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6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 17, 2017 Last play of the year for HS CG student awarded Northwest Community scholarship Erin Foreman awarded $1,000 for tuition, books The Cottage Grove High School Drama Department will be opening As You Like It by William Shakespeare on May 11 under the guidance of director, James Scoggins. Mr. Scoggins comes to CGHS via The Oregon Shakespeare Festival where he was an actor for four seasons and continues to teach at the Summer Seminar for High School Juniors. Mr. Scoggins has been teaching and directing theatre for 16 years. The cast of As You Like It includes, but is not limited to, Chloe Leczel as Rosalind, John Eckstine as Orlando, Kristy Rodrigues as Celia, Keiara Faville as Touchstone, Keely Galbreath as Jacquis, as well as other actors from both the Advanced and Be- ginning Acting Class. As You Like It runs May 11, 12, 13, 18 and 19 at 7:30 in the CGHS Cafetorium. Cost is $5 for students/seniors and $10 for adults. Northwest Community Credit Union has awarded 22 scholarships to students throughout Oregon who have demonstrated dedication to cre- ating a positive impact in their community. Local student, Erin Foreman was awarded $1,000 for displaying a "dedication to displaying a positive change" in her community. According to an an- nouncement detailing the winners of the award, Foreman plans to attend George Fox University in the fall after graduating from Cottage Grove High School. Scholarships will be dispersed for the 2017-18 school year and range in value from $1,000 to $5,000. “Education is crucial for strong local com- munities. We’re committed to helping students throughout Oregon pay for college,” said North- west Community Credit Union’s CEO John Igle- sias. “These scholarships give the receiving stu- dents a chance to follow their dreams and help alleviate the fi nancial burden of pursuing a de- gree.” Northwest Community Credit Union received more than 90 scholarship applications. Winners include students new to higher education and continuing students. Scholarship recipients hail from Lane, Ben- ton, Coos, Douglas, Deschutes, Jackson, Multnomah and Harney counties in Oregon. Two scholarship categories are awarded each year. The Lar- ry Levine Memorial Scholarship honors writer and Assistant Pro- fessor Larry Levine, who was killed along with eight Umpqua Community College students in 2015. The scholarship is award- ed to Douglas County residents attending Umpqua Communi- ty College and covers tuition, books and fees up to $5,000 for the 2017-18 school year. Jenna Anderson of Winchester, Oregon and Samantha Winters of Rose- burg, Oregon are this year’s re- cipients. The second category—the Northwest Community Scholar- ship—awards $1,000 to students who demonstrate a dedication to creating a posi- tive impact in their community. Twenty recipients will attend institutions such as Oregon State Uni- versity, University of Oregon, Lewis and Clark College, Corban University, University of Cali- fornia, Davis and American University, among others. “Part of our mission at Northwest Community Credit Union is giving back and supporting the people that make up our local communities,” said Northwest Community Credit Union Communi- ty Relations Coordinator Kim Clark. “We can’t think of a better way to invest in Oregon than helping the next generation of leaders receive a great higher education.” Other scholarship award winners included Jae Viles-Erdelt, Vanessa Lopez, Anna Swanson and Makenna Crocker of Eugene, Maya Jenkins and Taylor Smallwood of Springfi eld, Cordell Clark of Junction City and Taylor steinhauer of Blachy. The next application period for scholarships will begin February 1, 2018 and applications are accepted via the Northwest Community Credit Union website. 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