Ellie Manderfeld received a $1,500 Student Arts Scholarship from the Central Minnesota Arts Board for fine arts and business at North Park University in Chicago. The program is designed to support students entering or enrolled in an accredited institution who are pursuing undergraduate degrees in the arts. Individuals are eligible to receive up to four of these scholarships in a lifetime.
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Four Sauk Rapids-Rice students were honored at the Students of Excellence Banquet and Recognition ceremony April 27 at the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud. The evening was dedicated to honoring the top 140 high school seniors from 36 Region 7 high schools. The honorees were nominated by their school or district and received a plaque recognizing their accomplishment and a certificate from Gov. Mark Dayton. These students are Bailey Hennes, Brooke Lorentz, Lindsey Montag and Jared Timm.
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Alexis Rockenbach, 10, of Sauk Rapids, has been chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Minnesota Pageant to be held June 19 at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington-Minneapolis South. The pageant is held for girls ages 10 through 12.
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Correction
On page 4 of the May 6 Sauk-Rapids-Rice Newsleader, we referred to Jack Saldana as being from “Saldana Concrete.” The correct name of the business is “Saldana Excavating.”
