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Versailles FFA celebrates monthly birthdays at the Senior Citizen Community Center
VERSAILLES – On Monday, April 14th, the Versailles FFA Members visited the Versailles Senior Citizen Community Center to celebrate the monthly birthday celebration. Every month, they celebrate birthdays with cake and ice cream as...
OSU Extention Weekly Newsletter – April 18, 2025
I hope this Newsletter finds you well. The ground has dried out some after the heavy rains, allowing a slight uptick in field work (https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?fips_39037. This week’s...
Ansonia Animal 4-H Club holds April meeting
ANSONIA – The Ansonia Animal 4-H Club held their meeting on April 13th at the Ansonia Methodist Church at 2 pm. The meeting was called to order by President Brady Hartle. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Savannah Oswalt, followed...
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OSU Extention Weekly Newsletter – April 11, 2025
I hope this Newsletter finds you well. Cooler temperatures and rain have been prominent recently, finally bringing Darke County out of the abnormally dry classification for now, but also continuing to limit the amount of field and...
Versailles FFA Floriculture Team places 7th at State
VERSAILLES – The Versailles FFA Floriculture Team, consisting of members Paige Gehret, Lucy Schmitmeyer, Margaret McGlinch, and Alayna Dirksen, achieved remarkable success in their recent competition. Paige Gehret earned 12th place...
Arcanum MVCTC FFA competes in Grain Merchandising Contest
ARCANUM – Arcanum MVCTC FFA members recently competed in the Ohio FFA Grain Merchandising Contest. The purpose of the Grain Merchandising Contest is to stimulate interest in the area of grain merchandising and to make students aware...
Arcanum MVCTC holds FFA Banquet
ARCANUM – The Arcanum MVCTC FFA held its annual banquet on Sunday, March 30. The banquet celebrated the accomplishments that the FFA members accumulated over the past year. To begin the ceremony, Lance Brinksneader, Sentinel,...
McGlinch vying for a State FFA Office
VERSAILLES – On Saturday, April 5th, Maggie McGlinnch, a member of the Versailles FFA Chapter, participated in the State FFA Officer interviews vying for a spot on the 2025-2026 State FFA Officer Team. As part of the interview...
Versailles achieves 8th place at State FFA Wildlife Career Development
NELSONVILLE - On Saturday, March 29, the Versailles FFA Wildlife team participated in the State FFA Wildlife Career Development Event at Hocking College, where they earned an impressive 8th place overall in the state. The team was...
OSU Extention Weekly Newsletter – April 4, 2025
I hope this Newsletter finds you well. Hopefully nobody has faced too much impact from harsh weather this past week. We have been receiving some significant rains, with more expected in the coming days. Even with the precipitation,...
OSU Extention Weekly Newsletter – March 28, 2025
I hope this Newsletter finds you well. We’ve had some typical back-and-forth weather at the beginning of spring, but hopefully, nice weather will be here to stay before long...
Darke County Quality Assurance deadline is June 1
DARKE COUNTY – The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) announces the deadline of June 1 (No Exceptions) for the Darke County Quality Assurance (QA). All junior fair exhibitors taking a market or...