IOWA LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE AWARDS CASS & YACKLE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Iowa Lakes Community College has awarded the 2007-08 Maxine Cass & Deanne Yackle Memorial Scholarship to recipient Jodee Goche of Bancroft.

The Cass and Yackle families established this scholarship in 2005 in memory of Maxine and Deanne. The families had an intertwined history which culminated in the result of this scholarship. Maxine’s husband William served as the Dolliver school superintendent in the 1950’s; during that time Maxine also attended Estherville Junior College now known as Iowa Lakes Community College. William and Maxine retired to California where Maxine passed away in 1979. William returned to the area to attend Dolliver’s centennial celebration where he heard Deanne Yackle speak of her life, how undaunted by rheumatoid arthritis she continued to struggle to achieve her goals. After Deanne’s untimely death, William was moved to donate a gift to the already established Iowa Lakes Deanne Yackle Memorial Scholarship. Instead, the Yackle family suggested a scholarship be established in memory of Maxine and Deanne.

Eligible candidates for this scholarship must be enrolled part time or full time in the Human Services/Disability Studies program or in any Iowa Lakes program if they have a documented disability themselves. The recipient must display financial need and use the award for tuition, books and/or fees.

Those wishing to apply for or establish scholarships should contact Shan Ray at the Iowa Lakes Community College Institutional Advancement / Foundations Office at 712-362-0491 or 800-242-5106 ext. 4491.