The Gloucester-Mathews Farm Bureau Board of Directors recently awarded eight scholarships to local students, totaling $8,000.

Presentations were made before the membership at the annual Producer Dinner Meeting held on Aug. 2 at Petsworth Baptist Church. Recipients were:

—Sam Cook of Gloucester, who will be studying computer science as a freshman at Lynchburg University.
—Joshua Hook of Gloucester, who will be attending the University of Virginia as a freshman studying economics.
—Cole Wheeler of Mathews, who will be attending Liberty University as a freshman studying civil engineering.
—Joice Small of Mathews, who will attend the University of Virginia as a freshman studying civil engineering.
—Daniel Hook of Gloucester, who will be studying mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech as a junior.
—Jessie Mills of Mathews, who will be studying biomedical science at Mary Washington University as a junior.
—Alex Mills of Mathews, who will be studying psychology at Mary Washington University as a junior.
—Shayla Wheeler of Mathews, who will be studying kinesiology at Longwood University as a senior.