Sonny Ragner Memorial Scholarship
College Scholarship's Available
WANTED:  College Students attending a Kansas or Missouri college or university in 2007-2008 who have completed their freshman year.  Must be majoring in wildlife management or related fields.  KCQU will be awarding (4) $1,000.00 scholarships and are accepting applications this summer.  This is an excellent opportunity to expose our organization to the young people who will be the future leaders in wildlife and environmental management.
Contact Jess Cole 816-863-6354 or jesscole1@sbcglobal.net

NEEDED: Three people who would like to serve on the Scholarship Committee to consider applicants and recommend to the Directors who should receive these $1,000.00 awards.

Billie Ragner received the following letter from a recipient of a schlorship

Billie Ragner
20100 S. State Route J 
Pecuilar, MO 64078



Dear Billie,


     First of all, I would like to take this time to thank you, the scholarship 
committee, and the Kansas City Quail Unlimited Chapter as a whole, for choosing 
me as one of the scholarship recipients. I cannot describe in words how thankful 
I am that organizations such as Quail Unlimited will take funding and create 
scholarships such as this one to help students just like me, make their way 
through college.  I do believe that Quail Unlimited does the most in 
creating/maintain our quail habitat, thus the reason I am so honored to have 
received a scholarship from a organization of this caliber. I will be graduating 
in May 08 and will be moving on from college into the real world as I have been 
told. I do not know where I will end up or what I will be doing but hopefully I 
will be forging wildlife habitat and agriculture together  into common practice.  
I am certain however, that wherever I end up I will be a active member in Quail 
Unlimited. Currently I am so busy with class and work I am not able to be as 
active as I would like to be but with my graduation hopefully more time for such 
activities will be available. 
    I regret to inform you that I will not be able to attend the banquet on 
September 17, 2007.  With harvest currently taking place I am needed at work 
more heavily than ever.  On top of that, it seems the first round of exams for 
the semester all seem to be scheduled for next week. I am very sorry but I hope 
that you can pass this letter on to the other members of  the chapter so they 
too can know that I am very thankful for the scholarship and that I wish 
everyone the best. Hopefully I can find a career with a organization such as 
Quail Unlimited and can in a way repay the organization for the great 
opportunity that has been bestowed on me. If any jobs such as this are known of 
I would appreciate if I could be informed as I would like very much to be 
employed by such an organization or affiliate. 


Again, thank you very much for this opportunity. 


Sincerely,


Scott Willingham