At halftime of the September 13 Lisbon- Columbus Junction football game, the Lisbon Community School District Foundation Dollars for Scholars had presentations for receiving a donation from the Howard and Phyllis Ciha Trust and presented five Honorary Foundation Membership plaques.

Presenting the Foundation with a $154,805.67 Ciha Trust check was Gary Ciha.

Howard and Phyllis were life-long farmers south of Lisbon. Howard was a 1944 graduate of Lisbon High School, and an honorary foundation board member.

Their donation will help fund future Foundation scholarships for graduating Lisbon senior students.

Five retired Foundation board members were presented plaques. These five members volunteered thousands of hours together and were key in the success for establishing and awarding 911 scholarships totaling $518,645 to graduating Lisbon Seniors since 1986, when the first scholarships were presented.

They joined a current group of nine honorary board members that include: Marion Louise Pike, Howard Ciha, Pete Greiner, Ann Opatz, Linda Noll, Julann Clark, Tammy Bohr, Connie Hasek and Jim Jensen.

The Foundation gave a special recognition to Mike Jones and his family, and all their friends and loved ones that gave to the Val Jones Memorial – Val’s memorial donation to the Foundation will help fundover $3,200 for future Foundation scholarships.

Current LCSDF DFS Board Members are Sean Miller, Ed Dougherty, Tracy Bergmann, Sarah Clough, Andrea Hasselbusch, Melissa Kahl, Joe Kilburg, Christina Meierotto (New 2024 Members: Niki Davis, Payton Donohoe, Todd Nelson & Phil Whitman.

The Lisbon Foundation (lcsdfoundation@ lisbon.k12.ia.us) works with families, businesses, community and school organizations to help establish and fund scholarships.

Donations can be made On-Line: Lisbon School Website https://www.lisbon.k12.ia.us/or on the LCSD FOUNDATION WEBSITE = https://lisboniowa.dollarsforscholars.org/