o TRAVIS WARNER, Staples, student at Jamestown College in North Dakota, is participating in the Jamestown College Concert Choir's annual nine-state tour.

o SCOT NURNBERGER, Motley, was placed on the 2008- 2009 fall semester dean's list at Upper Iowa University. Scot, a 1978 graduate of Staples High School, recently received his Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration.