Tavern Association Awards Annual Scholarships.

CHAMPION, Pa. -- CHAMPION, Pa., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The 6th Annual Scholarship Golf Outing, sponsored by the Southwest Branch of the Pennsylvania Tavern Association, was held on June 2. "The golf outing is an event the association holds each year. It's really an opportunity for bar and restaurant owners and managers to network. We have held the event at a time when it is opportunistic to award the annual scholarships provided by the SWPTA, comments Willie Joe Aldom, director of bar and entertainment at Seven Springs. "These awards have been developed to promote advanced education for people in our industry," added Aldom.

The association gives seven scholarships totaling $10,000 to any owner, manager, employee or child thereof for current SWPTA members every year. Other prerequisites for the grants include a minimum GPA of 2.5, and current enrollment or acceptance for enrollment into any college, university, or trade school for the upcoming fall semester.

Seven winners were randomly drawn from a pool of applicants that entailed two $2500.00 winners and five $1000.00 winners. This year's SWPTA scholarship winners are listed below.

 
  --  Jamie Mitchell, employee of the Park Ave. Pub in Cambria County was 
      pulled for $2500. 
  --  Kelly Murray, employee of Seven Springs Mountain Resort located in 
      Somerset County, was the second ...