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Two Martins Ferry High School seniors are among 11 area seniors awarded a scholarship during the Auxiliary of Wheeling Hospital’s recent annual spring dinner. The two Martins Ferry students, Alyssa Kalinski and Madison Lyle, and the other seniors were presented with scholarships each worth $4,000 over a four-year period. With the addition of these recipients, the auxiliary is pledging $31,000 this academic year toward scholarships. Shown in back, from left, are: Lucille Otte, Auxiliary Scholarship chairwoman; Kalinski; Lyle; Alyssa Cassidy Young, Wheeling Park High School; Jack Dudich, The Linsly School; Shay Kaminski, Wheeling Central Catholic High School; Janie Kutassy and Olivia Archer, WPHS; Debbie Romaine, director of Wheeling Hospital Volunteer/Guest Services; and Caroll Mazure, auxiliary president. Seated, from left, are: Emma Blair, WPHS; Lexie Kosanovic, CCHS; Lexie Swiger, Buckeye Local High School; and Lucretia Shumate, Linsly. To be eligible for the scholarship, a junior volunteer must be a high school senior with a minimum of 150 hours of volunteer service at Wheeling Hospital. They must be entering into a health-related college curriculum and maintain a 2.5 GPA. Each applicant also must complete a scholarship application including an essay on how their volunteer experience influenced their career choice. This year’s scholarship winners gave a combined total of 2,300 service hours at Wheeling Hospital. Five of the hospital’s junior volunteers, Kaminski, Kosanovic, Lyle and Young, as well as Ashish Urval of the Linsly School, also received $500 scholarships from the Auxiliary West Virginia Hospital Association.

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