(l-r) Alexus Galassi, Brooke Aguirre, Brandon Pina and Ashley Jackson at the South Coast Regional Spring Meeting.

On March 18th Fillmore FFA members attended the South Coast Regional Spring Meeting which was held at King City High School. At the meeting members competed in public speaking contests, regional officer elections and received awards for their hard work throughout the year. Each FFA chapter keeps a record of their events and activities by having a chapter scrapbook. Chapters put everything from meetings to showmanship practice information in their scrapbook. The scrapbooks are judged on not only appearance but on how well they inform the reader. Along with other scrapbooks from the region, Fillmore FFA’s scrapbook was judged at the meeting and looked wonderful! Alexus Galassi ran for the Regional Reporter position as well as competed in the Job Interview contest. Brooke Aguirre ran for the Regional Vice President for Ventura Section position and also competed in the Prepared Public Speaking contest. Ashley Jackson and Brandon Pina represented the Fillmore Chapter as voting delegates for the officer elections. Although the chapter scrapbook wasn‘t awarded and neither Alexus nor Brooke placed in their competitions or won an officer position, the students had an amazing time seeing friends and meeting new ones!

Oh how this past year has flown by so quickly! It’s already time for chapter officer elections. This past week the three graduating officers read over applications and interviewed individuals who would like to run for this year’s officer team. At our next meeting, these students will be slated into officer positions and will present speeches. Then, members will vote and the new officer team will be revealed at our End of Year Banquet in May.

It’s definitely spring time out at the School Farm! Brittany Gurrolla’s heifer Millie gave birth to her calf! After waiting approximately nine months, Millie had a black bull calf on the afternoon of March 24th. Just like any other animal, heifers can have difficult labors, but lucky for Millie the calf was born in several hours. Congratulations to Brittany and Millie!

On March 27th, Fillmore FFA members went to Rio Grande High School to receive their State FFA Degrees. Those who received the degree are Sierra Blankenship, Marc Zavala, Craig Harvey, Candace Stines, Hilary Vigil and Brandon Pina. The State FFA Degree is the third highest ranking in the FFA Organization. Members must complete the requirements which include being in FFA for two years, have received the Chapter degree and have had an approved Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) project. Along with members receiving their degrees, two Fillmore FFA members were given proficiency awards for their hard work. Riley Wright received her award for Vegetable Production and Alexus Galassi received her award for Agricultural Sales. In addition, Mr. Mike Bush was awarded the Gold Star Administrator award. Congratulations and good job to those who attended the Proficiency and State Degree Awards Ceremony!

Brooke Aguirre is Fillmore FFA's Chapter Reporter