Deadline looms for corn scholarships

Applications required to be entered by Feb. 8

Agriculture students in Callaway and other Missouri counties have about two weeks to complete their application for the 2013 Missouri Corn Scholarship Program.

Hilary Holeman, Missouri corn outreach coordinator, said high school and college students interested in a career in agronomy or other agriculture-related field must submit the necessary scholarship forms no later than Feb. 8.

The $750 scholarships are sponsored by the Missouri Corn Growers Association and the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.