WKCTC Culinary Arts Student Michael Pate (center) hugs Paducah sisters Marcia Nemer (left) and Caroline Yaffe (right) following a scholarship reception at the college August 31.  He was the recipient of the Yaffe Family Scholarship.

Fulton resident Michael Pate didn't want to shake hands with the woman who is helping him fulfill his dream of getting an education in culinary arts.

The 2007 recipient of the Yaffe Family Scholarship, Pate just had to give Caroline Yaffe and her sister, Marcia Nemer, both hugs following a scholarship reception at West Kentucky Community & Technical College August 31.  "They're just so nice. (The Yaffe  Scholarship) is very important to me. It helps me pay for school," said the 19-year-old Pate, the son of Marda and Larry Pate of Fulton.  Marcia Nemer was representing the Marshall E. Nemer Endowment Scholarship Fund named in honor of her late husband.

Joe Framptom, CEO of Paducah Bank, talks with Amanda Seay of Graves, the recipient of the Jack Paxton Memorial Scholarship.  Framptom represented the Paducah Bank Scholarship Fund and the Jack Paxton Memorial Scholarship Fund during a scholarship reception at WKCTC Friday.

WKCTC  awarded more than $227,000 in new scholarships to more than 180 students for the 2007 – 2008 academic year.  Friday's reception at the College Bistro allowed scholarship donors the opportunity to meet their student recipients.

In addition to the new scholarships offered, WKCTC will renew selected scholarships of 34 students in the amount of $51,000.

Paducah Junior College, Inc., the Foundation of WKCTC, funds the majority of student scholarships through endowed scholarship accounts and annual fundraising event proceeds.  Additional scholarship dollars are provided by local businesses and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.  Scholarships are awarded yearly to WKCTC students and students of the University of Kentucky College of Engineering extended campus at WKCTC.

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 2007 SCHOLARSHIP RECEPTION

New scholarship recipients (listed by their county of residence) are:

BALLARD COUNTY
Marcella Blankenship (PJC Academic Scholarship); Candace Curtis (Hites Family Foundation Scholarship); Britaney Fleming (NewPage Scholarship); John Fleming (Dewey & Mary Lineberry Scholarship, Lubrizol Foundation Scholarship); Ashton Fronabarger (Trustee’s Scholarship); Gina Gordon (Paducah River City BPW Scholarship, Kenneth Carpenter Scholarship); Lindsey Henderson (Nat Dortch, Sr. Scholarship); Haley Hudson (KCTCS Commonwealth Scholarship); Steven Jones (Presidential Scholarship); Candice Kendall (Beiderwell I Scholarship); Richard Liner (Marvin Family Scholarship); Andrew Logsdon (Beiderwell I Scholarship); Brittany Mayo (WKCTC Scholarship); Kelli Morgan (Upshaw Family Scholarship); Katherine Packett (PJC Academic Scholarship); Leslie Scott (PJC Academic Scholarship); Kala Stevens (PJC Academic Scholarship); Danielle Tanner (NewPage Scholarship); Lindsey Underwood (Ken & Jean Wheeler Scholarship)

CALLOWAY COUNTY                       
Ashley Henson (Beiderwell II Scholarship); Leslie Sanders (Willie Wilson Scholarship); Jennifer Scott (PJC Academic Scholarship); Christie Stalls (Adoree Haus Scholarship)
           
CARLISLE COUNTY
Benjamin Ballard (Harper Industries, Inc. Scholarship); Taylor  Ballard (Academic Excellence Scholarship); Katherine Brown (KCTCS Commonwealth Scholarship); Brett Cates (Trustee’s Scholarship); Keenan Draper (PJC Academic Scholarship); Elyshia Franklin (Beiderwell II Scholarship); Jaclyn Franklin (Academic Excellence Scholarship); Cody Gill (PJC Academic Scholarship); Jonathan Gipson (PJC Academic Scholarship); Vicki Kingery (McCracken County Medical Alliance Scholarship); Haley Martin (Presidential Scholarship); Matthew Reddick (Hites Family Foundation Scholarship); Whitley Todd (KCTCS Commonwealth Scholarship); Savara Tolbird (Academic Excellence Scholarship); Darrell Wilson (Hites Family Foundation Scholarship); Natalie Wilson (Trustee’s Scholarship); Eric Yarbrough (Hites Family Foundation Scholarship)

FULTON COUNTY
Christopher Garrigus (PJC Academic Scholarship); James Potts (PJC Academic Scholarship); Kristin Powell (PJC Academic Scholarship)            

GRAVES COUNTY
Shanda Abbott (M. L. Carpenter Scholarship); Jonathan Adams (Arthur & Wanda Feather Scholarship, Hites Family Foundation Scholarship); Bryan Atkins (Marvin Family Scholarship, Hites Family Foundation Scholarship); Christopher Baer (PJC Academic Scholarship); William Beadles (Marvin Family Scholarship); Brenda Blanton (Purchase Cancer Group Scholarship); Michele Burgess (Vel Lynn Pace Scholarship); Whitney Carrico (Beiderwell I Scholarship); John Clapp (Beiderwell I Scholarship); Mark Cope (E. Corman Maxie Scholarship); Samantha Davis (PJC Academic Scholarship); Jared Fulcher (Marvin Family Scholarship, Hites Family Foundation Scholarship); Adam Glisson (Paudcah Section ISA Scholarship); Sonya Henson (Trustee’s Scholarship); Caitlyn Humphrey (Presidential Scholarship); Immanual Landwehr (Beiderwell II Scholarship); Jessica Lee (Beiderwell II Scholarship, Bernard & Lillian Michelson Scholarship); Eric Miller (PJC Academic Scholarship); Pamela Russell (Cole Lumber Co. Scholarship); Daphne Schindler (Paducah Bank Scholarship); Amanda Seay (Jack Paxton Scholarship); Jacob Thomas (Presidential Scholarship); Sarah Waid (Dr. Todd Brigance Scholarship, Charles L. Humphries Scholarship); Alicia Watts (PJC Academic Scholarship); Connie Wheat (Western Baptist Hospital Auxilliary Scholarship); Chasity Yokley (Williams Wahl Scholarship)           

HARDIN COUNTY
Michael Turner (Beiderwell II Scholarship)           

HENRY COUNTY
Whitney Delaney (Beiderwell I Scholarship)                       

HICKMAN COUNTY
Charles Creason (D. H. Anderson Scholarship); Courtney Creason (KCTCS Commonwealth Scholarship); Jack Schraw (PJC Academic Scholarship)                       

LIVINGSTON COUNTY
Ashlee Davidson (Trustee’s Scholarship); Andrew Rodgers (Academic Excellence Scholarship); Sarah Rowland (KCTCS Commonwealth Scholarship)           

LYON COUNTY
Whitney Kimbro (Women’s Club of Paducah Scholarship); Kandace Ramey (PJC Academic Scholarship)

MARSHALL COUNTY
Kristi Adair (Beiderwell II Scholarship); LaMiira Askew (KCTCS John T. Smith Scholarship); Morgan Biggs (Donald & Rosella Crecelius Scholarship); Chelsea Cox (Presidential Scholarship); Matthew Curtis (WKCTC Scholarship) Brandon Curtsinger (Hites Family Foundation Scholarship); Kayla Cutsinger (Jack Paxton Scholarship); Sawyer Donohoo (Harper Industries, Inc. Scholarship); Jason Doughty (PJC Academic Scholarship); Trent Duncan (John C. Leeper Scholarship); Keaton Dunigan (William G. Haus Scholarship); Charles Ezelle, III (PJC Academic Scholarship) ; Jacqueline Fuller (Richard Ragland Scholarship); James Giovengo (Beiderwell II Scholarship, William G. Haus Scholarship); Conal Green (Brockenborough Scholarship); Jesse Hunter (PJC Academic Scholarship); Carissa Jones (PJC Academic Scholarship); Kristen Jones (PJC Academic Scholarship); John Lewis (Hites Family Foundation Scholarship, Lubrizol Foundation Scholarship); Misty Matteson (M. L. Carpenter Scholarship); Deborah Morgan (James C. Bowling Scholarship); Morgan Norwood (M. L. Carpenter Scholarship); Rachel Piercy (Kentucky Colonels Scholarship); Brent Powell (Hites Family Foundation Scholarship); Cady Reed (Beiderwell II Scholarship); Krista Sharp (Ingle L. Tolen Scholarship)

MASSAC COUNTY, IL
Danielle Drapeau (Clifford W. Sullivan Scholarship); Kaley Leek (Beiderwell I Scholarship); Michael Mizell (Presidential Scholarship)

MCCRACKEN COUNTY
Matthew Adler (Trustee’s Scholarship); Jennifer Alderdice (Brockenborough Scholarship); Kristen Barnhill (E. Corman Maxie Scholarship); Zachary Bohannon (PJC Academic Scholarship); Monyette Bolen (KCTCS John T. Smith Scholarship); Glenda Brantner (Herman J. Robertson Scholarship); Mary  Bristoe (Elisha Carter Scholarship); Claudia Brown (KCTCS John T. Smith Scholarship); Jill Brown (Dr. Frank Kolb, III Scholarship); Courtney Cochrum (WKCTC Scholarship); Frank Crawford (Marshall E. Nemer Scholarship); Jordan Davenport (KCTCS Commonwealth Scholarship); Mary Davis (Presidential Scholarship); Zeporah Daye (Jack Faughn Scholarship); Aaron Dietrich (Trustee’s Scholarship); Paige Dodson (Trustee’s Scholarship); Kelsey Dotson (Charles A. Saladino Scholarship); Michele Dykes (Western Baptist Hospital Auxilliary Scholarship); Katie Evens (Trustee’s Scholarship); Fredrick Fountain (KCTCS John T. Smith Scholarship); Amy Frame (Elmer & Lottie Robinson Scholarship); Sara Gamblin (McCracken County Medical Alliance Scholarship); Brent Goodman (Charles A. Saladino Scholarship); Vanessa Hack (Academic Excellence Scholarship); Shireen Hallim (PJC Academic Scholarship); Sean Hansrote (Trustee’s Scholarship); Sara Harper (Harry Hogan Scholarship); Daniel Hatton (Marvin Family Scholarship, Hites Family Foundation Scholarship, Lubrizol Foundation Scholarship); Ryan Hayden (Beiderwell I Scholarship); Alex Hearell (Harry Hogan Scholarship); Woon Joo Hobgood (Menedez / Moore Scholarship); Catherina Jackson (Kentucky Colonels Scholarship); Kolleen  Kelley (McCracken County Medical Alliance Scholarship); Susan King (John & Opal Reid Scholarship); Sarah Lester (Presidential Scholarship); Marcella Majors (Western Baptist Hospital Auxilliary Scholarship); Joshua Marberry (PJC Academic Scholarship); Amber Mathis (PJC Academic Scholarship); Timothy Matthews (Rotary Club of Paducah Scholarship); Rachel Mattingly (KCTCS Commonwealth Scholarship); Elizabeth McCauley (KCTCS Commonwealth Scholarship) Maci McGuillon (G. Leon Williams Scholarship); Kristopher Montgomery (E. Corman Maxie Scholarship); Alissa Morehead (Elmer & Lottie Robinson Scholarship); Danielle Morehead (E. Corman Maxie Scholarship); Sarah Packett (Mildred I. Miller Scholarship); Jasmine Phan (Herman J. Robertson Scholarship); Janice Pierce (Herman J. Robertson Scholarship); Shelley Prall (Donald V. Blythe Scholarship); Laura Pugh (Arthur & Wanda Feather Scholarship, Hites Family Foundation Scholarship); Jacob Puschaver (Presidential Scholarship); William Raye (Western Rivers Corp. Scholarship); Angel Rhodes (PJC Academic Scholarship); Victoria Rice (PJC Academic Scholarship); James Rogers (PJC Academic Scholarship); Gevaunta Ross (Herman J. Robertson Scholarship); Kristy Scarbrough (Kentucky Colonels Scholarship); Kristie Sehorn (E. Corman Maxie Scholarship); Kimberly Settle (Herman J. Robertson Scholarship); Stephen Shelby (Beiderwell II Scholarship); Gaurab Shrestha (PJC Academic Scholarship); Bettina  Simmons (KCTCS John T. Smith Scholarship); Bryan Snow (Jack Paxton Scholarship, Hites Family Foundation Scholarship); Matthew Snow (Jack Paxton Scholarship, Hites Family Foundation Scholarship); Tabitha  Stoffel (WKCTC Scholarship); Cynthia Thomas (Herman J. Robertson Scholarship); Tiffany Thomas (WK Vocational/Technical College Alumni Assoc. Scholarship); Jeremy Turner (L. David Stacey Scholarship); Casey Walls (Gene & Ann Edwards Scholarship); Sharla Wilson (E. Corman Maxie Scholarship); Danny Wood (James T. Carter Scholarship)

PULASKI COUNTY, IL
Sarah Partridge (R.G. Matheson Scholarship)