Rian Sommerfield congratulates Joshua Alvarado on receiving this year's $5,000 J. Fletcher and Anne A. Elliott Educational Scholarship. Courtesy photo.

KELSEYVILLE – This year’s recipient of the J. Fletcher and Anne A. Elliott Educational Scholarship awarded last week at Kelseyville High School is senior Joshua Alvarado.

This year’s award is $5,000.

Alvarado has a high grade point average while being active in athletics, Jazz Ensemble, K-Corps and community service.

He is attending the University of California Santa Cruz in the fall in order to pursue a medical career.

Regarding the benefit of this scholarship, Alvarado says that “everyone needs a little push to achieve their dreams, both emotionally and financially. This scholarship really helps.”

The J. Fletcher and Anne A. Elliott Educational Scholarship was established in 2005 in the memory of J. Fletcher Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott moved to Kelseyville in 1977 to retire and build their future home as Kelseyville offered what they had been seeking.

Unfortunately, Mr. Elliott passed away shortly after moving to town. Anne, his wife, said, “He loved children and was always interested in their future and encouraged them to continue their education beyond high school graduation.”

Anne Elliott can think of no better way to honor his memory than to establish a college scholarship to be awarded annually to a student of Kelseyville High School.

The Donor Advised Fund established by Anne with the help of Rian Sommerfield at Nestegg Investment Consulting is expected to fund future scholarships for thirty more years in memory of her husband.