OPALCO awards five scholarships
Published 3:37 pm Monday, June 25, 2012
The OPALCO Board of Directors presented the Nourdine Jensen Cooperative Youth Scholarship Program award to five high-school students representing three islands: Cameron Schuh (Orcas), Me’Tairie Kilpatrick-Boe (San Juan), Paige Carlson (San Juan), Joe O’Bryant (Lopez) and Marne Cook (Lopez). The 2011 Scholarship Winner Connar Smith (San Juan) was elected by his peers to return this year as a youth director.
Three of the students will receive a $500 scholarship check, once they are registered for continuing education, and all of the students will attend the Co-op Youth Rally leadership camp at the College of Idaho, sponsored by the Idaho Consumer-Owned Utilities Association. All of the students are eligible for additional scholarship awards at the youth rally. In the coming school year, the students will give presentations about the scholarship program and about energy efficiency to their peers.
The Nourdine Jensen Cooperative Youth Scholarship Program was established in 2010 to honor Nourdine Jensen of San Juan, who served on the board for 37 years between 1965 and 2008. To learn more, visit www.opalco.com/programs/youth-rally-scholarships/.
