Spiro FFA Wins State FFA Electricity Career Development Event

RELEASE DATE CONTACT: Kent Boggs May 3, 2017 405-743-5498

Spiro FFA Wins State FFA Electricity Career Development Event By Stanley Gaffrey, Media Intern

STILLWATER, Okla. — Members of the Spiro FFA Chapter won first-place honors in the State FFA

Electricity Career Development Event during the 2017 Oklahoma FFA Career Development Events at

Oklahoma State University April 29.

Team members are Blake Hammontree, Aunika Anderson, Meagan Garris and Seth Rinke.

Hammontree received high-individual honors in the competition, while Anderson, Garris and Rinke placed fourth, seventh and eighth, respectively.

The electricity career development event requires members to complete a written exam, execute hands-on performance skills and demonstrate knowledge of electricity competencies.

The Spiro agricultural education instructors and FFA advisers are Acie Conrad, Sherman Cox and

Dustin McLemore.

The OSU College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources hosted the contest. Public

Service Company of Oklahoma sponsored the electricity career development event and will provide a

$1,000 scholarship to the high individual.

FFA is an integral part of the Agricultural Education division in the Oklahoma Department of

Career and Technology Education system. With more than 27,000 members and 357 chapters, the

Oklahoma FFA Association is the fourth-largest state FFA association. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. To learn more about the Oklahoma FFA, visit okffa.org.

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Members of the Spiro FFA Chapter won first-place in the State FFA Electricity Career

Development Event during the 2017 Oklahoma FFA Career Development Events at Oklahoma State

University April 29.

Pistol Pete (right), Tom Coon (second from right), OSU vice president of agricultural programs,

Michelle Clogston (third from right) of Farm Credit Associations of Oklahoma and Michael Gordon (left) of Public Service Company of Oklahoma to congratulate Dustin McLemore, Spiro FFA adviser (left), and team members Seth Rinke, Blake Hammontree, Meagan Garris and Aunika Anderson.

The OSU College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources hosted the contest. Public

Service Company of Oklahoma sponsored the electricity career development event and will provide a

$1,000 scholarship to the high individual.