It’s been a terrific year for Hopkins High School graduate Samantha Ludlam (left). She is shown here receiving the sash from previous winner Haley Gilder for being selected Miss Hopkins 2015 at the annual Fourth of July celebration. Ludlam this academic year also was elected vice president of the Michigan FFA, she was salutatorian of the Hopkins High School Class of 2015 and she was a member of the Hopkins High School girls’ track and cross-country teams that earned a slew of athletic honors. (Photo supplied)