For those of you interested, the scholarship committee is hoping to
give away 3 scholarships next year. The first two will be camp
scholarships of about 300-400 bucks. One being the Richard C. Hastings
III Memorial Scholarship while the other will be the the Newington
Wrestling Alumni Association Scholarship. The booster club gave away
the Hastings Scholarhip this year to get the ball rolling and it is our
hope that we can keep it going. The third award will be an academic
award given to a student going on to college in Rich's name. We are
hoping to give away 1,000-1,500 dollars. The committee has put together
a rough criteria and an application process that is still in the works.
As soon as we are sure of our tax status as an organization I will be
going to see Dr. Swanson at the high school to find out the next step
in the process.