17th annual Beast Feast features scholarship winners

Drawing for door prizes are (L-r) Retired Starke Police Chief Jeff Johnson, his grandson Easton Johnson and Rotarian Kim Smith.

Tampa personal injury attorney David Carter (center) was the winner of a 9mm Glock. Also pictured are (l-r) Bradley Witt and Kim Smith

Rotary Club members (l-r) Mike Schlofman, Matt Dyal and Scott Kornegay.

Starke Rotary President John Williams (second from left) with this year’s Dr. Pete Gianas Memorial Scholarship winners (l-r) Brody Gunter, August Lefevers and Reese Wainwright.

Lake County Superintendent of Schools Diane Kornegay was the winner of a 12-gauge Browning Citori Over-and-Under shotgun. Also pictured is her dog Lincoln, husband Bradford County Manager Scott Kornegay, and auctioneer Jeff Johnson.

Rotarians (l-r) John Ryan Tillman and Marty Shaw.

Maggie Wetzel and Dana DeJarnatt welcomed guests to the event.

(L-r) Rotary Club members John Williams and Bradley Witt.

BY DAN HILDEBRAN

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The Starke Rotary Club produced its 17th annual Beast Feast on Saturday, April 5, at the Bradford Sportsmen’s Farm.

The event featured a menu of wild game, door prizes, an auction, and the announcement of the 2025 Dr. Pete Gianas Memorial Scholarship winners.

Club Past President Matt Dyal told the crowd that there are around 1.4 million Rotarians worldwide, each focused on improving their communities and the world.

Starke Rotary President John Williams interviewed the scholarship winners: Brody Gunter, August Lefevers, and Reese Wainwright.

Gunter said he is dual-enrolled at Santa Fe College and plans to enroll at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, to study engineering and break into motorsports.

Lefevers said she is also enrolled at Santa Fe and plans a career in elementary education.

Wainwright, who is dual enrolled at Santa Fe, told the audience that after earning his A.A. degree, he would head to Boca Raton for Florida Atlantic University. He added that he had not settled on a course of study.

Williams said that in addition to the club’s scholarship program, Starke Rotarians are working to bring a covered pavilion to the county’s boat ramp at Lake Santa Fe.

Earlier this year, the club and the City of Starke dedicated new pickleball courts at the city’s Edwards Road Sports Complex and Splash Park, which the club partially funded.