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Published: 06 August 2018 06 August 2018

july 2018 rotary scholarships rsL to R: Gabriela O'Keefe, Marley Williams, and Peter Falley,
treasurer of the Silver City Rotary Foundation who made the presentation.
At its meeting on July 24, the Rotary Club of Silver City honored Gabriela O'Keefe and Marley A. Williams, who each received a $1,500 college scholarship from the club. Gabriela, who graduated from Silver High School, will be attending the University of New Mexico, and Marley, a graduate of Cliff High School, will attend the University of Arizona.

The 2018 Rotary scholarship competition was a highly competitive event. Gabriela and Marley won out over a significant number of other applicants from Cobre, Silver, Cliff and Aldo Leopold high schools. The scholarship competition is an annual event. Applications for 2019 scholarships will become available later this year.

Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Rotary is the world's oldest and largest service organization, with more than 1.2 million members in more than168 countries. Since its founding in 1923, the Silver City Rotary Club has provided support and service to numerous non-profit organizations and civic causes in Silver City and Grant County as well as supporting and participating in humanitarian projects sponsored by Rotary International.