Village of Chatham staff helped with administration, security and cleanup. More than 100 individuals, including Chatham School District bus drivers, also volunteered to take tickets, pass out brochures, help decorate, perform and clean up. The Alice and Murray Giddings Foundation is currently accepting submissions from qualified high school seniors for the scholarships. Eligible applicants must have a GPA of 85 percent and plan to enroll this fall in a two or four-year academic or vocational program. The Foundation seeks to acknowledge students showing strong leadership qualities within their school and community while maintaining high academic standards.
Applications are available from all of the county's public schools.
Students should contact the guidance department at their school for more information. The deadline to apply for the scholarships is March 1, and recipients will be notified in May. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia County is sponsoring a Young Scientist Day on Saturday, Feb. 5, at Taconic Hills School, off Rt. Youth in grades 3 through 6 can participate in two different sessions to investigate scientific topics. No one correctly answered last week's question asking for the name of a prominent author who visited Hudson in September 1905, causing much excitement.