Twenty-one Granville students recently went to the New York State FFA Convention in Albion, N.Y., and many fared well in various categories. “This was an amazing adventure and a giant success story,” Advisor Terry Wheeler said of the event. The Farm Business Management Team, consisting of Kassie Ambrosi, Emily Campbell, Emily LaFlamme and Marc Billow, [...]
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Horde tennis players crush North Warren
By Jaime Thomas In their first match of the season, Horde tennis players took down North Warren in a 7-0 blow. “There were five kids that had their first varsity match yesterday. We are young but we will be OK,” Coach Terry Wheeler said. And OK they were with seven singles and doubles matches that [...]
Tennis team is young but athletically inclined
By Jaime Thomas As the undefeated Adirondack League champions last year, Granville’s current tennis team has a lot to live up to. The team is young, Coach Terry Wheeler said, and there are a lot of “newbies.” But Wheeler isn’t worried. “There are a lot of brand new players, but I still think we should [...]
Singing and dancing at Mania
By Jaime Thomas Many locals got a chance to have their voices heard at Mettawee Mania on Saturday. Producer and director Rod Hawkins’ son Luke opened the show with a strong vocal performance, and he was followed by many others. Songs ranged from eight-year-old Emily Powers’ version of “Call Me Maybe” to fourth-grader Jade [...]
FFA to host battle of bands at school
Granville members of the National FFA Organization will host six groups for the fifth annual battle of the bands on Saturday, Dec. 1. Along with high school bands participating in the competition, such as the Granville jazz band and the Greenwich FFA band, other musicians will play just for entertainment. Bill Hunsinger will be playing [...]
Granville FFA part of fair record
The more than 20 Granville FFA students who spent Sunday running the FFA barn and petting zoo turned out to be part of a record crowd at last week’s Washington County Fair in Greenwich. The FFA students, who traditionally staff the barn on the final day of the fair were among the 13,939 people who [...]
FFA gets the word out
Saturday was a success by any measure as members of the Granville FFA put on their agricultural exposition hoping to show of how agriculture touches this community and provide the public with a chance to get up close with a few furry and feathered friends. The agricultural exposition or Ag Expo was planned along with [...]
Granville grad earns National FFA office
Check out the National FFA Organization web page chances are you’ll recognize a familiar face. Ken Quick Jr. added another milestone to his personal resume Saturday as the Granville graduate was named National FFA Organization Eastern Region Vice President for 2011-2012. Quick is shown on the front page of the site with the other five [...]
Work gets done on Granville Community Service Day
New projects highlight service day The fruits of the labor from Saturday just might be vegetables. Groups from around Granville gathered in Veterans Park to kick off Granville Community Service Day for 2011 with a list of projects for the day. Along with the typical spring cleanup task like raking, picking up downed limbs [...]
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VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]