Scholarship for Valley County High School Seniors

All Valley County high school seniors are eligible to apply for a substantial college scholarship that will be awarded in February by the Hi-Line Gobblers chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.

Scholarship winners will be announced at the Hi-Line Gobblers’ 10th annual fundraising banquet, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church Parish Hall in Glasgow. This is the second year the Barb Marsh Memorial Scholarship will be presented to qualifying high school seniors; last year two $1,000 scholarships were awarded. Applicants must possess a valid hunting license in order to be eligible for the scholarship; other considerations are community service and hunting participation. Application deadline for the scholarship is Jan. 20, 2016.

The scholarship is presented in memory of Barb Marsh, a longtime supporter of wildlife conservation and local youth, who died unexpectedly in January 2014. Each year since her death, Barb’s partner, Joe Younkin, has sponsored a special rifle that is auctioned at the Hi-Line Gobblers’ annual banquet. Proceeds from the previous year’s auction are distributed to eligible high school students the following year. The amount of the scholarship varies from year to year since it is dependent on funds raised by the auction.

For details about eligibility and other information about the scholarship, students are encouraged to visit with career counselors at high schools in Glasgow, Nashua, Frazer, Hinsdale, Opheim and Lustre.

Younkin has donated another firearm to the Hi-Line Gobblers’ 2016 banquet that will fund 2017 scholarships. Plan to attend the Feb. 27 banquet to bid on the special scholarship gun as well as other firearms and wildlife art, and to congratulate the winner of the 2016 Barb Marsh Memorial Scholarship.

Call Scott Billingsley at 263-7161 or Jenn Jackson at 263-7339 or email Jackson at [email protected] for information about both the scholarship and the banquet, which raises funds for local wildlife conservation, youth events, and our hunting heritage.