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Retired School Personnel Association presents scholarships

By From staff reports
Published in News on July 1, 2018 3:05 AM

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The Wayne County Retired School Personnel Association has presented three scholarships. From left are Jacqueline Green, association president; scholarship recipients Jasmin Brown, Kayln Smith and Cassandra Lassiter; and Bebra Robinson, association scholarship chair.

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Geraldine Brewington, left, accepts the Wayne County Retired School Personnel Association's Outstanding Individual Community Service Award from Jacqueline Green, center, association president, and Jacqueline McDowell, community service chairman.

The Wayne County Retired School Personnel has presented three scholarships totaling $6,000.

The scholarships are presented to graduating high school seniors who plan careers in education.

The Dale Gainey Scholarship was awarded to Jasmin Brown of Rosewood High School. She plants attend Meredith College.

Kaylyn Smith of Eastern Wayne High School received the Nancy Edmundson Scholarship. She plans to attend the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

The Wayne County Retired School Personnel Scholarship went to Cassandra Lassiter of Charles B. Aycock High School. Lassiter plans to attend the University of Mount Olive.

Along with the scholarships, the association presented its Outstanding Individual Community Service Award to Geraldine Brewington.