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JASPER COUNTY, Ind. â The 2021 Nesius Memorial Scholarships have been awarded by Jasper County REMC to children of Jasper County REMC members.
There were nearly 30 applicants this year competing for the six $500 scholarships.
The co-op usually issues three scholarships, one for a Rensselaer Central student, one for a Kankakee Valley student and one for all other schools and homeschool students.
Since the electric cooperative Youth Tour to Washington D.C. and Touchstone Energy Camp were cancelled for 2021, the co-op decided to use those funds to increase the number of scholarships.
This year, the cooperative chose two students from each category to receive the funds. The scholarship dollars may be applied toward tuition or educational expenses at the college of the studentâs choice regardless of the course of study.
The three-hour class was meant to give women and girls the basics to confidently fight back if they were attacked with yelling to startle their attacker and draw the attention of others and a series of hits, punches and kicks to keep a criminal at bay.
KOUTSÂ â Kouts was right there.
Sophomore guard Matthew Baker drained a corner 3-pointer in the closing seconds of the third quarter to cut Andrean s lead down to one point heading into the final period on Wednesday night. The Mustangs fans, though limited due to COVID-19, cheered loudly in their home gym as their team inched closer to a potential upset.
It didn t happen.
Another test for the Mustangs and another shortcoming.
This time, however, the loss didn t mark the end of the their season. Instead, it represents an opportunity for the team to improve on its quest for respect. The conversation after the game was that we knew what we were walking into with Andrean, Cale Wireman said. That s why we played them and played in the (Wabash Valley Classic). We want to play teams that are going to push us. . No one is going hang their head on our team because we knew we might take some losses by (playing a stiffer schedule), but it s going to make us better and help us re