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(12/16/2020)
Dorothy Twesme, retired Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (G-E-T) English teacher and librarian, has named the Old Main Historical and Community Arts Center in Galesville in her will to receive a bequest that will fund the “Twesme Family Past and Future Horizons Award” to a graduating high school senior who writes a paper that encourages reading about the past to envision the future.
The paper will recall that George Gale who founded Galesville, Galesville University, and Trempealeau County read Sir Walter Scott’s nine volume autobiography at age 16 and continued reading as the foundation for his later work. The paper will also review the biography of someone important to the award candidate and offer a vision of what the candidate would like to accomplish in the future. The award will be a scholarship in the amount of $750. G-E-T students who desire information about the award may contact high school guidance counselor, Abby Fernan Harker. The competitiv