agriculture education

Cole Faust, a senior at OCHS, won the State Tractor Operation and Maintenance CDE through the Georgia FFA at the Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition last month. He wants to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College after graduation. (Submitted Photo)

Cole Faust, a senior at OCHS, won the State Tractor Operation and Maintenance CDE through the Georgia FFA at the Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition last month. He wants to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College after graduation. (Submitted Photo)

Drive to win pushes Faust to tractor title

Jacob Harper
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Cole Faust made Oglethorpe County history last month. On a tractor.  The Oglethorpe County High School senior won the State Tractor Driving and Operations contest, the first time an FFA member from OCHS has won the event. Faust said his victory was a long time coming.
Andy and Madison Nimmons stand with an assortment of their entries at the North Carolina Taxidermist’s Association summer show. They won ribbons and medals for fish, birds and various mammals. (Submitted Photo)

Andy and Madison Nimmons stand with an assortment of their entries at the North Carolina Taxidermist’s Association summer show. They won ribbons and medals for fish, birds and various mammals. (Submitted Photo)

Kangaroo helps father, daughter dominate N.C. taxidermy show

Anna Izquierdo
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Madison Nimmons found her passion for taxidermy after initially pursuing a career in agriculture education and learning how to mount a duck her junior year of college.  “I just fell in love with mounting birds,” she said. “Teaching, you don’t really make a lot of money.
Marcus Eason, Oglethorpe County 4-H youth program director, holds a football to demonstrate where to measure and identify features on a live bird during poultry judging practice. The 4-H office hasn’t been able to secure live birds for practice due to avian flu. (Photo/Lilly Stone))

Marcus Eason, Oglethorpe County 4-H youth program director, holds a football to demonstrate where to measure and identify features on a live bird during poultry judging practice. The 4-H office hasn’t been able to secure live birds for practice due to avian flu. (Photo/Lilly Stone))

Don’t fumble the chicken: Cost of eggs forces 4-H poultry team to use football, not fowl

Lilly Stone
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
There were no feathers scattered across the floor, and a familiar clucking was absent during poultry judging practice at the Oglethorpe County Extension Office last week.
Jennifer Yauck smiled after her kiss with Boo. Celebrating her birthday, the hundreds of students in the cafeteria sang in unison. Paige Clarke/The Oglethorpe Echo

Jennifer Yauck smiled after her kiss with Boo. Celebrating her birthday, the hundreds of students in the cafeteria sang in unison. Paige Clarke/The Oglethorpe Echo

Teacher kisses goat to mark FFA week

Paige Jeneane Clarke
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Jennifer Yauck kissed Boo, a 7-year-old Nigerian dwarf goat, in the Oglethorpe County High School cafeteria Friday afternoon while hundreds of students cheered her on. Friday also happened to be Yauck’s birthday, creating a one-of-a-kind birthday celebration.