Bus-y designs
Lapeer East eighth graders Tony Julian and Matthew Kleinknecht won the GLTA “Design the Graphics” bus contest. The students’ designs and names will be featured on the buses. In addition, each student received $50.

Wild essays
Wild Lapeer Essay Contest winners were announced. Each student received free tickets to the Lapeer County Parks. Additionally, the first- place winner received a $50 savings bond and the second- and third-place winners received $25 savings bonds.
In first place was Cody Newland from Marlette Middle School with Why we Should Recycle Plastic. Second place was Sarah McMillan with her essay, Compost. In third place was Crystal Montfort with her essay, Why Recycle Paper.

Racing ahead
Jason McCorkle of Columbiaville, a mechanical engineering major at Saginaw Valley State University, was part of a Cardinal Formula Racing Team that placed 14th overall at the 2008 Formula Society of Automotive Engineers Collegiate Design Series held May 14-18. More than 120 schools from around the world competed at the event. The team’s Indy-style race car covered 75 meters in 4.02 seconds.

Scholarship
Brittney Schaller, a Lapeer East senior, received a cross country scholarship to Mott Community College. She plans to attend Mott for two years before transferring to either Central Michigan University or Michigan State University to study speech pathology. Schaller will graduate from Lapeer East with a 3.4 grade point average.

Lapeer County Democratic Party names $1,000 Scholarship Winner
LAPEER — Lapeer County Democratic Party members announced this week that Lapeer East senior Rachel Skylis is the 2008 winner of the Al and Shelby Cicchini Memorial Scholarship for $1,000.
Rachel will attend Michigan State University’s James Madison College this fall to major in political science. Rachel is a high honor student at Lapeer East, and active in the Student Council, Key Club, National Honor Society, Students for School Improvement, and she chaired this year’s Homecoming Assembly Committee.
She also volunteered at the Lapeer DeAngeli Library, Suncrest, and for the Goodfellows Can Drive. Rachel was selected to be Lapeer East’s delegate to the Michigan Girls State in the summer of 2007.
Party Chairperson Bill Marquardt said the Lapeer County Democratic Party received 24 applications from public school seniors who planned to continue their education beyond high school in an apprenticeship, technical training, community college or university.
“The high number of applications made the decision difficult,” Marquardt said. “We were impressed by all of the applicants’ school and community involvement, and the commitment of these seniors to get involved with local, state, and national issues.”
“Al and Shelby Cicchini were tragically killed three summers ago in an auto accident while en route to our annual golf outing,” Marquardt noted. “They were dedicated to community service and the importance of further education. Their dedication will continue though this year’s memorial scholarship winner Rachel Skylis.”
Funds for the scholarship are raised through the Al and Shelby Memorial Golf Outing scheduled for July 2008 at Rolling Hills Golf Course.

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