Educational Foundation Looking to Add to Wall

TRENTON, Mich. - Sept. 9, 2014 - PRLog -- A highlight of the Trenton Educational Foundation’s Signature Event is the announcement of its Wall of Fame inductees. The nominating process is nearing its conclusion, according to Tom Dickman, a TEF member who coordinates the selection process. The deadline is Oct. 1.

    The purpose is to honor district graduates and those who influence Trenton Public Schools through their work, whether that be as a volunteer, teacher, administrator or support staff personnel, he said.

Since its inception four years ago, eight men have been honored. Their plaques hang in the entrance of Trenton High School.

    Inductees include Boyd Arthurs, Neil E. Van Riper and Richard Hedke, all of whom were named to the Wall of Fame posthumously, along with John “Jack” Doyle, Randy Wiseman, Jack Kripowicz, Larry Leapley and J.J. Putz.

    Arthurs was a longtime school board member, Van Riper, Hedke, Doyle and Leapley district administrators, Kripowicz and Wiseman teachers, and Putz, an athlete and graduate of Trenton High School who is a Major League Baseball pitcher.

Nomination forms can be downloaded from the TEF website, www.trentoned-foundation.org (http://www.trentonedfoundation.org/), or picked up at the district’s Administration Building, 2603 Charlton, where they must be returned by 4 p.m. Oct. 1, to Robin Miles, administrative assistant to Supt. Rod Wakeham.

    Dickman said up to three people are inducted each year, and added that nominations are kept and considered for an additional five years, if not selected the year of nomination.

    Further information can be obtained by calling Dickman at (734) 675-0893.

    — Sheila R. McAfee