Chamber will manage calendar scholarships

The Wrangell Chamber of Commerce will take over administration of a long-running Wrangell Scholarship program this year.

The scholarship awards a Wrangell High School student $500 each year for four years, for a total value of $2,000. The program had been managed by the Emblem Club for the last 60 years. The scholarship is funded by the purchase of $10 calendars displaying the birthdays of local citizens.

“Everything that we make we put back into the program,” said Cyni Waddington. “It’s kind of a local institution. People look forward to it every year.”

The Emblem Club, a vestige of the era b...