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CARSON SCHOLARSHIP

November 19, 2008 The Waynedale News Staff 0 min read

Left to right is Lois Widner, principal at St. Joseph-St. Elizabethv School, Samantha Rahrig, St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth alumnus, Tony Dungy, and Nancy McNamara, an 8th grader at St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth School.

Congratulations to Samantha Rahrig, a St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth alumnus, and Nancy McNamara, an 8th grader at St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth School, for receiving the Carson Scholarship Award. This is a monetary scholarship award to be used for college.

The students and their parents, Dr. Jerry and Sarah Rahrig and Dan and Julie McNamara, and Lois Widner, the principal attended a dinner with Coach Tony Dungy from the Indianapolis Colts.

Many students were honored at the Carson Scholarship Dinner in Indianapolis. Coach Dungy talked to the students and gave out the awards as well.

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