Students awarded scholarships
The Hopwood Amvets Post 103 awarded six local students with $2,500 scholarships to help finance their future college education. Pictured in the first row from left are: Guest speaker at the post’s recent Installation Banquet and Scholarship Award Night, Major Michele Renee McCoy; Sandy Jo Risha, a Uniontown Area High School graduate and recipient of the Melvin Breakiron Memorial Scholarship; Brittany Ann Grimm, a Connellsville High School graduate and recipient of the Bernard Gorman Memorial Scholarship; Joshua Fronczek, a Uniontown Area High School graduate and recipient of the California University of Pennsylvania Scholarship. In the second row from left are: Christina Mowen, valedictorian of the Uniontown Area High School Class of 2006 and recipient of the Martin Fagler Memorial Scholarship; Daniel Hudock, a graduate of Laurel Highlands High School and recipient of the R.J. Lilley Memorial Scholarship; and Seth Packrone, valedictorian of the Laurel Highlands High School Class of 2006 and recipient of the Joseph Vicites Memorial Scholarship.