The Wyandot and Hardin county Soil and Water Conservation Districts are hosting a Soil Health and Cover Crop workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Wyandot EMS Building, 401 N. Warpole St., Upper Sandusky. During the morning part of the workshop, participants will hear from Jim Hoorman, who is a regional soil health specialist from the northwest region of Ohio and Michigan, Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Wyandot County Commissioner Steve Seitz (left) administered the oath of office for Jeff Bowen to begin his fifth term on the Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors.

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors has reorganized for 2019. Nathan Brause is the chairperson; Adam Spiegel is the vice-chairperson; Larry Leonhardt is the treasurer; Zach Stuckey is the fiscal agent.

The Carey FFA recently made a large donation of fruit to the Carey Food Pantry. This donation of about $500 worth of fruit will help 70 families have a healthy benefit over the holidays.

The Wyandot County U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency announced that Rodney Phillips of Carey was elected to represent his local administrative area (LAA) during the recent county committee election. Donna Tschanen of Sycamore will serve as the first alternate.

Earlier this month, the Upper Sandusky FFA held its Greenhand ceremony. This ceremony honors first-year FFA members who have met the requirements to receive their Greenhand degree. This degree is the first of four degrees that can be earned in the FFA — chapter, state and American being the other three.

Four Carey FFA chapter members recently qualified and participated at the State Soils Career Development Event.

Members of the Carey FFA chapter participated in the sub-district job interview career development event in November.

Carey FFA members recently participated in the District Soils Career Development Event. Members who participated in the urban competition were (from left) Noah Gerschutz, Sarah Reinhart, Elyse Lortz, Carson Pahl and Cameron Pahl.

Members of the Carey FFA chapter participated in the Wyandot County Job Interview Career Development Event in early November. Taking part were (front row, from left) Isaac Carman, Sarah Reinhart, Emily Mckee, Olivia Coppler;