The Paul F. and June D. Scott Endowed Scholarship will award $1,000 each to high school seniors from Harlan Community High School who must be accepted as a student by an institution of higher education. This year there are four scholars; Katey Finn, Kevin Tremel, Kaitlin Murray, and Allison Kite.

 

The Maude Bauer and Keith Bauer Endowed Scholarship is made available to Harlan High School graduating seniors who must be accepted as students by an institution of higher education and must be pursuing a four year degree. Maude Bauer spent her adult life working with youth, first as the superintendent of a small high school in Nebraska. Maude was later a teacher in Exira, Iowa. After marriage in 1931, Maude worked as a substitute teacher in the Harlan School system and taught Sunday school to teens. Maude’s greatest influence with youth was as an employer of high school youth in the shoe store that the family owns. From 1931 through 2007 Maude offered guidance, counseling, and encouragement to over 70 young employees, one at a time to help them mature and transition into adulthood. This year the Bauer scholars will each receive a scholarship award of $4,000 for tuition at the school of their choice and pursuing a four year degree. This year the two scholars are Megan Defenbaugh and Abby Mahlberg from Harlan Community High School.

 

The Connie Lamar Bisgard Endowed Scholarship will award one scholarship annually for a Harlan Community School graduate pursuing a four-year degree in any of the following fields of study: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Agronomy at Iowa State University. This year the Bisgard scholar is Derek Buman, a 2008 graduate of Harlan Community High School. Derek is currently attending Iowa State University; he will receive a scholarship award of $5,000.

 

The Community Foundations of Southwest Iowa is pleased to announce that Caughell-Isaac scholars will receive scholarship awards of $1,000 each for high school seniors from A-H-S-T and Riverside Schools who must be accepted as a student by an institution of higher education. This year there are six scholars; from Riverside High School—Emily Eyler, Cory Swotek, and Mallory Bock; from A-H-S-T High School—Nathan Pigsley, Chondra Hope and Heather Maassen.

 

Board members of the Shelby County Community Foundation are Chair, Frank Powers of Defiance; Vice Chair, Robert Burton of Irwin; Secretary/Treasurer, Gene McCool of Shelby; Tom Cannon of Elk Horn; Robert Hall, Esq. of Harlan; and Lonnie G. Muxfeldt, CPA of Harlan.