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Article: Scholarships benefit lives in rural areas.(News)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- January 5, 2007
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Byline: Myung Oak Kim, Rocky Mountain News
For Brandon McEndaffer, growing wheat and raising cattle are not just ways to pay the bills. It's a lifestyle infused with pride, entrepreneurial spirit and close-knit colleagues.
The young man from New Raymer wanted to study the business of agriculture in college and return to rural farming. But he could only afford community college tuition.
He found crucial help from the National Western Stock Show.
When he graduated from high school, McEndaffer received a $3,500 scholarship from the National Western Scholarship Trust to attend Colorado State University. Now a junior, the former Future Farmers of America state ...