Local Students Awarded Scholarships from Blue Ridge Electric (Watauga)
For Immediate Release
Contact: Renee Whitener, Director of Corporate Communications, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, (828) 758-2383 ext. 3213; Pager:1-800-471-1323; or E-mail: Renee Whitener
Boone, North Carolina (August 9, 2004) – As part of its commitment to community, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation has awarded scholarships to several local students in the cooperative’s service area.
The scholarships are designed to assist students in their educational goals and are awarded annually to deserving high school seniors and adults living within the cooperative’s service territory. This year Blue Ridge Electric offered five $2,000 scholarships to high school seniors seeking a four-year degree and seven $800 scholarships to students seeking a two-year vocational/technical degree. Students from Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany and Wilkes Counties were eligible for up to ten Goodman-Hurt Scholarships totaling $14,000.
Stevie Icard, daughter of Jacquelyn Vines of Boone, received a Goodman-Hurt $2,000 scholarship. She will attend Mars Hill University.
Receiving $88 Goodman-Hurt Scholarships were: Grace Coffey, daughter of Charles and Meleah Coffey of Boone, who will attend Guildord Technical Community College; and Crystal Jackson, daughter of Anita Jackson of Boone, who will attend CCC&TI.
Applications for the scholarships are available each year through local high school guidance counselors, community colleges in the Blue Ridge Electric service territory, or on-line at www.BlueRidgeEMC.com. For more information about Blue Ridge Electric scholarships, contact Grey Scheer, director of community relations, by calling your local Blue Ridge Electric office or online at gscheer@blueridgeemc.com.
Blue Ridge Electric is a not-for-profit, member-owned cooperative electric utility serving some 67,000 members in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Alexander and Wilkes counties. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Blue Ridge Energies, provides propane and heating fuels as well as gas logs, fireplaces and stoves from offices in Boone, Lenoir, West Jefferson and Hickory.
