GOT AN EMAIL FROM MY MOST RECENT PSU GRAD, MARK BENFER.
NOW WORKING FOR THE CONSERVATION CORPS IN IOWA AND MINNESOTA.
LIVING IN AMES AND SO HAPPY FOR HIM.
GREAT YOUNG MAN.
MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF ROBERTA
IF YOU GO TO FACEBOOK AND TYPE IN.........ROBERTA WALTER SCHOLARSHIP.......IT WILL LEAD YOU TO A PHOTO ALBUM OF ALL MY WINNERS
THERE ARE PARTS OF MY HEART THAT CANNOT GROW UNTIL THEY ARE WATERED BY TEARS..........leon bloy
PHOTOS
IF YOU GO TO www.facebook.com AND TYPE IN.......ROBERTA WALTER SCHOLARSHIP.......IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A PHOTO ALBUM OF ALL MY KIDS.
MAZEPPA
my hometown & check out .....mazeppapa.blogspot.com
ROBERTA'S FAVORITE SONG
- RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD
ROBERTA AND HOW I GOT THE SCHOLARSHIP STARTED
ROBERTA WAS MY YOUNGER SISTER AND IN FEBRUARY OF 1972 WE LOST HER TO A BRAIN TUMOR. TENDER AGE OF 5 AND I ALWAYS HAD THIS FEELING THAT THERE HAD TO BE MORE. SHE NEVER GOT TO LIVE OUT MANY OF HER DREAMS AND FELT IT WAS SO UNFAIR. I WAS ONLY 11 AT THE TIME AND TWO THINGS I REMEMBER DISTINCTLY ABOUT MY SISTER. MY FIRST VISIT TO SEE ROBERTA AFTER HER OPERATION. PUSHED OPEN THE DOOR TO THE CHILDRENS WARD AND THERE SHE SAT. HEAD SHAVED AND THAT GOD AWFUL SCAR DOWN THE MIDDLE OF HER HEAD.........BUT YET THE SMILE !!! AND WITH THAT THE OTHER THING THAT HAS STUCK WITH ME. THE FACT THAT SHE NEVER COMPLAINED. IN FACT THE ONLY THING SHE EVER GOT UPSET ABOUT WAS WHEN THEY CUT OFF HER HAIR. SHE HAD LONG CURLY HAIR AND WAS SO PROUD OF IT.
FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE I PLANNED ON STARTING THIS SCHOLARSHIP BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL OUR DEAR
FRIEND SHIRLEY STOVER WAS TAKEN FROM US BY A DRUNK DRIVER THAT I FINALLY GOT IT UNDERWAY.
WENT TO WORK AFTER HEARING THE NEWS ON THE RADIO AND GOT DISCUSSING IT WITH MY BOSS JOHN
DONAHOE. IT WAS JOHN THAT UTTERED THE WORDS... I DON'T KNOW WHY WE PUT THINGS OFF IN OUR LIVES,
CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE YOUR TURN. I LOOKED AT JOHN AND REPLIED, YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU JUST SAID. AND WITH THAT I
CONTACTED GLENN AND THE MIFFLINBURG FFA. MY DREAM HAD BEGUN ! THE ODD AND SAD THING TO ALL OF THIS IS JOHN COMITTED SUICIDE ABOUT 1 YEAR LATER.
IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND THE WINNERS HAVE BECOME THE KIDS I NEVER HAD. BEEN TO SEVERAL COLLEGE GRADUATIONS, WEDDINGS AND EVEN ATTENDED A COLLEGE CLASS WITH KIM. IT WAS ACTUALLY A LECTURE ON HOW THE AMERICAN INDIANS EFFECTED THE WOMANS LIB MOVEMENT...NOT KIDDING AND IT WAS FASCINATING.
MY MAIN GOAL WITH ALL OF THIS IS NOT ONLY HONORING ROBERTA BUT TO GIVE BACK TO THE FFA.
ALSO TO HELP OTHERS LIVE OUT THEIR DREAMS AS ROBERTA NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO.
FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE I PLANNED ON STARTING THIS SCHOLARSHIP BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL OUR DEAR
FRIEND SHIRLEY STOVER WAS TAKEN FROM US BY A DRUNK DRIVER THAT I FINALLY GOT IT UNDERWAY.
WENT TO WORK AFTER HEARING THE NEWS ON THE RADIO AND GOT DISCUSSING IT WITH MY BOSS JOHN
DONAHOE. IT WAS JOHN THAT UTTERED THE WORDS... I DON'T KNOW WHY WE PUT THINGS OFF IN OUR LIVES,
CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE YOUR TURN. I LOOKED AT JOHN AND REPLIED, YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU JUST SAID. AND WITH THAT I
CONTACTED GLENN AND THE MIFFLINBURG FFA. MY DREAM HAD BEGUN ! THE ODD AND SAD THING TO ALL OF THIS IS JOHN COMITTED SUICIDE ABOUT 1 YEAR LATER.
IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND THE WINNERS HAVE BECOME THE KIDS I NEVER HAD. BEEN TO SEVERAL COLLEGE GRADUATIONS, WEDDINGS AND EVEN ATTENDED A COLLEGE CLASS WITH KIM. IT WAS ACTUALLY A LECTURE ON HOW THE AMERICAN INDIANS EFFECTED THE WOMANS LIB MOVEMENT...NOT KIDDING AND IT WAS FASCINATING.
MY MAIN GOAL WITH ALL OF THIS IS NOT ONLY HONORING ROBERTA BUT TO GIVE BACK TO THE FFA.
ALSO TO HELP OTHERS LIVE OUT THEIR DREAMS AS ROBERTA NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO.
AND TO MY SISTER ROBERTA ,
I MISS YOU A " LITTLE "
A LITTLE TOO MUCH
A LITTLE TOO OFTEN
A LITTLE BIT MORE EVERYDAY.
KIM
my very first graduate
KIM AND HUBBY CHAD
GRADY
my daddy keeps me safe
AMANDA AND EMILY
WINNER OF 2007 AND 2015
2014 WINNERS
DAWN FRANCK...OLIVIA DIETRICH AND BRITTANI HOOK
2013 WINNERS
SPLIT THE SCHOLARSHIP 3 WAYS THIS YEAR...SARA MOYER...ASHELY CONFER AND CATRINA BOLLINGER
BRICK AT CAMP VICTORY
AND THIS IS THE BRICK THAT IS THE FINISHING TOUCH TO THE LANDSCAPING I DID AT THE FLAGPOLE OVER AT VICTORY
2012 WINNER
SO PLEASED TO PICK ALLIE BRININGER AS MY WINNER. JUST ONE REALLY WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY
JULIA
NO THIS ISN'T ROBERTA BUT JULIA WELLES HER TWIN AND MY BUDDY FROM CAMP DOST. WANT THE WHOLE STORY JUST EMAIL AND HOW I REACHED THE FINAL STOP ON LIFE'S LONG JOURNEY
JEN AND JAMES MAPES
2 WINNERS FROM A WONDERFUL FAMILY
WHAT A MESS
Grady , now 1 year old
LINDSAY
LIVING HER DREAM AT PIONEER SEEDS
MY FAVORITE POEM.......SUCCESS
THIS IS MY FAVORITE POEM AND THE LAST FEW LINES ARE HOW I TRY TO LIVE OUT MY LIFE.
SUCCESS
TO LAUGH OFTEN AND MUCH
TO WIN THE RESPECT OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE AND THE AFFECTION OF CHILDREN
TO EARN THE APPRECIATION OF HONEST CRITICS AND TO ENDURE THE BETRAYAL OF THE FALSE FRIENDS
TO APPRECIATE BEAUTY, TO FIND THE BEST IN OTHERS, TO LEAVE THE WORLD A BIT BETTER , WHETHER BY A HEALTHY CHILD, A GARDEN PATCH OR A REDEEMED SOCIAL CONDITION.
TO KNOW EVEN ONE LIFE HAS BREATHED EASIER BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIVED...
THAT IS TO HAVE SUCCEEDED
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
SUCCESS
TO LAUGH OFTEN AND MUCH
TO WIN THE RESPECT OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE AND THE AFFECTION OF CHILDREN
TO EARN THE APPRECIATION OF HONEST CRITICS AND TO ENDURE THE BETRAYAL OF THE FALSE FRIENDS
TO APPRECIATE BEAUTY, TO FIND THE BEST IN OTHERS, TO LEAVE THE WORLD A BIT BETTER , WHETHER BY A HEALTHY CHILD, A GARDEN PATCH OR A REDEEMED SOCIAL CONDITION.
TO KNOW EVEN ONE LIFE HAS BREATHED EASIER BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIVED...
THAT IS TO HAVE SUCCEEDED
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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