Bethel Village Council held a special meeting on Monday, May 18, to interview 25 applicants for the annual Edmund G. Burke Educational Grant. Each year 10 Bethel-Tate graduates are selected to receive $2,000 grants from the Burke Trust Fund. The fund was established by Burke to help with college expenses for Bethel graduates.

The grant winners were announced at the 2009 Bethel-Tate graduation held on May 22 at Northern Kentucky University.

Bethel Mayor John Swarthout announced the following winners during the ceremony, Chelsea Allen, Hillary Allen, Kari Brooks, Ryan Downey, Ciera Franks, Mark Gibson, Rachelle Houchin, Keegan Martin, Rachel Rees and Alexis Wagner.