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Scholarship endowment honors Kologi, Hyke Havre High graduate makes largest-ever endowment to education foundation   Doug Hyke Editor’s note: This version corrects that the endowment was made to Havre Public Schools Education Foundation. Havre Public Schools Education Foundation recently received its largest endowment ever, $100,000, from former Havre High School student Wendy (Johnson) Nevala which will create a renewable scholarship for a female graduate looking to go into the sciences in...

Founder Amanda Meyer launched the business last year and has been operating it out of her Corona del Mar home.

Up a tent with 4-millimeter plastic and arm holes so families can hug. >> just been looking forward to that hug. >> reporter: dad and daughter together again. you can see the joy even through the masks. they did not let go for five minutes. >> i got to just hold my dad and give him a hug and it just felt really good. >> i just -- i couldnt hold her hard enough. shes so sweet, you know? its just wonderful. >> reporter: amanda meyer came up with the idea and built it with the help of volunteers. >...

Trying to figure out why youre living your life in a certain way and starting to question that. >> we should also point out, amanda, as were sitting here, talking on national tv, were not sharing your location. its my understanding -- >> appreciate that. >> you got t after posting the video of you destroying your gun youve been getting all kinds of threats. >> yeah. >> can you tell me what kind of threats, how bad they are? >> whats concerning about this actually is that all of the pro-gun peopl...

I dont take it personally because its social media and its a really interesting animal. but at the same time its concerning that thats the mind-set and i think thats something that we need to change on social media. >> i appreciate your voice. your message is powerful, amanda meyer. thank you so much. moments from now the white householding that first briefing against several events, including that mass shooting in florida, indictments from friday. were watching and waiting for that begin. the...

Parkland shooting is advise ing gun owners -- sawing his 30-year-old legally purchased ar-15 in half. it has been watched now 17 million times. >> people have always said theres so many of them out there. now theres one less. >> now theres one less. how about this in my next guest used an angle grinder to destroy her semi automatic handgun. >> i made holes so you can see daylight through there. now all this stuff is unusable. >> amanda meyer is with me now.