May 4, 2007

FFA District Competition Held at Wallace State



HANCEVILLE, Ala.--High school students from 20 counties were on the
campus of Wallace State Community College in Hanceville Friday for the
annual Alabama Future Farmers of America (FAA) North District
Elimination Competition. More than a dozen Career Development Events, or
contests, were held in classrooms and large rooms across campus.



FFA supports and encourages agricultural science education for middle
school, high school and college students. Contests are held in the
following areas: Agricultural Construction and Maintenance, Agricultural
Mechanics, Compact Tractor Driving, Creed Speaking, Extemporaneous
Public Speaking, Floriculture, Forestry, Land Evaluation, Livestock,
Nursery-Landscape, Parliamentary Procedure, Poultry, Prepared Public
Speaking, Quartet Contest, Safe Tractor Driving, Small Engines, and
String Band.



In addition to the competition at Wallace State, a Central District
competition was held at Montevallo and the South District competition
was held in Andalusia last. The winners of each event advance to the
state competition on April 5. The FFA State convention at Auburn
University June 6-8.



For more information about FFA, visit www.ffa.org.

  Kristen Holmes
  Director, Communications and Marketing
  Wallace State Community College
  P.O. Box 2000
  Hanceville, AL 35077
  256/352-8118
  E-mail: Kristen.Holmes@WallaceState.edu