SHHS senior Robert Rice will head off to Oregon State University next fall with an extra $7,050 to be used toward a degree in engineering thanks to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Rice won the local and district elks scholarships and then earned another $4,000 over four years at the state level during a ceremony held February 15 in Enterprise.
Harlan Smith, youth chair of the Sweet Home Elks Lodge, explained that as…