This week, the Fillmore FFA members have been hard at work preparing for future events. Early Wednesday morning, the officer’s team gathered at the school farm to plant pumpkin seeds. If all goes well, we hope to have beautiful orange pumpkins for the kindergarteners to harvest this coming fall. Many of our members are raising animals to exhibit in market and showmanship classes at the Ventura County Fair. This requires all lot of preparation and hard work. Every Thursday evening, the members meet for showmanship practice with our FFA advisor Mr. Joe Ricards. This practice is not only for the animal to get used to the show ring and walking, but Mr. Ricards also quizzes us on questions specific to the species we are showing. With only 4 weeks left until we leave for fair, students are weighing their animals frequently and adjusting feed to insure the right weight for fair. By the looks of it we have some fine hogs, steers and lambs being raised by our dedicated students. Remember, tickets for the Barn Dance fundraiser went on sale this past week, the prices are: $20 for adults and $15 for children 12 and under. We will be serving a tri-tip and chicken dinner from 6:30-8pm with root beer floats for desert and dancing to follow. We appreciate our communities support of all our activities!

Brooke Aguirre is the Fillmore FFA Chapter Reporter