Local Honorees, by state:
Ohio Oregon
Pennsylvania Rhode Island
South Carolina/South Dakota
Tennessee Texas
Utah/Vermont
Virginia Washington
West Virginia Wisconsin/Wyoming
Local Honorees: States A-K
Local Honorees: States L to N
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Local honorees

Are your neighbors receiving special awards for helping others last Oct. 25?
-- These honorees are among 545 newspaper awards, each selected by USA WEEKEND Magazine for its carrier newspaper.

OHIO

(Ashtabula) Star Beacon. Ashtabula, Ohio, Lakeside High School Leadership.
Athens Messenger. Kiwanis Club of Athens and the Ohio University Circle K Club.

Beavercreek News-Current. Beavercreek Partnership for Success.
Bryan Times. The Volunteers of Williams County.
(Bucyrus) Telegraph-Forum. Jobs for Ohio Graduates at Northmor High School, Galion.
(Canton) Repository. Global Impact's Project Joy Bags.
Chillicothe Gazette. Thespian Troupe 3170 at Chillicothe High School.
Cincinnati Enquirer. Lori Pater, Kim Wilson, Michelle Norris and the Cincinnati community.
Columbus Dispatch. Ohio K9 Search Team.
Coshocton Tribune. VFW Post 2040 Ladies Auxiliary.
(Defiance) Crescent-News. VFW Gold Star Post 5087 Ladies Auxiliary, Antwerp.
Fairborn Daily Herald. Golden Key International Honour Society at Wright State University, Dayton.
(Findlay) Courier. St. John's Lutheran Church and St. Michael's Catholic Church Primary School.
(Fremont) News-Messenger. Taylor Marie Darr.
(Gallipolis) Sunday Times-Sentinel. Gallia Academy Key Club.
(Greenville) Daily Advocate. Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Greenville Memorial Post 7262.
(Hillsboro) Times-Gazette. Appalachian Outreach Project, Southern State Students in Action, Phi Theta Kappa and the Southern State Men's Basketball Team.
Ironton Tribune. Gamma Beta Phi at Ohio University Southern.
(Kent-Ravenna) Record-Courier. Golden Key International Honour Society, Kent State University, Kent.
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. Lancaster Area Jaycees.
Lima News. American Legion Auxiliary Post 516, Columbus Grove.
(Lisbon) Morning Journal. David Anderson High School.
(Lorain) Morning Journal. Southview High School Key Club for Camp IDEAS.
(Mansfield) News Journal. Clearfork Middle School Career Based Intervention Students, Bellville.
Marietta Times. Tanner O'Connor and Courtney Bills.
Marion Star. Tri-Rivers Career Center.
(Martins Ferry) Times Leader. Habitat for Humanity of Belmont County, Bellaire.
(Massillon) Independent. Navarre Memorial VFW Post 5047 Ladies Auxiliary -- Junior Unit Girls.
(Newark) Advocate. Cabinet of the Denison University Community Association and the Village of Granville.
Norwalk Reflector. St. Paul Youth Ministry Team.
Piqua Daily Call. Jobs for Ohio Graduates, Piqua High School.
Sandusky Register. Camp Fire USA Firelands Council.
Sidney Daily News. Shelby County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Volunteers.
(Steubenville) Herald-Star. 2 Cheer U Up, Wintersville.
(Tiffin) Advertiser-Tribune. Tiffin-Seneca United Way.
Troy Daily News. Team PRIDE (Pride Results in Determination and Excellence), Troy Junior High School.
Urbana Daily Citizen. Urbana University Season of Service.
(Van Wert) Times Bulletin. Casino Night for Cancer Volunteers, Celina.
(Warren) Tribune Chronicle. The community received a national award. Read about it on page 6.
(Washington Court House) Record Herald. Altrusa International of Washington Court House.
(Willoughby) News-Herald. Quota International of Lake County, Painesville.
(Wooster) Daily Record. Clean Up Clear Creek Valley Road.
Xenia Daily Gazette. Missions Class at Nazarene Christian School.
(Zanesville) Times Recorder. Muskingum Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross.

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OKLAHOMA

(Ardmore) Daily Ardmoreite. Golden Girls Home and Community Education.
Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise. Washington County SPCA and the Tri-County Basset Hound Club, Dewey.
Enid News & Eagle. Oklahoma Home and Community Education Cultural Arts Committee and Chisholm High School.
Lawton Constitution. Epsilon Delta Xinos of Phi Delta Kappa.
McAlester News-Capital & Democrat. Maureen Harrison and Minor Home Repairs & Minor Home Maintenance Work and the McAlester Make A Difference Day Committee.
Norman Transcript. Vicki Dickinson.
Shawnee News-Star. Tecumseh Middle School's "Got Your Back" club.
Stillwater NewsPress. Oklahoma State University Volunteer Center's "Beautifying Children's Play Spaces" project and community partners.
Tulsa World. Jenks East Elementary's Dynamic Dads and the Jenks community.

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OREGON

Albany Democrat-Herald Sunday. Students of Sweet Home Junior High, Foster Elementary, Hawthorne Elementary and Holley Elementary, Sweet Home; and Crawfordsville Elementary, Crawfordsville.
(Coos Bay) World. Coos County SAFE KIDS Chapter.
(Salem) Statesman Journal. Baby Books for Empty Arms.

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PENNSYLVANIA

Altoona Mirror. Youth Outreach of America.
Beaver County Times. The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Beaver County, Aliquippa.
(Bloomsburg) Press Enterprise. Hemlock Girl Scout Council Troop 1119, Danville.
Bradford Era. Nancy Zoschg's 4th-grade class at Woodland Elementary School, Emporium.
Butler Eagle. Holly Croll's Walk for Pulmonary Hypertension.
(Carlisle) Sentinel. C&S Wholesale Grocers, Harrisburg.
(Chambersburg) Public Opinion. Tiger Ambassadors at J. Frank Faust Junior High School.
(Clearfield) Progress. Glendale Junior/Senior High School, Flinton.
Delaware County Daily Times. Hilltop Elementary School, Aston.
(Easton) Express-Times. Northampton County Juvenile Probation.
(Greensburg) Tribune-Review. Verizon Greensburg/Pittsburgh Support and Response Center.
(Hanover) Evening Sun. Mary Herring and Barton Gibbon, Helping Hummel Hearts, Fairfield.
(Hazleton) Standard-Speaker. Ashland Area Senior Citizens.
Indiana Gazette. St. Bernard School.
(Lansdale) Reporter. Greater Philadelphia Suzuki Association.
Lebanon Daily News. Palmyra Area High School.
(McKeesport) Daily News. Renewal Inc., Pittsburgh.
Meadville Tribune. The Volunteers of Crawford County and the Make A Difference Day Committee of Western Crawford County.
New Castle News. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
(Norristown) Times Herald. Junior Woman's Club of Conshohocken.
(Phoenixville) Phoenix. Soroptimist International of Phoenixville.
(Pottstown) Mercury. Colonial Ridge Neighborhood Food Drive, Gilbertsville.
Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald. Students of the Enrichment Program for Gifted Support Services, Pottsville Area High School.
(Sharon) Herald. Brownie Troop 496, Mercer.
(Somerset) Daily American. Volunteer Ambassadors of the Flight 93 National Memorial, Stonycreek Township.
(Tarentum) Valley News Dispatch. Tri-City Jaycees, New Kensington.
(Warren) Times Observer. Mary Zaffino.
(Washington) Observer-Reporter. VisionQuest -- Grandeur Estates.
(West Chester) Daily Local News. Chester County Mothers of Multiples Club and Downingtown Works, Berwyn.
(Wilkes-Barre) Citizens' Voice. Wyoming Area Builders Club, Exeter.
York Sunday News. The International Association of Machinists' Local 175 Community Services Committee at Harley Davidson.

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RHODE ISLAND

Newport Daily News. Senior Youth Association's Make A Difference Project, Wakefield.
(Pawtucket) Times. Kiwanis Club of Blackstone Valley/Peters.
(West Warwick) Kent County Daily Times. Courtney Wallin's "I'm in the Hospital" program, East Greenwich.
Westerly Sun. The High Thymus Foundation, Hope Valley.
(Woonsocket) Call. Friends of the Blackstone River, Cumberland and Woonsocket.

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SOUTH CAROLINA

Aiken Standard. Teen Line.
(Florence) Morning News. All Saints Episcopal Church EYC.
Greenville News. Junior Girl Scout Troop 216, Greer.
(Orangeburg) Times and Democrat. Friends of Samaritan House.
(Rock Hill) Herald. Rock Hill School District Three and City of Rock Hill.

SOUTH DAKOTA

(Aberdeen) American News. Isabel Betterment Society.
(Sioux Falls) Argus Leader. Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Flandreau Public Schools.
(Watertown) Public Opinion. VFW Post 3342 Ladies Auxiliary, Sisseton.
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan. Camp 3893, Modern Woodmen of America.

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TENNESSEE

(Athens) Daily Post-Athenian. Keep McMinn Beautiful.
(Clarksville) Leaf Chronicle. Jennifer Miraldi.
Cleveland Daily Banner. 2nd Annual Kay McDaniel Lupus Walk.
(Columbia) Daily Herald. Battle Ground Academy, Franklin.
Jackson Sun. Ballet Arts of Jackson.
Kingsport Times-News. Zach Frye, Blountville.
(Maryville-Alcoa) Daily Times. STAR (Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding), Lenoir City.
(Nashville) Tennessean. Seekers Class, First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill.
(Sevierville) Mountain Press. Maranatha Church, Seymour.

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TEXAS

Amarillo Globe-News. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Texas Panhandle.
Athens Daily Review. Citizens Against Methamphetamine Production.
Baytown Sun. Ross S. Sterling High School Key Club.
Bryan-College Station Eagle. Johnson Elementary School Community Kids.
(Clute) Facts. Brazoria Economic Growth Team.
(Conroe) Courier. Old Montgomery Historic Preservation, Montgomery.
Corsicana Daily Sun. Corsicana Council of Camp Fire USA.
Denton Record-Chronicle. Texas Woman's University Helping Hands.
El Paso Times. Maida Apodaca family and friends.
Galveston County Daily News. Dickinson Historical Society, Keep Dickinson Beautiful, Dunbar Alumni Association, Dickinson; Seaborne ChalleNGe Corps.
Greenville Herald Banner. Keep Greenville Beautiful.
Killeen Daily Herald. Attention Deficit Disorder Association, Southern Region, Heart of Texas Chapter.
Laredo Morning Times. Church of the Crossroads NINOS.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Richard Milburn Academy Student Council, "The Edge" youth group of Trinity Church.
Midland Reporter-Telegram. Parker Elementary School.
Orange Leader. Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 2775.
Plainview Daily Herald. Residents of Plainview/Plainview Daily Herald.
Plano Star Courier. Volunteer McKinney Center.
Port Arthur News. LOVE People Inc.
(Sherman) Herald Democrat. Jana Garner.
Texarkana Gazette. Battle of the Badges for Shop with a Cop/Firefighter, police and fire departments of Texarkana, Texas, and Texarkana, Ark.
Texas City Sun. VFW Auxiliary 8248, LaMarque.

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UTAH

(Ogden) Standard-Examiner. Weed & Seed Target Area.
(Provo) Daily Herald. Universidad Hispana.
(St. George) Spectrum. Southern Utah University Service & Learning Center, Iron County Volunteer Center, Cedar City's Community of Promise, Cedar City.

VERMONT

Bennington Banner. Raymond Lipshutz, Arlington, and the Israel Congregation of Manchester.
Brattleboro Reformer. C&S Wholesale Grocers.
Burlington Free Press. Community Friends Mentoring, a program of the Baird Center for Children and Families, Howard Center for Human Services.

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VIRGINIA

(Alexandria) Northern Virginia Journal. Freddie Mac's Volunteers in Action, McLean.
(Arlington) Northern Virginia Journal. Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Arlington County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Resources.
Bristol Herald Courier. St. Paul High School's Team Estonoa, St. Paul.
(Charlottesville) Daily Progress. The Neighbors of Shiffletts Mill Road, Crozet.
Culpeper Star-Exponent. A.G. Richardson Elementary School.
Danville Register & Bee. Sacred Heart School.
(Fairfax) Northern Virginia Journal. Project Success, Fairfax County Therapeutic Recreation, Community and Recreation Services.
(Fredericksburg) Free Lance-Star. Brooke Point High School Interact Club, Stafford.
(Harrisonburg) Daily News-Record. Timothy William Brown, Luray.
(Lynchburg) News & Advance. Linkhorne Elementary School.
(Staunton) News Leader. Newtown Business Guild.
Suffolk News-Herald. VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads, Norfolk.
Winchester Star. Shenandoah Area Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, Front Royal.
(Woodbridge) Potomac News. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Woodbridge Chapter's "Guide Right" Program.

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WASHINGTON

(Aberdeen) Daily World. Volunteer Opportunities Fair, Grays Harbor County.
(Bellevue) King County Journal -- Eastside. Women's Business Exchange, Kirkland.
Bellingham Herald. Division of Children and Family Services, Department of Social and Health Services.
(Bremerton) Sun. Concerned Catholics for a More Caring Community, Port Orchard.
(Everett) Herald. Kathleen Vigil's 3rd-grade class at Immaculate Conception School.
(Kent) King County Journal. Eastside Indians Special Olympics Aquatics Team, Bellevue.
(Mount Vernon) Skagit Valley Herald. Sue Sather's Communication in Groups course, Skagit Valley College.
(Olympia) Olympian. Rainier School District and the town of Rainier.
(Tacoma) News Tribune. Enumclaw Domestic Violence Task Force and Enumclaw High School.
(Vancouver) Columbian. ROCKSOLID Community Teen Center, Brush Prairie.
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. David Parodi's 5th-grade class, Prospect Point Elementary School.
Wenatchee World. Make A Difference Day Cashmere, Cashmere.

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WEST VIRGINIA

(Beckley) Register-Herald. St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Feuchtenberger Music Studio.
Charleston Daily Mail. Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 8516, Elkview.
(Elkins) Inter-Mountain. Elkins/Randolph County YMCA.
(Huntington) Herald-Dispatch. The Herald-Dispatch's Newsroom Diversity Committee & Daisy Troop 4557.

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WISCONSIN

(Appleton) Post-Crescent. Kimberly High School National Honor Society.
(Beaver Dam) Daily Citizen. Astico Perseverance 4-H, Columbus.
Beloit Daily News. Brodhead Middle School, Brodhead.
(Eau Claire) Leader-Telegram. Stanley Correctional Institution, Stanley; Stanley-Boyd High School, Stanley; Stanley Lions Club, Stanley; Boyd Lions Club, Boyd.
(Fond du Lac) Reporter. Healing Paws.
Green Bay Press-Gazette. Kristen and Rose Romes; Gina, Ryan and Sarah Patterson.
Janesville Gazette. Marshall Volunteer Project-Jr. Optimist Club, Marshall Middle School.
(Manitowoc-Two Rivers) Herald Times Reporter. Catholic Family Life Insurance, Branch WI-39, Tisch Mills.
Monroe Times. National Mutual Benefit, Rock Valley Branch 101, Brodhead.
Oshkosh Northwestern. Green Lake County HCE.
Sheboygan Press. Military Families Connect and Wranglers 4-H Club of Sheboygan County.
(Stevens Point) Central Wisconsin Sunday. Boy Scout Troop 379 of St. Kilian's Church, Blenker.
Watertown Daily Times. St. Bernard's Home and School Association.
(Waukesha) Freeman Newspapers. VFW Post 721 and Ladies Auxiliary.
Wausau Daily Herald. Altrusa International of Wausau.
(West Bend) Washington County Daily News. Volunteer Center of Ozaukee County, Grafton.

WYOMING

Laramie Daily Boomerang. Russell Gotthoffer and friends.

This issue was reported by Terry Byrne, Laura Greenspan and Patricia Kime.
Pamela Brown is Make A Difference Day editor.
Contributing: Troy Artis, Jacqueline Brooks, Michele Hatty, Dennis McCafferty, Frappa Stout.