South Paris student receives leadership award

ELLSWORTH – Casey Raymond, of South Paris, was one of four students who received the 2022 Chet Jordan Leadership Awards, which are given annually to emerging leaders in the University of Maine system with the ability to turn a vision into reality and engage others to make lasting impacts on their community.
Raymond attends the University of Maine at Augusta. Other recipients are Jasper Makowski of Dover-Foxcroft, and Abigail Martin of Monroe, who both attend the University of Maine, and Hannah Boone, of Patten, who attends the University of Maine at Machias.
Maine high school graduates are eligible to apply for the Chet Jordan Leadership Awards, which support post-secondary study in a certificate, two-year, or four-year undergraduate program through the University of Maine System, Maine Community College System, Maine Maritime Academy or Maine vocational and technical schools.
The next application deadline is April 15. For more information, visit mainecf.org/scholarships.
Friends and family established the scholarship in 1995 to honor Chet Jordan, a Portland-based businessman who had a deep sense of civic responsibility for his community and home state of Maine.