Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School senior and Girl Scout Jacqueline Hetzler earned her Girl Scout Gold Award for planning and executing a successful Youth Development Program. Jacqueline held a weeklong summer cheerleading camp for 74 students in grades first through sixth.

Butler County is filled with a variety of people doing interesting things. This weekly feature offers snapshots of some of them by asking them five questions. The latest installment appears below.———EMLENTON — Going from Girl Scout Daisy to earning a Girl Scout Gold Award was a natural accomplishment for Jacqueline Hetzler of Emlenton.“I've always been taught to finish things in my life and never quit or give up,” Jacqueline said.Jacqueline is a senior at Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School. She plans to attend Penn State University Altoona, where she will study public relations and advertising.With so much to do before graduation this spring, Jacqueline spent last summer finishing her Girl Scout program.She was able to achieve her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouts, which is equivalent to an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts.Jacqueline planned and executed a successful Youth Development Program.She held a weeklong summer cheerleading camp for 74 students in grades first through sixth, which promoted building a strong body and mind.“I taught them different routines and I choreographed them,” she said.As an ambassador for Troop 20340, Jacqueline was excited to get involved with her community and the youth of Emlenton.

QUESTION: Why did you first get involved with Girl Scouts?ANSWER: It was just community involvement then.My older sister was involved, so I got involved in it for the excitement of doing it at the time.

QUESTION:Why did you do a cheer camp as your Girl Scout Gold Award?ANSWER: I'm really involved with the youth cheerleading program and I love working with the girls.I do it every other year just as volunteer work, so I thought I'd take advantage of the comfortable environment I was in and hold a cheer camp.I thought I would help the community by inviting other girls that were outside of the youth cheerleading program.After hearing about the camp, they decided to join and participate, and it got a lot of the kids in our area to get involved in more physical activities.

QUESTION: Why do you think programs like Girl Scouts are important to have for the community?ANSWER: I think it's important because it teaches you a lot of life lessons and morals.It teaches you to be more involved in different areas.There's not a lot of girls today who will go out of their way to help their community, and they don't realize how much they can do with the community or for the community through Girls Scouts without even realizing it.Girl Scouts taught me a lot of little things and major things. Like my Girl Scout Gold Award, I would have never done that, if it wasn't for Girl Scouts.Girl Scouts teaches you just overall how to be a better person. How to just respect everyone around you and everything you do.

QUESTION: What sort of community service did you do to earn your silver and bronze awards?ANSWER: I'm involved with Kiwanis and my school for Key Club and we have a summer festival every year here in Emlenton.I helped with Kiwanis, running the booth during the festival and whatnot, and again with the youth cheerleading.I've done that for years so it was easy community service.I'm involved in blood drives with my school and such and little things around the area, like I run a fishing derby for the Rod and Gun Club.I help with church functions a little bit, too, and all those things added up, but I got most of my hours from helping Kiwanis and my cheerleading

QUESTION: What's your favorite Girl Scout cookie and how many cookies have you sold?ANSWER: Samoas (and) oh my goodness, hundreds. Probably a few thousand boxes. It's a lot.