Congratulations to Marie Sandstrom*, winner of the 2016 Clambake Society Scholarship!

Once again, the patterns in applications were hard to ignore. All but one person chose Column B, no one took the easy option of comparing and contrasting “Fargo vs Fargo“, and a reader could be left with the distinct impression that haiku is an ancient Japanese art of describing sporting events. Several of the applications were very good, but Marie’s stood out above all the rest. All her answers were excellent, and painted a clear picture of someone both intriguing and full of intrigue. Marie, here’s hoping your answers to the last two questions don’t come true, because both Rhinelander and your country need you.

Thanks again to everybody!

Yes, this post was backdated, but backdated from when? The mystery shall never be revealed!
* Many apologies, we had the name wrong on this site for months. Our internal winner announcement went out with “Maria” on it, and we made the mistake of copying from that email rather than going back to the source. Congratulations, MARIE!

Congratulations to Jake and Polly Mangerson, winners of the big $3500 vacation package in the Clambake Society Scholarship 2015-2016 fundraising raffle!

In the public drawing held last night in front of a small group at The Haven in Rhinelander, Jake and Polly’s ticket was selected first, followed by AJ Johnson and Steve Richardson. Jake and Polly receive the grand prize, while AJ and Steve will respectively receive the 2nd and 3rd prize autographed photos.

We could hardly be more thrilled by the public response, and we can’t thank you all enough for your part in helping us give back to the Rhinelander community! Now, on to the process of making our 10th annual scholarship selection. Tenth annual! Eleventh winner, because in 2012 we gave out two!

Thanks again, everybody!

The Clambake Society Scholarship will be raising funds to provide scholarships to graduates of Rhinelander High School. Buy a raffle ticket now for only $100 and have a chance at winning the grand prize of a luxury vacation. No more than one hundred raffle tickets will be sold.

Grand Prize * – Winner will choose one vacation package for two to either:

1) Six days, five nights at the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Round trip air fare, airport transfer included.

2) Seven day cruise on the Norwegian Spirit. Round trip air fare to Orlando; Port of Orlando departure and arrival. Balcony room for two. Stops are Nassau Bahamas, St. Thomas and St. Maarten.

3) Ski Vacation in Vail, Colorado at the Austria Haus. Includes round trip air fare and rental car.

Winner will work with Escape With Us Vacations to coordinate planning of trip. Estimated value of trip is $3,500.

Other prizes awarded will include **:
1) Autographed 8″ x 10″ print of Minnesota Twins retired player, coach, and Spanish broadcaster Tony Oliva. Courtesy of the Minnesota Twins.
2) Autographed 8″ x 10″ photograph of Minnesota Vikings receiver and guaranteed*** all-time kickoff return record-holder Cordarrelle Patterson. Courtesy of the Minnesota Vikings.

The raffle drawing will take place on Saturday, March 5****, 2016, at 6:00pm at The Haven in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. You do not need to be present to win. For information on how to purchase tickets, e-mail The Clambake Society Scholarship at fundraiser@clambakesociety.org.

Wisconsin Raffle Licence: R0034312A-14165

* Winner will work with Escape With Us Vacations to coordinate planning of trip. Form of the award is a travel voucher for $3500; the above trips are examples of trips offered by Escape With Us vacations and are subject to availability. Prices of trips can fluctuate depending on time if year, number of people traveling, and advanced booking. The Clambake Society Scholarship guarantees a travel award value of $3500.
** For anyone wondering why a scholarship for Rhinelander students is giving away merchandise from Minnesota sports teams and not Wisconsin ones, there’s a great, long, convoluted reason for it. Come to any of our public events and we’d love to explain it in person. We effusively thank the Vikings and Twins organizations for their generous donations.
*** Unless the NFL ever makes the field longer or the end zones deeper.
**** UPDATE: This page, and the tickets, originally read “Saturday, March 6th”, which isn’t a real thing. For anyone who wants to attend the drawing, we’re also contacting ticketholders by phone and/or email. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.

Congratulations to Ashley Bredeson, the 2014 recipient of the Clambake Society Scholarship! Of all the applicants who inexplicably mentioned Miley Cyrus, her Miley Cyrus reference was the best! Seriously, her winning application showed an impressive dramatic flair and we had a feeling that if we picked her, she would pretend to be named Amber at the awards ceremony. And we were not disappointed! Congratulations, Ashley, and good luck.