Officials with the Trevor Frederickson Foundation have announced applications are currently being accepted for the 7th Annual Trevor Frederickson Memorial Scholarship. Applications may be obtained from the Atlantic High School Guidance Office at 1201 E 14th Street or the Atlantic High School website: www.atlanticschools.org

Two $750 scholarships are available to those graduating from Atlantic High School in the spring of 2016. Applicants must plan to attend a college or vocational school, show involvement in school and/or community activities, supply a copy of their college acceptance letter, provide two letters of reference along with their 7 semester transcripts, and maintain academic achievement of 2.5 or better. The scholarships will be awarded at the Atlantic High School Class Night held in May.

Trevor Frederickson

Trevor Frederickson graduated from Atlantic High School in 2006. He went on to further his education at Southwestern Community College in Creston where he studied automotive mechanics and played baseball for the Southwestern Spartans. Two additional $750 scholarships will be available for Southwestern Community College Students this fall.

Trevor, who passed away in 2009 had plans of pursuing a career in law enforcement and returning to his hometown of Atlantic. Fund for the scholarships are raised at our annual golf tournament. Plans are already in the works for the 8th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament to be held on Saturday, August 13, 2016. Organizers look forward to another successful tournament so they can continue to grant scholarships for many years to come.

WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) – The school board in Waukee wants high school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The Des Moines Register reports that the board told staffers Monday to have the students say the pledge at least once a week. A parent had asked the board earlier this month why students stopped saying the pledge when they reached 10th grade.

The Waukee district elementary students say the pledge daily, and students in eighth and ninth grades recite it on Mondays.  Superintendent Dave Wilkerson says he’ll meet with administrators to discuss best practices and options, so it could be a few weeks before the 10th-, 11th- and 12th-graders are asked to say the pledge.

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report a traffic stop Monday afternoon near the intersection of Highway 34 and Quince Avenue, resulted in the arrest of 29-year old Nicholas Richard Young, from Corning. Young was taken into custody for Driving While Suspended. His bond was set at $300.

Police in Red Oak report two arrests on Monday. Just before 9-p.m., officers arrested 57-year old Darwin Eugene Schurr, of Red Oak, on an active Montgomery County warrant for Violation of a No Contact Order. Schurr was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail, pending an appearance before the magistrate.

And, at around 2:15-p.m., 61-year old David Harry James, of Ankeny, was arrested in Red Oak for OWI. James was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond.