At the May 21, 2009, Tug Valley Mining Institute (TVMI) dinner meeting, the six 2009 scholarship recipients were named. The two top $6,000 scholarship awards went to Dakota Farley from Belfry High School and Issac Picklesimer from Williamson High School. Four $750 scholarship awards went to John Vance, Man High School; Chelsea Phillips, Tug Valley High School; John Brice, Burch High School; and, Erica Hatfield, Williamson High School. Congratulations to each.
Lt. General Robert H. Foglesong provided an inspirational speech directed toward the scholars regarding the educational journey they are starting and encouraged the scholars to invest in themselves now with education so they could be the leaders and decision makers of tomorrow. Hi-Tech Construction sponsored the meeting and has been a long time supporter of the scholarship program.