Scholarships available for unconventional talents, interests - 06/26/04: "There are scholarships for welders, fly fishers and pie makers, for golf caddies and skateboarders. There is one for pagans and another for parapsychologists. There is even one sponsored by fans of Klingons, the fictional bumpy-headed aliens of ``Star Trek'' fame.

One endowment fund is for needy music students who can sing or play the national anthem ``with sincerity.'' Another seeks clean-living young people who do ``not participate in strenuous athletic contests.'' (An occasional Frisbee toss is probably OK, its gatekeepers say.)"