ROCKFORD, Ohio — Kylie Snyder, a senior at Parkway High School, is selling mums this fall, for the third year in a row. This past spring Snyder raised enough money to receive her state degree and is now working to the next level, the American degree. This is the highest degree you can receive through the FFA.

Throughout this past summer, she raised around 550 Belgium and Yoder mums with the help of her family, and her FFA advisor Alan Post. Snyder spent the summer watering and fertilizing her mums, and cutting weeds out.

She is offering many colors this year there are multiple colors of red, orange, pink, purple, yellow and white. The cost of an eight-inch pot is $5, while the cost of a 12-inch pot is $10. Also, this year Snyder is selling hanging pots for $15, urns for $15, and Big decorative pots for $20 to $25.

For those who are interested, Snyder can be reached at home at 419-795-4228 or at 419-953-4199. She also will be selling the mums on the weekends in the Rockford, Mendon, Celina and Van Wert areas. 

Also, on Sept. 20, the Parkway FFA chapter sent Rural and Urban soil judging teams to the Hardin Northern Invitational near Kenton, Ohio. Parkway sent multiple rural teams. Rural team 3 got second place out of 84 teams. Individually, Jared Rollins got fourth out of 301 people. 

Parkway also sent one urban soil judging team. They placed third out of 39 teams. Individually, Courtney Dicke got third out of 131 people. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Cattlemen’s Beef Assoc.’s (NCBA) government affairs office in Washington, D.C., is accepting applications for a spring 2013 public policy internship. The deadline to submit an application for this opportunity is Oct. 19, 2012.

“NCBA’s public policy internship gives college students a one-of-a-kind view into the policy making process in Washington, D.C., while helping them prepare to transition from college to career,” said NCBA Executive Director of Legislative Affairs Kristina Butts. “We are looking for college students with an interest in the beef industry, public policy and communications to help NCBA represent cattlemen and cattlewomen in Washington, D.C. The internship is designed to work closely with the lobbying team on Capitol Hill and assist with NCBA’s regulatory efforts.”

The full-time internship will begin Jan. 14, 2013, and end May 10, 2013. To apply, interested college juniors, seniors or graduate students should submit the application, a college transcript, two letters of recommendation and a resume to internship@beef.org More information and the internship application are available on NCBA’s website at www.beefusa.org/

“This isn’t a ‘check-the-box’ style of internship. NCBA’s public policy interns work alongside NCBA staff on critical issues ranging from the estate tax to food safety, the environment and more.” Butts said. “If you or someone you know is interested in this opportunity, we encourage you to apply.”

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — In October, the Miami Trace FFA will be kicking off the second annual “Paint the Town Pink”. Originally led by Rachel Shepard, a Miami Trace student, Paint the Town Pink is a special event that will be taking place all throughout Washington Court House. During the campaign, companies in town will be given the opportunity to donate money to have their windows painted with the breast cancer ribbon. All proceeds from these donations will go to Emerson Marting and his family. This year, Miami Trace has joined up with Shepard to make this event even bigger. The FFA officers have contacted many businesses and planned many other activities to go along with the event.

Also, in order to help raise more money for the fund, officers will be painting small yellow ribbons on car windows (for a small donation) at the Miami Trace football game on Oct. 19. All proceeds from the car window painting will be donated to the Sam Bish Foundation in memory of Garrett Harper. “Painting the Town Pink” took place on Oct. 3-5 and the town will be painted by students and the FFA officers. The Paint the Town Pink walk will be held on Oct. 13  beginning at TSC. Registration will be at 1:30 p.m. and the walk will begin at 2 p.m. The walk will be held to remember the ones in our community who had cancer, are currently battling it, and also to be thankful for the survivors. T-shirts for the event will be sold at the High school and at Pettit’s stores and the Rusty Keg for $10. All proceeds from the t-shirt sales will be donated to the FCMH Partners in Pink Mammogram program. This program allows women locally in Fayette County to receive mammograms for free.