{"id":27007,"date":"2019-10-29T10:53:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T15:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=27007"},"modified":"2019-10-30T11:08:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T16:08:17","slug":"sinclair-establishes-logan-turner-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/10\/29\/sinclair-establishes-logan-turner-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinclair Establishes Logan Turner Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">As part of a combined effort, Sinclair Community College announced last Wednesday, Oct. 23 that a new scholarship would be established in memory of one of the victims of the Oregon District shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/news\/local\/the-victims-logan-turner-springboro-man-remembered-smart-and-sweet\/Mh7i01xciboXA5WNuwsOJN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Logan Turner (opens in a new tab)\">Logan Turner<\/a> was a 30-year-old machinist who lived and grew up in Springboro, Ohio after attending college in Dayton and Toledo. His mom had described him at the time of the shooting as the \u201cworld\u2019s best son,\u201d and \u201csweet and smart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Logan\u2019s parents, Danita Turner and ex-husband Michael Turner helped to establish the fund in dedication to their son. Logan\u2019s father had started the #LoganHugs in September, in which he embraced love in the wake of his son\u2019s death by hugging hundreds of Daytonians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you were fortunate to know Logan, you probably knew him as an incredibly kind, determined young man who found fulfillment in impacting the lives of others,\u201d said Danita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27009\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/10\/29\/sinclair-establishes-logan-turner-scholarship\/attachment\/nine-dead-26-injured-in-dayton-ohio-after-gunman-in-body-armor-opens-fire\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/US-NEWS-OHIO-SHOOTING-2-GET.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1432\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;TNS&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Law enforcement officials investigate the scene where a gunman opened fire on a crowd of people over night on Fifth Avenue in the Oregon District on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019 in Dayton, Ohio. In the second mass shooting in the U.S. within 24 hours, a gunman left nine dead and another 27 wounded after only a minute of shooting. (Matthew Hatcher\/Getty Images\/TNS)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Nine dead, 26 injured in Dayton, Ohio, after gunman in body armor opens fire&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nine dead, 26 injured in Dayton, Ohio, after gunman in body armor opens fire\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Law enforcement officials investigate the scene where a gunman opened fire on a crowd of people over night on Fifth Avenue in the Oregon District on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019 in Dayton, Ohio. In the second mass shooting in the U.S. within 24 hours, a gunman left nine dead and another 27 wounded after only a minute of shooting. (Matthew Hatcher\/Getty Images\/TNS)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/US-NEWS-OHIO-SHOOTING-2-GET-300x215.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/US-NEWS-OHIO-SHOOTING-2-GET-1024x733.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/US-NEWS-OHIO-SHOOTING-2-GET-1024x733.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27009\" width=\"516\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/US-NEWS-OHIO-SHOOTING-2-GET-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/US-NEWS-OHIO-SHOOTING-2-GET-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/US-NEWS-OHIO-SHOOTING-2-GET-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/US-NEWS-OHIO-SHOOTING-2-GET.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><figcaption>The aftermath of the Oregon District shooting. (Matthew Hatcher\/Getty Images\/Tribune News Service)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mass Shooting in Dayton: 251st Shooting in 216 Days (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/08\/04\/mass-shooting-in-dayton-251st-shooting-in-216-days\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mass Shooting in Dayton: 251st Shooting in 216 Days<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/08\/05\/dayton-strong-a-city-in-mourning-comes-together-flooding-the-streets-the-day-after-mass-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Dayton Strong: A City in Mourning Comes Together, Flooding the Streets the Day After Mass Shooting (opens in a new tab)\">Dayton Strong: A City in Mourning Comes Together, Flooding the Streets the Day After Mass Shooting<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The scholarship, which will be offered to \u201cdeserving students who are enrolled in an engineering discipline, full or part-time,\u201d according to a press release. The scholarship was established in memory of former Sinclair student, Logan Turner, who was among the victims of Dayton\u2019s Oregon District mass shooting on Aug. 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turner, a Springboro High School graduate, was a former Sinclair Community College graduate who earned an associate degree from Sinclair before transferring to the University of Toledo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/give.sinclair.edu\/logan-turner-scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"$750 scholarship (opens in a new tab)\">$750 scholarship<\/a> is to be awarded specifically to Springboro graduates who pursue a degree in engineering at Sinclair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Logan, a football standout at Springboro went to Sinclair like his mother and aunt and earned his degree. He had started working as a machinist at Thaler Machine Co. in Springboro at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are honored that the Turner family has chosen Sinclair to establish this special Scholarship Fund,\u201d said Steven Johnson, Sinclair president in a news release. \u201cThis scholarship will be life-changing for students who have a desire to enter a career in engineering and who may not otherwise be able to afford the education.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a wonderful way to honor Logan\u2019s memory and for his life to continue making a difference in the community and in the industry he loved,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe hope that this fund will help students that receive it go forward and find a meaningful career, live a full and rewarding life- the kind that our son, Logan, lived,\u201d said Logan\u2019s parents in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For more information and for a link to donate to the fund follow up with this article on our website at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\"><em>www.sinclairclarion.com<\/em><\/a><em>. To donate directly to the Logan Turner Fund go to: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/give.sinclair.edu\/logan-turner-scholarship\"><em>give.sinclair.edu\/logan-turner-scholarship<\/em><\/a><em> on the Sinclair Community College website.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Richard Foltz<br><\/strong>Executive Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of a combined effort, Sinclair Community College announced last Wednesday, Oct. 23 that a new scholarship would be established in memory of one of the victims of the Oregon District shooting. Logan Turner was a 30-year-old machinist who lived and grew up in Springboro, Ohio after attending college in Dayton and Toledo. 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