Huron County Community Foundation Awards $117,000 in 2024 Scholarships

Here’s a list of 2024 scholarship recipients:

• The Jason Kiehl Memorial Scholarship for Huron Area Technical Center students was awarded in the amount of $ 1,290 each to four graduates – Sam Hass of Bad Ax Public Schools; Caden Boynton and Mitchel Karg of Harbor Beach Community Schools; and Lily Kieliszewski of Ubly Community Schools.

• Nora Franzel of Ubly Community Schools and Austin Volmering of Bad Ax Public Schools each received an award of $ 500 from the Maurer / Yageman Bowling Scholarship Fund.

• Mitchel Karg from Harbor Beach Community Schools received the Michael B. and Regina V. Lasceski Scholarship in the amount of $ 400.

• Hannah Talaski from Caseville Public School and Dylan Zurek from Harbor Beach Community Schools each received an award of $ 1,180 each from the Clarence and Loraine Braun Scholarship.

• Sam Hass from Bad Ax Public Schools, Caden Boynton and Dylan Zurek from Harbor Beach Community Schools, and Lily Kieliszewski from Ubly Community Schools each received $ 1,190 from the Gib Rooney Family Scholarship.

• The Steven Kuzak Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Connor Etzel of Bad Ax Public Schools for $ 5,000.

• The Keith and Bertha McTaggart Scholarship awarded $ 1,500 each to Julius Errer and Hannah Talaski from Caseville Public School, Taylor Schelke and Dylan Zurek from Harbor Beach Community Schools and Matthew Brandel from Ubly Community Schools.

• Tara Hunter from Harbor Beach Community Schools and Lily Kieliszewski from Ubly Community Schools were awarded the Huron Area Tech Center Staff Scholarship for $ 250 each.

• Megan Gracey from Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Schools received the Thumb Chapter MPMCA for $ 245.

Other scholarship recipients by school district are:

BAD AX: Megan Miller, the Bad Ax Norah Dowde Rotary Scholarship for $ 2,200; Austin Volmering, the Claude Marsh Scholarship for $ 5,000; Madelyn Haldane, Collon / Todd Scholarship for $ 1,240; Kate Clancy the Douglas Pankrantz Scholarship for $ 175; Alex Castle the Dr. Edward Steinhardt Family Science Scholarship for $ 22,600; Aaron Sowles, the Ervin Ignash Scholarship for $ 500; Zoe Howard the George E. Green Scholarship for $ 1,800; Austin Volmering the Jimmy Morell Scholarship for $ 250; Haley Newland, the Judge Neil R. MacCallum Memorial Scholarship for $ 2,000; Megan Miller, the Linda Rowland Drama Scholarship for $ 4,800; Theodore Hass, the Susan Herringshaw Memorial Scholarship for $ 1,000; and Zoe Howard the Thelma A. Allen Scholarship for $ 90.

CASEVILLE: Garrett Miller, received the Caseville Scholarship for $ 600; Paige Samborski, the Janet Watts Memorial Scholarship for $ 115; and Hannah Talaski, the Mary K. and Robert Quinn Memorial Scholarship for $ 1,300.

HARBOR BEACH: Tessa Emerick, received the Annabelle Jenks Scholarship for $ 425, the Esther E. Lincoln Scholarship for $ 2,500, the Marla Muter Scholarship for $ 1,700, and the Sgt. Aaron Elandt C. Memorial Scholarship for $ 1,190; Shelby Woodward, received the Beth Kubik Manteuffel Memorial Scholarship for $ 1,000; Mitchel Karg, received the Charlotte Talaski Scholarship for $ 500, and the Deer Acres Scholarship for $ 2,175, Jenna Reinke, received the Harbor Beach Woman’s Club Academic Scholarship for $ 515; Olivia Volmering, the HB FFA Alumni Booster Club Mary Holdwick Memorial Scholarship for $ 500; Airyn Artnz, and Dwayne Idnay, the HB Rotary Clement M. Kubik Scholarship for $ 650 each; Kaylee Holdwick, the Marla Muter Scholarship for $ 1,700; and Brenna Bischer, the Warren S. Eilber Family Scholarship for $ 425.

LAKERS: Maya Viers, the Dr. Donald W. & Sally A. Rogers Family Scholarship for $ 1,000; Alexander Smith, received the ETL Agricultural Legacy Scholarship $ 1,800 and the Virgil & Verneta Bouck Family Scholarship for $ 500; Katie Turner, the Judy K. & Stephen Zagorski Memorial Scholarship for $ 500; and Alexandria Scaddan, the Tom Gettel Memorial Scholarship for $ 1,135.

NORTH HURON: Cheyanne Hoody, received the Robert and Verneta Thuemmel Memorial Scholarship for $ 2,460; and Ellie Bender, the Warren S. Eilber Family Scholarship for $ 425.

OWENDALE-GAGETOWN: Dana Morrish, was awarded the Cooley Family Scholarship for $ 3,134.

UBLY: Lily Kieliszewski and Myah Schulte, the Betty Zulauf Academic Scholarship for $ 1,000 each; Nora Franzel and Myah Schulte, the Francis and Opal Hund Scholarship for $ 1,500 each; and Myah Schulte received the Madeline M. Bauer Scholarship for $ 5,850.

POST GRADS: Garrett Emerick and Chris Keyes received the CA Scheurer and BG Kamlapurker Scholarship for $ 1,390 each; Garrett Emerick, Josh Keyes, Kirah Osentoski, and Madelyn Smalley, the Harbor Beach Community Hospital and the Harbor Beach Hospital Foundation Medical Practitioner Scholarship for $ 1,000 each; and Chris Keyes received the Sara Elizabeth Wood Scholarship for $ 4,000.