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