The Relay For Life of Phillipsburg will be holding a mini luminaria

Emily Maria Longyhore is seventeen years old with hazel eyes,
brown hair and resides with her
parents Kristen Peterson and
Robert Longyhore. As an active
member of the Belvidere FFA she
held the position of parliamentarian in 2014-2015, participated in
floriculture, land judging, milk
quality and products. She has
received her star green hand
degree and star chapter degree
from the FFA program.
Emily Maria Longyhore
Emily attends Belvidere High
School and participates in field
hockey, Future Educators of America and is on the stage crew. She
has been in the New Jersey Chrysanthemum Society for seven years
and enjoys spending time with her friends and family, hiking, fishing
and planting vegetables in her grandparent’s garden. Emily works for
the Delaware Family Campground along with La Bella Via. She is currently looking at colleges and planning her future in the medical field.
Kaitlyn Tallamy is seventeen
years old with brown hair and
brown eyes and lives with her
parents Donna and Glenn
Tallamy and an older brother
Chris in Lopatcong Township in
Phillipsburg. She is currently a
student at Phillipsburg High
School where she displays an
interest in her automotive class,
serves as President in her FFA
chapter. Kaitlyn has been an
active FFA member since she was
Kaitlyn Tallamy
a freshman in high school. She
has represented her FFA chapter
in various State competitions such as public speaking contests as
well as Fruit and Vegetable Identification, Meat Evaluation, where
she placed third individually, and Horticulture Exposition where
she placed first in creating an original Wedding Center Piece
Floral Arrangement. Kaitlyn has also represented New Jersey FFA
competing in the National Career Development Event, Milk
Quality and Products in 2013, where she placed a Silver Medal.
She will also be representing NJ FFA once again, this fall in the
six to eight minute prepared public speaking competition, as she
placed first this May in the State competition. Kaitlyn has
received her State FFA Degree in 2015 as a junior, She has ambitions of becoming a State FFA Officer in 2016.
Kaitlyn volunteers at the Stewartsville Grange and helps out
with the Warren County FFA Landscape Exhibit, during the fair.
She also has been tractor pulling since she was 10 years old.
Kaitlyn enjoys camping, hiking, fishing, working, spending time
with friends and family, and riding four wheelers. She has been
given the opportunity this year to take care of a Black Angus Beef
Cow and her Bull-Calf at Phillipsburg High, for her FFA project, for
five months. Kaitlyn enjoys taking care and learning about cattle
every opportunity she gets. She currently works landscaping
around Warren County and in the fall season she works at an
orchard. After she graduates high school she plans on going to
Warren County Community College to start her education in
becoming an agricultural educator. After being at WCCC for two
years she plans to enlist in the Marine Corps for four years.
Afterwards she plans to attend a University to finish her education
in agriculture.
Olivia Wyckoff is sixteen years
old with brown hair and blue eyes.
She lives with her parents John
and Leslie Wyckoff on a
Christmas Tree Farm in White
Township. Olivia will be a junior
at Belvidere High School this fall
and is the Vice President of their
FFA Chapter. Olivia has represented her FFA chapter in being a
part of their Land Judging, Fruits
and Vegetable Judging and identification teams. She has been the
recipient of the Star Green Hand
Olivia Wyckoff
Degree and Star Chapter Degree
in the FFA program.
Olivia enjoys hunting, floriculture, photography and the culinary arts. She loves the outdoors and helping on the farm as well
as learning to run the family business. If she isn’t working or practicing her hobbies, she is spending time with her friends and family.
Olivia is determined to follow in her grandfather’s footsteps
and furthering her FFA experiences to the goal of holding a higher
FFA officer position in the near future. She plans on going to college for Business Management while incorporating agriculture into
her future career plans.
The Relay For Life of Phillipsburg will be holding a
mini luminaria ceremony on Thursday, July 30th at
9pm in the Livestock Building. After dark we honor
those who have been touched by cancer and remember loved ones lost to the disease during the luminaria
ceremony. Candles are lit inside bags filled with sand
each one bearing the name of a person touched by
cancer. Luminaria can be purchased at our booth at
the fair all week long for $10 each or by contacting
Tracey DePano @ 973-285-8025 or
tracey.depano@cancer.org.
The Relay For Life of Phillipsburg website will also be
accepting the purchases of luminaria by going to
www.relayforlife.org/phillipsburgnj.
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