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DDWS awards $30K for environmental studies scholarships By REFUGE/DDWS - | Jul 23, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED Sanibel s Dara Craig received her fifth DDWS scholarship this year toward graduate school at the University of Oregon. She is pictured studying climate change and glacial melt in New Zealand. In compliance with state pandemic guidelines, the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge this year remotely awarded $30,700 in conservation education scholarships to 14 students from the surrounding five-county area. During its 15-year history, the DDWS Environmental Scholarship Program has awarded a total of $199,500 to deserving students. “The society is committed to educating today’s youth to become conservation stewards of the future,” DDWS Education Committee Chair Wendy Kindig said. “We work with businesses, families and individuals to provide annual scholarships to award to outstanding students pursuing degrees related to conservation, w ....
When tragedy strikes in a rural community, friends respond. That’s what happened in the Dallas/Colome, S.D. area on March 27, when a benefit was held for the Kevin Graesser family. Friends and family came together to raise over $100,000 to help with medical bills for the Dallas, S.D. man, who passed away on February 23 due to cholangiocarcinoma. Tate and Calli Williams were two of the organizers of the benefit. It started when the couple, who ranch near Letcher, S.D., were headed home from the Black Hills Stock Show in January. “We were thinking, what can we do to help the Graessers?” Calli said. “We thought we’d do a heifer raffle from our calf crop. By the time we got to Mitchell, we thought, we can’t just do a raffle. We have to go big.” ....
Hookem Oklahoma turned continued on-field success into its first Big 12 recruiting crown since the 2017 cycle by signing the only national top-10 class inked a by Big 12 program. 1. Oklahoma Topping the list: QB Caleb Williams, ATH Billy Bowman, WR Mario Williams Overview: Regularly competing for, and winning, conference titles carries with it recruiting advantages. The Sooners took advantage of those perks in the 2021 class, crushing the Big 12 competition and raiding Texas of some of its best prospects in the process. Three of the five highest-rated players in the class are Texans, including former Texas commit Billy Bowman Jr. Oklahoma will be the only Big 12 program to sign a top-10 class in 2021. ....