July 23, 2008

CITY EMPLOYEES AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS
Thanks to the generosity of City of Midland employees, ten college bound students are the lucky recipients of this year’s Midland Municipal Employees Scholarships. A reception honoring the students and their parents will be held on July 24, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center. The Midland Municipal Employees Scholarship Fund (MMESF) recipients will be awarded $500 each - a total of $5,000! Mayor Wes Perry will speak to the group of students. MMESF is an independent, non-profit organization, relying totally on contributions from its members, who must be City of Midland employees. To date, that generosity has resulted in 195 scholarships totaling $102,300 since MMESF’s inception in 1995. Recipients are all dependents of City of Midland employees. MMESF members contribute $1 or more per pay period. The following are this year’s scholarship recipients: Clarissa Ann Anderson daughter of Bill & Pat Anderson; Amanda Michelle Estrada daughter of David & Alicia Estrada; Sarah Ortega daughter of Eduardo & Delia Ortega; Mallory Ruth Rowland daughter of Sydney & Richard Rowland; Tara Sloane Rowland daughter of Sydney & Richard Roland; Mollie Marie Shelton daughter of Kevin & Tammy Shelton; Geoffrey K. Thompson son of Gregory Thompson & Melissa K. Light; Clayton McKinley Wilson son of Ronnie & Cynthia Wilson; Katie Rhea Wilson daughter of Ronnie & Cynthia Wilson; and Jhordan L. Wright daughter of Angela & George Wright.