HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - July 15, 1998 (44)CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Presentation by the Greater Lodi Area Youth Commission
Regarding Honoring Teens program.
MEETING DATE: July 15, 1998
PREPARED BY: Special Projects Coordinator
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Presentation.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Greater Lodi Area Youth Commission, in
conjunction with the Lodi Sunrise Rotary Club and Christopher J. Olsen, American
Express Financial Advisors, is sponsoring a program entitled Honoring Teens. The Lodi
Youth Commission Leadership Committee selects one teen to be awarded Teen of the
Month from the applications submitted to the commission from the general public,
various schools, and church groups. This month's Teen of the Month is Seems
Bhardway from Tokay High School and the Honorary Teen of the Month is Michelle
Cheeves from Liberty High.
FUNDING: None Required.
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Yvette Mara liano
Special Projects Coordinator
APPROVED:
'" H. Don Flynn -- City Manager,
Bio for City Council
July Teen of the Month
Seema Bhardway graduated from Tokay High with a GPA of 4.1. Seema has been
heavily involved in speech, journalism and the San Joaquin County Prevention Services
during high school. She was the 1998 runner up in the National High School Journalist of
the Year Contest as well as the Northern California Journalist of the Year. She is a
member of Tokay's newspaper and is the editor of the Tokay's yearbook. She is the on -
campus columnist at The Record. Seema wants to own her own magazine someday and
plans on majoring in Mass Communications in college.
July Honorary Teen on the Month
Michelle Cheeves will be a senior at Liberty High. She was instrumental is organizing
Liberty's Powder Puff Football Team. She works as a CarHop at A&W.