Butler Intermediate High School students Gretchen Geibel, left, Trey Neveux, Emily Moorhead and Fallon Bachman attended the Students Against Destructive Decisions Youth Leadership Institute and Rally on Oct. 6.

Four Butler Intermediate High School students,

Gretchen Geibel, Fallon Bachman, Emily Moorhead and

Trey Neveux, attended the Students Against Destructive Decisions, SADD, Youth Leadership Institute and Rally Oct. 6.The students participated in a leadership training course led by Nigel Wrangham where they acquired the skills needed to organize a 2008 SADD Youth Rally. On Oct. 7 the students helped train 200 students from across the commonwealth on important issues pertaining to underage drinking.The event concluded with a news conference on the steps of the capital building in Harrisburg, where Geibel gave an inspirational speech to motivate students to take action against underage drinking.———

<B>Sam Noblit</B> recently was named queen of the Clarion University homecoming festivities.Noblit is a senior mass media arts, journalism and communication studies major. She is a graduate of Karns City High School and the daughter of Mike Noblit of East Brady.———<B>Ryan Thomas</B> of Cranberry Township was accepted into the Westinghouse Science Honors Institute. The institute is a program for high school juniors who demonstrate a strong interest in science and have high academic standing.Thomas is the son of Michael and Wendy Thomas and is a junior at Seneca Valley High School.

Sam Noblit