By: Reporter Paige Jones During last week’s fair, the Paulding FFA had many members participate in a variety of activities. This year’s fair was June 8th-15th, with many activities each day. On Monday, several members participated in the annual king and queen contest. Riley Noffsinger was this year’s king, Kalyn Strahley was queen, Shannon Hale…
The Paulding County Retired Teachers Association recently announced the recipients of their 2019 scholarships for high school seniors planning to enter the field of education. Sydney Price, Alayna Ryan, and Kalyn Strahley each recived a $350 scholarship. Sydney, the daughter of Jeff and Wendy Price, will graduate from Paulding High School. She plans to attend…
By: Sydney Reineck, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA hosted the sub-district job interview contest on Monday, November 5th. There were 5 chapters that attended the contest. At the contest, members have 15 minutes to fill out an application. Once the application is filled out, the members are interviewed by a judge based on their…
The Ohio state FFA legislature recently inducted Kalyn Strahley to be the next treasure for the 2018-2019 school year. Kalyn has worked hard for many years in the FFA program and recently said she would focus strictly on FFA. Kalyn is a resident of Paulding County and attends Paulding High School. Her family has about…
By: Sydney Reineck, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA had their poultry team compete at the state FFA Finals in Columbus and one individual compete in the equine finals. The poultry team was made up of Kalyn Strahley, Shannon Hale, Kaylie Tressler and Miah Rue, and they placed 10th in the state at finals. The…
Paulding, OH: This week at Kiwanis Paulding FFA members Shannon Hale and Kalyn Strahley presented their new technique for planting fruits and vegetables. The Tower Garden is a vertical tower that uses no soil and essentially grows plants in the air using a process called aeroponics. “The school shuts off the heat to the greenhouse…
The Paulding FFA Chapter recently sent five members to the Sub-District Public Speaking Contest on Thursday February 15th at Delphos. Paulding had three members compete in the extemporaneous division. Abbie McMichael placed 4th, Jennifer Stahl placed 5th, and Devon Smith placed 8th. In the extemporaneous division, members must draw a topic and they are given…
By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter Recently, three Paulding FFA members headed to Arlington for the district Job Interview CDE. They were able to compete at district after placing 1st or 2nd in the sub-district job interview at Kalida on November 6th. Members who competed were Junior Kalyn Strahley, Sophomore Kaylie Tressler, and Freshman Sydney…
The 2017 Ohio State Fair took place July 26th through August 6th. The 12 days were filled with livestock shows, still project judging, food vendors galore, live demonstrations, parades, concerts, shows, and a lot more. Paulding County was represented by 48 youth showing both livestock and still projects. 16 of these youth returned home with…
By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding County Fair recently took place June 12th through the 17th. The Paulding FFA Chapter had a successful week from livestock shows, Jr. Fair activities, and the Paulding FFA Alumni Sausage Stand. Many members competed in shows as well as working in the FFA Sausage Stand throughout the…
Food for All: Community Garden Last summer, members from the Paulding FFA Chapter traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the Washington Leadership Conference (WLC). During the five-day event, attendees learned how to become effective leaders by learning their purpose, how to value people, how to take action and how to serve others. FFA members left…
