Armenian-American Veterans of Lowell honored seven students this year. (L to R) Commander Richard Juknavorian; Adrineh Nalbandian; Benjamin Balian; Tamara Manoli; Steven Papazian, receiving for Daniel Papazian; Gary Ajemian, receiving for Ryan Ajemian, and Scholarship Chairman George Manuelian. Missing are Aram Nalbandian and Azniv Nalbandian.
LOWELL, Mass.—In a true testament to education and ethnicity, Sam Manoian Post 1, Lowell Armenian-American Veterans, achieved a couple very significant milestones Sept. 24 at its annual scholarship dinner-dance.
Armenian-American Veterans of Lowell honored seven students this year. (L to R) Commander Richard Juknavorian; Adrineh Nalbandian; Benjamin Balian; Tamara Manoli; Steven Papazian, receiving for Daniel Papazian; Gary Ajemian, receiving for Ryan Ajemian, and Scholarship Chairman George Manuelian. Missing are Aram Nalbandian and Azniv Nalbandian.
Tom Vartabedian is a retired journalist with the Haverhill Gazette, where he spent 40 years as an award-winning writer and photographer. He has volunteered his services for the past 46 years as
a columnist and correspondent with the Armenian Weekly, where his pet project was the publication of a special issue of the AYF Olympics each September.
