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Sarasota News Leader May 3, 2013 Page 58 FIREFIGHTERS' DESCENDANTS ELIGIBLE FOR SCHOLARSHIP Direct descendants of City of Sarasota firefighters are eligible for a scholarship to attend the State College of Florida thanks to the generosity of a Florida-based law firm, the City of Sarasota has announced. partment and is a member of the city pension fund, the release notes. The city Fire Department consolidated with county department in 1996. Students accepted into or enrolled in a fireThe $25,000 scholarship is funded by Sugar- fighter or paramedic certification program man & Susskind P.A. in Miami, which provides also will be eligible for the scholarship, the legal counsel for the City of Sarasota Firefight- release adds. The primary criterion for the ers' Pension Fund, a news release notes. award is a demonstration of financial need, it notes. Eligible recipients must be directly related to either a retired City of Sarasota firefighter who To receive an application, contact Allison Nash, is receiving a pension from the City of Sara- coordinator of the State College of Florida Founsota Firefighters' Pension Fund or one who dation Scholarship, at nasha@scf.edu or 752is employed by the Sarasota County Fire De- 5390. Applications must be received by May 15. DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY FLORIDA TO SPEAK AT GAIN PROGRAM The Gulfcoast Affirming Interfaith Network (GAIN) is inviting all members of the public to its free, annual Spring Service to hear remarks by Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida, and the Rev. Roger Fritts, senior pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota. vestigative reporting in her former career as an investigative journalist, working for radio station WUSF and The Tampa Bay Times, the release adds. Fritts has served as a minister in South Australia, New Zealand and Scotland. He also led one of the largest congregations in the UnitarThe program will be held on Thursday, May 9, ian Universalist Association — in Bethesda, at 7 p.m. at St. Andrew Church, 6908 Beneva MD — before coming to Sarasota, the release Road, Sarasota. notes. Smith "has been an outspoken advocate" for Music during the program will be presented legislation targeting hate crimes and bullying, by the Interfaith Chorus and Diverse Experia news release notes. She won awards for in- ence. A reception will follow the program. The Sarasota News Leader No-Nonsense Reporting