Lintker Awarded Scholarship

St. Louis District Dairy Council has awarded two $1,000 scholarships to students in Illinois. Kendall Lintker of Venedy, Illinois and Collin Smith of Pinckneyville, Illinois are the 2016 scholarship recipients.

The scholarships are awarded to support the education of students with a dairy background and to encourage future leaders. Scholarships are funded by the dairy checkoff program, which also promotes the consumption of dairy products as part of a healthful diet.

St. Louis District Dairy Council Scholarships are awarded to students displaying leadership, academic performance, participation in activities and involvement their family dairy farm.

Kendall Lintker of Venedy is the daughter of Carl and Lisa Lintker. Lintker will attend Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, where she will study nursing. She served as Student Council President, Golf Team Captain, and was a member of the National Honor Society during her high school years. Lintker notes, “My personal skills and character have both been impacted in a positive way because of our dairy farming. Strong work ethic, perseverance, and team work are three main factors that have helped create my skills and character. It didn’t take long for me, as a young child, to realize that long hours and hard work were needed to build a successful dairy farm.”