2012

Emily Jacome-<.:luff (left) and CtuuldJer Smith (center), both graduates of Newton County High School, are recipients of the Newton Rotary Club Scholarships at East Central Community College in Decatur. At r:lght ls Rotary representative Tyler Mc– Caughn. ..

Sophomore Alexander Lee, a graduate of Newton County High School, is the recipient of the Thomas W. ThrashMemo– rial Scholarship at East Central Community College in De– catur. He is shown with Jeanette Thrash, who along with family and friends endowed tbJs scholarship in 2002 in mem– oryof her late husband who served on the ECCC faculty for 40 years.

Jesse Vaughn (loft), a graduate of Newton County High School, ls the n:..-clplent of the Shirley Renaud Memor:lal Scholarship. Also pictured 1s Joe Renaud, who helped estabUshcd the scholarship In memory of his wife.

Sophomore Jennifer Collins or Newton Is the n."Clplent of the New Di– rections Scholarship at East Central Community College in Decatur. The t.cholarship was estab– lished tn 1998 for full– time nontraditional students age 21 or older who have returned to col– lege after having been out of school for more than three years.