The Taylorville Kiwanis Club honored the Kiwanis “Community Hero of the Month” and heard from 7 students involved in the Taylorville High School Tommy TV video production class, at their weekly meeting at the Taylorville Moose Lodge on Tuesday.

Jonathan Newlin was presented this month’s Kiwanis “Community Hero of the Month” Award for being involved in his church, men’s ministry, being a long-time city employee, and his 50 years of participation in the Taylorville Municipal Band.  Newlin was nominated by Kiwanis member Blain Cornwell, who presented Newlin with the Award.

The T-H-S Tommy TV video production class each introduced themselves and also talked about what their job is when doing a live video stream.  Students appearing included Carly Durham, Tanner Smith, Ella Hohenstein, Ben Wamsley, Drew Mickey, Jordan Staples, and Riley Sims.

This is Durham's 3rd year in the class.

Wamsley is in his first year in the class, and talked about the importance of audio.

Sims, a junior, is in her 2nd year in the class, and talked about the graphic software used.

The students told the Kiwanis club the class has streamed numerous sporting events as well as interview programs.  All said the experience has been a great one for them and will influence their future career choices.

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.