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20th Anniversary Annual Meeting focused on arts

Steve and Sheri Scott Welty hosted the 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting of LaGrange County Community Foundation at Galarina Folk Arts in Shipshewana. Those attending the breakfast meeting heard Sheri's lively presentation on the importance of the arts to the community including interesting stories of the Scott Welty's association with artist Will Moses.

LCCF Executive Director Laura Lemings reported on the year 2010, and foundation founders were recognized for their foresight and dedication in responding to a call from Lilly Endowment Inc. in early 1990 to undertake establishing a community foundation for LaGrange County. The list included:

Sustaining Club Members, those who donated $10,000 or more to one or more endowed funds were honored, including: ACRES, Inc., Wreta Bassett, Brethren Retreat of Shipshewana, Bricker Family Trust, Olive B. Cole Foundation, Cecil and Becky Crotts, Ray Culp, Dekko Foundation, Barbara Fanning, Farmers State Bank, Mike Farmwald, Florence Hardin, Junior Achievement of LaGrange County, Marian Krebs, LaGrange County Farm Bureau Co-op, LaGrange County Library, LaGrange First Church of God, Goldie Lambright, Kevin and Carrie Lambright, Robert and Martha Lee, Laura and Burvel Lemings, Lilly Endowment, Inc., Mary McKenzie, Maple Lane Farms—Keith Lambright, Margaret Martin, J.O. Mory, Inc., Miles and Judith Perkins, Nishikawa Standard Company, Prairie Heights Community Schools, Prairie Heights School Corporation, Pretzels, Inc., Duane and Heide Rheinheimer, Robert and Deborah Schlemmer, Terry and Michelle Schmidt, Scott Cemetery Association, Frank and Kathy Sherman, Shipshewana Auction, Strawser Auction Group, Ned and Nancy Stump, Kermit Troyer, Judith Tyl, Marjorie Waddell, Westview Dollars for Scholars, Joseph and Elsie Willard, George and Dorothy Witwer, Grace Yoder Foundation, Susan Yoder.

Supporting Club Members who have donated $1000 or more to any fund in the past three years (2008—2010) include: Abbott Laboratories, Aetna Foundation, Tracy Anderson, Carney Frost Funeral Home, Center Grove Education Fund, Century Link, Don and Claudia Cornett, Edd's Supplies, John and Deb Egli, Forks County Line Store, Steve and LuAnn Gage, Jeremy and Wendy Glick, Anthony and Vicky Guyas, Cleo and Phyllis Hartzler, Daryl and Geri Hershberger, Leland and Mary Hooley, The Howe School, Bill and Ruby Huggins, Indiana Grantmakers Alliance, LaGrange Communities Youth Center, LaGrange County Girl Scouts, LaGrange County Lakes Council, LaGrange County REMC, Lake City Bank, Lakeland Athletic Boosters, Mentor Moms, Millers Poultry, N.E. Indiana Foundation, NIPSCO, Parkview Health, People's Federal Savings, Pepsico Foundation, Prices Laundry, Karesa Reynolds, Sharp Medical Practice, Shipshewana Lions Club, Shipshewana Retail Merchant's Association, Mim Smith, Stroh Youth League, Town of Shipshewana, United Fund of LaGrange County, Westview School Corporation, Jean and Colleen Yunker.

In the spring of 2011, LaGrange County Community Foundation (LCCF) awarded 30 new scholarships, provided by generous donors, to assist 20 LaGrange County young people who are now attending college. Awards and recipients included:

• Stan Anderson Memorial Golf Scholarship – Brennan North
• Bruce Brown Memorial Scholarship—Tiffany Bontrager
• Olive B. Cole Foundation Scholarship—Tiffany Bontrager, Lindsey Johnson, Kurstin Oesch, Carley Thompson
• Ellsworth Fanning Memorial Scholarship—Aaron Young
• Farmers State Bank Scholarship—Tiffanie Harvey, Kristin Steider
• Farmwald Scholarship—Kaitlyn Mast
• Florence O.and Virgil E. Hardin Scholarship—Carley Thompson
• H.O.P.E. Nursing Scholarship—Erica Montague
• Judy Gage Keenan Memorial Scholarship—Carley Thompson
• Paul and Marian Krebs Scholarship—Jennifer Raber
• Olivia Bay Lemings Memorial Scholarship—Carley Thompson
• Kevin Lewis Purdue Ag Memorial Scholarship—Brooke Durnell
• Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship—Caleb Lehman
• L.I.F.E. Scholarship—Elizabeth Engleking, Taylor Jantzi, Scott McKibben
• Mory Company Scholarship—Jamie Coffman
• Craig D./Ronda S. Neff Scholarship—Scott McKibben
• Prairie Heights Student Council Leadership Scholarship—Cierra Domer
• Duane and Heide Rheinheimer Scholarship—Kaitlyn Mast, Kurstin Oesch
• Schlemmer Scholarship—Cory Hopper
• Terry Schmidt Memorial Basketball Scholarship—Scott McKibben
• Ned H. Stump Memorial Scholarship—Elizabeth Engleking
• Matthew Terry Memorial Scholarship—Zachary Stanley
• Joseph J. Willard Scholarship—Kaitlyn Mast

LaGrange County 2010 ARCH Report

Click here to connect to a pdf of the 2010 ARCH Indiana Historical Site Survey of LaGrange County