Garden helps spark career
Last updated 6/15/2021 at 2:15pm
At the Plains Regional Medical Center community garden, community members come together to watch the fruits of their labor grow. It’s also a place where young careers flourish.
One Saturday morning last spring, John Sharp, PRMC Director of Support Services, was approached by 18-year-old Brenin Hillis, a then-junior at Clovis High School who was seeking a place to plant his vegetable garden.
In an interview with the Eastern New Mexico News Hillis said his passion for gardening began when he started doing it with his grandpa when he was eight years old.
Hillsboro FFA presents proficiency awards
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Pictured (l-r) are Jessica Howland, Ben Florea, Gracie Issacs and Hannah Hopkins passing out awards at the annual Hillsboro FFA Banquet and Sarah Larrick receiving the proficiency award for equine science.
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Every year the Hillsboro FFA Chapter recognizes a group of individuals who have excelled in their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects with a proficiency award at the annual FFA Banquet. Proficiency awards are based on a member’s SAE project.
The award recognizes individual skills and career-based competencies developed through multiple years of participation in immersion-type SAE projects. This year’s proficiency award winners included: Ag Communications Award, Riley Stratton; Ag Education Award, Kelcie Thornburgh; Ag Processing Award, Brayden Cochran; Ag Sales Award, Zamaryah Thompson; Ag Services Award, Gavin Puckett; Beef Production Award, Lawton Parry; Diversified Livestock Award,
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Hillsboro FFA presents proficiency awards Pictured (l-r) are Jessica Howland, Ben Florea, Gracie Isaacs and Hannah Hopkins passing out awards at the annual banquet and Sarah Larrick receiving the proficiency award for Equine Science. (Submitted photo) Every year, the Hillsboro FFA Chapter recognizes individuals who have excelled in their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) project with a proficiency award at the annual FFA Banquet.
Proficiency awards are based on a member s SAE project. The award recognizes individual skills and career-based competencies developed through multiple years of participation in immersion-type SAE projects.
HANNIBALÂ â Students in the FFA program at the Hannibal Career and Technical Center competed in different Proficiency Award areas in February.
The award honors and recognizes students for their supervised agriculture experience projects and the specialized skills they have developed within them.
Four students competed at the Area Level, and three of them placed in the top three.
The students competing for the Proficiency awards in different experience areas were: Sophie Albright â Small Animal Production and Care; Ashton Braden â Equine Entrepreneurship; Alyssa Fountain â Poultry Production; and Emma Fountain â Agriculture Sales.