Philip Woodard, 55, a pottery teacher at The Pots Place in Bowling Green, Ky., said he has been doing pottery for about eight years. "The reason I teach is to pass along my talents and experience making pottery," Woodard said. "Pottery is a passion of mine and I find that teaching is sort of a duty so that others have the same opportunity to enjoy the art of pottery as much as I have."
Ebenezer Griffith, 20, a USA Boxing boxer from Louisville, Ky., said he has his sights set on the 2024 Paris Olympics. "At the end of my career when I look back, I want to be an Olympic gold medalist, I want to be the undisputed world champion and I want to sell out Diddle Arena," Griffith said.
Western Kentucky University sophomore London Ipox (top left) of Nortonville, Ky., freshman Lee Hayden (middle) of Owensboro, Ky., sophomore Riley Rainwater (top right) of Campbellsville, Ky., junior Justyce Warden (bottom left) of Lewisburg, Ky. and sophomore Hudson Hatcher (bottom right) of Thompson's Station, Tenn. all say they have been diagnosed with mental health disorders. Ipox said she is diagnosed with severe depression, Hayden said he was formerly diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, Rainwater said she is diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder, Warden said she is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and Hatcher said he is diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. "I wish mental health awareness was bigger than it is, especially in people younger and even older," Warden said. "I wish people were more aware of what it actually is, how it actually affects people and being more aware of it in older and younger people so that way they can get the help they need early on."
Aiden Robison, 21, an assistant golf professional at South Park Country Club in Fairdale, Ky., said he has been playing golf for 13 years. "Golf means everything, golf means a little bit of something different to everybody," Robison said. "There's no one way you have to play golf or one way you have to really enjoy it. You get to enjoy the game however you see fit, and I think that's really, really unique."
Western Kentucky University sophomore Madi Burkons-Shearin of Louisville, Ky. said she believes that her interest in fashion started when she was growing up and was obsessed with American Girl dolls. "As I got older, I took more of an interest in celebrity fashion and art," Burkons-Shearin said. "Through that, I learned that clothes help me express myself and the way that I identify to the world. In my mind, fashion is the way I express what's in my heart to others."
DTID Kentucky Area Leader Josh Houk said he has been with DTID Domino's for 14 years; throughout those 14 years, his favorite specialty pizza has come to be the buffalo chicken pizza with feta cheese and jalapeños added onto it. "I think the biggest role for a leader is to be able to remove the obstacles of the people that you are leading to help set them up for success," Houk said. "A big saying in Domino's and in our franchise is: 'If you're not making, baking or taking the orders, then you should be supporting those who are'."
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