Staunton Star - Times - Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

The Carlinville Area Hospital Auxiliary presented $1,000 scholarships to two Macoupin County high school seniors during its semi-annual dinner meeting on May 9. Scholarship program leader Karen Lanzerotte introduced Gillespie High School’s Shelby Geisler and North Mac’s Olivia Thoroman as this year’s winners. They were chosen from among 17 Macoupin County high school applicants.

Both young ladies have chosen nursing as their career in medicine. Each read her qualification essay expressing the reasons for pursuing a medical career at the college level. Geisler said in her narrative...