Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Friday, March 18, 2011

Eastside Technical Center students competed in the annual Bluegrass Region FFA Day, hosted March 16 by the University of Kentucky’s Agriculture Department.

Eight members of the Locust Trace FFA chapter participated in impromptu speaking events, and the two regional winners will represent Fayette County at the Kentucky FFA convention June 7-9.

First-place honors: 

• Autry Graham - small animal impromptu.
• John Cockriel - greenhouse impromptu.

Superior ratings:

• Carley Hodges - fruit and vegetable impromptu.
• Chestanna Poe - equine impromptu.
• Justice Hager - poultry impromptu.

For more information, contact FFA adviser Todd Harp at (859) 381-3740.