With a gift of $100,000, Dr. Tom and Janis Joslyn have established an education fund with the Clear Lake Community Schools Foundation, Inc., to make annual scholarships available to local graduating seniors.
    In May, the first two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to students whose applications will be considered by the Board of the Foundation.  It is anticipated the fund will grow over time and be used to fund multiple scholarships in the future.
    As Dr. Joslyn indicated in his letter to the Foundation, his family has a long history with the Clear Lake Schools.  Both Tom and his father, Dr. Albert Joslyn, served on the School Board.  His mother, Adelaide, was a home economics teacher in Clear Lake.  Members of the Joslyn family who have attended the Clear Lake schools from kindergarten through graduation include Tom, his brother Harper, his sisters Kathryn Gambell and Alberta Randall, sons Tom, Paul and Jim Joslyn, daughter Jane Joslyn Gruis, and grandsons Michael and Thomas Gruis.  All have attended or are in college.
    “We are grateful to the Clear Lake schools for the wonderful education we received,” wrote Dr. Joslyn.
    Criteria for the annual scholarship includes graduation from Clear Lake High School, with attendance for at least three consecutive years, 2.0 or above grade point average,  participation in one or more extra-curricular activities or employment outside of school, enrollment in post-secondary college, university, or trade school, financial need, and evidence of good character and study habits.  It is the Joslyns’ desire that students with a 2.0 GPA to a 3.0 GPA will apply and are encouraged to apply for these scholarships.  The application deadline is April 1, 2008.  Application forms are available in the high school counseling office.
    Attorney Doug Grabinski, Class of ’65 and current Foundation Board President, stated “Hopefully this generous gift from the Joslyns will encourage other individuals or groups to make gifts or bequests to the Foundation which will assist graduating seniors to further their education.”
    Speaking as a member of the Board of the Clear Lake Community Schools Foundation, Inc., Pat Larsen Schultz, Class of ’61 and 29-year Language Arts instructor at CLHS, responded, “Tom and Janis Joslyn’s commitment to the education of Clear Lake students is exactly what the Foundation was created to support.  The Education Fund they have established will be a perpetual source to help us ensure local students are able continue their educations.  This is one of the greatest gifts it is possible to give to one’s community.”
    For further information about the scholarships and programs administered by the Foundation, interested persons should contact Grabinski, at 357-2992.  
    According to Grabinski, the goals of the Foundation are to provide scholarship assistance for all eligible graduating seniors and to provide financial support for school district programs.
    Members of the Foundation Board are Doug Grabinski, Pat Larsen Schultz, Lynne Scribbins, Bill Kennedy, Brad Price, Tom Lovell, Mike Grandon, Jack MacDonald, Mick Minette, Kay Turek, and Renee Ritter.