The Tucker County High School, Tucker FFA chapter held its annual banquet on April 13th at PVFD banquet hall. Zada Carr, 2023–2024-chapter president, opened the meeting; Vice-President Alicia Barb proceeded with the roll of officers, Kristen Ritchey at the post of treasurer, Emily Snyder at the post of reporter, Makenna Evans at the post of secretary, and Mary Phillips at the post of sentinel, with all reporting that their stations were in order.
The meeting / dinner continued with a blessing given by Matthew Stoner. There was a slideshow of photos from the past year’s events, which included the WV State Convention at Cedar Lakes, WV, Tucker County Fair, FFA National Convention in Indianapolis, IN, Tucker County Commission Christmas Luncheon, Cortland Acre’s fruit baskets, Regional Large and Zero Turn Tractor contest in Moorefield WV, apple butter at TVEMS, Eastern Community College, Youth Ag Innovation Showcase, West Virginia Farm Bureau Legislative Day in Charleston and the Jackson’s Mill’s Beef Expo. The fund-raising events that the club has worked on throughout the year were mum sales, freezer raffle, fruit sales, fresh apple cider made at the school, TCHS Boys and Girls Basketball concessions, strawberry and nut sales, and flower and vegetables plant sales to help finance their travels.
Mr. Pennington, Tucker FFA Advisor / Vocational Agricultural Teacher at TCHS greeted everyone and thanked them for their support with the FFA program.
The FFA Creed was presented by Kristen Ritchey and the FFA Motto was presented by Matthew Stoner.
Green Hand Certificates were received by Lillian Collar, Hannah Nestor, Mary Phillips, Matthew Stoner, Adrianna Tuttle, Cortney Shaffer, Ivan Lothes, Alexis Bane, and Elizabeth Anderson.
Chapter degrees were received by Makenna Evans, Kristen Ritchey, Kierstin Green, Jonathan Donnellan, Addison Hunt, and Logan Shahan.
2023-2024 Honorary Tucker County FFA member was Roxanne Tuesing, “something she has always wanted to be of member of,” stating that when she was in high school, females were not allow to be member of FFA chapters.
Remarks were heard by attending seniors, Kiley Hebb, Abby Wilfong, Laney Burns, Abigail Shahan, Owen Knotts and Zada Carr.
Also in attendance with remarks were Assistant Commissioner WV Department of Agriculture Amie Minor, WV State Senators Randy Smith and Jay Taylor, Tucker County Superintendent Alicia Lambert, TCHS Principal Alex Cork, TCHS Vice Principal/CTE Director Willam Shahan, Tucker County Commissioners Fred Davis and Mike Rosenau and WV State FFA Officers Kaylee Myles and Isaiah Ash.
The new office team for the 2024-2025 year will be President Marky Phillips, Vice-President Emily Snyder, Secretary: Makenna Evans, Treasurer Kirsten Ritchey, Reporter Lillian Collar, and Sentinel Mary Phillips.
The Tucker County FFA Chapter is open to all students at TCHS that are taking Vocational Agricultural Education classes through the CTE program. For additional information on the chapter please speak with Mr. Pennington, FFA Advisor or any current FFA member.