CLAFLIN — The Community Scholarship Inc. of Claflin that began 65 years ago awarded scholarships to 10 graduates and 13 alumni at the Central Plains High School graduation ceremony on May 12. Many donors, alumni, and organizations made it possible to award $52,913 to graduates and alumni to help with their college expenses.  

Scholarships were awarded to:

Kashlin Beck: H & B Communications, Inc. Scholarship, James Vance Living Trust Scholarship, Poore Family Memorial Scholarship, After Prom Scholarship

Melissa Donecker: Roxanne Stiles Scholarship, James Vance Living Trust Scholarship, United We Stand/Claflin Fire & EMS Scholarship, Bushton Community Scholarship Fund, Inc., After Prom Scholarship, Bill Nelson Memorial Scholarship

Connor Freis: James Vance Living Trust Scholarship, Edgar and Sue Jacobs Memorial Scholarship, After Prom Scholarship, Bert Besthorn Memorial Scholarship, Robert and Betty Hickel Memorial Scholarship

Jacob Garrett: James Vance Living Trust Scholarship, Central Plains AG Producers Scholarship, Bank of Holyrood Scholarship

Blaine Hickel: James Vance Living Trust Scholarship, Harold and Diana Schremmer Scholarship, Claflin Knights of Columbus Scholarship, Claflin Lions Club Scholarship, After Prom Scholarship

Hunter Klima: Alumni Scholarship, James Vance Living Trust Scholarship, Bushton Community Scholarship Fund, Inc., After Prom Scholarship, Central Plains Oil Producers Scholarship

Lauren Oeser: James Vance Living Trust Scholarship, Trevor Cates Memorial Scholarship, Central Plains Oil Producers Scholarship, Claflin Knights of Columbus Scholarship, Claflin Lions Club Scholarship, Gerry Schartz Memorial Scholarship, After Prom Scholarship, Immaculate Conception Altar Society Scholarship

Addison Ogle: James Vance Living Trust Scholarship, Superior Essex Scholarship, United We Stand/Claflin Fire and EMS Scholarship, Central Plains High School Staff Scholarship, Ethel D. Holmes Scholarship, After Prom Scholarship

Peyton Ryan: James Vance Living Trust Scholarship, Susan Weber Memorial Scholarship, Bushton Community Scholarship Fund, Inc., Claflin Knights of Columbus Scholarship, Claflin Lions Club Scholarship, Ethel D. Holmes Scholarship, After Prom Scholarship, Arlo Lehmann Memorial Scholarship, Central Plains AG Producers Scholarship, Immaculate Conception Altar Society Scholarship, Bill Nelson Memorial Scholarship

Taylor Sheehy: Roxanne Stiles Scholarship, James Vance Living Trust Scholarship, Tom and Janet Hipp Memorial Scholarship, Don and Carolyn Donecker Memorial Scholarship, After Prom Scholarship

Krystal Weeks: P.J. Stiles Family Scholarship, Harold and Diana Schremmer Scholarship, James Vance Living Trust Scholarship, After Prom Scholarship

Addison Crites: Alumni Scholarship, Holyrood Lions Club Scholarship

Brynna Hammeke: Jackie Stiles Scholarship, Ethel D. Holmes Scholarship

Emma Hickel: First Kansas Bank Scholarship, Holyrood Lions Club Scholarship

Tyler Holmes: Harold and Diana Schremmer Scholarship, Jimmie and Leona Holmes Memorial Scholarship

Madison McGuire: Ethel D. Holmes Scholarship, Roxanne Stiles Scholarship

Dawson McNeal: Dana Lesley Rice Scholarship Fund

Criss Reese McGuire: Ethel D. Holmes Scholarship, Roxanne Stiles Scholarship

Kyla Metro: Robert & Mabel Smith Memorial Scholarship, Ethel D. Holmes Scholarship

Kassidy Nixon: Central Plains Oil Producers Scholarship, John and Carla Shaw/Hilcorp Energy Co. Scholarship

Callie Zink: Harold and Vivian Grossardt Memorial Scholarship, Central Plains AG Producers Scholarship

Lawson Oeser: Roxanne Stiles Scholarship

Chyanne Warta: Anonymous Donor Scholarship, V.E. and Thelma Cates Memorial Scholarship