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Clay residents win scholarships, awards at Greater Jacksonville Agriculture Fair

For Clay Today
Posted 12/4/19

JACKSONVILLE – Three local students earned $1,000 each in scholarships at the Greater Jacksonville Agriculture Fair last month.

Keystone Heights’ Lauren Hix, Middleburg’s Emily Stewart and …

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Clay residents win scholarships, awards at Greater Jacksonville Agriculture Fair


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JACKSONVILLE – Three local students earned $1,000 each in scholarships at the Greater Jacksonville Agriculture Fair last month.

Keystone Heights’ Lauren Hix, Middleburg’s Emily Stewart and Oakleaf’s Morgan Cole all were awarded for demonstrating interest in careers in agriculture, biology, ecology and veterinary sciences.

Hix won the Greater Jacksonville Agriculture Fair Scholarship. She will earn her Associates of Arts degree before graduating from high school. She has participated in numerous FFA activities for several years. She plans to attend the University of South Florida and major in Psychology eventually becoming a Neuropsychologist and Therapist.

Stewart won the Frank and Olive Inman Scholarship. She has been active in 4-H since the age of 5 and is involved with the Clay County Junior Cattleman’s Association and FFA. She has exhibited at the Clay County Fair, and Emily’s career aspirations are to become a large animal veterinarian.

Cole also won the Greater Jacksonville Agriculture Fair Scholarship. She plans to further her education at the University of Florida with a major in Agriculture Education and Communication. Morgan has competed in local fairs and has been a member of FFA for six years.

Scholarship Winners are chosen after competing in a series of short, fun relay games. Participating teams compete for scholarships that will be presented to their alma mater in the name of their booster club, the Fair and participating Fair sponsors.

In the past 64 years the Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair Association has contributed more than $2.6 million to in scholarships to individuals and local charities. The funds are designated to support students who have exhibited a desire to further their education. The Fair Association’s purpose is to encourage personal growth and assistance to qualified students planning to major in agriculture, veterinary medicine and other fields of study.

Eligible students must reside in Duval, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Nassau or St. Johns County and be a high school senior enrolled or planning to enroll in a four-year university or college, a junior college or a technical institution.

The Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair is the largest fair/festival in northeast Florida and is currently ranked 47th in the United States by Amusement Business. The fair has an estimated economic impact on Duval and surrounding counties in excess of $10 million.

Also, three teams and two riders from Clay County received ribbons in the livestock competition.

Ag Ventures 4-H Club of Green Cove Springs, Lake Asbury Junior High FFA and Middleburg FFA finished first, second and third, respectively, in the Youth Beef Herdsman category, while Gracyn Blakney of Middleburg won the Youth Horse’s High Point Junior Speed competition and Orange Park’s Taylor Silkert won in High Point Senior English.