SSSF presents scholarships to six Darke County students Senior Scribes Scholarship Fund

(L to R) Armstrong, Studebaker, Liette, Transue, Holmes and Hoying.

SSSF presents scholarships to six Darke County students

Senior Scribes Scholarship Fund…

By Bob Robinson
Photos by Kurt Fritsch

Six Darke County students were presented scholarships Saturday evening at The Bistro Off Broadway in Greenville for their college educations. Three were previous recipients continuing their education; three were graduating seniors from local school districts who will be heading to college in the fall.

Two students, Kent Holmes and Simon Hoying, will be sophomores at Ball State University. During their freshmen year they were involved in multiple visual communications projects and currently have a weekly show on a local radio station. Both received SSSF scholarships as 2011 graduates of Greenville High School. Kent is the son of Larry and Carol Holmes. Simon is the son of Don and Eileen Hoying.

Sam Armstrong will be a junior at Cedarville University in the fall and received SSSF scholarships as a 2010 graduate of Mississinawa Valley High School and later as a Cedarville sophomore. He has published a number of articles and poems on CNO’s Teen Scribes pages. Sam is the son of Bob and Kathy Armstrong.

Ashley Studebaker will be graduating from Franklin Monroe High School and is planning to pursue a career in sports writing. She approached County News Online about writing for the News & Information site in January. Since then, she has published a number of articles for both sports and community news. Ashley is the daughter of Tim and Angela Studebaker.

Jessica Transue, who will be graduating from Greenville High School in June, received the annual Darrel & Debbie Biddlestone “Fred Wright Memorial Scholarship.” Jessica has been working with County News Online for the past year as a photographer and graphic designer. She has covered multiple news and community events and built the rotating banners at the top of CNO pages. She was also instrumental in building and updating the Digital Waves site on CNO, a project of the IMTV Program at Greenville High School. Jessica is the daughter of Roger and Debbie Transue.

John Liette, who will be graduating from Ansonia High School, is the recipient of the inaugural Delbert & Louise Blickenstaff Scholarship. John was chosen because, according to Blickenstaff, he has overcome hearing challenges to achieve academic excellence. John is the son of Ken and Deb Liette.

All students excel academically and are pursuing education in a communications-related field. SSSF Scholarships are designated to help students pay their tuitions at colleges of their choice.

More than two dozen parents, friends and members of the Darke County Senior Scribes gathered at the event to honor this year’s scholarship recipients. Since the program was initiated, the Senior Scribes Scholarship Fund has presented nearly $18,000 in scholarships to deserving students from several local school districts.

Past recipients include Armstrong, Holmes, Hoying, Jordan Pridemore (Franklin Monroe), Margaret Prakel (Versailles), Jessica Barga (Versailles), Kayla LaMar (Home school), Tiffany Beumer (Greenville), Sean Wolfe (Greenville) and Dorothy Gilbert (Mississinawa Valley).

Pictured (left to right) Delbert Blickenstaff, Senior Scribes President; Sam Armstrong, Cedarville University junior;
Kent Holmes, Ball State University sophomore; John Liette, Ansonia High School senior; Jessica Transue, Greenville
High School senior; Simon Hoying, Ball State University sophomore; and Al Bliss, Senior Scribes Scholarship Fund President.
Not pictured: Scholarship recipient Ashley Studebaker, Franklin Monroe senior, was unable to attend.