Girls take highest honor

Silver Award winners from Troop No. 61001 Seven girls from Girl Scout Troop No. 61001 earned the highest honor for cadettes, the Silver Award. Their project was "Connecting the Generations," which included a program of singing and playing music to folks at Mary Health of the Sick, Senior Concerns and the United Cerebral Palsy House.

The music was selected with senior citizens in mind and included songs from "South Pacific," "The Sound of Music" and Disney favorites. Featured instruments included the piano, oboe and guitar.

The girls who won the honor were Haley Mosdell of La Reina High School; Joyce Shi of Westlake High School; Tori Benson, Youjin Lee, Basia Piekarski and Erica Smith of Newbury Park High School; and Sarah Stevens of Phillips Academy in Massachusetts.