Letter carriers (left to right) Terry Schwanke, Laverne Justin, Mary Popp and John Fromelt show off some of the food they collected along their Rice/Royalton routes during the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.
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Adriana Harris of Sauk Rapids, currently attending Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, received a TPI Hospitality Scholarship from the Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation. She is among 35 students who received scholarships from the HMEF.
The scholarships were provided through the generosity of Minnesota hospitality operators and were presented May 9 at the Best Western Plus White Bear Country Inn, White Bear Lake.
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Colby Kaschmitter of Sauk Rapids, son of Brenda and Brian Kaschmitter, graduated with a diploma in global-positioning system/geographic-information systems technology for agriculture at Ridgewater College, Willmar.
He was also named to the fall semester dean’s list and received a Kirk Skaurud Memorial Scholarship. He also received the second-place ag-equipment sales, first-place crops-specialist team and first-place crops-specialist individual awards at the agriculture department’s annual awards banquet.
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Heather Garrison of Rice, daughter of Bev Farlow and Greg Garrison, earned fourth place on the soils-specialist team for state competition at the agriculture department’s annual award banquet at Ridgewater College, Willmar.
Students received awards for their participation in state and national Post-secondary Agriculture Students contests. The state PAS contests were held in February in Marshall; the national contests were held in March in Kansas City, Mo.
