PEORIA MAGAZINE April 2023

2023 Lincoln Senior winners

Award is given each year to a communi ty member who reflects the attributes of the former president. This year’s award went to retired Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell, who served in that capacity from 2017 until 2022 and in multiple positions at the department since starting there in 1995. A complete list of the 2023 winners is as follows: • Ryder Becker, Limestone Community High School • Kamela Breedlove, Manual Academy • Alivia (Livi) Bryant, Brimfield High School • Mariah Cade, Richwoods High School • Kyleigh Carpenter, Farmington Central High School • Kathleen (Kati) Elliott, Peoria Regional Learning Center • Kellen Francis, Princeville High School • Breanna German, Elmwood High School • Breyon Grayson, Quest Charter Academy High School

• Eli Joseph Huene, Illini Bluffs High School • Mariel Kottoor, Peoria Notre Dame High School • Abrar Monyem, Dunlap High School • Brady Rodgers, Peoria Heights High School • Ava Schramm, Illinois Valley Central High School • Malachi Washington, Peoria High School • Lydia Yacoub, Peoria Christian High School

Brian Asbell, left, recipient of the Jim Cummings Lincoln Leader Award

department. She described it as “one of the greatest compliments I’ve received academically and personally.” Breyon Grayson has stayed plenty busy at Quest Charter Academy High School, where he has been involved in track, robotics, band, choir, Student Senate, Art Club and Junior Elite. He plans to pursue voice performance and art-related studies after graduation. “I have had Breyon in class for two years,” said Christian Lloyd, music and band director at Quest. “He was one of the hardest working students both in and out of the classroom. “If he keeps the same attitude, he will continue to shine and progress in the world.” In addition to the student awards, the Jim Cummings Lincoln Leader

Amy Geier Edgar is the Youth Services librarian at the Dunlap Public Library District, following a career in journalism that included working for the Associated Press in Ohio, Connecticut and South Carolina

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