Lake Country Power is pleased to announce 36 local high school seniors from 30 different schools have been awarded the Lake Country Power 2024 Les Beach Memorial Scholarship. The Les Beach Memorial Scholarship honors a former co-op employee and recognizes student commitment and contribution to local communities.
The $4,000 scholarships, issued at $1,000 per year for four years, will help the following graduating seniors pursue their college plans and career dreams:
- Reagen Warnygora: Barnum School
- Violena Belcourt: Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School
- Samantha Barry: Cherry School
- Tresa Baumgard: Chisholm School
- Willow Putnam: Cloquet School
- Gracie Foley and Maxwell Hanni: Cromwell-Wright School
- Jaxon Lind: Deer River School
- Sarah Visser: Ely Memorial Secondary School
- Talon Mattson: Esko School
- Alice Irvine: Floodwood School
- Isaac Palecek, Amanda Scherping, and Emily Walters: Grand Rapids High School
- Klara Finke: Greenway-Coleraine School
- Samuel Dobinson: Hermantown School
- Henry Bechthold: Hibbing School
- Emmett Bray: Hill City School
- Courtney Gauthier: McGregor Secondary School
- Kristopher Oman: Mesabi East School
- Danica Matten: Moose Lake School
- Hali Savela: Mountain Iron-Buhl School
- Kaitlin Olson: Nashwauk-Keewatin School
- Victoria Olson: North Woods School
- Ruby Milton: Northeast Range School
- Anne Backlund: Northern Lights Community School
- Dylan Schwarz: Northland-Remer School
- Cooper Kalnbach and Cameron Pease: Proctor School
- Wrenna Galloway and Ellie Norvitch: Rock Ridge High School
- Natalie Brewer: South Ridge School
- Edward Pinski: Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School
- Milla Beldo and Owen Hoepner: At Large category
- Elijah Schafbuch: Home school
The Les Beach Memorial Scholarship is available to local students from more than 35 area high schools. Qualified students must be co-op members through their parents or legal guardians who receive electric services from Lake Country Power.
The web-based application process for high school seniors will open this winter when qualifying high school seniors may apply for next year’s scholarships. The exact dates will be announced this fall, and the online application will be available from the cooperative’s website at www.lakecountrypower.coop.
The Les Beach Memorial Scholarship is made possible through abandoned and unclaimed capital from previous members who can no longer be located.
Lake Country Power also offers $1,000 scholarships to area community college foundations and three Minnesota lineworker schools. These scholarships support students interested in pursuing hands-on skilled trades and community/technical college programs. Applications for these scholarships are available directly through the colleges.