WAWOTA - Three recent graduates received a scholarship from the Wawota branch of the Royal Canadian Legion on Nov. 11.
Morley Hamilton, a member of the Wawota legion and the poppy committee chairperson, said a criteria needs to be followed when applying for the bursary.
Students need to have graduated this past June and have a plan in place for their future career.
They must also have or had a veteran in their family. It can go a long way back and the person does not need to be in the military to be considered a veteran.
Excellent marks in school are necessary and they need to have a connection to their community.
After the luncheon was completed, the bursaries were handed to the three students.
Zach Mudrewich lives outside Wawota with his mom, Kate Mudrewich, and sister Kaylee.
His two great grandfathers, Raymond Dezell and Henry Slykhuis, served their country.
Mudrewich graduated school with an average of greater than 90 per cent at the Wawota Parkland School.
He always enjoyed pulling things apart to see how they worked. This brought him to repairing cellphones, iPads, and screens. He also was a referee for hockey.
Mudrewich is attending the College of Saskatoon for an engineering degree.
Talis Davies was also awarded a bursary. She grew up in Wawota and graduated there, while living with her parents, Todd and Tammy Davies, and her brother, Hunter.
Davies was active in volleyball and played for the Southeast Vipers. She is also a horse girl, riding in dressage.
Currently, Davies is attending the University of Calgary for a bachelor of science with a major in biological science. Her goal is to attend the University of Waterloo to study optometry and vision science.
Arthur Cameron is Davies’ great-grandfather, and he was a veteran in the Second World War.
The third recipient was Grace Nielson, who graduated from Oxbow Prairie Horizon School in June.
When not at university, Nielson lives with her parents Ryan and Lenna Nielson and her two siblings Kate and Zane on the family farm near Alameda.
Nielson loves to collect and research plants, and collect her trinkets, but also spent five years in the air cadets’ program. She enjoyed her experience in the cadets.
She is attending the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Agriculture and Bioresources, working towards a degree in horticulture.
Her great-grandfathers, Arthur Brehaut and Joe Godon, were veterans and members of the Wawota legion.
These three students are thankful to the Wawota Royal Canadian Legion branch in giving them the opportunity to make their career choices a little easier with the bursary.
