COVINGTON - Members of an organization designed to help Covington schoolchildren have been challenged to raise $100,000 in a month for scholarships and other school-related programs.

        Covington attorney Robert Sanders issued the challenge Thursday night to his fellow members of the Covington Education Foundation board of directors.

        “I'm not bashful about asking for money. Every once in a while I do it in front of juries,” said Mr. Sanders, one of the region's best- known attorneys and an activist and fund raiser for political, social and civic causes.

        “This group needs to start raising some serious money.”

        The foundation was formed about a year ago by Boone County resident Diane Brumback, a fourth-grade teacher in the Covington schools.

        Money raised will fund college and vocational school scholarships for graduating seniors in Covington, Ms. Brumback said.

        The foundation also wants to fund a dropout prevention program in the school system, she said.

        “It's fine to be a face on a board, but you have to become an active member” and raise money for the foundation, Ms. Brumback said. “I encourage not only (board members) but other community leaders to take part in this effort and organization.”

        The foundation board includesCovington mayor-elect Butch Callery; Covington city commissioners Jerry Stricker and Jerry Bamberger; city commissioners-elect Craig Bohman and Alex Edmondson; former state senator Joe Meyer;

        Community leaders Bennie Doggett, Pam Mullins, Chuck Eilerman and Barb Cook; Covington school superintendent Jack Moreland; Covington school board members Col Owens and Hensley Jemmott; U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas; business leaders Mer Grayson, Ralph Haile, Mike Mangeot and Chip Tappan; state Rep. Jon Draud; and attorneys Chris Mehling and Carlo Wessels.

        Mr. Sanders encouraged fellow members to donate $1,000 themselves, to get 10 friends to donate $100 or to get 100 friends to give $10 each.

        “This money will open the door to opportunity and help students get beyond the local school system to higher education and even graduate school,” said Mr. Sanders, a graduate of Covington's Holmes High School.

        “A lot of kids in our schools just don't have the means to get there, and we should be there to help them.”

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