Sunfield Community Foundation Journal Issue #5

Sunfield Community Foundation Journal

Issue #5

(6/6/26)

2026 Community Foundation Scholarship and Senior Awards Report Part Three

To start off this issue’s Senior Awards report here is some statistical information regarding this year’s applicants:

·      We had just four students apply for a scholarship.  In past years we averaged 12 applicants.  Once we had 16.

·      Only two of those four attended Lakewood High School.

·      The other two live within the established Sunfield Area scholarship boundaries, but attended either Portland or Grand Ledge via the “school of choice” process.

·      We had no applicants for a Trades Scholarship this year.

·      This year marked the 40^th. Year we have awarded scholarships.

·      During that 40-year period, we have given out over $367,000 in awards to 228 students.

·      The total awarded this year was $29,000.

Payton Coan & Lillianna Brodbeck Each Received $3,750 Scholarships.

Payton Coan is the daughter of Sam & Angela Coan and plans to pursue a degree in Business Administration.  She was also one of the winners of the Richard Lenon Community Service Award

Lillianna Brodbeck, (sorry, but we were unable to get a picture of Lillianna), is the daughter of Randy & Leslie Brodbeck.  She will be attending Grand Valley State University and getting a degree in Music Education

Contributions

·      The estate of Mary Sandborn made a donation to the SPY’s.

·      John & Sandra Fisher made a contribution in memory of Dorothy Izzo.

Parting Comments

·      Deep Thought of the Week: A bad attitude is like a flat tire.  You can’t go anywhere until you change it.

·      Notable Quote: “Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles.  Notice them!”

·      That's Puny Department:  Did you hear about the new body shop that opened?  I’m told it comes highly wreck-a-mended.

·      Dedicated To The Toughest Man In-The-World-----The Chuck Norris Corner: (1) Chuck Norris once shot an enemy plane down with his finger, by yelling, “Bang!”  (2) Chuck Norris does not use spell check.  If he happens to misspell a word, Oxford will change the spellings in their dictionaries. (3) When Chuck Norris writes, he makes paper bleed.

·      Did You Know Section: Cleveland Blues shortstop Neal Ball achieved baseball history when he executed the first unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball on July 19, 1909, doing so against the Boston Red Sox.  In the second inning of the game, Ball, playing shortstop, caught Amby McConnell's line drive, stepped on second base to retire Heinie Wagner, and then tagged outfielder Jake Stahl as he was advancing towards second.  Because the play was unprecedented and turned so swiftly, the ballplayers on the field did not know the inning was over and the crowd of 11,000 were unsure of how to react. Cy Young, the game's starting pitcher, was puzzled and asked Ball why he was leaving the field.  Once the fans in attendance realized what had happened, they gave him an ovation, while his teammates applauded him as he returned to the dugout.  In the following inning, with the crowd still cheering, he hit an inside-the-park home run into center field (the only home run he hit that season).

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