The Daily Telegram
Two Monroe County high school students were named recipients of annually awarded scholarship funds from the Monroe/Lenawee County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council.
Caroline Groll, a 2020-21 graduate of Bedford High School and Emma Spradling, a 2020-21 graduate of Whiteford High School are this year’s two scholarship awardees, each receiving $1,000 in funds as presented in a virtual meeting May 10, a news release said.
Groll and Spradling were required to write essays as part of the scholarship process on the theme of “Growing up in a Union Family.” Each of the essays were read during the virtual meeting.
The Monroe News
The Monroe/Lenawee County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council has announced the results of its biennial elections for officers, which include a new president.
The biennial elections for executive board members took place Feb. 8. Jason Matthews is the newly elected president.
He is a 20-year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 8, with his last eight years running work at Fermi II Nuclear Power Plant.
He lives in Monroe with his wife, Greta, and four children.
Matthew is a past Chair Monroe/Lenawee County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council Labor Day Parade and Barbecue Festival. He is also Visionary/Chair/Organizer of the “Cultivate Community” Clean it, fix it, paint it, plant it, program.