Certified Organic Producers Co-operative Names Bursary Recepient.
Ms Karen Stehler, a grade twelve Bluefield Highschool student, has been named as the recipient of the 2009 Certified Organic Producers Co-operative Bursary.
Updated: Wednesday 15th July 2009 14:33
Ms Karen Stehler, a grade twelve Bluefield Highschool student, has been named as the recipient of the 2009 Certified Organic Producers Co-operative Bursary. The $750 entrance bursary has been established by the P.E.I. Certified Organic Producers Co-op to encourage the pursuit of post-secondary studies related to organic agriculture.
The award to Ms Karen Stehler has been funded through the generous donations of artwork by Prince Edward Island artists. These artworks have been auctioned at the annual Organic Harvest Meal to sustain the educational bursary. Karen was raised on a dairy farm in New Argyle, with younger brother Benjamin, by parents Peter and Regula Stehler. Ms Stehler has a keen interest in animal husbandry and has volunteered with the Charlottetown Veterinary Clinic over the past four summers. She has also been a dairy member of the North River 4H club, an active member of the Dressage PEI Club and competes at Island equestrian events with her horses.
Karen is also very active in Bluefield Highschool activities, where she is a student council representative as well as having been a member of either the cross-country running or track and field team, for the past three years.
Ms Stehler has been accepted into post secondary studies at UPEI where she will major in science. She intends to go on to the Atlantic Veterinarian College in order to enter into studies to become a doctor of veterinary medicine.