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PROMOTE SAFETY.
AND A MOM AND DAD KEEPS
THE MEMORY OF THEIR SON
ALIVE BY HELPING OTHERS.
GOOD EVENING
I'M STEVE
BURGIN...
TRENT DIGUIR
O WAS SHOT
TO DEATH TWO DECADES
AGO, BUT HIS PARENTS HAVE
TURNED THAT TRAGEDY INTO
SOMETHING GOOD FOR
YOUNG STUDENTS IN
OLDHAM COUNTY.
WLKY'S CORY PIPPIN IS LIVE
TONIGHT AT THE HARD
SCUFFLE FARM.
STEVE - THIS EVENT RAISES
MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS -
ALL IN THE NAME OF TRENT
DIGIURO.
TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS -
IT'S AS IMPORTANT AS EVER.
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FOR MANY HERE - IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT IN THE
COUNTRY.
COMPLETE WITH POLO, LIVE
MUSIC AND FULL OF
TAILGATING AND FUN WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
FOR THOSE WHO KNEW
TRENT DIGIURO - THAT - AND
RAISING MONEY FOR A
GREAT CAUSE - IS EXACTLY
WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
19.33
"It's nice to see promise come
out of
tragedy. We've been able to help
all these
young folks continue their lives
and better
their lives. We like to say
we're making a
difference in Oldham County,"
19.46
THIS IS THE THIRD ANNUAL
POLO EVENT - AND THE 18TH
ANNUAL FUNDRAISER
OVERALL FOR THE TRENT
DIGIURO FOUNDATION.
MIKE DIGIURO SAYS IT'S THE
CULMINATION OF EFFORTS
STARTED THE VERY NIGHT
HIS SON DIED.
TRENT WAS SHOT TO DEATH
- ON THE FRONT PORCH OF
HIS LEXINGTON HOME ON
JULY 17, 1994.
THE UK FOOTBALL PLAYER
WAS CELEBRATING HIS 21ST
BIRTHDAY.
17.47
"Late that night a friend of
mine called,
she says hey is it all right if
we start a
scholarship. 'Yeah sure,
whatever. That
night, she called like four more
people
and said wake up, we have work
to do,"
18.00
SIX YEARS LATER - SHANE
RAGLAND WAS ARRESTED
FOR THE CRIME AND
EVENTUALLY PLEADED
GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER.
DURING THAT TIME - TRENT'S
FAMILY - AND LIFE LONG
FRIENDS - HAVE BEEN
KEEPING TRENT'S MEMORY
ALIVE WITH THE FOUNDATION
AND FUNDRAISERS LIKE
THESE.
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19.09
"They know that when Trent was
your
friend, Trent was your friend.
And they
have been very good friends to
us. These
kids, well young adults now,
have gotten
us through the last 20 years.
Without
them, I don't know where we'd
be,"
MONEY FROM THE POLO
FUNDRAISER - PROVIDES
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR A
GRADUATING SENIOR AT
EACH OF THE THREE
OLDHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS.
IT'S SOMETHING MIKE
DIGIURO SAYS HIS SON
WOULD BE PROUD OF...
BITE
19.56
I think he might be surprised at
how big it
has got and how long its been
going on. I
think he'd think it was pretty
cool,"
20.04
I'M TOLD THE FOUNDATION
HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN
50 SCHOLARSHIPS - VALUED
AT MORE THAN $100,000 TO
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.
THE EVENT ENDS IN LESS
THAN AN HOUR.
CORY PIPPIN, WLKY NEWS.