{ NCCC Foundation Named Scholarship Gala Co-Chairs }

SANBORN, N.Y. — Niagara County Legislature Chairman William L. Ross, his wife, Linda, and retired Lockport Savings Bank President Norman W. Sinclair, have been named the co-chairs of the Niagara County Community College Foundation's 19th Annual "Viva NCCC Scholarship Gala."

The gala, benefiting the NCCC Foundation scholarships, is October 17 at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel starting at 5:30 p.m. The evening will feature gourmet cuisine prepared by NCCC’s Culinary Arts and Baking and Pastry Arts students, live musical entertainment and special effects by the school’s arts & media students, recognition of Distinguished Student Scholarship honorees, as well as basket, silent and live auctions.

The event will culminate with the presentation of the college’s 2009 Distinguished Alumni award presented to acclaimed Youngstown resident and artist Susan J. Geissler, a 1974 fine arts alumna who is sculpting the Freedom Crossing Monument in Lewiston to be unveiled in Lewiston in October. 

The NCCC Foundation has awarded more than $2 million in scholarships to deserving students since its inception in 1987. Tickets for the gala are $100 per person and are available by contacting the NCCC Foundation office at (716) 614-5910 or online at www.niagaracc.suny.edu/foundation.

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