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scholarships.
“We made scholarships the corner-
stone of Festival of Flavors,” Unter- reiner said.
Scholarships help bridge the gap of unmet needs for FVCC students — Unterreiner said there’s about $6 mil- lion in needs for the student body, typ- ically covered with loans — but they also motivate students to keep with their studies. Unterreiner said stu- dents receiving scholarships are com- pleting or returning to school at a rate of 79 percent, compared to 55 percent in students not receiving scholarships.
By providing a quarter of the cash needed to keep these scholarships a oat, Festival of Flavors’ growth has allowed the college to get creative with targeted scholarships, aimed at spe- ci c populations such as the Running Start program for high school stu- dents or the Transformation Scholar- ship, worth $10,000.
“That’s because of the festival,” Unterreiner said.
The deadline to apply for spring scholarships is Nov. 1, and the dead- line for next fall’s scholarships is Feb. 15. Those interested can view more information online or at the nancial aid o ce.
The nine-day event starting Sept. 16 kicks o with a Brew-B-Q pre- pared by rst-year culinary students with a variety of seafood, meats, sal- ads and homemade ice cream paired with microbrews and South American wines. Tickets are $50.
Chelsea Arnold, right, and Curt Zygmond explain a dessert to FVCC culinary student Janice LaPierre, left, as she samples food during a plating of the pop- up restaurant On Fire. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
Throughout the following week, there will be four-course dinners and wine pairings at homes and restau- rants throughout the valley, at a cost of $100 per person. It all culminates in the Grand Wine Tasting and Rally for Student Scholarships at the Hilton Garden Inn on Sept. 24.
In her nal year of the culinary pro- gram, LaPierre is busy with the cap- stone project of creating and running a real restaurant with her student peers. And with every lesson, each new tech- nique, LaPierre is preparing to open that soup food truck she’s been dream- ing about for 15 years.
“I’m here, and everything I’m learn- ing I’m thinking of my food truck,” she said. “This is the (education) I need to open my business.”
For more information on Festival of Flavors, including menus and sched- ules, visit www.fvcc.edu/festival or call 406-752-3632.
mpriddy@ atheadbeacon.com
THE MARQUEE
WHAT TO READ, SEE AND APPRECIATE
POETRY & PROSE INSPIRED BY THE FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST
Has the Jewel Basin ever moved you to verse? Has the Bob Marshall Wilderness ever inspired creative genius? What about the White sh Range — have you ever come home from a day in the mountains and put pen to paper?
Share your written
word, or, if you’re not the
writing kind, grab a beer
and listen to your neigh-
bor’s prose, on Sept. 15 at
5:30 p.m. at Bonsai Brewing Project in White sh.
BEACON FILE PHOTO
Hosted by the Montana Wilderness Association, the public event is a time for community members to raise their voices in celebration of their backyard wild lands before the Flathead National Forest revisits its land management plan.
Have a gallery opening? Just published a new book or album? If you would like to be featured in the “Marquee,” email information to news@ atheadbeacon.com
ON SEPTEMBER 19, TWO BOND MEASURES GO TO VOTERS.
The Elementary District bond
• Addresses overcrowded classrooms and schools • Maintains and upgrades aging buildings
Left: A reading instruction occurs in the hallway at Edgerton due to overcrowded classrooms.
These are your schools:
BALLOTS ARE DUE BACK BY OCTOBER 4.
The High School District bond
• Addesses aging buildings and inadequate learning environments
• Safety and security issues • Updates at all facilities
Right: Updates to Flathead High School are in areas original to the building and necessary to meet current codes.
PROUD TO SERVE:
Somers-Lakeside, Creston, Evergreen, Kila, Marion, Helena Flats, Smith Valley, Pleasant Valley, Olney-Bissell, Cayuse-Prairie, FairMont Egan, West Valley, Deer Park
For more information on both bonds visit us at sd5.k12.mt.us or
/KalispellPublicSchools
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Russell Peterson Hedges Elrod Edgerton
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Kalispell Middle School
HIGH SCHOOLS
H.E. Robinson Agriculture Ed. Center Linderman Education Center Flathead High School Glacier High School
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