PRESS RELEASE issued December 13, 2011

RELEASE DATE: Sunday, December 18, 2011

Janice Southard Burk, Community Relations Manager

Peñasco Valley Telecommunications

4011 West Main

Artesia, NM 88210-9566

575.748.1241 ٠ E-mail:

PVT Scholarships Deadlines

PVT announces that two scholarship applications are now available. Students who are High School Seniors, Current College Students and Returning Adult Students are invited to complete applications for attending any institution of higher learning (2 or 4 yr. college, trade school, business school or equivalent higher education institution). Both scholarships are for undergraduate work.

The PVT Education Foundation Scholarship is $6000 ($750 per semester). Students applying for this scholarship must be an immediate family member of someone who has land-line service in one of PVR’s exchanges – Cottonwood, Hondo, Hope, Lakewood, Loco Hills and Mayhill. The application must be in the PVT Headquarters, 4011 W. Main, Artesia, NM 88210 by March 1, 2012.

The Foundation for Rural Services (FRS) scholarship is $2500. This scholarship is available to any high school senior graduating who is a user of any of PVT services excluding Sprint. The completed application must be returned to PVT by February 22, 2012.

Applications for both the PVT scholarship and the FRS scholarship may be obtained at PVT Headquarters, 4011 W. Main, Artesia or viewed at PVT’s website, www.pvt.com.

If you have any questions regarding either of these scholarships, please contact

Janice Southard Burk, 800.505.4844 or 575.748.1241,