In the past three years, the Houston E. Mull FFA scholarship has given over $20,000 in scholarships to area students.

The original money for the scholarship came from donations and memorial gifts in honor of Houston, who died in a vehicle accident after his freshman year at Marshall High School. Since then, an annual cattle drive, steak fry and auction has been held in his honor, raising even more funds, enabling even more scholarships to be handed out.

In 2007, which would have been Houston's graduating year, 21 students received a total of $13,000 in scholarships from the fund.

The recepients were:

Marshall High School

Craig Solomon, $1,000

Jeremy Simmons, $500

Paul Dehn, $500

Cheri Surface, $500

Bill Gorrell, $500

Mackenzie Walter, $500

Brian Hart, $500

Breinne Clemens, $500

Corey Weinreich, $500

Malta Bend High School

Justine Gorrell, $1,000

Cody Clemons, $500

Matt Kiso, $500

Emma Montgomery, $500

Sweet Springs High School

Jennifer Vogelsmeier, $500

Megan Dohrman, $500

Slater High School

Craig Anderson, $500

Santa Fe High School

Megan Stuenkel, $500

Christine Lovercamp, $500

Post-secondary

Brad Mull, $1,000

Brittany Wade, $1,000

Stephanie Malter, $1,000