FINANCIAL GIFT TO BENEFIT CRISP CENTER

Gaylon Lawrence Sr. of Sikeston, Mo., and Clinton Futrell, president of First National Bank of Malden, Dexter and Clarkton, Mo., have donated $250,000 in checks and pledges to the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation's capital campaign.

Southeast President Ken Dobbins said the gifts will allow the foundation to match dollar-for-dollar the money raised this month at a fund-raising dinner for the Crisp Bootheel Education Center in Malden. In addition, a room will be named for Lawrence when the education center is expanded. Additional classrooms will be built in the expansion.

The fund provides $6,000 in scholarships annually for students at the Bootheel Center.