Lima Rotary distributes 11 scholarships

LIMA — The Lima Rotary Club distributed 11 scholarships to area students bringing the total number of scholarships given to 1,176 in an amount totalling $890,250.

Receiving scholarships were Cierra Allenbaugh, Rhodes State College, business administration; Mariah Anderson, Apollo Career Center, dental hygienist; Thomas Bader, The Ohio State University-Lima campus, psychology ; Molly Brown, Apollo Career Center, EMT; Kaylyn Frisby, Bluffton University, MBA ; Sharika Gates, Rhodes State College, cardiographic; Anthony Gordon, Apollo Career Center, welding fabrication; Nicole Shaw, University of Northwestern Ohio, healthcare administration; Rachel Shelton, Rhodes State College, addictions, mental health and social work; Kaitlyn Triplett, Rhodes State College, radiographic imaging; and Rylee Vrooman, Rhodes State College, LPN.

Dean Brown
Dean Brown joined The Lima News in 2022 as a reporter. Prior to The Lima News, Brown was an English teacher in Allen County for 38 years, with stops at Perry, Shawnee, Spencerville and Heir Force Community School. So they figured he could throw a few sentences together about education and business in the area. An award-winning photographer, Brown likes watching old black and white movies, his dog, his wife and kids, and the four grandkids - not necessarily in that order. Reach him at [email protected] or 567-242-0409.