On the weekend, Volyn Governor Volodymyr Bondar presented personal scholarships from the head of the regional state administration for 2005 to People's Artists of Ukraine, leading creative workers, veterans, and pensioners of culture and art. By secret ballot, 19 people were selected among the candidates for the head's scholarship. They will receive monthly monetary awards ranging from 100 to 150 hryvnias. The 2005 scholarship recipients include People's Artists of Ukraine Antonina, Svitlana and Valerii Marenych, People's Artists of Ukraine Oleksandr Baidukov and Tetiana Halkun, director of the Torchyn Historical and Local Lore Museum Hryhorii Hurtovyi, Honored Artist of Ukraine Halyna Kazhan, writer and member of the National Union of Writers Olena Kryshtalska, director of the "Volyn" folk amateur studio Borys Revenko, and other talented Volyn residents who have created, are creating, preserve and multiply the cultural heritage of the Volyn region. \n