The Wolf Point Elks Lodge #1764 is again participating in the Elks National Foundation Elks Most Valuable Student scholarship contest. Current seniors in high school (Wolf Point, Poplar, Frazer, Brockton and Lustre) are eligible to apply through the local lodge. The MVS scholarship is available to high school seniors who are United States citizens. Applicants do not need to be related to a member

The Optimist Club is sponsoring a contest at Northside School to see which grade can collect the most aluminum cans. Since proceeds will be used to purchase books for the school’s library, all grades will ultimately be winners. One fifth-grader, Wyatt Weyrauch, brought in many bags of cans in for the contest. Community members can drop cans off at Northside to benefit the project as well. (Submitted

Dennis Nelson, this year’s Wolf Point Optimist of the Year, finds volunteer community service work to be very rewarding. “It keeps me out of trouble for one thing. It’s fun,” Nelson said. “Overall, it’s all to help the kids.” One of the projects that Nelson is very active with is transporting smashed cans to Sidney in order to have them be recycled. “The Optimist Club gets