34°

Kelsey J. Potdevin, shown right, of Juneau, was one of 509 seniors to graduate from Colby College on May 24 in Waterville, Maine. The daughter of James and Tamira Potdevin, of Juneau, Potdevin earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors: cum laude and dean's list.

•••

More than 6,000 students have been awarded a combined $22 million in scholarship support from the University of Idaho, in Moscow, for the 2009-10 academic year.

Scholarship students from Juneau include: Ashley Rosita Hunt, Christopher Thomas Lee Hartman, Clairen Julia Stone, Daniel William Gaisford, Grant Dale Zwingelberg, Gregory R. Frank, Gunnar Miller, Jacob Daniel Pernula, Jessica Joy Workman, Kabil Joseph Seesan, Katie Marie Laliberte, Kevin Crossland Heffern, Kimberly Anne Miles, Leif Lucien Brantner, Margaret Joyce Rehfeld, Morgan J. Thomas, Nicholas Norman Miller, Ricky Michael Kennedy, Scott Michael Haecker and Thomas Drought Eggers.

•••

Lindsey Heumann, a 2005 Juneau-Douglas High School graduate, earned a Bachelor of Science from Oregon State University in June. Heumann graduated cum laude from the OSU College of Health Sciences, Pre-Therapy. The daughter of Jim and Katharine Heumann, she works in the physical therapy profession in Oregon and plans on pursuing a Doctorate of Physical Therapy.

•••

Kids coming into any of the three Juneau Public Libraries this summer may enter a weekly drawing for prizes donated by local businesses. They may enter the drawing by writing a book review on forms available at the library or online at www.juneau.org/library. This is open to alls through teens.

The drawing winners on July 15 were Krishant Samtani, 8, a slice of fudge from the Alaskan Fudge Co.; Kumad Sehdev, 9, a gift certificate from Rainy Retreat Books; Vicky Perez, 12, two passes to the Mount Roberts Tramway; Rebecca Maxwell, 2, a book from the Bear's Lair; Brynne Loggy Smith, 1, a gift certificate from the Amazing Book Store; and Ben Campbell, 9, a gift certificate from the Alaska Shirt Co.

•••

This year, Glacier Valley Rotary awarded four high school scholarships of $1,500 each to Shilo Valle (vocational tech), Talitha Wilson, Molly Emerson and Mark Enriquez (college/university). President Craig Dahl attended the Juneau-Douglas High School Awards Night on May 28 and personally delivered the scholarship notices to the recipients.

Leslie Dahl, chair of the Scholarship Committee, would like to thank the members of the committee for reading and evaluating each of the lengthy packets and for making such an important decision on behalf of Juneau Glacier Valley Rotary. It is a time consuming project but rewarding to see that Glacier Valley Rotary has given a total of $6,000 in scholarships to our local graduates.