Chamber of Commerce focuses on education
By Ken Powers Community Reporter

Right: High school seniors receiving scholarships from the Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce

Region - Twenty-five high school students were honored as Corridor Nine (C9) Chamber of Commerce's 2008 Scholastic Award Recipients at a March 27 Membership Breakfast at the Doubletree Hotel in Westborough.

Scholarship recipients from Algonquin Regional High School included Jillian Cirelli, Meghan Doyle, Siera Lamontagne, Adam Lapetina, Ross Lapetina, Alexis Morin, Karissa O'Keefe, Patrick Rutan and Sarah Sheehy. From Shrewsbury High were Linda Chen, Catherine Hewlett, Minh Le, Carolyn McRae, Mary Rocheleau, Wajida Syed and Sushmitha Rejeevan. From Westborough High were Steff ani Arraya, John Birkholz, Eric Chang, Caitlin DeFiore, Sarah Gemski, Colleen Hoyt and Adam Ridley. Also honored were St. John's High School's Roderick Geer and Assabet Valley Regional's Joanne Osborne.

In addition, the C9 School/Business Partnership Committee recognized David Bagdon, publisher of the Community Advocate; Mike Rooney, CFO of Central One Federal Credit Union; and April Healey, vice president at Central One, with their Champion of Education Award for their contributions to education.

Left: Honored by Corridor Nine (C9) with its Champion of Education Award are David Bagdon (third from left), publisher of the Community Advocate; Mike Rooney (third from right), CFO of Central One Federal Credit Union, and April Healey (second from right), vice president of retail services for Central One. Also on hand are Donna Cox (left), chair of the School/Business Partnership Committee; Ben Colonero (second from left), C9 chair; and Karen Chapman (right), C9 vice president.