A senior at Villa Maria Academy, Anna Heppelmann is one of the Editor-in-Chiefs of the student newspaper Villa Voice, which has won the Columbia Gold Award; and is one of the Editor-in-Chiefs of Festival, Villaâs literary magazine, which also has won the Columbia Gold Award. She is co-president of PA Math League; is a Commended Student in the National Merit Corporationâs annual scholarship competition; and in her sophomore year won an award at Villa in Excellence in Advanced Mathematics. Outside of Villa Maria, she has worked with the charitable arm of Get Well Network, which focuses on making patientsâ experiences better in hospitals. She also has worked as a volunteer for Hi5 soccer as a âbuddyâ to kids with special needs; at Villanovaâs Special Olympics Fall Festival; and at the Wayne Art Center, where she was a teacherâs assistant in art camps for children.
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Sharon Feldt of Sulphur Springs, our books commentator, says Northeast Texas native Reavis Wortham s latest novel featuring the Texas Ranger Sonny Hawke, Hawke s Fury, maintains the humor and action of the previous Hawke books. Wortham is from Paris. Sharon also reviews two books by East Texas author Maryann Miller,