Earlier this month the Upper Sandusky FFA took 12th place as a team in the State Forestry Career Development Event (CDE) held at Hocking College in Nelsonville.

Carey Boys 4-H club member Trent Hucke won fourth place at the 94th American Rabbit Breeders Association Convention in Indianapolis with his award-winning junior tort buck. Hucke is a seventh-grade student at Our Lady of Consolation. Submitted photo

The Wyandot County Soil Judging Contest took place recently on the farm of John and Chris Lininger on TH 36 south of Sycamore. Agriculture students from the four county schools competed in two different soil judging contests: the agriculture (rural) contest and the urban contest.

The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District recently held its 72nd annual meeting in combination with the Crawford County Farm Bureau’s annual meeting.

Carey FFA officers recently went to Peebles for their annual officer retreat. Officers participated in many things from team-building exercises to late-night card games.

The Gottfried Nature Center will have an open house from 1-4 p.m. Oct. 15 to mark the 25th anniversary of the nature center. The Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District owns and operates the nature center in Upper Sandusky located across from the Wyandot County Humane Society.

BUCYRUS — Patrick Hord, president of Hord Family Farms, will be the guest speaker for the Interdenominational Men’s Breakfast at 7 a.m. Oct. 11 at the Bucyrus Community Hospital Cafeteria. Women are invited to be guests. Hord Family Farms consists of over 100 years of farming heritage.

Wade Vaughn and Gary Walter each have been nominated in Local Administrative Area 2 in Wyandot County to serve as a committee member. LAA No. 2 consists of Crane, Eden, Richland and Salem townships.

The National FFA Organization awarded a $5,000 Georgia M. Hellberg Memorial Scholarship to Annika Gerlach of the Wynford FFA. The scholarship is sponsored by the Georgia M. Hellberg Memorial Fund.

COLUMBUS — Greg and Rose Hartschuh of Sycamore have been named winners of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s 2017 Excellence in Agriculture Award. The award recognizes successful young agricultural professionals who are actively contributing and growing through their involvement with Farm Bureau and agriculture.