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By Tiffany Allison
Kelly Greene, sophomore at Watauga High School, received the
Special Super Kids Scholarship from the Foundation for Good
Business Monday, Feb. 16.
From left, Betty Edmisten
Church, Bobbie Byrd, Rufus Edmisten, Kelly Greene, Baker
Edmisten, Teresa Greene and Dian Edmisten attend an award
ceremony for Kelly Greene’s reception of the Special
Super Kids Scholarship Feb. 16. Photo
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The scholarship is given to students who show
outstanding leadership in and out of school. Students who display
traits like honesty, timeliness, dependability, trustworthiness
and respect for others are likely candidates for the scholarship.
The Foundation for Good Business formed by Rufus Edmisten, former
North Carolina Attorney General and Secretary of State, wanted
to create a scholarship for students who have overcome personal
trials and who are held in high esteem by their counselors and
teachers.
“Kelly is a great student. She is typically an honor roll
student,” Candice Walker, sophomore counselor at Watauga
High School, said. “She’s a really well-rounded, great
kid with a wonderful attitude. I think this scholarship is just
another way of showing how neat she really is.”
Greene lives with mother, Teresa Greene, who is a teacher’s
assistant at Hardin Park Elementary School, and is the daughter
of the late Charles Green.
Her $2,000 scholarship will be granted each year she attends
a university. Liberty University, Appalachian State University
and Kings College are currently the three colleges she is considering
attending to further her education. Watauga High School will
also be granted $200 from the scholarship.
“I’ve always wanted to do something big,” she
said.
Greene hopes to further her education even after college to
peruse her dream of child pediatrics.
“I’ve always loved children,” she said. “I
want to be a pediatric surgeon.”
The scholarship was formed in honor of Edmisten’s late
parents, Walter and Nellie Edmisten, who contributed to the
Watauga community throughout their lives. Their former farm
is the site of the new Watauga High School, and they donated
the land along the South Fork of the New River for the Boone
greenway trail.
The purpose of the scholarship is to give the student an opportunity
for success and achievement. The foundation strives to positively
reinforce good behavior through this program, while motivating
students to become contributing members of society.
In her spare time, Greene practices clarinet and cello and is
a member of her church’s youth group. “I love to go
to youth group,” she said.
She has been playing the clarinet for four years and the cello
for five. She plays in her high school orchestra and band. She
is also a member of JOOI, (Junior Optimist Octagon International)
and WHAT (Watauga High Against Tobacco). Greene is a Girl Scout
and volunteers at Watauga Medical Center on a regular basis.
Family is very important to Greene, who said she takes nothing
for granted. Members of her church recommended her as a recipient
of this scholarship.
“I’m ecstatic, and I’m so happy,” she said.
“I’m thankful that people think of me in that way.”
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