONES, LIA PHILLIPS AND TAYLOR YOUNG. JODY MCCORMICK SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED BY JANET SCOTT, CENTER, TO FELICIA WILKS AND COLBY WALKER. JERRY MCDONALD CITIZENSHIP AWARD TO ELAINE FRANCO, LEFT, AND CODY COLLINS, RIGHT, PRESENTED BY CHARLES BUJAN. VFW POST 8967 PRESENTED BY RICK MILLER, LEFT, AND JOHNNIE MARTIN MATHEWS, RIGHT, TO DUSTY FOLEY, SECOND FROM LEFT, AND ERIC HAWES. I.B.MAGEE JR.MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP BY MIKE HALL TO EVAN ARNOLD. JEFF KORTH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP BY THE PORT ARANSAS COMPUTER CLUB PRESENTED BY TONI HAIR, CENTER, TO, FROM LFET, KEVIN DREWRY, BLAKE HARTY, COLBY WALKER, DRAKE SAWYER, CODY COLLINS AND CASSIE TURANO. PORT ARANSAS GARDEN CLUB PRESENTED BY PETE HARTJE TO ELAINE FRANCO, LEFT, AND STEPHANIE MEAGAN JONES. LETHA AGNEW MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED BY RITA REED TO, FROM LEFT, CALEB RICHARSON, DUSTY FOLEY AND TREY WILSON. PORT ARANSAS COMMUNITY THEATER PRESENTED BY ARTHUR GOVELLA TO ERIC HAWES. JIM EDMONSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP TO ELAINE FRANCO, LEFT, AND STEPHANIE MEAGAN JONES BY GEORGE HORNER. JAY SANDERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTEDBY LISASANDERS RICHARDSON TO CODY COLLINS. KEEP PORT ARANSAS BEAUTIFUL, INC. TO CODY COLLINS AND CASSIE TURANO PRESENTED BY JOAN SNYDER, CENTER. BETSY A. CHURGAI ISLAND ASSOCIATES REAL ESTATE, LEFT, TO ELAINE FRANCO. PAHS STUDENT COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIP, PRESENTED BY ABBY KENIGSBERG, LEFT, AND RACHEL PHILLPS, SECOND FROM RIGHT, TO ELAINE FRANCO, SECOND FROM LEFT, AND LIA PHILLIPS, RIGHT. PORT ARANSAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO ALYSSA CRAWFORD, LEFT, AND LIA PHILLIPS, RIGHT, BY ANN BRACHER VAUGHAN. MARLIN ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB PRESENTED BY KAREN COLLINS, FRONT ROW LEFT, AND STEPHANIE SAWYER, FRONT ROW RIGHT, TO, FRONT ROW FROM COLLINS' LEFT, SARAH PATE, ALYSSA CRAWFORD, KATHY ASHLEY, LIA PHILLIPS, ELAINE FRANCO, TAYLOR YOUNG, STEPHANIE MEAGAN JONES. ALSO, BACK ROW FROM LEFT, ERIC HAWES, KEVIN DREWRY, TYLER FREUNDENSPRUNG, DRAKE SAWYER, CHARLEY WALKER, MATT WHITE, DUSTY FOLEY, CODY COLLINS, REID COPELAND AND TREY WILSON. SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY PRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL TRAVIS LONGANECKER TO, FROM LEFT, CALEB RICHARDSON, LIA PHILLIPS, ELAINE FRANCO, ALYSSA CRAWFORD, KATHY ASHLEY, CODY COLLINS, STEPHANIE MEAGAN JONES AND SARAH PATE. CAPT. HOPE DEVLIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED BY GAIL SWENSON, CENTER, AND ELVIA TAMAYO, RIGHT, TO, FROM LEFT, ASHLEY HAWES, ALANA NIXON, FELICIA WILKS, CHARLEY WALKER AND COLBY WALKER. PTO SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED BY MICHELE LORETTE, LEFT, TO ALYSSA CRAWFORD, MATT WHITE AND STEPHANIE MEAGAN JONES. PORT ARANSAS SOFTBALL LEAGUE PRESENTED BY BUTCH FINDLEY TO SARAH PATE. PORT ARANSAS GIRL SCOUT SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED BY AMELIA HAWES, CENTER, TO ASHLEY HAWES, LEFT, AND AMANDA HAWES. SHELLY-TELLER SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED BY NANCY TELLER TO DUSTY FOLEY. ROTARY CLUB SCHOLARLSHIP TO, FRONT ROW, FROM LEFT, ASHLEY HAWES, KATHY ASHLEY, LIA PHILLIPS, CASSIE TURANO, ERIC HAWES, COLBY WALKER AND HANNAH COULTER; BACK ROW FROM LEFT, MATT WHITE, CODY COLLINS, CALEB RICHARDSON AND ELAINE FRANCO. ART CENTER FOR THE ISLANDS PRESENTED BY LINDA ZAHN, LEFT, TO, FROM LEFT, DUSTY PATTERSON, ASHLEY HAWES, AMANDA HAWES AND ALANA NIXON. FIRST AMERICAN TITLE PRESENTED BY ROSALIE JOHNSON TO MATT WHITE. MCCRORY'S LANDING BY ERIN REAVES TO ASHLEY HAWES. KIWANIS CLUB PRESENTED BY, FRONT ROW FROM LEFT, RITA REED AND GARY MYSORSKI, TO ELAINE FRANCO, CALEB RICHARDSON, ERIC HAWES, STEPHANIE MEAGAN JONES, AMANDA HAWES AND CASSIE TURANO; BACK ROW FROM LEFT, HANNAH COULTER, EVAN ARNOLD, KATHEY ASHLEY, CODY COLLINS, MATT WHITE, LIA PHILLIPS AND DUSTY FOLEY. EMERGENCY SERVICES TOY ROUNDUP PRESENTED BY SUE WILLIAMS, LEFT, AND YANCY GILLESPIE, TO CASSIE TURANO AND MATT WHITE. PORT ARANSAS REALTY PRESENTED BY BECKY CORDER TO REID COPELAND. SANDY CLARK SAT SCHOLARSHIPS PRESENTED BY SANDY CLARK, FRONT CENTER, TO, FROM LEFT, ERIC HAWES, BLAKE HARTY, ELAINE FRANCO, ALYSSA CRAWFORD, HANNAH COULTER, REID COPELAND, CODY COLLINS, EVAN ARNOLD, DRAKE SAWYER, CALEB RICHARDSON, SARAH PATE, STEPHANIE MEAGAN JONES AND TREY WILSON. CAROLYN AND JOHN HOOTEN FOUNDATION TO STEPHANIE MEAGAN JONES, PRESENTED BY CAROLYN HOOTEN. PORT ARANSAS BOATMEN, INC., BY BUD HARRIS, FRONT ROW, LEFT, AND JACK NICHOLS, FRONT ROW RIGHT, TO, FRONT ROW FROM LEFT, ERIC HAWES, HANNAH COULTER, FELICIA WILKS, CASSIE TURANO, DUSTY PATTERSON AND SARAH PATE; BACK ROW, TREVOR BOYLE, BLAKE HARTY, CODY COLLINS, ELAINE FRANCO, DRAKE SWAYER, CALEB RICHARDSON, LIA PHILLIPS AND STEPHANIE MEAGAN JONES. PAISD FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED BY BILL SLINGERLAND, CENTER, TO, FROM LEFT, ELAINE FRANCO, LIA PHILLIPS, MATT WHITE AND ERIC HAWES. KENNY SCALES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP BY JAMES ASHLEY TO LIA PHILLIPS. CHRISTIE CAMPBELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED BY JIMMY AND JUANITA SLAGE, CENTER, TO, FROM LEFT, ELAINE FRANCO, LIZ DUPNIK, ALYSSA CRAWFORD AND MATT WHITE. THE SHOPS AT PORT A PRESENTED BY JOHN HOOTEN TO ERIC CLANTON AND CASSIE TURANO. AL AND GERTRUDE SLINGERLAND MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED BY BILL SLINGERLAND TO ALYSSA CRAWFORD.