{"id":50281,"date":"2014-04-03T06:51:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T11:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=50281"},"modified":"2014-04-03T06:51:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T11:51:58","slug":"fair-board-sets-ag-scholarship-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/04\/03\/fair-board-sets-ag-scholarship-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Board sets ag scholarship fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"

VW County Fair Board information<\/i><\/p>\n

The Van Wert County Agricultural Society has established a new scholarship fund for county students pursing post-secondary education to obtain a degree in an agricultural major. The new fund is for those students who have participated in the Van Wert County Junior Fair.<\/p>\n

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Van Wert County Foundation Executive Secretary Seth Baker (left) is shown formally accepting a new scholarship fund from Brian Etzler, president of the Van Wert County Fair Board. The Future Ag Leader Scholarship Fund will assist students pursing a degree in an agricultural field of study. (photo submitted)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On February 24, the Van Wert Agricultural Society set up the \u201cFuture Ag Leader Scholarship Fund\u201d with The Van Wert County Foundation. The new fund is also receiving a generous donation from a local resident, Bob Motycka from Meadow Lane Farm. He will plant a tree at the fairgrounds for each donation given to the new scholarship fund through the Foundation. To order a Scholarship Tree from Meadow Lane Farm visit their website: www.scholarshiptrees.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n

The Fair Board has scheduled an initial fundraising event on Saturday, April 19, to kick off the new scholarship fund.\u00a0 A \u201cCabin Fever\u201d evening concert and dance at the Junior Fair Building will feature three bands: \u201dKill the Rabbit\u201d and \u201cEndever,\u201d both of Van Wert, and \u201cSoft and Heavy\u201d from Fort Wayne, Ind.\u00a0 The bands play a wide variety of music for all ages and for a variety of dancing. The Cabin Fever concert will start at 8 p.m. in the Junior Fair Building. Admission is $5.<\/p>\n

Picnic style food will be available for purchase. Anyone wanting to donate to the \u201cFuture Ag Leader Scholarship Fund\u201d should make checks payable to The Van Wert County Foundation, 138 E. Main St, Van Wert, OH 45891.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW County Fair Board information The Van Wert County Agricultural Society has established a new scholarship fund for county students pursing post-secondary education to obtain a degree in an agricultural major. The new fund is for those students who have participated in the Van Wert County Junior Fair. On February 24, the Van Wert Agricultural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 20:02:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}