Haines students received a boon this week after the school board accepted a donation of more than half a million dollars.
Vera Smith, a longtime Haines resident who worked as a public health nurse during the 1950s, died two years ago in her home state of Virginia. In her will, she left $622,000 to establish the William George Seig Scholarship, which is named after her first husband, a former Haines resident.
Haines School Superintendent Roy…
