Scholarship honors the late Margery Magill
The Yuba River Endowment made a $5,000 donation to the scholarship fund in honor of the late Margery Magill on Wednesday.
Magill, a Yuba-sutter native who graduated from Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts and travelled the world, was killed while walking a dog in Washington, D.C., in August 2019.
The first round of awards from the Margery Magill Memorial Scholarship were given to seven people last year, said Jeff Magill, Margery’s father.
“It keeps her name out there,” Jeff Magill said. “It’s been something she would have been excited about doing.”
He said since Margery died, people have been interested in finding ways to help and some were interested in donating toward a scholarship.
“It gave an avenue for people
still a few months away from seeing herd immunity. It will require many more community members to get vaccinated before the goal is reached, he said. Progress is being made, however, and the region is heading in the right direction.
“Like we’ve been experiencing
the last year, this is about phased reopening, which is safer than all at once,” Brown said. “Just this week the state announced that by April 1 it plans to allow outdoor live events (with certain guidance) within each tier. With more vaccination administration and the consistent building up of herd immunity, we will see more openings with less restrictions.”
A total of 1,044 Yuba-sutter residents received their second dose on Wednesday during a county-sponsored clinic. Another 1,185 residents are registered to receive their first dose at this weekend’s countysponsored clinic.
“All slots have been filled, and currently the clinic is taking registrations for a waitlist,”