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AchieversBy LORRI HELFAND © St. Petersburg Times, published February 6, 2001 Jennifer R. Fortner, a 2000 graduate of Palm Harbor University High School, recently received the Community Service Award from the Saint Helena Plantation Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Fortner was a member of the National Honor Society and Model United Nations Program. She was historian of the French Club and received the school's PRIDE award for French and the College Board Advanced Placement Program's Scholar with Distinction award. She also was the Florida winner of the U.S. Institute of Peace National Peace Essay Contest. Fortner was a volunteer for the Ozona village Improvement Society and Wildlife Preserve and Palm Harbor Historical Museum. She is studying economics and international studies at the University of Virginia. She is the daughter of the Rev. Robert and Terri Fortner. Suzanne Dani'L Metzler, a graduate of Clearwater High School, was selected to represent the University of South Florida at the Miss Florida Pageant. Metzler majors in communications and theater at USF. She has completed two years of intense opera training and four years of acting training with the Broadway Theatre Project. She has performed in several venues, including the Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel. For seven years, she has performed showtunes for senior citizens, which coincides with her pageant platform, "Improving the Quality of Life for Senior Citizens." She is the daughter of Marlene and James Metzler. Carl E. Hippner, a 2000 graduate of Countryside High School, recently was awarded a $100 chapter scholarship from the Sons of the American Revolution for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. For his Eagle Scout project, he designed and supervised the installation of a meditation walk at his church. The SAR also awarded him with an Eagle Scout Bronze Good Citizenship Medal. Hippner attends Embry-Riddle Aeronautical College. He is the son of Gordon and Lynn Hippner of Clearwater. - To submit an item to this column, write to Lorri Helfand, 710 Court St., Clearwater, FL 33756.
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