Grand Valley Power names scholarship winners and youth program participants

Grand Valley Power announced seven winners of annual college scholarships as well as three high school students selected to participate in youth leadership programs in Colorado and Washington, D.C.

Madison Hawkins, a graduating senior from Fruita Monument High School, received the Jack Broughton-Colorado Mesa University Scholarship of $2,000, which is renewable up to four years for a total of $8,000. Grand Valley Power Scholarships worth $1,500 each were awarded to Anna Stone Ewing and Fernando Guitierrez from Grand Junction High School, Colton Eckardt from Caprock Academy, Tiyala Holton from Central High School, Lilly Preston from Palisade High School and Marisa Martinez from Regis University.

Sydney Maurer from Palisade High School and Alana Wade from Grand Junction High School received all-expenses-paid trips to the Cooperative Leadership Camp in Clark. Lilliana Davis from Central High School received an all-expenses-paid trip to the Washington, D.C., Youth Tour.

A Grand Junction-based electric cooperative, Grand Valley Power serves 19,000 meters in Mesa County and surrounding areas. For more information, visit www.gvp.org.