The school board on April 25 established the Lauren “Flex” Rex Memorial Scholarship in memory of the former Bowling Green High School volleyball player.
The scholarship will go to an eligible senior volleyball player who demonstrates high academic achievements, who is an outstanding defensive player and who possesses the characteristics of leadership, good team spirit and working ethics along with compassion and efforts to help others in school and the community.
Rex died April 1 at the age of 32.
According to her obituary, she was an excellent and avid volleyball player. She won three varsity league titles in high school, and continued her passion with club teams, rec leagues, and pickup games with friends and family. Though her specialty was defense, she had a hard spike when called on, and a downright nasty drop serve.
The board at the meeting also continued to accept donations.
Donations for the DECA International Career Development Conference were accepted from Becky Laabs, $50; Nathan and Bethany Ash, $250; Bowling Green Title Ltd., $100; Guarantee Carpet Cleaning LLC, $250; BG’s Frosty Fare, LLC, $100; Nathan M. Downey, DDS, MS Inc., $300; and Newlove Realty, $199.
High school after prom received donations from Evans Home Loans, $100; Kaiser Family Dentistry Inc., $150; Derik E. Utz DDS, $300; George M. Hebeka, DDS and T. Ryan Phipps, DDS, $150; Falcon Nest LLC, DBA Buffalo Wild Wings, $500; and Nathan M. Downey, DDS, MS Inc., $1,000.
The high school drama club received $300 from Diane Shetzer; Kenwood Elementary received clothing valued at $30 from Sue Smith; Bobcat Basic received snacks valued at $60 from Eileen Underwood and Richard Rowlands, $249 from BG Noon Kiwanis and $100 from the Fite/Waldron family; Crim Elementary received supplies valued at $100; and the district received $100 to help pay for school lunches from Irene and Kenneth Rieman.
High school softball received $50 from Sharon Kramp and $50 from James Weinandy.
The Panksepp, Quinn, Sanders, Wolfe Scholarship received $200 from Meredith Moon, $200 from Huntington Chiropractic & Wellness, and $200 from Matthew Campbell.
Janet and Dennis Bower donated $1,000 to the Peggy Schmeltz Scholarship; and Am Vets Post #711 donated $4,000 to the Am Vets Post 711 Scholarship.
Donations for 1BookBG continued, including gift cards valued at $78 from Rock’em Sock’em Retro, printing services valued at $200 from Staples, $120 from Downey Orthodontics, $100 from BG Manor and $150 from St. Aloysius Catholic Church.
The total amount of donations accepted this month was $ 10,612.
“Thank you to all of those donors,” said Superintendent Francis Scruci.
Also at the meeting, the board:
• Learned from Treasurer Cathy Schuller that the district had a recent clean audit.
• Transferred $80,000 from the general fund to the turf maintenance fund and $1.2 million from the general fund to the capital project fund. Both amounts are from pipeline payments.
• Heard Rick Busselle speak on the hazards of the Backpack Bill. Busselle is an associate professor at Bowling Green State University.
