Riverdale High School - Rambler Yearbook (Port Byron, IL)

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Chris Casillas Kathy Clouse Jim Cox Nick Da vis Chris Day Sandy DeBlieck Brian DeDecker Dena Delxleve Todd DeWilf0nd Pegg Dhoog BJ Elde Staci Fidla

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4 BUCKS F OR COLLEGE H Q er . The financial aid seminar helps the college bound student and their parents leam about opportunities to help pay the rising cost of college tuition. This year's seminar took place in the R.l1.S. library on the evening of February second. Black Hawk 's financial aid advisor, Mr. Sprenkle, came to speak and offer advice on the subject. Responsible for this helpful program was Riverdale's own counseler, Mrs. Ragston. Mrs. Ragston was very pleased with this year's tumout. Approximately forty people were at this year's seminar. Other years have shown a crowd of five. She feels the reason for this year's big tumout, was due to two reasons. The first was because of the bad economic conditions the Quad Cities faced this year. This included many big industry plant closings, the basis of our economy. The other reason was a major change in the loan structure. Mr. Sprenkle thoroughly explained the new fonn that must be filled out. Mrs. Ragston also expressed that the new fonn is going to make it harder for students without a strong need to receive aid andfor get a Ioan. Whatever the problems, the seminar helped the students and their parents' wallets. We hope this advice is available to future students. We 21

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