BY FRIENDS OF THE DIXON MAYFAIR
The Friends of the Dixon May Fair has awarded $12,500 in college scholarships to seven Solano County students seeking careers in an agricultural field.
Jordan Dosker of Vacaville, an animal science major at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, is the recipient of the Esther Armstrong Memorial Award Scholarship, totaling $3000. The award memorializes fair industry veteran Ester Armstrong of Rockville, a former director of the California Division of Fairs and Expositions who served as interim CEO of the Dixon May Fair from 2006-2009. She died in May 2009 of cancer.