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    2016 Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship winners Holly Waggoner (left) and Rose Guttman pose with Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng at Mercer Island Congregational Church on May 21.
    President Obama’s sister presents Dunham scholarships to two...
    By Clare Meeker • May 31, 2016 4:47 pm

    Holly Waggoner and Rose Guttman were awarded $5,000 college scholarships at the seventh annual Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship Award Ceremony on May 21.

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    By Clare Meeker • January 12, 2016 3:04 pm

    Apply by Feb. 29 for scholarship named after President Barack Obama’s mother.

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    Two receive Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarships
    By Clare Meeker • May 26, 2015 3:28 pm

    Naomi Moore and Adrienne Suhm were awarded $5,000 college scholarships.

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    Dunham scholars to be honored at UW
    Dunham scholars to be honored at UW
    By Clare Meeker • April 7, 2015 2:19 pm

    May 1 will be an evening of learning and celebrating MIHS women.

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    Two Mercer Islanders receive Dunham Scholarship
    By Clare Meeker • April 29, 2013 7:52 pm

    Two outstanding Mercer Island High School seniors were awarded $5,000 college scholarships at the fourth annual Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship Award Ceremony on April 20.

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    Elephants, education and conservation all important | Island Forum
    Elephants, education and conservation all important | Island...
    By Clare Meeker • January 22, 2013 5:41 pm

    I was disappointed to read Danny Westneat’s recent article in The Seattle Times, “Elephant ‘extremists’ in Seattle now feeling vindicated,” in which he declared that “Keeping elephants in captivity clearly isn’t working.”

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