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Ala# 16M, 1997
LULAC gives scholarships
to eight Denton seniors -
By Diane Hazel `0
5{aff W'ritrr W. .J
Eight graduating seniors
from Denton and Ryan high Sri
schools went home Wednesday
# night a little closer to achieving
i their dreams of a college educa-
tion.
The League of United Latin Arrlazola
American Citizens Denton Barillas !
Council #4366 awarded $5,000
in scholarships to the students.
The awards ranged from $500 3
to $1.000. The ceremony, at the A
Martin Luther King Center in- ^'
1 eluded a keynote address from
1 Dr. Lisa Garza, an assistant
professor at Texas Woman's .-
University. Ms. Garza spoke of �
her personal principle that, "an
education is one of the most Guzman Hinojosa
important goals for anyone to
achieve."
The competition for the
7
scholarships was stiff,said Glo-
ria Contreras, who served onOW
,. `4
the Education Committee. "Ac-
ademics and grade point aver-
age was our first criteria," she '.
said.
Scholarship recipients and A
their chosen universities are: Jimenez Lopez
Sabrina Arriazola, North Cen-
tral Texas College; Rosalba Ba-
rillas, Texas Woman's Univer-
sity; Ivette Guzman, Our Lady
Of the Lake University; Ricardo
Hinojosa. University of North
Texas; Kristina Jimenez, Texas
Woman's University; Sashenka
Lopez, Southwestern Universi-
ty; Ricardo Macias, University
of North Texas; and Stephanie
Terry, Baylor University. Macias Terry