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November 13, 2015
November 13, 2015
CapitalPress.com
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For the Capital Press
The Willamette Valley Ag As-
sociation Scholarship Program,
which is giving scholarships to five
Oregon college students for the
2015-2016 academic year, is now
an in-house operation.
“In the past, we have contract-
ed with the Oregon Student Assis-
tance Commission to promote and
award the annual scholarships,”
Jill Ingalls, WVAA manager, said,
“(but) the board of the Willamette
Valley Ag Expo felt they weren’t
reaching their target student, and
so decided to pull the program in-
house. So far, it has worked really
well.”
The program now does not re-
“In the past, we have contracted with the Oregon Student
Assistance Commission to promote and award the annual
scholarships, (but) the board of the Willamette Valley Ag
Expo felt they weren’t reaching their target student, and
so decided to pull the program in-house. So far, it has
worked really well.”
Jill Ingalls, WVAA manager
quire a federal student aid appli-
cation, and awards are targeted at
students who are on a career path
toward ag production.
This year, Les Schwab Tires
joined in the program with a dona-
tion to augment the awards, mak-
ing it possible to award the five
students $1,700 each.
Four of the students attend Or-
egon State University and the fifth
attends Eastern Oregon University.
This year’s recipients include:
• Mitchell Evers, a Banks High
School graduate studying bio-re-
source research at OSU: “By
supporting students like me with
scholarships, the WVAE is making
a vital investment not just in the fu-
ture of agriculture, but in the future
of everyone that puts food in their
stomaches or clothes on their back.
“Working hard to earn a good
education is something I have al-
ways valued, and that’s part of the
reason I’m so appreciative that the
WVAE is helping me be a part of
modern-day, cutting-edge, progres-
sive agriculture.”
• Stefani Evers, a Banks High
School graduate now studying ag
sciences at OSU: “I truly appreci-
ate being awarded this scholarship!
My education is very important to
me and I would not be able to con-
tinue it without so much support.”
• Kalli Sherer, a Tillamook High
School graduate now studying an-
imal science at OSU: “I just com-
pleted my veterinary school appli-
cation with the hopes of attending
OSU’s veterinary program next fall
to become a food animal veterinar-
ian.”
• Katherine Smith, a Central
Linn High School graduate now
studying ag sciences at EOU: “Re-
ceiving a scholarship means a lot,
knowing the effort I put into school
is rewarded and that I am supported
greatly by groups like the WVAE
and others.”
• Amanda Noble, a McMinn-
ville High School graduate now
studying ag business manage-
ment at OSU: “I am very grate-
ful to receive this scholarship. ...
It feels great to get recognition
from agricultural sources in the
area.”
Courtesy of WVAE
Katherine Smith, WVAE schol-
arship winner from Central Linn
High School.
Courtesy of WVAE
Mitchell Evers, WVAE scholar-
ship winner from Banks, Ore.
Courtesy of WVAE
Courtesy of WCAE
Kalli Sherer, WVAE scholarship
winner from Tillamook, Ore.
Amanda Noble, WVAE scholar-
ship winner from McMinnville,
Ore.
Courtesy of WVAE
Stefani Evers, WVAE scholar-
ship winner from Banks, Ore.
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By GEOFF PARKS