Uniform sale nets $1,100 for EVSD

The East Valley School District held a huge sale of its old uniforms at Mountain View and East Valley middle schools on Aug. 26 – selling off sweatshirts, track suits, baseball uniforms and more.

“It was a great sale,” said activities director Joe Kostecka.

He said they sold about 1,100 items and made about $1,100, which will go toward new green and white uniforms sporting the Knights mascot. The district is moving toward K-8 schools and has closed Mountain View Middle School and changed the mascots at every school in the district to the Knights.

“We do have football jerseys left that we’re going to sell at our first football game,” Kostecka said Thursday.

He said the community turned out in force to buy the uniforms – some youth sports groups turned out and he sold boxes of uniforms to them at a discounted rate.

Scholarship winners

Inland Northwest Community Foundation recently awarded scholarships to area students.

Local students who received funds include: from Central Valley High School, Jesse Rennaker, the East Spokane Kiwanis Scholarship of $1,272, and Mariah Hanley, the Ren H. Rice Scholarship of $3,000; from East Valley High School, Sarah Peterson, the East Spokane Kiwanis Scholarship of $1,272, Brian Coyne, the Kuehnle Family Scholarship of $900, Hope Wagner, the Kuehnle Family Scholarship of $900, Hunter Bonawitz, the Kuehnle Family Scholarship of $450, Melissa Kersh, the Kuehnle Family Scholarship of $900, Hope Wagner, the Lucille I. Hudon Scholarship of $3,000, and Haley Orwick, the Wilson Farm-Mondovi Grange Scholarship of $900; from Freeman High School, Collin Deel, the Ren H. Rice Scholarship of $10,000, and Evan Magers, the Wilson Farm-Mondovi Grange Scholarship of $1,800; from Liberty High School, Jeana Baker, the Joe and June Fulton Liberty High School Scholarship of $1,000, Joanna Ingerski, the Joe and June Fulton Liberty High School Scholarship of $1,000, and Sarah Jones, the Joe and June Fulton Liberty High School Scholarship of $1,000; from West Valley High School, Kelly Hansen, the East Spokane Kiwanis Scholarship of $1,272.

The foundation manages 306 funds in 10 Eastern Washington and 10 North Idaho counties and has awarded $38 million in grants and scholarships since 1974.