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Agriculture is part of our daily lives - from the food we eat to the clothes we wear. This week, more than 760,000 FFA members across the country will share the story of agriculture as part of National FFA Week. Today, FFA provides the next generation of leaders who will change the world.

Each year during National FFA Week, the National FFA Foundation hosts a 24-hour giving event called Give FFA Day. This year, the annual day of giving will be held on Thursday, Feb. 25 - its sixth year in a row.

Kingfisher High School’s FFA officers for this year are, standing from left: Dustyn McLean, chaplain; Ivy Hartman, historian; James Perdue, vice president; Braden Bums, president; Rebecca Auringer, secretary; Kara Murray, reporter; Rylie Farrar, parliamentarian; and Cora Taylor, sentinel.

Officers for the Lomega FFA chapter for 2020-21 are, from left: front row, Damon Fisher, vice president; Dilon Fisher, president; Issac Kerr, treasurer; and Kelby Ott, secretary; and back row, Madi Myers, sentinel; Brooks Uhlenhake, chaplain; and Rylee Glazier, reporter. [Photo provided]

Cashion FFA’s chapter officers for 2020-21 are, from left: Jake Wilkerson, president; Tyndal Fields, vice president; Wyatt Collins, secretary; Ryann Ball, reporter; Derek Sheline, treasurer; Jayce Evans, sentinel; Grayson Stewart, parliamentarian; and Kendra Bryant, historian. [Photo provided]

OKARCHE FFA officers this year are, from left: Jaycee Taylor, secretary; Cassye Mayo, sentinel; Evan Endres, treasurer; Blake Henrichs, president; Jalie Rother, reporter; Hannah Goble, parliamentarian; and Bridget Himes, vice president. [Photo provided]

Dover FFA’s chapter officers this year are, from left: Wesley Butler, sentinel; Clair Barker, secretary; Madison Moeller, president; Pedro Valles, parliamentarian; Kasen Harviston, vice president; Emory Norton, reporter; and Alec Schilde, treasurer. [Photo provided]

Kingfisher FFA members annually take on a number of community service projects. One of them is making and delivering Valentine’s Day cards and gifts to residents of the Center of Family Love in Okarche.

Two teams made up of Lomega 4-H Club members were able to capture the first and second place rankings at the combined Kingfisher and Blaine County Bi-County Livestock Quiz Bowl contest held in early February at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds.

Dover’s baseball program is hosting a fundraiser on Thursday. A taco dinner will be served in the school cafeteria from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Cost is a donation, which will benefi t the junior high and high school baseball programs. For more information, see the ad on this page.