For Immediate Release

Westbrook Foundation Awards $68,450 in Scholarships to Local Students

  Westbrook- June, 2002-  Nineteen graduating seniors from Westbrook High School and seven Westbrook residents graduating from out of town schools and attending college received $68,450 in awards and grants from the Westbrook Foundation this month.

  Barbara Spencer Memorial Scholarships were awarded to 13 High School students.  Michelle Tetrault, Lindsey Newcomb and Lindsey Ramistella each  received $4,000 awards.  A Leadership Award of $4,000 went to Greg Talpey and David Adamiec won a Good Citizenship Award of $3000. Special Awards of $2,000 each were given to Matthew Rutty, Alex White and Ashley Stebbins; Ricky Lewis, Virasith Outama, and Eric Jensen received $1,000 each. James Hirst and Andrew Bielawa received $500 each.

  Three students earned $7,000 awards each from the Henry Ortner Memorial Scholarship, which supports students intending to pursue a career in engineering, the sciences or nursing. Recipients were Emmet Truxes, Kate Karkheck and Kimberly Cyr. The Elliot A. Spencer Memorial Scholarship of $5,000 was awarded to Heather Allen,

  The Oscar Manstan Memorial Industrial Arts Scholarship, which rewards a student pursuing industrial arts with a $350 award, went to Chris Parkington, who also won the Westbrook Grange #123 Scholarship, with an award of $750. The Herbert A. Muller, Jr. Memorial Scholarship of $350 was awarded to Lindsey Ramistella.

  Greg Talpey was also awarded the Calderari-Hoxie-Schubert Memorial Scholarship, a $1,000 award that supports a student with a strong interest in science or nursing. The Raymond A. Wilson Scholarship of $1,000, given to a student pursuing a career in teaching, went to Lindsey Newcomb. The Josephine S. Crump Scholarship of $500, for a student who will teach business education, was given to Heather Allen. The Olin E. Neidlinger Music Scholarship of $500, given for proficiency in piano, was awarded to Alex White. The Ellen S. Murphy Scholarship of $500 was given to Virasith Outama, and two students, Kelli Rand and Katie Russell, received $500 each from the Dorothy Christopher Hoyt Scholarship fund.

  Lauren Hatch Fifield, a local student graduating from an out of town school,  received  $1,000; and college students receiving scholarship awards were Jamie Winslow, $1,500 Mark Lawrie, $1,000, Carrie Ozols, $1,000,  Brent S. Palmero, $1,000,  Erik R. Gustafson, $1000 and Sara Lyle Brown, $1,000.

Since 1985, the Westbrook Foundation, Inc. awards scholarships to local students and grants to town organizations involved in medical, social, cultural, recreational and civic endeavors.  Founded by lifelong Westbrook resident and educator, Barbara Spencer, in memory of her father, the Foundation is a non-profit organization administered by a volunteer board of towns people.