Drawing and dinner to raise funds for scholarship



BERNE — An annual fund-raiser for a scholarship honoring a deceased student will be held at the Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School next week.

On Senior Night — Tuesday, Feb. 5 — the third annual Spaghetti Dinner for the Anthony Hill Scholarship Fund will be held in the high-school cafeteria from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

The cost for a dinner, beverage, salad, and dessert is $5.

A drawing will also be held for donated items, which include: an MP-4 player, the fifth season of 24 on DVD, a homemade baby quilt, gift certificates from Jaycee’s Pizza Depot and Hoffman Car Wash, and a one-year membership to BJ’s Wholesale Club.

Anthony Hill, who attended BKW, died in December of 2005, during his senior year, after a three-and-a-half year battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 17.
"We would love to see everyone come out to support the scholarship and remember Anthony," said Laura Mileto, a special-education teacher at BKW.

Mileto tutored Hill at school and at his home throughout his illness.

Last year, four scholarships of $500 were awarded to BKW graduates.

Scholarships are awarded to graduating seniors who are bound for college or tech-school and have shown academic success through emotional or financial adversity. The criteria for the scholarship also includes a student who would not normally get athletic or academic scholarships and shows thoughtfulness and compassion towards others in and outside of school.