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

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.)

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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