Education

May 1 is the deadline for the interest-free loan funded by the Ella McKee Foundation through First National Bank.
Ella McKee was a Fayette Countian who chose to bequeath a large sum of money to establish an ongoing program whereby qualified young people could obtain a post-high-school education.
The First National Bank of Vandalia was named trustee to create the Ella G. McKee Foundation to invest and reinvest the assets, and disburse the income “solely for educational purposes and no other.”

The Fayette County Retired Teachers Association is offering a scholarship to a student who will be a senior in 2011-12 and is attending an Illinois college.
To be eligible, students must:
• Be an education major.
• Be a graduate of a Fayette County high school.
• Fill out an application.
• Include an essay with their application.
The deadline to apply for the scholarship is April 20.
To apply, contact Billyanna Dugan, president of the group, at 317 W. Randolph St., Vandalia; phone, 283-0642.

Brownstown Elementary
Third Quarter
Honor Roll
High Honors
FOURTH GRADE
Kyzara Hissong.
FIFTH GRADE
Stephen Berg, Zachary Logsdon and Dakota White.
SIXTH GRADE
Elissa Baron, Elizabeth Biggs, Jacob Bloemker, Chloe Carson, Laura Gurtner, Kayla Haslett and Colton Payne.

Honors
FOURTH GRADE
Emmett Chandler, Lane Himes, Amber Sarchet and Lane Thompson.
FIFTH GRADE
Evyn Barker, Sierra Orechovesky and Makenzie Parkison.
SIXTH GRADE

Vandalia Community High School last Friday presented a play titled "A-Haunting We Will Go." The two-act play included a cast of  about 20 students. In the first photo, Chelsey Stewart gestures while Stephanie Boas, left, Ellie Ehrat, center, and Olivia Bowen look on. In the second photo, Ehrat reads while Tanner Opfer watches. The play was directed by Melissa Dreas and Marissa Dunn.