The forests of the Okanogan Highlands were the backdrop for the 2013 District VII FFA Leadership Camp held June 13 and 14 at Camp Tonkiwanee on the shores of Lost Lake near Tonasket. 19 members of the Chelan FFA traveled to Lost Lake to participate in the leaders ...
Monday, June 17, 2013 11:24 AM
As May comes to a close the Chelan FFA are putting the wraps on another successful year. Two big events mark the end of the FFA year—State Convention and Parent-Member Banquet.
Twenty-three members traveled to Pullman and the campus Washington State University for the 83rd Washi ...
Monday, June 03, 2013 4:34 PM
Templeton, California-June 3, 2013. The Templeton FFA Support Club recently held its annual project auction fund-raiser. The auction allows Templeton Agriculture Department students to showcase their construction skills by having them create and sell mechanics projects.
There were ove ...
Monday, June 03, 2013 4:08 PM
The Baker FFA Chapter annual banquet was held on Tuesday May 14. During the evening members were recognized for their achievements throughout the year. Some of the awards received by members were for Agricultural Issues, Parliamentary Procedure, Agricultural Mechanics, and many more. Members also co ...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:47 AM
The Hermiston FFA Chapter Banquet was held on May 20th at the Hermiston High
School. At this event several individuals and teams were recognized for their contributions to the
chapter throughout the past year.
The evening began with guest speaker Zech Hintz, the 2012-2013 Oregon State
Treasurer, the ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:56 AM
Alberto Valencia, North Lake Chapter reporter
The Central Oregon District FFA Leadership camp was held at Camp Suttle Lake in Sisters on April 24-26. Fourteen North Lake FFA members attended the camp this year. Leadership camp is always an amazing, exiting, and beneficial experience. E ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:08 AM
Templeton, California-May 20, 2013. Over 30 members of the Templeton FFA chapter competed at the Salinas Valley Fair in King City May 15th-May 19th. Students exhibited livestock projects across 4 different species with outstanding results.
-Amy Hanks exhibited the Grand Champion and FF ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:00 AM
Submitted by: Alberto Valencia, North Lake FFA Reporter
The North Lake FFA Soil Judging team recently competed in the National Land and Range Judging Contest in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 2. The team consisted of Conley Kittredge, Josh Hand, Brad Libolt and Andrew Miles. Alternate to the tea ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:32 AM
The Chelan FFA was burning up the FFA Highway the first week of May as members traveled to compete in State Career Development Events and to qualify for upcoming state events.
On May 1st, members competed in the Washington State FFA Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event and a ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 5:44 PM
Templeton, California-May 10, 2013. The San Luis Obispo Section FFA elected its new leaders for the 2013-2014 year at Templeton High School on Thursday, May 9th, 2013.
Eighteen candidates participated in interviews with 12 candidates being slated for office. After election speec ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 5:32 PM
The Oregon FFA Association held their annual Career Development Event (or CDE) Days last week on May 6 and 7. This event draws hundreds of youth each year to compete in over eight different contests from Livestock Judging to Agricultural Mechanics and Systems. These contests all relate to real-world ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 5:14 PM
The Salmon FFA Chapter held their 5th Annual Auction and Banquet on May 8, 2013. The night was filled with: a beef dinner, keynote speakers, an auction, awards, special guests, generosity, laughs, and the farewell tear of senior members. 75 guests arrived at 5:30 to enjoy the silent auction and meal ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:47 PM
Templeton, California-May 6, 2013. Templeton FFA held its annual Agriculture Information Day hosting over 300 Kindergarten, first, and second grade students at the Templeton High School Farm Laboratory.
Templeton Elementary School students were treated to a day of activities by over 4 ...
Monday, May 06, 2013 4:13 PM
Ontario FFA was honored to represent Ontario High School at the 85th annual Oregon FFA State Convention on the Oregon State University Campus. Convention was held from March 22-25. We want to thank all of the community service organizations and numerous businesses that were willing to help with prep ...
Monday, May 06, 2013 10:37 AM
The 85th Oregon FFA State Convention was held March 22-25, 2013 at the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis, Oregon. During the weekend, over 2,500 members from all over Oregon competed in various contests, were inspired by motivational speakers and conducted the business of the Oregon FFA As ...
Monday, May 06, 2013 10:26 AM
The Chelan FFA Timberbeasts headed over out on the FFA Highway for their first Forestry Career Development Event of the spring season. Seven members traveled to Silverlake County Park near Maple Falls for Mt. Baker Forestry CDE.
Contestants from eight FFA Chapters were represente ...
Monday, May 06, 2013 10:19 AM
The Willows FFA Chapter has been preparing all month for an extreme adventure. There are multiple trails that we have sent our eager members down. These paths consist of State Degree awards, Proficiency awards, State Band, and State Talent. Let’s see who went down these unforgettable trails.
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Friday, May 03, 2013 4:57 PM
April 23, 2013 several FFA members enrolled in Ag 3/4 at Echo High school visited the elementary students to teach them about agriculture and the importance of the industry in Oregon. The students read to the elementary kids the book, “Who Grew My Soup” which teaches kids about some of t ...
Friday, May 03, 2013 4:45 PM
RITZVILLE, Wash. -- Lind-Ritzville FFA students were hard at work earlier this week, preparing for the organization's state convention.
In one room, juniors Dylan Hartz and Tyler Frederick studied pictures of cuts of meat for the meats competition.
In another, juniors Bridger Smith and Connor O' ...
Wednesday, May 01, 2013 8:27 AM
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Future farm leaders will tackle many complex agricultural issues at the 83rd Washington State FFA Convention here May 9-11.
Besides electing officers and conferring awards, 40 contests will be conducted. Twenty chapters will compete in Friday's Ag Issues contest in which competi ...
Monday, April 29, 2013 8:25 AM
Alberto Valencia
North Lake FFA Chapter Reporter
On Wednesday, April 3rd The North Lake FFA held their 21st Annual appreciation banquet. The banquet is a time where FFA members and families get together and look back at their accomplishments. At this year’s banquet we gave awards, heard fro ...
Friday, April 19, 2013 4:57 PM
On Monday April 8th, TVCC held the Shop Skills Competition for the Snake River District. The teams that participated in this event were Ontario, Jordan Valley, Vale, Nyssa, and Adrian. This event challenged these members’ hands at welding and mechanics, developing new skills and knowledge alon ...
Friday, April 19, 2013 4:31 PM
By Ashley Cecil, Meridian FFA Reporter
In an unprecedented move, the state nominating committee at last week’s State Officer sifting in Twin Falls, placed two Meridian FFA members in the top spots. Current Meridian FFA senior Brett Wilder, and 2012 graduate Daniel Heikkila were p ...
Friday, April 19, 2013 4:14 PM
The Meridian FFA Chapter attended the 82nd annual FFA State Leadership Conference in Twin Falls, April 10 – 13. Students participated in workshops, sessions and assorted activities. Meridian qualified members in two Career Development Events (CDE’s) for the National FFA ...
Friday, April 19, 2013 4:05 PM
The Board of Directors of the Chelan County Fair are proud to announce our 2013 Chelan County Fair Ambassadors—Apolinar Blanco and Jacob Straub. Both of these young men are juniors at Chelan High School and our proud members of the Chelan FFA. They will be the “fa ...
Friday, April 19, 2013 2:44 PM
TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- Idaho's new state officers are excited about their new leadership role and expect a whirlwind year of strengthening FFA and serving the organization's members.
But first, they need some sleep.
The nominating process involved three grueling days and grilling interviews, and b ...
Monday, April 15, 2013 9:56 AM