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The Ripon Education Foundation is holding its annual door-to-door Scholarship Drive on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14, 2019.

The goal of the Scholarship Drive is to ask every resident of the Ripon community to contribute to the scholarship fund, which supports Ripon students attending either two-year or four-year accredited colleges and universities. All money collected will be awarded as scholarships to graduating seniors at the Ripon High School and Lumen Charter School’s annual awards night on May 16, 2019.

Students from the Ripon Area School District’s high schools will be canvassing the community the second weekend of April to collect donations for Ripon Education Foundation’s scholarship fund. Students should be wearing orange fleece vests making them easily identified when they come to the door.

Since 1999, the foundation has awarded more than $150,000 to Ripon students headed for colleges and technical colleges. Last year, the Education Foundation awarded more than $8,000 in scholarships from the drive plus additional scholarships from other funds earmarked for scholarships.

Half the scholarships funded by the drive are awarded on a merit basis through the RHS scholarship application. In order to be eligible to receive a merit scholarship, a student must have participated in the drive at least two years. The other half of the Education Foundation scholarships are awarded through a lottery of student participants in the annual scholarship drive making it beneficial for all students to participate. All students who have participated in the drive are eligible for the lottery scholarships and have their names placed in the lottery draw once for each year of participation.

Residents who will not be home are welcome to leave a donation taped to their door, use the envelope left by the students to mail donations to the Foundation at PO Box 395, Ripon, WI 54971 or donate online at www.riponeducationfoundation.org. Donations made online are securely processed by our fund management partners at the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation. Contributions may be tax deductible – please check with your tax preparer.

For more information about the 2019 scholarship drive, visit the Foundation website at www.riponeducationfoundation.org or contact Sue Mokler, Board Member, at moklers@riponeducationfoundation.org or 920-279-1573.

(Ripon Education Foundation)

The Friends of the Ripon Public Library will hold its semi-annual used book sale from April 11 – April 13 in the basement of the library at 120 Jefferson Street.  Hundreds of books have recently been moved to the Last Chance Room and are priced at 25 and 50 cents, including a selection of large print books, while many audio books, CDs, DVDs, and trade paperbacks will be offered at steep discounts.  The Showroom contains a huge selection of newly arrived children’s, religious, craft, arts, gardening, and cook books.  A newly expanded Wisconsin section features books on local topics and by local authors. Credit card payments will be accepted throughout the sale, in addition to cash and checks.  The mission of the Friends is to promote and support public resources and community programs at the Ripon Public Library, and proceeds from the sale are used to support this mission.  In the past year the Friends have assisted with funding the adult, teen and children’s summer reading programs, the Makerspace collection, Pinterest Craft Club, 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten, books on CD, and more.

Saturday, April 13: Book Sale open 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

The Friends of the Library semi-annual used book sale continues with a $3 grocery bag sale in the Last Chance Room – the Showroom is excluded from the bag sale.  This is your last chance to stock up until the next sale!  Because of the large volume of book donations received throughout the year, many of the books which don’t sell will be recycled after the sale and will not be here again.

For more information contact Desiree Bongers at 748-6160, or director@riponlibrary.org.

(Friends of the Ripon Public Library)

The Roast Pork Dinner at Emmaus Lutheran Church will be held on April 13th from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, or until gone. There will be a dinner of roast pork, potato salad, baked beans, rolled, coleslaw, and desert served. Funds raised from the event will be used for support of overseas missionaries. Emmaus Lutheran Church is located at W2185 CTY H, Poy Sippi.

Cost:

$6.50 for Adults and Children 10 and up

$5.00 for Children 5 – 10

$7.00 per meal Carry outs

Black Hawk Folk Society proudly presents Dan Weber Saturday, April 13 at 7 p.m. at Mountain View Community Center (at the 21st Lane and Highway 152 intersection near Mt. Morris). Weber’s career as a folk singer-songwriter took off with a standing ovation at the Sisters Folk Festival in 2010. His route to that almost instant success was circuitous and didn’t happen until mid-life, but those prior decades of life experience became his source for multiple cd’s worth of rich and varied material. And since that standing ovation, Weber has earned numerous awards for his songs which are often compared to Guthrie, early John Prine, and Harry Chapin, as well as delighted audience after audience throughout the United States. To learn more about Dan Weber or to sample his music visit http://danwebermusic.com/music/videos.html . Dan Weber’s concert begins at 7:00 p.m. and will be preceded with a 6 p.m. potluck supper open to all. General admission tickets will be sold at the door from 6:30 on (adults: $10; 12 & under: free). Parking is on-site and free; the facility is handicap friendly. Black Hawk Folk Society is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization and entirely volunteer driven.

(Waushara County Chamber of Commerce)