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MARENGO — Iowa Valley High School student Alannah McKibben will be awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the Grand Lodge of Iowa, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

Twenty-six Iowa high school students were selected to receive a scholarship award from a pool of over 440 applicants. Iowa Masons award scholarships each year in recognition of a student’s academic performance, community activities, leadership and financial need.

Since the program’s inception in 1970, the Grand Lodge of Iowa has awarded $4,133,400 in scholarships to more than 2,640 students. This year $105,000 in scholarships were awarded from an endowment fund established to recognize the accomplishments of young Iowans and to promote the education of future state leaders.

Master Gardeners encourage Digging in the Dirt

Iowa County Master Gardeners and the libraries in Marengo, North English, Victor and Williamsburg will host a family activity called Digging in the Dirt.

Families will learn about potting and taking care of plants. They’ll receive their own wheelbarrows, plant seeds and plant corms and will transplant a seedlings and plant sedums.

A watering can and trowel will accompany each wheelbarrow (one kit per family). Registration opens at each library April 21 and will remain open until the session fills. Each kit costs $10. Parents must accompany their children to the activity.