Outstanding Ag Program News Today

Kevin Bitttner was re-elected president of the Niagara County Farm Bureau during the organization’s annual meeting Oct. 19. Also re-elected was vice president Mark Russell. Jim Bittner, Dave Tower and

Caroline Lester of Westside High School in Jonesboro received the honor from the Arkansas Farm Bureau. Lester earned the top new ag instructor award for her work at Westside, where she has 208 students involved. Eighty students are also members of the school’s FFA program. “Here at Westside we’re really fortunate to have a lot of community support.” Lester said when receiving the award from Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Senior Education Coordinator Matt Jackson. “I apprec...