Ag Champions

Tecumseh 4-H Club member Taylor Marrs was given the Pottawatomie County 4-H Senior Hall of Fame Award during the 4-H Awards Banquet, held at the North Rock Creek High School Cafeteria on Oct. 23. He is shown with his mother, Sara McGaha, left, and his grandmother, Barbara McGaha. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

4-H Outstanding Senior Award And Hall Of Fame Award Go To Taylor Marrs

Natasha Dunagan

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

There were many 4-H Club members “Surfing the Waves of Success” at the Pottawatomie County 4-H Awards Banquet on Oct. 23 at the North Rock Creek High School Cafeteria.

Several McLoud FFA students (and a little brother) were ready to help customers at their first plant sale, Oct. 19-20, since their new climate-controlled greenhouse was built. They offered mums in several colors at the sale, as well as tulip bulbs from a business in Harrah. Horticulture students have also grown wax begonias, succulents, coleus, potato vine, wandering jews, Swedish Ivy and potato vines, which will be offered at their sale in April. (See longer cutline below.)

McLoud FFA Holds First Plant Sale In New Greenhouse

Natasha Dunagan

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

A little over a year after the McLoud Board of Education approved plans for a new high school greenhouse on July 11, 2022, using ESSER III funds, the McLoud FFA chapter held its first plant sale in it, Oct. 19 and 20.

Shawnee High School FFA students, along with their teachers and Superintendent Dr. Aaron Espolt, receive a check in August for $10,000 from Oklahoma AgCredit to go toward the FFA program. Photo provided.

Shawnee FFA Has High Hopes, Despite Loss Of Barn To April Tornado

Natasha Dunagan

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Like many buildings on the campus, the agriculture barn and greenhouse at Shawnee High School was a total loss after the tornado of April 19 came through. Luckily, since it happened at night and toward the end of the school year, there was just one resident in the barn, which was located just north of the high school on Kickapoo Spur.

Bethel FFA Junior Vice President and junior Corban Winsett shoots in the sporting clays competition during the First Annual Bethel FFA Shooting Sports Invitational, held at the Shawnee Twin Lakes Trap Club on Sept. 22. Six schools participated in the Bethel 4-H & FFA Booster Club fund-raiser. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Bethel Hosts First Annual Shooting Sports Invitational

Natasha Dunagan

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Bethel FFA has had a shooting sports team for about eight years. But, as of Friday, Sept. 22, they now have their own event: the Bethel FFA Shooting Sports Invitational.

Bethel FFA students Lilly Ingmire, Quinn Carpenter, Bailey Murray and Rianne Tinsley complete their relay race at the Farmhand Olympics by stacking hay bales on Sept. 6. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Dance Added To Farmhand Olympics In 14th Year

Natasha Dunagan

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Since 2009, the Farmhand Olympics have been a way for agriculture students across Pottawatomie County to have fun together in friendly competition before showing their livestock or exhibits at the Pott. Co. Free Fair.

Jadi Davis of Tecumseh, left, tells Grady Whittington of South Rock Creek, “I’m winning,” during the Pee Wee Showmanship division of the T-Town Showdown on Aug. 26. Judge Colton Blehm later arranged it where they both won a cash prize. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Pee Wee Showmanship Steals The Show At 2nd Annual T-Town Showdown

Natasha Dunagan

Thursday, August 31, 2023

The Second Annual T-Town Showdown was delayed for the heat, pushed back from 6:45 to 7:45 pm, but it turned out to be a nice night for a swine show. T-Town Showdown is presented by the Tecumseh 4-H & FFA Club and was held on Aug. 26.

Megyn Alls of Shawnee competes on Snickers during the 4H Club State Barrel Race on July 14 in Chickasha. Alls won the event in the senior division. Photo provided.

Shawnee Junior Wins State 4-H Barrel Racing Competition, Mentors Others

Natasha Dunagan

Thursday, July 27, 2023

When Megyn Alls and her family moved from Mississippi to Shawnee, she knew nothing about horses. But her new neighbors would change that, along with her life.

After qualifying at the regional and area levels, Tecumseh students Addison Taron, Chloe Kelsey and Maci Flowers competed in the Oklahoma State FFA Speech Contest in Stillwater on April 28. Taron performed the FFA Creed; Flowers spoke in the Plant Science Division; and Kelsey won second place for her speech on Ag Policy, according to the Tecumseh FFA Facebook page. Photo provided.

Tecumseh Graduate Wins Second in State FFA Speech

News Staff

Thursday, June 29, 2023

After qualifying at the regional and area levels, Tecumseh students Addison Taron, Chloe Kelsey and Maci Flowers competed in the Oklahoma State FFA Speech Contest in Stillwater on April 28.

Dale grad Morley Griffith, fourth from left, won the Senior Division of the Oklahoma Cattle Women’s Beef Advocate Contest on April 14 for the second year. Contestants are judged on staged media and peer interviews in which they must demonstrate their knowledge of the cattle industry and beef nutrition. From left, are Tammi Didlot with the Oklahoma Cattle Women’s Association (OCWA); Maysen Garrett, third place; Bridger Arrington, second place; Griffith, first place; & DeeDee Haynes, of OCWA. Photo provided

Dale Graduate Wins Beef Advocacy Award

News Staff

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Dale graduate Morley Griffith, fourth from left, won the Senior Division of the Oklahoma Cattle Women’s Beef Advocate Contest on April 14 for the second year.

Incoming Bethel Freshman Wins State AIM Shoot

Incoming Bethel Freshman Wins at State AIM Shoot

Natasha Dunagan

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

In the last eight months, Corley Steward of Bethel turned 14 and started shooting in trap competitions for both AIM and the junior high FFA Shooting Team. And, earlier this month, Steward won first in the AIM State Shoot Handicap Sub-Junior Division with a 97.

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