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  • State FFA officer team visits Alva

    Tara Owen, Alva FFA Reporter|Apr 28, 2019

    The Alva FFA welcomed home Shadi Nettles along with her other eight officer members. Nettles is currently serving as the Oklahoma State FFA northwest area vice president. Over the past year, Nettles has been representing not only the Alva FFA but also the State of Oklahoma at various events and community functions. One exciting part of being a state officer is taking the officer team back to your hometown. During the weekend, Nettles treated her team to a fun weekend of events planned in Alva....

  • Alva FFA well-represented at national convention

    Tara Owen|Dec 2, 2018

    The Alva FFA officer team was among over 650,000 FFA members who traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana, to attend the 91st annual National FFA Convention and Expo. Along with the record attendance of FFA members from across all 50 states, there was over 8,500 local chapters represented. During the week-long event, the Alva FFA officer team of Garrett Radford, Gracie Scarbough, Tara Owen, Ashlyn Holloway and Gretchen Kraft attended convention sessions, motivational workshops and explored the Career...

  • Alva FFA holds back-to-school ice cream social

    Tara Owen, Alva FFA Reporter|Sep 14, 2018

    Alva FFA and 4-H held their annual Back To School Ice Cream Social. This year there was a large crowd of around 200 4-H and FFA guests. The families and students got to enjoy all the delicious foods along with homemade ice cream. The 2018-19 Alva FFA officers enjoyed their favorite flavors of ice cream. Garrett Radford is the new Alva FFA president. Serving along with him are Cooper Sneary, vice president; Ashlyn Holloway, secretary; Tara Owen, reporter; Gracie Scarbrough, treasurer; and...

  • Alva FFA members attend a leadership camp

    Tara Owen, Alva FFA Reporter|Aug 12, 2018

    Nine members of the Alva FFA chapter attended the 46th annual Oklahoma FFA Alumni Leadership Camp. This four-day camp was at the Tulakogee Conference Center. At this camp more than 1,600 Oklahoma FFA members from over 300 FFA chapters in the state register to attend. The Alva FFA members went to the fourth and final session July 11-14th. There were many guest speakers, including keynote speaker Bill Corbes, magician Brad Barton and Dr. Al Snyder. Throughout the camp the campers have many fun...

  • Alva FFA livestock judging team attends OSU Judging Camp

    Tara Owen, Alva FFA Reporter|Jul 1, 2018

    Four members of the Alva FFA livestock judging team attended a three-day judging camp on the campus of Oklahoma State University. The Alva students were able to work side by side with the 2017 National winning judging team from Oklahoma State University. The Alva team as well as many other teams across the United States had an amazing opportunity to evaluate livestock in addition to improving on their reasons skills. They looked at very high quality livestock and had an informative one-on-one...