Pork Producers scholarships and queen applications available
The Hardin County Pork Producers are offering six-$500 scholarships to qualified students. Scholarships will be awarded to one student from each of the six county schools.
For an application, please contact the FFA Advisor or high school guidance counselor at any of the county schools. You can also download an application from hardin.osu.edu or pick one up at the OSU Extension Office located at 1021 West Lima Street, Suite 103 in Kenton. Completed applications are to be mailed to Douglas Heilman 10333 County Road 265 Kenton, Ohio 43326. The deadline for returning the completed scholarship application is March 1, 2015.
The Hardin County Pork Producers are also looking for 2015 Pork Queen Contestants. Eligible candidates for the title of Hardin County Pork Queen must be age 15 through 19 as of January 1, 2015. In order to be eligible for State Pork Industry Queen contest, the entrant must be 17 prior to January 1 of the year they will be competing.
Anyone qualified and interested can become Hardin County Queen, but only those who reside on a farm on which hogs are raised and is the daughter of parents now actively engaged in the production of pork will be eligible for the District III Contest in 2015. Contestants must complete an entry form to enter the contest.
For further information or an entry form, please contact the Ohio State University Extension office, call 419-674-2297, or visit hardin.osu.edu to download an application. Entries should be mailed to Nancy Weaver, 9380 County Road 265, Kenton, Ohio 43326 by March 1, 2015. Judging will be held before a panel of judges at the Pork Banquet on Saturday, March 14, 2015.
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