TOP STORY — Jan. 17, 2011

DOVER, Del. — Kent County (Del.) 4-H recently recognized 4-H members and clubs in Kent County as the recipients of various annual community service volunteer awards.
The Kent County 4-H Order of Links recognized county 4-H members who volunteered 50 or more hours in their community.
Each recipient was presented a Kent County 4-H Volunteer Service Award certificate by this group.
One hundred thirty youth were recognized with this award, and collectively, these youth volunteered over 16,464 service hours during the past year in their communities.
The 2011 David Pritchett Community Service Award is given annually to the top 4-H clubs for their outstanding volunteer work and efforts in their community.
It is given in memory of David Pritchett who was a very active Kent County 4-H member. 4-H clubs were selected for this award based on applications that were submitted to the county 4-H office.
The recipients of the award this year were the Harrington Sunshine 4-H Club and the Pure Country 4-H Club.
Both of these clubs performed many outstanding community service projects at the local, county and state levels.
Kent County 4-H also recognized individual volunteers as nominees from Kent County 4-H for the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards for both the middle school and high school levels.
The middle school overall recipient was Kyle Spillane of Harrington and the high school overall recipient was Philip Moore of Dover, both members of the Harrington Sunshine 4-H Club.
Other 4-H members recognized from the middle school level were Kristen Kemp of Felton and Spring Vasey of Lincoln. High school members recognized were Jessica Sullivan of Harrington, Patricia Pritchett of Felton, and Bree Wilkins of Milford.