HENRY
COUNTY FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION 2008 SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
Five (5) one-thousand dollar ($1,000) scholarships have been established by the
Henry County Farm Bureau Foundation and will be awarded according to the following
criteria: 1. $1,000 will be credited to the account of the individuals selected
and enrolled in an agriculture curriculum in any college. One half the amount
will be credited the first semester and one half the second semester. 2.
Applicants must be an "A" or "MM" Henry County Farm Bureau®
member or dependent and be a graduating high school senior. 3. Applicants
may apply for the Wilbert & Carol Keppy Foundation Scholarship, as well as,
the Henry County Farm Bureau Foundation scholarship. Applications will be judged
separately. 4. Two (2) current letters of recommendation (as outlined in
Section IV) and current high school transcripts must accompany the application.
5. Applications are due to the Henry County Farm Bureau (114 N. East Street,
Cambridge, IL 61238) by February 29, 2008 and must be typed. Applications are
available at www.henrycofarmbureau.org or email kbhcfb@theinter.com to obtain
the scholarship application. 6. Five (5) recipients and one alternate will
be selected by a committee appointed by the Henry County Farm Bureau Foundation.
The five applicants with the highest scores will receive a $1,000 Henry County
Farm Bureau Foundation scholarship. Personal interviews of the finalists may be
requested by the Foundation for a final selection. 7. Criteria for selection
will be achievements in agriculture activities, leadership in school and the community,
financial need, and scholastic achievements. Please be as specific as possible,
points will be given for each question answered. 8. Names of applicants
will be removed from the materials prior to evaluation by the selection committee. 9.
Any portion of the scholarship that is not used for any reason will be returned
to the Foundation.
(Revised 12/07)
HCFB
2008 Scholarship Form
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FOUNDATION 2008 SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
Five (5) FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR ($5,000) scholarships have been established by the
Wilbert & Carol Keppy Foundation and will be awarded according to the following
criteria: 1. $5,000 will be credited to the school account of the five (5)
individuals selected and enrolled in any 2 or 4-year college or technical school.
One half the amount will be credited the first semester and one half the second
semester. 2. Applicant must be a Henry County Farm Bureau member or dependent. 3.
Applicant must come from a farm family currently engaged in production agriculture. 4.
Applicant can be majoring in any field, does not have to be Ag related. 5.
Applicant may be a winner of a past Keppy scholarship and may apply each year,
but may win only one Keppy scholarship per year. 6. Applicants may be a
graduating high school senior or currently enrolled in college or technical school. 7.
Applicants may apply for the Henry County Farm Bureau Foundation Scholarship,
as well as, the Keppy Foundation Scholarship. Scholarship applications will be
judged separately. 8. Financial need will be a strong consideration. (Information
will be kept confidential.) Selected applicants may be asked to provide tax forms
for verification of financial information. 9. Two (2) current letters of
recommendation (as outlined in Section IV) and current high school and college
transcripts (if applicable) must accompany the application. 10. Applications
are due to the Henry County Farm Bureau (114 N. East Street, Cambridge, IL 61238)
by February 29, 2008 and must be typed. Applications are available at www.henrycofarmbureau.org
or email kbhcfb@theinter.com to obtain the scholarship application. 11.
Five (5) recipients and one alternate will be selected by a committee appointed
by the Henry County Farm Bureau Foundation. The five applicants with the highest
score will receive the $5,000 Keppy Scholarships. Personal interviews of the finalists
may be requested by the Foundation for a final selection. 12. Criteria for
selection will be financial need, achievements in agriculture activities, leadership
in school and the community, and scholastic achievement. Please be as specific
as possible, points will be given for each question answered. 13. Names
of applicants will be removed from the materials prior to evaluation by the selection
committee.
14. Any portion of the scholarship that is not used for any
reason will be returned to the Foundation.
(Revised 12/07)
Keppy
2008 Scholarship Form
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& Carol Keppy Foundation The Keppy's, who farmed and raised
hogs along the Osco slab for decades, were a every generous couple toward youth,
according to Jay Ingram, Keppy Foundation Trustee and a Geneseo graduate who is
a senior vice president with Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., of Davenport. Carol
Keppy died in 2000 while Wilbert Keppy deceased three years earlier. Ingram
explained while the couple never had any children of their own, they helped young
people from all over the county, especially those in the pork producing business.
Among those people they aided was Dick Baum, who farms in the area still today. The
Keppy's were instrumental in starting the Henry County Pork Producers and were
among a group of pork producers throughout the state that started the Illinois
Pork Producers in the early 1960s. "Farmers were having a tough time
during those years," said Dick Baum, Foundation Trustee. Wilbert found 90
farmers who were willing to put up $100 each to help promote pork and make a better
life for hog farmers," said Ingram. The Wilbert Keppy Foundation annually
provides scholarships for students in the area. Ingram described Mr. Keppy as
a "very hard working man who was very proud of his crop production as well
as the quality of hogs he could raise." Ingram called Keppy, who stood
6-6, a "very humble man," but said he helped a lot of people through
the years. Carol Keppy was described as an "avid reader" who loved
antiques and had a zest for life. She was instrumental in helping her husband
in the pork producing business and organizations that helped promote the product.
She helped form the Illinois Porkettes, the forerunner of the Illinois Pork Producers
Auxiliary and also was a leader in the Henry County Republican Woman. Ingram
said the Keppy's would host parties featuring only the finest pork dishes and
called Carol Keppy "a fabulous cook." Baum said the couple promoted
pork night and day and noted they were famous in Henry County for bringing some
of the finest speakers money could buy for the annual Henry County Pork producers
Banquet, which would attract as many as 500 to the Deck Plaza. It was like
a big reunion among pork producers, said Baum, noting farmers came from even neighboring
counties for the annual event. "Over the years, they felt it was very important
their legacy was to aid the development of young people in particular sons and
daughters of pork producers, "Ingram said. Ingram said Keppy was sensational
at critiquing hogs and said many people had a lot of respect for Wilbert and his
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