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GCMA 2020 jamboree raises $13,000 for LOZ scholarships

Members of the Genuine Country Music Association and State Fair Community College at the check presentation

ceremony. Front (from left): Teresa Graham, John Farrell, Dr. Anderson, Lynn Farrell, Debbie Russell, Mary Treuner. Back (from left): Jim Peterson, Claire Peterson, Laurie Phinney, Jim Phinney, Tom Keith, John McMahon. Members of the Genuine Country Music Association (GCMA) recently presented a check for $13,000 to the State Fair Community College Foundation to fund scholarships for students attending SFCC-Lake of the Ozarks (SFCC-LOZ). The money was raised at the eighth annual Classic Country Jamboree on Oct. 18 in the Exhibition Center at Lodge of Four Seasons in Lake Ozark. “I am so grateful to the GCMA, and all of those who worked so hard, especially John and Lynn Farrell, to make this gift possible,” said Dr. Joanna Anderson, SFCC president. “The donations from the Genuine Country Music Association help make college a reality for students at the Lake of the Ozarks.” Over the last eight years, the GCMA event has raised over $100,000 for its endowed scholarship.

Farrells honored for commitment to higher education at lake

John and Lynn Farrell, owners of John Farrell Real Estate Company, were presented the Award of Distinction by the Missouri Community College Association (MCCA) in Kansas City, November 2019. The Osage Beach couple were honored for their generous and continued support of State Fair Community College at Lake of the Ozarks. “John and Lynn are two of the college’s most dedicated supporters,” said Dr. Joanna Anderson SFCC president. “We are proud to call them friends, and their contributions truly do improve the lives of students here at the lake.” The Farrells have organized the

Genuine Country Music Association’s (GCMA) Classic Country Jamboree

at the Lake of the Ozarks for eight years. A portion of the proceeds from the Jamboree fund scholarships for lake area students who attend SFCC at the lake. “Neither John nor I attended college,” said Lynn Farrell during her acceptance speech. “We know how valuable a college education is for the well-being of our community, so we are committed to providing that opportunity to students in the area.” To date, the Farrells have raised over $100,000 for scholarships at the jamboree. That figure does not include the money raised at this year’s jamboree held in October at the Lodge of the Four Seasons. Those scholarships are specifically designated for students around the Lake of the Ozarks to attend SFCC.

John (left) and Lynn (center) Farrell, owners

of John Farrell Real Estate Company and

Dr. Joanna Anderson (right), State Fair

Community College president at the 2019 Missouri Community College Association annual conference in Kansas City, Missouri, where the Farrells were honored with MCCA’s Award of Distinction.

Representatives from Gardner Denver, one of the oldest, leading providers of air compression and vacuum products, pose with SFCC students and employees when the company donated an air compressor to the SFCC Automotive Technology program in November 2019.

First row (from left): SFCC automotive students Kaih Lawson; Justin Simms;

John Kyler; Ryan Rezabek, Benjamen

Spangler; Hunter Hays. Second row: Robert Smith, Manager of Engineering, Railroad & Transit Products (Gardner Denver); Ray Tyler, Quality Manager (Gardner Denver); Dr. Joanna Anderson, president (SFCC); Jodi Fudge, retired (SFCC); Mary Treuner, Foundation executive director (SFCC); Joshua Asbury, Facilities. Third row: Ryan Stone, Product Manager Reciprocating Compressors (Gardner Denver); Paul Dick, Director Operations, IPG Americas (Gardner Denver); Matthew Karbinas, Automotive Instructor (SFCC); Matthew Clark, Automotive Instructor; (SFCC); James Benge, State Fair Career and Technology Center (CTC) instructor; Eric Rehmer, CTC executive director; Michael Rogg, dean Career and Technology (SFCC); Roger Raines, Facilities.