Students participating in the Region IV Leadership Conference were front row (Lr): Ryan Williamson, Amanda Scott, Whitley Arrowood, Janelle Dukes, Ryans Andrews; back row (Lr): Hannah Crook, Matilda Watson, Savvanah Crook, Sara Anne Remsen, Emily Layton, Amanda Gay, Christina Baker, and Tequila Williams. Not pictured: Sarah Sims and Kitty Ball Lincoln County High School's Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) student organization hosted the Region IV Leadership Conference at Thomson High School on January 16 lead by Janelle Dukes, Region IV VP, Whitley Arrowood, Region IV Conference Coordinator, and Janet Dukes, Region IV Adviser. At this conference, Janelle Dukes was re-elected to the State officer position of Region IV VP.

The following FBLA students placed in the top five at the Region IV Leadership Conference:

Janelle Dukes - Future Business Leader - first place; Janelle Dukes - Word Processing II -first place; Whitley Arrowood and Sara Anne Remsen -Desktop Publishing - first place; Ryan Andrews - Economics - second place; Savannah and Hannah Crook - Multimedia Presentation - second place; Ryan Williamson, Sarah Sims, Christina Baker - Video Production - second place; Kitty Ball - Public Speaking II - second place; Amanda Gay - Public Speaking I - second place; Tiquila Williams and Emmi Layton - Business Ethics - second place; Ryan Andrews and Colby Banks - Website Design - third place; Kimber Kirkland - Computer Applications - third place; Matilda Watson - Accounting I - third place; Amanda Gay - Accounting I - fifth place; Amanda Scott - Business Math - fifth place.

Most of these students are now eligible to compete at the State Leadership Conference March 16th-17th in Athens, GA.