School news
Valedictorian
Collin Hamman has taken a job with Outside Media, in Columbia Falls. He graduated as class valedictorian from the Northwest College of Art, in Poulsbo, Wash., with a double major in fine art and visual communications. He is a 2008 graduate from Flathead High School, and his parents live in Columbia Falls.
Journalism scholarship
Heather Jurva, a 2007 graduate of Columbia Falls High School, was recently awarded a $400 Melvin and Myrtle Lord Scholarship from the University of Montana School of Journalism. Jurva is a senior majoring in journalism.