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Atchison Pioneering Achievement Award Winner Announced

By David Meyer

05/16/2013

(KAIR) -- A Denver news reporter with the same name as Atchison’s most famous natives is this year’s Pioneering Achievement Award Winner.

Amelia Rose Earhart is a private pilot and NBC reporter for Denver’s top television news station, KUSA 9 News.

As a reporter who has logged more than 4,000 passenger hours in a news helicopter in Denver and Los Angeles, Amelia Rose says she gained a sense of adventure and curiosity that has cross into most parts of her life.

The Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award is presented annually to an individual whose life and career exemplifies the spirit of Amelia Earhart.

The honoree must demonstrate triumph over adversity, reinforce the image of self-worth and self-confidence in young women and demonstrate that for any woman the sky is no longer the limit.

Honorees receive the “Amelia,” a tangible symbol of the pioneering spirit and a $10,000 scholarship in the name of the honoree to be awarded to the educational institution of their choice for a scholarship to encourage and support young women.

Amelia Rose will be the featured speaker at the Pioneering Achievement Award luncheon and will be part of a speaker's symposium that is one of the highlights of the festival each year.

The symposium is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 20, at O’Malley-McAllister Auditorium on the campus of Benedictine College in Atchison.

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