Local Students attend Leadership Summit at UT Martin

Several Obion County students attended the WestStar Leadership Program’s eighth-annual FutureStar Summit on Oct. 4 at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The summit works to show seventh and eighth-grade students from West Tennessee the personal value of an education and encourage them to attend college in the future. The students attend the conference free of charge through the financial support of WestStar alumni from each child’s county of residence. Pictured are, front row, left to right, Preston Flatt; Alex Fowlkes; Kenneth Abbott; Keyera Coffman; Gracelyn Jones; Jordan Jones, administrative assistant for the WestStar Leadership Program; back row, Robi Maldonado; Huaxing Huang; Isaiah Duren; Natalynn Gorney; and Hailey Jones. Flatt and Gracelyn Jones attend Black Oak Elementary School; Fowlkes and Gorney attend Lake Road Elementary School; and Abbott and Coffman attend South Fulton Middle School. Maldonado and Huang attend Ridgemont Elementary School, and Duren and Hailey Jones attend Hillcrest Elementary School. For more information about the FutureStar Summit or the WestStar Leadership Program, contact Jordan Jones at 731-881-3298. (Photo submitted)