We are pleased to announce two of our annual scholarship winners.
Jordan Rowe is the 2017 recipient of the Al Sandoval Memorial Scholarship. The Sandoval scholarship is a competitive essay contest, and this year’s topic prompted applicants to write about the impacts that Presidential Executive Orders can have on unions and the labor movement.
Sandoval Scholarship winner Jordan Rowe, with her parents and Local 1245 President Art Freitas
“Executive orders enable the president to act solely on large policy changes, making them extremely controversial,” Jordan wrote in her essay. “While the president is able to effect great change at ease through executive orders, their ideas may not always coincide with the cumulative thoughts of the nation as a whole. The president has the power to pass executive orders that would drastically change our labor force as we know it, and it would be a large adjustment for everyone.”
Read Jordan’s full essay here.
Jordan’s father, Nate, is an IBEW 1245 member working for PG&E out of Santa Rosa. Jordan will be attending California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo this fall, and plans to major in Wine and Vitaculture. The Rowes also have another daughter in college at UC Davis.
Survivor’s Scholarship winner Allan Hambly, with his parents and Local 1245 President Art Freitas
Allan Hambly is the 2017 recipient of IBEW 1245’s new Survivor’s Scholarship. This scholarship is specifically for surviving children, grandchildren or spouses of an IBEW 1245 member or retiree club member who was in good standing at the time of their death. Allan’s maternal grandfather was an IBEW 1245 member working at the City of Healdsburg when he lost his life in the line of duty. Allan’s father, David, is also a Local 1245 member in Healdsburg. The Hambly family will have three children in college simultaneously, and they greatly appreciate the financial assistance for Alan’s tuition.
Allan’s grandfather, Rick Salvadori, worked for the City of Healdsburg. Photo courtesy of Shawn Sumpter
Allan has been accepted at the CSU Maritime Academy in Vallejo, where he intends to major in Marine Engineering Technology, and will be housed on a training ship during his freshman year. He told the Advisory Council that he hopes to one day have the opportunity to join Local 1245, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. Read Allan’s essay here.
A heartfelt congrats to Jordan and Allan! The winners of the two other scholarships were unable to attend the April Advisory Council meeting, and will be recognized at the next meeting in July in Reno.