A WINNING PAIR- Best friends Alyssa Marie Gogesch, left, and Allison Jean Montroy are Girl Scouts Gold Award recipients, the highest in Scouting. Alyssa belongs to Troop No. 60012 and is a senior at Westlake High School. She earned her award by collecting backpacks filled with supplies and sleeping bags for needy people at a mission in Mexico. Allison, also a WHS senior, belongs to Troop No. 60161 and earned her award by volunteering at the Kenneth Jernigan Library. She also collected books and helped Braille them for the blind. The Elks Lodge of Thousand Oaks presented the awards. |