Green River Star -

Josie Odell, 9-year-old daughter of Scott and Joni Odell, former residents of Sweetwater County, has been honored as one of the brightest students in the world by the The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY). She is the granddaughter of Marlene and Tim Merchant of Green River.

Josie, as a home-schooled third grader now living in Anchorage, Alaska, was honored for exceptional performance on the SAT, ACT, or similar assessment as part of the CTY Talent Search. Josie earned High Honors in both the verbal and quantitative tests, being among the top tier of Talent Search testers.

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