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showed Katie was at fault, information that made nothing easier for the devastated family and friends of the popular and active teens. Through the Lake Highlands Wildcat Club, the Katie Finley Scholarship offers thousands of dollars toward college tuition each year to one LHHS student.

Mike Oglesby was a longtime member and past president of the Lake Highlands Exchange Club. He and wife Jeanenne started a scholarship in memory of their son, Jason, who accidentally drowned in a swimming pool. After Mike died in 2013 from Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Jeanenne added a scholarship to commemorate her husband.

The 1st Lt. Jeffrey Titus Memorial Scholarship honors the memory of LHHS graduate Jeffrey Johnson who was killed in a car wreck.

Susan Kane provides an award in memory of her husband Jeff Kane, former principal of Forest Meadow Junior High.

Joan and Alan Walne donate a generous annual scholarship in memory of Alan’s parents Frances and Herb Walne.

Bob Potts, longtime Exchange Club member and proprietor of Potts and Associates and The Store Decor Company, donates thousands of dollars worth of scholarships each year in memory of his first wife Data Jo Potts, who died in 1995 of lung cancer.

Other notable scholarship contributors include Sally and Jim Nation, Cheri and Eric Luck and Wade Smith, an LHHS graduate who became a successful professional football player.

LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS should talk to an academic counselor about available scholarships — it is impossible to list them all here. Lake Highlands Exchange Club member Don Lee notes that there is an abundance of college money available for students and that “the biggest challenge is getting them to apply.” The Exchange Club and the Lake Highlands Women’s League raise funds throughout the year and give away hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships to LHHS graduates, in addition to overseeing several memorial scholarships. In 2014, the Women’s League presented 33 scholarships, and the Exchange Club awarded 50. Learn more at lhwl.org and lhexchangeclub. org. For information about 2015 awardees, visit lakehighlands.advocatemag.com and search “scholarships.”