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Darrell
and Debbie Biddlestone award their second annual Fred Wright
Memorial Scholarship to members of the Senior Scribes and the SSSF
Committee. Pictured, left to right: Delbert Blickenstaff, Elaine
Bailey, Debbie Biddlestone, Darrell Biddlestone, Al Greiner, Phyllis
Mong, Kathleen Floyd and Bob Robinson. Front: George Starks.
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Biddlestones
present second annual Fred Wright Memorial Scholarship donation
Senior Scribes Scholarship Fund...
Local business owners Darrel and Debbie Biddlestone presented their
second annual Fred Wright Memorial Scholarship check to the Senior
Scribes Scholarship Fund Friday at Darke County Parks’ Shawnee Prairie.
The donation, specifically noted as a Memorial Scholarship in honor of
the late Ralph “Fred” Wright, who passed away in 2006, will go to a
Darke County teen entering (or continuing in) a communications related
field at a college of his or her choice.
The 2011 Memorial award went to Margaret Prakel, Versailles High School
graduate, who enrolled at Notre Dame as a Communications major.
“I was really pleased at your choice for the Memorial scholarship last
year,” Darrell said. “It was quite an honor helping a student who was
going to Notre Dame.”
Biddlestone said Fred Wright was a 25-year employee of Dayton Power
& Light who always took the time to lay out exactly what was needed
to happen and where to get the permits to get their businesses off the
ground.
“He did so many things to support this community,” Biddlestone said.
“He was a mentor – not just to me – but to many businesses just getting
started.”
In establishing the scholarship fund last year, Biddlestone said that
he wanted to honor Wright and noted that it was his turn to “give back”
to the community that had been so good to him. The Biddlestones intend
to continue their tradition of donating to SSSF in Wright’s name to
help students meet their college expenses.
Darrell and Debbie own Biddlestone Enterprises, which includes
Biddlestone Consignments in Greenville, Biddlestone Expediting (a
trucking company) and a number of rental properties.
This year’s check was presented to Senior Scribe George Starks, County
News Online’s sports editor. Starks began volunteering for County News
Online in August and has been responsible for building a strong CNO
sports presence in Darke County.
The Senior Scribes Scholarship Fund is a 501(c)3 arm of the Darke
County Senior Scribes. Its purpose is to provide scholarship assistance
to Darke County high school graduates seeking a career in a
communications field. Fund Directors are: Al Bliss, President; Lyn
Bliss, Secretary; Al Greiner, Treasurer; and Directors Marianne Clark,
Delbert Blickenstaff, Phyllis Mong, Elaine Bailey and Bob Robinson.
Businesses and individuals interested in helping County News Online and
the SSSF continue to provide scholarships to help local teens with
their education goals can contact CNO at editor@countynewsonline.org. A
variety of options are available, from Sponsor displays to annual
donations and estate endowments.
In addition to Prakel, 2011 scholarship recipients were Jessica Barga,
Versailles High School graduate attending Miami University, Kent Holmes
and Simon Hoying, Greenville High School graduates attending Ball State
University and Kayla Lamar, home school graduate attending Edison
Community College.
This year’s scholarship recipients will be recognized at an SSSF
Scholarship Awards banquet, date to be announced.
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