Fifty-seven students awarded Smith Scholarships

Fifty-seven students who graduated from five area high schools have been awarded scholarships from the Fred G. Smith Golden Rule Trust Fund to attend BU in the 2008-09 academic year. The list of recipients of the $142,400 in scholarships was released by Thomas M. Lyons, the university's director of financial aid.

Smith, who owned and managed Nesbitt's Cut Rate Drug Store in Shenandoah and Tamaqua, bequeathed $3 million for scholarships to the university in 1985. A resident of Shenandoah, his intention was to help students from his community and the surrounding area attend college. The scholarships have been awarded over the past 16 years to more than 1,000 area students. The fund is administered by Union National Bank of Mount Carmel.

Smith's will stipulates that the recipients of the scholarship, established in memory of his wife Marion, attend Bloomsburg University and be residents of Ashland, Mount Carmel or Shenandoah boroughs or Mount Carmel Township. Students also must be graduates of Cardinal Brennan, Mount Carmel, North Schuylkill, Our Lady of Lourdes or Shenandoah Area High School.

Individual awards range from $600 to $3,800.

Recipients for the 2008-09 Fred G. Smith Golden Rule Trust Fund Award Are:

Graduates of Cardinal Brennan High School, Jaclyn M. Fowler, principal

• Ashland resident Kelly Joyce, junior.

Graduates of Mount Carmel High School, Bernard Stellar, principal

• Atlas residents Ryan Dietz, Andrew Schmidt, Victoria Wood, all sophomores.
• Kulpmont residents Sara Jarosiewicz, sophomore, and Shauna Hughes, senior.
• Locust Gap resident Vanessa Bucher, senior.
• Marion Heights resident Jacob Begis, freshman.
• Mount Carmel residents Brian Butkiewicz, Amber Carpenter, Brynna Ditchey, Maria Cortellini, Kelly Horan, Dana Honecker, Ty Klusman, Hannah Kolody, Ashlee Kruskie, Brent Mcpeak, Charlene Molnar, Jordan Politza, Lauren Sosnoski, Amber Weaver, David Weitkamp and Paul Wywadis, all freshman; Emily Bolick, Daniel Bucher, Jarad Cambria, Jasmine Ferri, Kenneth Higgins, Jessica McFee, Brianna McPeak, Amber O'Donnell and Kirby Steck, all sophomores; Erin Mazer, Alexis Santarelli and Ronald Weaver, all juniors; and Jordann Ulceski, senior.
• Strong resident Ronald McClay, sophomore.
• Wilburton residents Kayla Dietrick, sophomore, and Adam Croker, junior.

Graduates of North Schuylkill High School, Sharon Snyder, principal

• Ashland residents Kcann Blank, Nicole Pinciotti and Edward Potter, all freshman; Rebecca Fedako, Matthew Fickinger and Heather Lahr, all sophomores; and Jason Derr, junior.

Graduates of Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional High School, John McKay, principal

• Ashland resident Nicole Henning, freshman.
• Mount Carmel resident Michael Honecker, senior.

Graduates of Shenandoah Valley High School, Phillip Andres, principal

• Shenandoah residents Joseph Anczarski, Erik Beninsky and Stephanie Kalenkoski, all freshman; Heidi Arthur and Cory Palek, both sophomores; and Robert Piekarski, Nicole Richards and Danielle Wychulis, all juniors.