Education Notes: FFA member Hildreth wins state award

Eric Hildreth, at right, receives state FFA award in the nursery operations category. Making the presentation is western region national vice president, Brian Hogue.

Eric Brown Hildreth, member of Warren County FFA Chapter, was named the State FFA Nursery Operations — Entrepreneur-ship/Placement winner at the state FFA convention. State winners will advance to competition for national honors.
Nursery Operations typically provides students with job entry experience in areas such as turf, plants, shrubs and/or tree production for the purpose of transplanting or propagation. FFA is a national youth organization of 476,732 student members preparing for leadership careers in the science, business and technology of agriculture.
Eric is the son of Gwen and Rickey Hildreth and is a 2005 graduate of Warren County High School.

Stanford named to dean’s list
Dean W. Jeremy Davis of the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, VA, is pleased to announce that Chris Stanford has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester as a result of his academic performance.
To quality for the dean’s list, a student must be a full time student and rank in the top 25 percent of his or her class for courses taken during the semester.
Chris is the son of former residents Amy-Jo and Bob Stanford of Charlotte, NC.