With today’s high school students being encouraged to start preparing earlier for adult life, the Nevada County Fairgrounds Foundation begins the third season of its Speaker Series tonight. Fairgrounds CEO Rae Callender says it’s offered to any students who had an exhibit at the most recent fair. He says business leaders and people in business education talk about their real-life experiences, providing a glimpse of a successful career path…

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Callender says the first speaker of the 6-speaker series will be Sue Ebeler, from the prestigious UC Davis Agriculture Department…

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Callender says speakers talk for about half an hour and then take questions. And last year the Fairgrounds Foundation provided an added incentive to attend. Any student who attends 5 of the 6 events can apply for one of the two Foundation scholarships now offered at the end of the school year, worth $3,000 and $1500. The series runs monthly through May, with the exception of December, starting at 6:30pm.