Last week 10 members of the Wayne Trace FFA Chapter attended the 96th annual National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN along with members from Crestview, Lincolnview and Parkway High schools. This year’s convention theme was “Evolve” and we helped set a new record with over 72,900 members from all over the United States attending. We…
By: Grace Goyings, Paulding FFA Reporter On Saturday, October 21st over 370 first-year FFA members from the state of Ohio gathered at Versailles for the annual Greenhand Conference. Paulding FFA had 5 first year members attend the conference; they were Trenton Bail, Jose Gonzales, Olivia Breier, Mackenzie Leatherman and Myrriah Manz. At the conference,…
By: Grace Goyings, Paulding FFA Reporter On Wednesday, October 25th, the Paulding FFA Chapter had 25 members travel around Paulding County to feed the farmers in the fields. The chapter first started doing this service project four years ago and it’s one of their favorite projects to do each year. The chapter found that…
By: Elizabeth Bok To start the school year off many chapter members competed in various contests. Freshmen and sophomores had the opportunity to be a part of the rural or urban soil judging teams. The rural team consisted of Owen Speiser, Kaitlyn McCord, Brooke Pollard, Althea Spangler, James Smith, Riley Schindler, Kalvin Woodring, and Timothy…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Grace Goyings On Tuesday, October 3rd, 8 students from the Paulding FFA attended District 4 Soils CDE in Tiffin, Ohio. All students that attend this event are split into 6 different groups and within those groups, about 2 members from the same school are with each other. One student will be…
By: Anna Gurney, Education Specialist, Paulding SWCD The third annual GREEN Day, or Growing Resources for Environmental Exploration in Nature, was held on Friday, September 29th at the Black Swamp Nature Center, and the Paulding County Fairgrounds. The Paulding Soil and Water Conservation District hosted the annual event for all the 5th graders in Paulding…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Grace Goyings The Paulding FFA had 31 members and 2 advisors attend Farm Science Review on Tuesday, September 19th. Members started the early morning with breakfast then headed to London Ohio. Farm Science Review teaches visitors about the arising discoveries happening in the agriculture industry, as well as shows off Ohio’s…
Celebrate Open House & 4K at Camp! October 1st will be of our Celebrate Camp open house. EVERYONE is invited for the festivities. Activities will run from 12:00 Noon – 4:00 p.m. and a free will donation lunch will be served from 12:00 Noon – 2:00 p.m. The camp store will be open. There will…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Grace Goyings This past Monday, August 28th, the Paulding FFA Chapter held its first meeting of the 2023-2024 school year. The kickoff meeting included both FFA members and their parents, so they could learn a little more about FFA from the advisors and the officer team. At this meeting, there were…
Ohio 4-H youth development will be one of the first 4-H programs in the nation to offer high school students a work ethic certification. Designed by Mike Rowe, best known as the host of television’s Dirty Jobs, the work ethic curriculum will be offered under the Ohio 4-H Pathways to the Future initiative. Ohio high…
On Saturday, September 16, 2023, Milan Center Feed and Grain will host their 19th Annual Pony Parade. Area children decorate and show off their ponies, carts and wagons. Last year over 60 drivers and 300 riders ranging from ages 4 to 14 participated in this fun annual event for the community. To register for the…
By: Don Voelker Originally printed in Gas Engine Magazine 2008 Roger Schuller and his four-man crew keep a 1934 125 HP Buckeye oil engine up and running. My father-in-law, John Narhwold, told me he could hear the Buckeye on his farm 8 miles from Grabill, Ind.,” says Roger Schuller, current owner of the 125 HP…
By: Elizabeth Bok Every year the new officer team meets in the summer for 2-3 days to bond, work on the calendar for the upcoming year, and work on anything else that needs to be done. This year the team started off with some fun team bonding exercises. Then they went through the duties of…
