The Kuyahoora Rotary Club awarded $6,000 in scholarships to 2015 graduates from two area high schools based on their competitive essays. Hannah Leshinski of West Canada Valley Central School and Andrea Coleman of Poland High School won the Kenneth Young Effort Award. Both plan to pursue nursing degrees. Matthew Zbytniewski of West Canada Valley Central School and Amber Gates of Poland High School won the Richard Rasch Service Award for their volunteer work in the community. Zbytniewski will study cyber security at the college level. Gates plans to pursue a degree in zoology. Academic Awards were presented to David Kutsar of West Canada Valley Central School and Jarred Kraszewski of Poland High School. Kutsar will start a six year program of pharmacy at the Albany School of Pharmacy. Kraszewski will study marketing and information management at the college level. From left, Kraszewski, Coleman, Kutsar, Gates, Zbytniewski and Leshinski.