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Good for youBy DONNA WINCHESTER
© St. Petersburg Times, Jeff Young from Pinellas County Sunstar paramedic ambulance service is Pinellas County's 2001 emergency medical technician of the year. A supervisor in Sunstar's materials division, Young spends three days a week in the field answering emergency calls. He was instrumental in organizing a quality assurance program in his division. Sandy Walker is Pinellas County's 2001 paramedic of the year. Employed in the office of the medical director, Walker was cited for outstanding performance as an emergency medical dispatcher for Sunstar. She works closely with Sunstar's Explorer program, which teaches young people age 14 to 21 the fundamentals of emergency services work in anticipation of careers in the emergency medical services field. The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners honored Young and Walker as part of the county's celebration of emergency medical services week at its May 22 commission meeting. David Hay, son of Barbara and Scott Hay of Pinellas Park, won a gold medal in the English equitation class of the statewide Special Olympics equestrian events. Hanna Vogeler, daughter of Linda Hubner and Harold Vogeler of St. Petersburg, placed fifth in her class of assisted English equitation. David, 10, and Hanna, 11, participated in the equestrian events under the guidance and direction of Suncoast Trailblazers, a local non-profit therapeutic riding facility for disabled children and adults. All Children's Hospital Beach Branch Guild installed the following officers for 2001-2002: Asa Myers, president; Jean Wendel, vice president; Sis Lopez, treasurer; Dorothy Wright, corresponding secretary; and Claudia Roberts, recording secretary. Amy Jo Robinson, daughter of Karen and Joseph Robinson of St. Petersburg, graduated with high honors from Eckerd College with a bachelor of arts degree in literature. Robinson, a 1998 graduate of the International Baccalaureate program at St. Petersburg High School, plans to attend graduate school at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The school's English department awarded her a graduate teaching assistantship and a John C. Hodges Fellowship.
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