POLK COUNTY CATTLEWOMEN ANNOUNCE 2008 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE
















BARTOW, FL – The Polk County Cattlewomen’s Association awards two, $2,000 dollar scholarships annually to deserving high school seniors that have an interest in agriculture and the beef industry.

The cattlewomen honored the following winners in November 2007:

Megan Adams, Fort Meade – 2007 Academic Award Scholarship

Joshua Smith, Bartow – 2007 Agriculture Award Scholarship

In 2007, the PCCW raised more than $5,300 for their scholarship fund at the Annual Polk County Cattlemen’s Dinner and Cake Auction.  The PCCW would like to thank the following buyers: Jimmy Allen, Lake Hancock Cattle Co.; Wayne Bass, Rocking IC Ranch; Karen Berry, In The Field Magazine; Cattlemen’s Livestock Market; Earlow & Mary Helen Costine, MQuartermoon Ranch; Bill Evans, Evans Ranch; Perry & Bonnie Evans; Bern & Kim Kinard; Brian Lewis; Cary Lightsey; Myers Fence Co.; Organic Soil Builders & Organic Matters; Mack Padgett; Kenneth Sherrouse; Don & Tammi Smith, DC Cattle Company; Carlton & Laura Lee Taylor, L2 Brangus; Scrappy Thomas; and Bobby Walker.

The 2008 Polk County Cattlewomen’s Scholarship Application deadline is April 1, 2008. For more information or to obtain an application, please contact Laura Lee Taylor at L2Brangus@aol.com.