a mission trip to Gilbert Christian
School in Miraibalais, Haiti. It won’t
be her first trip to Haiti. Her mother
took her on a mission trip there when
she was in the seventh grade, and
Delaney fell in love with the culture
and the people. Delaney made a
friend when she was there years ago
and wanted as little of a language
barrier [as possible] when speaking
with her, so she taught herself Creole.
“She came home and said she had
to learn Creole to talk to Rebecca.
She studied enough on her own to
communicate with her friend and
the other kids. It was all her, she got
the book and studied on her own. As
a mom, it’s great to watch the plan
unfolding that God has for her,” said
McKeown, who is certain her daugh-
ter is a leader who is going to go out
and save the world. She just might be
right about that.
Delaney and her friends lead
an off-campus Bible study for their
peers that do not have a youth group
home. The girls plan each study the
weekend before, and then come
together at different locations on
Wednesday nights to discuss topics
that are meaningful to girls their age.
The leadership in these studies is a
testament to Delany’s faith and her
willingness to let God lead her in her
life. When asked about her future
after high school, she’s not sure what
she will be doing, but she knows she
will be where she is supposed to be.
“Wherever I go, I want to be
around people and involved in the
community I’m living in,” Delaney
said. “I know God’s going to take me
where I can help people.”
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Jordan Oglesby
Volunteer Extraordinaire
What started as a quest to win
an award for volunteering during
her freshman year of high school
changed the life of 17-year-old
Jordan Oglesby. The prestigious
Superintendent’s Award is an award
and graduation rope given out to
the student who completes over
100 hours of community service in
one year. Oglesby worked the vast
majority of her community hours
at the Weatherford Noon Lion’s
Club concession stand at the Parker
County Livestock Rodeo after her
mom’s co-worker, Carol Cain, invited
her to come help out.
“I was trying to get the
[Superintendent’s] award freshman
year and had to do the community
service hours to get it,” Oglesby
explained. “Carol asked me if I’d like
to help the Lions and I said ‘yes.’ It
started out as me wanting to win this
award and ended up helping these
people out.”
“Jordan was always willing to
work,” said Cain. “Early morning,
during the day, at night and even
weekends, whatever we needed her
to do, she would do. This was her
third year to help us out at the rodeo.
Last year we were short-handed
and she worked every day with no
complaints. I’ve never seen a harder
working teenager. [She’s] always
smiling and having fun.”
Fast forward to 2018 and the
Weatherford High School junior loves
to volunteer in the community when
her busy schedule allows it. Right
now she is on the path of graduating
early in September due to all of her
hard work taking advanced and extra
classes. After school, she works with
the younger Roos at the Community
Education Program Kids Unite at Bill
Wright Elementary as a role model.
It’s a fulfilling job that both she and
the kids love.
“I love meeting and getting to
know all these kids, being able to
give them a positive relationship full
of fun crafts and games that they will
always remember,” she said.
Experienced H Conservative H Leader-
MARK
RILEY
Parker County Judge
Political ad paid by Mark Riley Campaign, J. Riley Treasurer, P.O. Box 632 Weatherford, Tx 76086