Expansive generosity on display at Lincoln High School Awards Night
Seventy-some scholarships totalling in the six figures were awarded Wednesday, May 8 at Lincoln High School during the school’s annual awards night. Pictures of the presenters and winners follow. Scholastic awards presented at the ceremony will appear in a future edition of the Graphic.
Acrotech $750 two-year college scholarship recipient Sidney Leonard (left) and presenter Andy Oliver.
From left are American Legion Auxiliary $500 scholarship presenter Vicky Fick with recipients Annika Glomski, Miranda Dudley, and Alison Wallerich.
Acrotech $750 four-year college scholarship recipient Catherine Wolf (left) with presenter Andy Oliver.
Bernice Nichols $1,250 scholarship recipient Talin Parisi (left) with presenter Lake City Mayor Mark Nichols.
Bellechester Area Lions Club $500 Scholarship recipient Hunter Lorenson (left) with presenter Pete Bartholome.
Ann E. Holt Greater Lake City Community Foundation $1,500 scholarship recipient Beverly Lopez Gonzalez (left) with presenter Lake City Mayor Mark Nichols.
Ann E. Holt $1,100 scholarship recipients Catherine Wolf (left) and Brooklyn Gulden (right) with presenter Teresa Atkinson.
The $250 American Red Cross Blood Services Young Minds Change Lives Educational Scholarship went to Emily Gates (left). With her is presenter Candance Wait.
American Legion Post 110 $500 scholarship recipients Thomas Brand (left) and McKenzie Swanson (right) with presenter Dick Grobe.
From left are $1,000 Big Dreams Scholarship presenter Amy Rogness, recipients Beverly Lopez Gonzalez and Jack Banks, and presenter Lisa Wallerich.
$2,500 Stephen Ritzenthaler Instrumental Music Scholarship recipient Nathaniel Stevenson (center) with presenters Mary Ellen Ritzenthaler-Sturm (left) and Eric Stashek.
$500 John Philip Sousa Band Award recipient Lucy Weist (center) with presenters Becky Laqua (left) and Eric Stashek.
$500 Louis Armstrong Jazz Award recipient Alivia Corey (center) with presenters Becky Laqua (left) and Eric Stashek.
$350 Patrick S. Gilmore Award recipient Matthew Frentz (center) with presenters Becky Laqua (left) and Eric Stashek.
$100 Woody Herman Jazz Award recipient Dalton Houghton (center) with presenters Becky Laqua (left) and Eric Stashek.
From left are $225 Fred Waring Director’s Award for Chorus presenter Becky Laqua, recipients Molly Fitterer and Chloe Solum, and presenter Amy Rogness.
From left are Cheryl Pierson Hope Foundation Scholarship recipients Ella Cronin, Madison Ward, and Merrit Pierson with presenter David Pierson. Cronin recieved a $500 award. Peterson and Ward received $1,000 awards.
From left are $1,000 Bonnie and Doyle Wait recipient Brindisi Noemi Lopez Ramirez and presenter Candance Wait.
From left are $500 Bluff Country School Bus Service Scholarship recipient Bailee Kohrs and presenter Emmee Grisim-Lopez.
From left are $500 National School Choral Award presenter Becky Laqua, recipients Emma Kopp and Logan Norlund, and presenter Amy Rogness.
From left are $500 Dramatic Arts Scholarship presenter Amy Rogness and recipients David Oeltjen and Emma Kopp.
From left are $7,700 Doughty Family Foundation Scholarship presenter Samantha (Keller) Dowden, and recipients Gunnar Seydel, and Ryanne Hoyer. Dowden was a recipient of the award in 2014.
From left are $500 Donald and Darlene Wallerich Scholarship recipient Jackson Tomforde and presenter Teresa Atkinson.
From left are $1,000 Dr. Stephen E. Dudley Memorial Child of Employee Scholarship recipient Brooklyn Gulden and presenter Carolyn Ellingson.
From left are $1,000 Dr. Stephen E. Dudley Memorial Scholarship recipient Beverly Lopez Gonzalez and presenter Carolyn Ellingson.
From left are $750 Frontenac Sportsman’s Club scholarship recipients Grace Morrisey, Alison Wallerich, and Lucy Weist, and presenter Jacob Schumacher.
From left are $2,000 FORE the Bills Scholarship presenters Reid Lundell and Rusty Grisim, recipients Brooklyn Gulden and Ella Matzke, and presenters Logan Thomas and Austen Poss.
From left are $1,000 Federal-Mogul TPLiners Scholarship recipient Seth Harteneck and presenter Ben Meyer.
From left are $1,000 Engineering Laboratory Design Inc. Math and Manufacturing Scholarship recipients Sidney Leonard (two-year college), Matthew Frentz (four-year college), and Alex Oliver (four-year college), and presenter Kurt Banaszynski.
From left are $1,100 Elizabeth Lunde Family Scholarship recipient Brindisi Noemi Lopez Ramirez, presenter Teresa Atkinson, and recipient Grace Morrisey.
From left are $3,000 Greater Lake City Community Foundation Harold and Bernice Schreck Memorial Soccer Scholar-Athlete recipient Grace Morrisey, presenter Jim Schreck, and recipient Baily Earnest Miller.
From left are $1,500 Greater Lake City Community Foundation Agriculture Scholarship recipient Grace Morrisey and presenter Jolene Harvey.
From left are $500 Goodhue County Cooperative Electric scholarship recipient McKenzie Swanson and presenter Ed Bauman.
From left are $3,400 George W. and Mary B. Patton Memorial Scholarship recipients Carter Lane and Brindisi Noemi Lopez Ramirez and present Greg Berge.
From left are $1,000 Future Agricultural Professional (East Prairie Farm) scholarship recipients Grace Morrisey and Jackson Tomforde and presenter Mary Mann.
From left are $750 Hispanic Inclusion Lake City Scholarship presenter Wanda Randgaard, recipient Beverly Lopez Gonzalez, and presenter Susan Draves.
From left are $1,500 Greater Lake City Community Foundation Technical/Trade College Scholarship presenter Heather Banks, recipients Jackson Tomforde, Kevin Loyo-Chama, and Zoe Munson, and presenter Erika Blim.
From left are $1,500 Greater Lake City Community Foundation Personal Services Scholarship recipient Ella Blaser and presenter Erika Blim.
From left are $1,500 Greater Lake City Community Foundation Nursing Scholarship recipients McKenna Meyer, Beverly Lopez Gonzalez, Cassidy Dudley, and Jazmin Rossing, and presenter Erika Blim.
From left are $700 June and Iver Eggenberger Family Scholarship Fund scholarship presenter Nikki Eggenberger, recipient Brindisi Noemi Lopez Ramirez, and presenter Michael Eggenberger.
From left are $1,000 Josh Leonard Memorial Scholarship recipient Sidney Leonard and presenter Perry Iberg.
From left are $500 Jon Linse Memorial Scholarship recipient Thomas Brand and presenter Sara Linse.
From left are $1,250 James and Cathleen Gates Scholarship recipients Sidney Leonard and Kevin Loyo-Chama, and presenter Teresa Atkinson.
From left are $500 J. Sylvester Cronin Agriculture scholarship presenter Courtney Schuchard, recipient Sidney Leonard, and presenter Connor Ball.
From left are $1,000 Lake City Federal Bank scholarship recipients Alivia Corey and Beverly Lopez Gonzalez, and presenter Jeff Coats.
From left are $1,000 Lake City Education Foundation - Anonymous Donor scholarship recipient Beverly Lopez Gonzalez and presenter Teresa Atkinson. The award is renewable for three years, bringing the total award to $4,000.
From left are $500 Lake City Education Association scholarship presenter Amy Rogness, and recipients Ella Cronin and Alaina Hansen.
From left are $500 Lake City Athletic Booster Club scholarship recipient Alex Oliver, presenter Amy Heise, and recipient Ella Matzke.
From left are $2,100 June and John Alexander Communications scholarship recipient Ella Matzke, presenter Candance Wait, and recipient Bailee Kohrs.
From left are $1,000 Lake City Sportsman’s Club scholarship presenter Ross Freiheit and recipients Alison Wallerich and Lucy Weist.
From left are $1,000 Lake City Masons Scholarship recipients Dalton Houghton, Noah Wallerich and Catherine Wolf, and presenter Greg Schreck.
From left are $600 Lake City Lions Club Scholarship presenter Lisa Quest, recipients Thomas Brand, Merrit Peterson, Catherine Wolf, and Beverly Lopez Gonzalez, and presenter Bruce Carlstrom.
From left are Lake City Kiwanis Club scholarship recipients Catherine Wolf, Ella Matzke, and Emma Kopp with presenter Bill Otto. Matzke and Kopp received $1,000 awards. Wolf received a $1,200 award in memory of Paul Garry.
From left are $500 Paul Holland Memorial Scholarship presenter Victor Holland, recipient Dalton Houghton, and presenters Amy Holland, and Dorothy Holland.
From left are $250 Marjorie O. Kaasa Poetry Award winner Lucy Weist and presenter Candance Wait.
From left are LouElla Peterson Braun Scholarship presenter Supt. Ariana Wright, and recipients Madison Ward and Emma Copp. The $2,500 award is renewable up to three times for a total award per recipient of $10,000.
From left are $750 Lora Keller Memorial Scholarship presenters Catherine Keller, Elizabeth Keller, and Theodore Keller, recipient Makenna Mehrkens, and presenters Allison Keller, and Samantha (Keller) Dowden.
From left are $500 Lake City Youth Baseball/Softball Association scholarship presenter Easton McCready, recipients Alivia Corey and Gunnar Seydel, and presenter Megan Sumerfelt.
From left are $500 Shawn Schneider Memorial Scholarship recipient David Oeltjen and presenter Perry Iberg.
From left are Schu Crew Work Ethic Scholarship recipients Zoe Munson, Noah Wallerich, Sidney Leonard, Rylee Fick, Jackson Tomforde, Connor Burgeson, and Karch Hegge and presenter Jacob Schumacher. All received $500 awards except Leonard, who received $1,000.
From left are $750 Rotary Club of Lake City Scholarship recipient Jeramiah Erickson, presenter Elizabeth Greenawalt, and recipient Natalie Gates.
From left are $1,000 Perry Dental Scholarship presenter Lynette Matzke and recipient Lauren Kennedy.
From left are $500 Pepin Valley Dental Scholarship recipient Emily Gates and presenter Dr. Marie Mueske.
From left are $1,000 Tony Hebert Memorial Scholarship presenter Laurie Hebert, recipient Ella Matzke, and presenter Bob Hebert.
From left are $400 Tiger Pride Scholarship from Lake City Education Foundation recipients Natalie Hawkins, Natalie Anderson and Keegan Ryan, presenter Teresa Atkinson, and recipients Madelyn Wagner, Ashley Emerson, Jordana Windhorst-Knudsen, Sheli Ramirez Ramirez, and Jenna Grothe. Recipient Emily Sanderson is not pictured.
From left are $1,000 Theilman Sportsman’s Club Scholarship recipient Molly Fitterer and presenter Perry Iberg.
From left are $1,500 Simon Mehrkens Memorial Scholarship presenter Sara Mehrkens, recipients Grace Morrisey and Makenna Mehrkens, and presenter Raleigh Mehrkens.
From left are $1,500 Woman’s Club of Lake City scholarship recipient Bailee Kohrs and presenter Rebecca Siems.
From left are $500 Wells Creek Riders Snowmobile Club Scholarship recipients Jackson Tomforde, Madelyn Roberson, and Sidney Leonard, and presenter Chris LaBonte.
From left are $500 Water Ski Days Community Pride Scholarship presenter Elizabeth Greenawalt and recipient Brooklyn Gulden.
From left are $1,000 Wabasha County Pheasants Forever scholarship recipient Lucy Weist and presenter Doug DeRoos.
From left are $1,000 VFW Zumbro Falls Post 1802 scholarship recipient Thomas Brand and presenter Colin Atkinson.
From left are $1,000 VFW 8729 Auxiliary - Bernard Flesche (Lake City) scholarship recipient Thomas Brand and presenter Faye Brown.
From left are $500 Zumbro Valley Sportsmen’s Club scholarship recipients Sidney Leonard and Grace Morrisey, and presenter Perry Iberg.
From left are $250 Zumbro Falls Lioness Lions Club Scholarship recipients Cassidy Dudley and Miranda Dudley and presenter Shelli Hughley.
From left are $500 Zumbro Falls Fire Department Relief Association scholarship recipients Sidney Leonard, Grace Morrisey, and McKenna Meyer, and presenter Brad Tighe.