Education

When I opened my eyes, I was dizzy and confused; my familiar world was gone. My computer had disappeared, my bright desk lamp was now an oil lantern and the TV had vanished. As I tried to digest what I saw, it became clear.

The Imogene White Bottorff Scholarship Fund has been established at Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing by the charitable contribution of lifelong Goshen resident Charles E. Bottorff, a retired electrical contractor who made the gift in memory of his late wife. The fund was established to encourage residents of Boyle and Oldham counties in Kentucky to pursue a career in nursing.

Allison Connell, a teacher at Harmony Elementary School in Goshen, was one of 50 educators selected to attend the National Gallery of Art’s 2008 Teacher Institute on 17th-century Dutch art.

As I showed Chloe my treasure, she said “It’s just a penny, Woody. “Sure, pennies are important, but I don’t understand why you think it’s a treasure.”

“Well,” I replied, “Haven’t you heard Mom say finding a penny brings good luck? I found this penny when I needed luck the most – 250 feet above ground on a Ferris wheel. Now I’m on the ground with lunch still in my tummy.”