Managing Editor
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The National FFA Organization awarded a $1,000 Ford Trucks-Built Ford Tough scholarship to Alex Ables of Adair FFA. North Point Ford, as a special project of the National FFA Foundation, sponsored the scholarship. Ables plans to use the funds to pursue a degree at Northeastern A&M College.
This scholarship is one of 1,446 awarded through the National FFA Scholarship Program this year. Currently, 132 corporate sponsors contribute over $1.9 million to support this program. This is the 26th year that scholarships have been made available through the National FFA Foundation by business and industry sponsors to reward and encourage excellence and enable students to pursue their eduational goals.
Scholarhsip recipients were selected from 8,305 applicants from across the country. Selections were based on the applicant’s academic record, FFA and other school and community activities, supervised agricultural expereience program in agriculture education and future goals.
