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Massac County Home and Community Education Association president and scholarship committee member Norma Korte presents the HCE and Massac County Extension Facilities, Inc., scholarships Thursday, April 24, during the 2025Academic Ceremony. Recipients are Wilson Hawes, Ethan Goines and (not pictured) Macey Swinford, all of Massac County High School.
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Massac County Home and Community Education Association president and scholarship committee member Norma Korte presents the HCE and Massac County Extension Facilities, Inc., scholarships Thursday, April 24, during the 2025Academic Ceremony. Recipients are Wilson Hawes, Ethan Goines and (not pictured) Macey Swinford, all of Massac County High School.
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The Massac County Home and Community Education Association and Massac County Extension Facilities, Inc., awarded three $500 scholarships during the 2025 Academic Awards Ceremony held Thursday, April 24. HCE president and scholarship committee member Norma Korte made the presentation.
Recipients are Wilson Hawes, Ethan Goines and Macey Swinford, all Massac County High School seniors.
The scholarship program is open to students in Massac County who plan to pursue studies in home and community education, environmental sciences or agriculture.
Goines is the son of Jason and Lynn Goines of Metropolis. He has been involved in soccer, basketball, Key Club, math team, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and National Honor Society. He is an Illinois State Scholar. He has volunteered at COPE Food Pantry and the Fort Massac Encampment. He is active with the St. Paul Lutheran Church youth group. Goines plans to attend the University of Kentucky Paducah Campus, Pigman College of Engineering.
Hawes is the son of Doug and Becky Hawes of Metropolis. He has been active on the golf team, math team, Beta Club and MCHS Student Council. He has been an active member of the youth group of Lutheran Church of the Cross. He has also worked at mowing yards, house sitting in the community and has work in a medical clinic. As a child, he suffered with asthma and complications through the years. That experience gave him the incentive to pursue an interest in being a surgeon. He plans to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Swinford is the daughter of Brandie and Jeff Stafford of Belknap. Active in the FFA, she earned the Illinois FFA State Degree. She has also been active in National Honor Society and is a teen leader with the UofI 4-H program. She has held two jobs and volunteered at the public library, Farm Bureau, COPE Food Pantry and the Massac County Youth Fair. Swinford plans to attend Shawnee Community College and pursue a career in the nursing field.
The Massac County Home and Community Education Association and Massac County Extension Facilities, Inc., work together to provide scholarships for the students in Massac County who plan to pursue studies in home and community education, environmental sciences or agriculture.
The Massac County HCE Association was established in 1947 as the Massac County Home Bureau. Over its 75-year history, the non-profit organization’s driving goal has been to support local charities and community members.
Ella Mae Main, a longtime HCE member, helped establish the high school scholarship program in 1990 for seniors in Massac County schools. This program has continued to support students who are pursuing post-secondary education in the areas of home and community education, family studies, environmental sciences and agricultural careers.
Over the past 34 years, Massac County HCE has given over 125 scholarships. The funding is generated from community support through program donations, memorials and, in recent years, the Massac County Extension Facilities, Inc. With the help of these scholarships, students have become school educators, farmers, nurses, seed dealers, professors, doctors, veterinarians, pharmacists, physical therapists, pastors, police officers, firefighters and more. Several have returned to the Massac County community and given back to the program.
Massac County Extension Facilities Inc. is a local non-profit organization that supports the University of Illinois Extension Service office. University of Illinois Extension provides numerous educational programs that address the following key areas: 4-H youth development; food and nutrition; economic and community development; environment, energy, and sustainability; agriculture production; natural resources and horticulture.
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