Our Program for May 25th was the annual STRIVE presentations. President Dick turned the mike over to Erik Johnson, who has headed the program for this year.

Erick started the program by thanking the volunteers from our club who made presentatiogram had had an increase in grades this year. Our club grants 4 scholarships totalling $4,000 and the award system that is set up rewards the students with the largest increases in grade point ratio. The actual cash awards were given out at the High School Awards Night, but the four winners were introduced to our club. Actually, all of the students were winners with higher grades as a result of the program. And 10 of the twelve participants were at our meeting and introduced their parent(s) to us.

David Adney, the principal at MHS, was at our meeting, and he expressed his thanks and appreciation for the program, and the many participants who took time to visit with the kids and share their experiences. Erik pointed out that withou the cooperation of Mr. Adney and the school administration, we wouldn't be able tottt have the STRIVE Program.

Most of the students plan to attend Normandale College for a year or two before going to another college to finish up their college career. Story by Tad Shaw and Photo by Steve Frazier)