Belmont High School students awarded Lakes Region Scholarships

BELMONT — At the Belmont High School Awards night on Friday, June 9, the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation Board President Mike Nolan represented the Foundation along with Board Vice President Donna Hennessy. Hennessy offered a brief address to the graduates and their families and closed her remarks cheering all of the students present with a rousing “Go Raiders!”

There were a number of LRSF donors present to make presentations at the Belmont awards. So many scholarship funds are memorials set up by families when a loved one passes or by individuals in advance of their death. Each memorial tells the story of a special person. Someone who is no longer with us, but is still helping those they have left behind. One in particular was a new award this year, started in honor of Vincent Ladd. Ladd passed away in 1985 during his junior year at Belmont High School. This year, a scholarship was established in his name by family and friends in memory of a bright young man who loved chorus and music, his Faith and helping others. More than 30 years later, this young man is still remembered fondly and now his story will go forward to a student of a new generation at Ladd’s high school.

The following is the list of the Belmont High School graduates who received scholarship awards through thefoundation this year, as well as former BHS graduates who received 2017 awards from LRSF as upperclassmen.

Belmont High School

J. Smith and Nancy Smith Award, Spaulding Family Fund.

Entering sophomore year:

Emily V. Ashey: Helen D. Martin Memorial. Courtney M. Clairmont: Chocorua Lodge #51 IOOF, Friend of the Foundation. Ryan J. Contois: Raynel Award, Stover Family Memorial. Renee E. Fleck: Stafford Family Trust. Kyle C. Gelinas: Citizens Bank Award in Honor of Gretta Olson-Wilder, Roland Corriveau Track Memorial. Veronica S. Harris: Norman C. & Mary M. VanderNoot Award, VFW Post 1670 Award. Tayla R. Jacques: Martin, Lord & Osman PA (f/k/a Nighswander, Martin & Mitchell PA) in honor of Arthur H. Nighswander, John & Lois Ramsey Memorial. Kevin A. King: Robert C. Hussey Memorial, Herbert L. & Hazel R. Noyes Fund. Hannah A. Leger: Lela Lancaster Trust, Martin, Lord & Osman PA (f/k/a Nighswander, Martin & Mitchell PA) in honor of Arthur H. Nighswander, James P. Rogers Fund. Carol A. Lipshultz: Lucille & George Guild Memorial, George F. Mohle Memorial Nursing Award, Cecil and Barbara Richardson Memorial. Melanie L. Nix: Lucille & George Guild Memorial. Cameron J. Paquette: Willard G. Martin, Sr. Memorial - Kiwanis Club of Laconia, Herbert L. & Hazel R. Noyes Fund. Nicole J. Rosas: Janet "Jan" Bolduc Memorial, Katherine "Kathy" Daigneault Memorial, Friend of the Foundation, Nat & Ruth Kessin Award, Martin, Lord & Osman PA (f/k/a Nighswander, Martin & Mitchell PA) in honor of Arthur H. Nighswander. Alexis P. Sanborn: Bissonnette Family Memorial, Lucille & George Guild Memorial. George M. Savageaux: William L. Jacques Mathematics Scholar Memorial. Sarah M. Thayer: Chocorua Lodge #51 IOOF, Lucille & George Guild Memorial. Charles E. Witham: Chocorua Lodge #51 IOOF, Jamie B. Jesseman Memorial, Loran D. Percy Art Memorial.

Entering junior year:

Chayleigh G. Cadarette: Martin, Lord & Osman PA (f/k/a Nighswander, Martin & Mitchell PA) in honor of Arthur H. Nighswander, Susan B. Robbs Memorial. Colton C. Cadarette: Florence & Signe Bianco Memorial. Cassandra M. Contigiani: Kimberly Jean Morin Memorial, Simone Richardson Memorial. Alexandra D. Entering Freshmen year:

Casey M. Akerman: Helen M. Hill Award, Theodore & Sophie Krasnow Memorial. Nicole M. Antonucci: Lakes Region Board of Realtors. Patrick A. Baker: George & Beryl Boisvert Award, Canterbury Fund, Vincent C. Ladd Memorial, Spaulding Family Fund. Emma I. Chase: Canterbury Fund, Sarah Cripps Fox Award, Bert & Anita Morin Family Award. Sarah E. Chase: Canterbury Fund, Wilderness Youth Fund. Cole P. Contigiani: Spaulding Family Fund, Stone Family Award. Zoe A. Cygan: Citizens Bank Award in Honor of Gretta Olson-Wilder. Shannon B. Davies: Friend of the Foundation, Theodore & Sophie Krasnow Memorial, Roscoe E.Twombly Memorial. Nina R. Didsbury: John J. Bancroft, Sr. Memorial, Friend of the Foundation. Nicholas T. Galambos: Charles M. Smith - Kiwanis Club of Laconia Award. Ryan M. Gelinas: Canterbury Fund, Pepin Family Memorial. Jacqueline E. Hanson: Lochmere Community Association, Spaulding Family Fund, Annalee Thorndike Art Award. Wm. Timothy Harper: Belmont High School, Friend of the Foundation. Thomas E. Hayes: Belmont High School, Robert F. Fecteau Memorial, Laconia-Gilford Lions Club, Michael Murray Memorial, James P. Rogers Fund. Mikayla K. Howes: Citizens Bank Award in Honor of Gretta Olson-Wilder, Carl A. Lemay Memorial. Aryssa N. McCarter: John J. Bancroft, Sr. Memorial, Belmont High School, Lela Lancaster Trust, Mallorie Claire Roux Memorial. Sarah A. McGlynn: Belmont High School, Lela Lancaster Trust, Michael Murray Memorial, Spaulding Family Fund. Sophie J. Miller: Canterbury Fund, Elizabeth Gagne Award, Wilderness Youth Fund. Logan A. Wilder: Jamie B. Jesseman Memorial, Laconia Lodge of Elks #876, Carl A. Lemay Memorial. Karissa L. Zackowski: Chocorua Lodge #51 IOOF, Lawrence Lugar: Martin, Lord & Osman PA (f/k/a Nighswander, Martin & Mitchell PA) in honor of Arthur H. Nighswander.

Entering senior year:

Joseph G. Boles: Belmont Conservation Commission Award in Memory of Jeffrey A. Marden, Bert & Anita Morin Family Award, Neil Raymond Noyes, Sr. Memorial, Wilderness Youth Fund. Antony K. Hubbard: Lawrence "Larry" Richardson Memorial. Mary K. Russo: Rock A. Moon Memorial, Wilderness Youth Fund.

Graduate Students:

Julia K. Ashey: Arline Gifford "Piff" Kelley Memorial. Carlyn L. Reep: Charles E. & Nancy E. Wilder Award.

Other:

Alyssa J. Mahlstedt: Jenni Ann Harmon Memorial, Jane North Memorial, Kathleen Noyes Ober Memorial.

Etta and Keith Ladd began a scholarship this year in honor of their son, Vincent Ladd, who died in 1985. (Courtesy photo)