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The colonel is serving up scholarships
By TIMES WIRES
Published February 5, 2007
You still have about two weeks to apply for one of the $20,000 scholarships that KFC is giving away to 50 graduating high school seniors around the country. The KFC Colonel's Scholars program honors students who share the Colonel's entrepreneurial spirit and need help to afford college. The $20,000 scholarship is given over the course of four years. Last year, St. Petersburg High School International Baccalaureate Program 2006 graduate Kanita Beba was named one of the Colonel's Scholars. To apply by Feb. 16, go to www.kfcscholars.org for rules and qualifications. Where kids eat may surprise you When not in school, where do kids 8 to 17 eat? Here are the results of a survey by GfK NOP, a London research firm. (Participants could give more than one answer.) 73 percent At the table with family 28 percent In front of the TV 6 percent In my room 5 percent In a restaurant 3 percent In another room 1 percent In the car Xpress quote "Sometimes people are like, 'Can I touch you?' This one girl at a shoe store was like, 'Can I pick you up?' I was like, 'I don't think so.' " Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) in Entertainment Weekly
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