Scholarship Awarded

Andrew Beckman son of Marlin and Ruth Beckman of rural Pender was selected to receive the second Merlin Brondum Memorial Scholarship totaling $2,500.

The Pender Community Hospital, Pender Community Health Care Foundation, Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center co-sponsor this annual award.

Eligible applicants throughout the hospital district could have applied for this scholarship if they had completed 30 hours of college credit and are enrolled in an allied healthcare course of study.

Beckman is a 2002 graduate of Pender High School and has been accepted into the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Pharmacy and is completing his second year in the program.

The annual scholarship award was established in memory of Merlin Brondum. Merlin passed away March 15, 2003 after a brief illness. He worked 27 years at the Pender Community Hospital in the laboratory department.