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Home Page   Local News   Local Sports   Community Calendar   Opinion   Editorials   Columns   Letters to the Editor   Archives   News Archives   Sports Archives	4-12-2007 Scholarship winners announced Staff Report Jane Forbes Clark, President of the Clark Foundation, announced last week that the Board of Directors has approved first-year college scholarship grants to 204 students, totaling $742,000. The Clark Foundation Scholarship Program includes 11 school districts and the Otsego Area Occupational Center- BOCES. Clark said, "The Directors and I are pleased to recognize the accomplishments and potential of the students we are welcoming to the program. Past Clark Foundation Scholarship recipients have compiled outstanding records in their various college programs. We are pleased to assist these exceptional graduating seniors in their undergraduate studies." Each year, the academic achievements of the top two students in Cooperstown are recognized with the prestigious Clark Scholar Award. Beginning this year, the Clark Foundation has expanded the Clark Scholar Award to recognize the top student in each of the other participating schools. The 11 Clark Scholars will receive a top award of $8,000 annually for four years of undergraduate study. In addition to the normal selection criteria, candidates for the Clark Scholar Award must have attended three and a half years at their current high school. As in the past, selection for the program is based on academic record, citizenship qualities, the promise of successful accomplishment in higher education, and their service to community and school. After an annual review, scholarship awards can be renewed throughout the student’s undergraduate career. Clark announced that approximately 700 students presently attending institutions of higher learning will be eligible for renewal of their Clark Foundation grants for the next academic year. The Foundation anticipates providing $4,000,000 in scholarships for the coming year. Over 6,500 students have participated in the program since its inception in 1961. The Clark Foundation has awarded new scholarships for the 2007-2008 academic year to the following students who are members of the Class of 2007 at their local high school: Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School — Christopher Logan Anderson, Evan Christopher Buel, Ian Michael Feulner, Jessica Lynne Guido, Benjamin Walker Johnson, Bethanie Kala Mabie, Lindsay Taylor VanderVoort McGrath, Kyla Lynn Misiewicz, Jonathan David Press, Thomas Scott Shukis, Lucas Blaise Smith, Marna Elizabeth Taylor, Heather Mae Titus, and Melanie Star Traficante. Cooperstown Central School — Rebecca Cressey Adikes, Nicole Jennifer Auriemma, Sasha Marie Boulay, Kelsey Lillian Brodersen, Morgann Lindsey Clark, Peter Michael Coccoma, Lisa Anne Covert, David Anthony Craig, Rebecca Ann Fisher, Sean Michael Gates, Jessica Frances Gill, Mary Catherine Harmon, Audrey Lillian Henkels, James Nicholas Jennings, Marissa Erin Kaplan, Ian Perry Kenyon, Rachael Howd Kuch, Andrianna Lynn Lyons, Kyle Elizabeth McGillivray, Lucas Edward Niedzialkowski, Rajiv Chandubhai Patel, Francis Eugene Petroskey, Skyla Dawn Pojednic, Meghan Anne Polus, Amanda Marie Potrikus, Zaidee Lucina Powers, Brian Andrew Reis, Adam Harrington Richman, Andrea Elizabeth Roes, Xenia Rudenko, Chelsea Rebecca Sams, Elyssa Beck Schaeffer, Zachary Jon Sittler, Lindsay Marie Soraci, Chloe Alysha Strange, William Charles Tirrell, and Heather Rene Vann. Edmeston Central School — Colin Elliott Bliss, Matthew Philip Cole, Claude Henry Davis, III, Elizabeth Marie Hall, Samantha May Head, Elizabeth Nancy Knorr, Meghan Marguerite Lottridge, Nichole Helene McGuinness, Patrick Jeffrey Norton, Courtney Danielle Slentz, Adina Marie Smith, Craig John Stanton, Kellee Marie Stanton, and Richard Joseph Syke. Milford Central School — Richard Lyle Bliss, Jr., Elizabeth Rose Brigham, Mary Beth Chapman, Kevin Nathaniel Cooper, Jessica Marie Elliott, Britney Frances Hall, Sarah Lynne Harvey, Neala Rose Havener, Krista Marie Henry, Amber Elizabeth Johnson, Samantha Jo Packer, and Mollie Frances Priest. Richfield Springs Central School — Marissa Elizabeth Ames, Katelyn Lea Baker, Kaitlin Marie Bello, Alesia Katharine Butler, Angela Eileen Feitzinger, Meaghan Alise Forbes, Amanda Lee Gardner, Chelsea Leigh Kamp, Savannah Lee Lyon, Cory Michael Moynihan, Kate Rose Parese, Luke Joseph Soposki, Nicholas Ray Sovocool, Kevin Joseph Spytko, Laura Mae Weingates, and Daniel Erik Zurmuhlen. Otsego Area Occupational Center, Milford, N.Y. Sonja Jeane Bachman, Sarah Elizabeth Briwa, Samuel Dakin Campbell, Melanie Anne Christman, Matthew John Clute, Scott Lyman Daniels, Adam Albert Dulkis, Rusty Allen Edwards, William Howard Fink, Michael Reed Freeland, Taylor Powell Grant, Nadine Irene Gurley, Jeremy Adam Lee Hoag, Ian Scott Hull, Darren Robert Hunt, Richard John Kolvik, Courtney Frances Laing, Jerell De- Witt Leonard, Mary Grace Molnar, Sarah J. Molnar, Joseph Chaim Pollak, William Edison Rigby, Kayla Louise Santoro, Dirk Phillip Schubert, Charles David Shaw, Chadwic A. Talbert, Matthew Savino Tarricone, Taylor Marie Thorniley, Mathias Edward VanDerwerker, James Winston Warren, Christopher Scott Wengert, and Paul Christian Zaengle.
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