Alliance Kiwanis Club Secretary/Treasurer Ted Bohlen (at right) presents Box Butte General Hospital nurse Sarah Blausey, LPN, the $500 Terry Padden Memorial Scholarship for 2012.

Ms. Blausey is studying to be an RN through the University of South Dakota online option so she can continue her duties at the hospital. Ms. Blausey thanked the Kiwanis for the award.

“I’ve known since I was a little girl that I wanted to be a nurse,” she said. “I’ll use the scholarship to help offset the costs of school.”

Mr. Padden belonged to the Alliance Kiwanis Club while he was the Chief Executive Officer at Box Butte General Hospital.

This is the fifth scholarship awarded in his memory.