Free mammograms and well-woman exams are available through
Teller County Public Health under the Susan G. Komen grant or
Women’s Wellness Connection. October is Breast Cancer Awareness
Month. Yearly breast health screenings are recommended for all
women older than 21. Yearly mammograms are recommended for women 40
years and older. If you do not have medical insurance that covers
well-women screenings, call Darlyn Miller, R.N., at 719-687-6416 to
see if you qualify.
Tom and Kathy Sayre, of Florissant, received the Juror’s Award
for wood at Castle Rock Artfest Sept. 6-7. The Sayres will
participate in the Weems International Art Fest in Albuquerque,
N.M., in November. They have been participating in art and craft
shows since 1994. They moved in 2004 to the Florissant area, where
they set up their studio.
Applications for the Elks National Foundation’s 2009 Most
Valuable Student contest are available now at your local Elks
Lodge, online or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to
the Foundation. Applications for the 2009 contest have to be
submitted to your local Elks Lodge by Jan. 9, 2009.
The Elks National Foundation will award 500 four-year
scholarships to the highest-rated applicants in the 2009
competition. Any high school senior who is a citizen of the United
States is eligible to apply. Applicants need not be related to a
member of the Elks.
College students are not eligible to apply.
Applicants must be citizens of the United States on the date
their applications are signed; resident alien status does not
qualify.
Male and female students compete separately.
Applicants will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and
financial need. All scholarships are in the form of certificates of
award conditional upon the full-time enrollment of the winner in an
accredited U.S. college or university.
Applications must advance through local, district and state
competition to reach the national competition. The Chicago office
of the Elks National Foundation will announce the 500 national
winners, and notify them in writing, around April 15, 2009. Ranging
from $1,000 per year to $15,000 per year, Most Valuable Student
scholarships are for students pursuing a four-year degree, on a
full-time basis (minimum of 12 semester hours), in a U.S. American
college or university.
Requests for additional information should be addressed to the
scholarship chairman of the local Lodge or of the Elks association
of the state in which the applicant is a resident. Cripple Creek
requests should be sent to the Scholarship Chairman Marian Arnold,
BPOE 316, PO Box 316, Cripple Creek CO 80813.