Kenmore resident Oksana Klimenko has been awarded the Mac Ruddell Scholarship from the Washington State Independent Auto Dealers Association (WSIADA).

Klimenko, an Inglemoor High School graduate, will attend Shoreline Community College this fall where she can use the $1,5000 scholarship.

Klimenko is the granddaughter of Irina Gontar, who owns Sea-Auto Sales in Edmonds, which qualified Klimenko for the scholarship.

Mac Ruddell was known in the Puget Sound not only for his contributions to the automobile industry and WSIADA, but also his community efforts, and was awarded Washington State Quality Dealer of the Year by WSIADA and National Quality Dealer of the Year by the National Independent Auto Dealers Association (NIADA) in 1983. After his passing in 2001, the WSIADA Board of Directors created a scholarship fund in his honor.