The North Idaho Fair and Rodeo Foundation will be awarding eight scholarships, totaling $8,500, to area youth at its seventh annual Cowboy Ball on Friday, April 6.

These monies were generated from major sponsors to the Cowboy Ball. Sponsors include: Knudtsen Chevrolet, Kootenai and Shoshone Farm Bureaus, Findlay Automotive, Gem State Mule Company, Idaho Forest Group, Livestock Boosters, John and Tom Richards, and The North Idaho Fair and Rodeo Foundation.

Applications for 2018 scholarships are due on March 16.

For more information on the Foundation’s Scholarship Program and the application please visit https://www.kcfairgrounds.com/p/foundation/276.

Applications can also be picked up at the 4-H Extension office.