American Petroleum Institute and Barton County Desk and Derrick Club will have their Annual Scholarship Night, Wednesday, May 18, at The Club of Stoneridge. Social hour starts at 6:30 p.m. and a steak dinner follows at 7:30 p.m.

Following the meal, Dick Schremmer, chairman of the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association, will speak on KIOGA activities. Desk and Derrick will present its annual scholarship and API will present four $1,000-per-year scholarships for four years. API is supporting 16 scholarships per year.

Terry Naylor, API scholarship chairman, said tickets are $15 per person and available at the door. Anyone who cannot attend but would like to donate may mail checks to API, P.O. Box 446, Great Bend, KS 67530.