DKG offers scholarship

ESCANABA — The Delta Kappa Gamma Society has announced it will award a local high school scholarship to a senior girl planning a career in education.

Delta Kappa Gamma is an international organization of women educators who promote professional and personal growth of women educators. They support and encourage educational excellence and inter-cultural understanding. The Beta Sigma chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma is composed of Escanaba, Menominee and Iron Mountain-Kingsford.

Previous local winners of this scholarship were:

2024 – Leia Economopolous (Escanaba), 2023 – Tiffany Hall (Gladstone), 2022 – Mackenzi Ann Mason (Gladstone), 2021 – Kendra Ann Bouchard (Escanaba), 2020 – Emlyn Verbrigghe (Escanaba), 2019 – Taylor Rae Myers (Escanaba), 2018 – Amber Lynn Smith (Bark River), 2017 – Erica Rubick (Rapid River), 2016 – Mackenzie Leisner (Escanaba), 2015 – Mikaela Jefferson (Escanaba), 2014 – Kristen Leigh Bergstrom (Escanaba), 2013 – Anissa Lynne Godfrey (Gladstone), 2012 – Margaret A. Rose (Escanaba), 2011 – Lauren Kleinman (Escanaba), 2010- Jordan Dalgord (Rapid River), 2009 – Whitney Veihl (Bark River), and 2008 – Emily Robinson (Bark River).

Senior girls planning a career in education from the Delta Schoolcraft area can learn further details about this scholarship from their high school guidance counselor. Applications are due April 30. If you have any questions, call Jeanne at 906-630-9775 or Dolly at 906-474-6563.

DAV meets first Mondays in Escanaba

ESCANABA — The Disabled American Veterans meetings have been reinstated. Meetings take place every first Monday of the month at the Purple Heart building in Escanaba at 7 a.m.

Free clothes closet at Memorial UMC

GLADSTONE — The Memorial United Methodist Church Clothes Closet is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The closet offers free clothes, coats and shoes for children, adults and in all sizes, including infant and plus sizes. The church and clothes closet are located at 1920 Lake Shore Dr., Gladstone (near McDonald’s). Call 906-428-9311 for more information or to schedule another time.