Two receive scholarships honoring the memory of Wetumpka’s Derrick Lucas

Jazmin Faulkner, middle, was one of two scholarship recipients. 

Elected officials, family, friends and members of the Steve Rose Outreach Organization gathered on the steps of the Elmore County Courthouse on Tuesday, July 6, to award two students with the Derrick Lucas Beat the Odds Merit Scholarship.

Jazmin Faulkner, a recent Wetumpka High School graduate, and Baukis Wise, a graduate of Stanhope Elmore, each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Steve Rose Outreach Organization.