Branson FFA students win at Ozark Empire Fair

Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Branson FFA students made some blue ribbon appearances at the 2023 Ozark Empire Fair in Springfield.

One student, Julianna Vineyard, won the Grand Champion Horticultural Floral Display competition.

“At first I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I did some research and I saw this wooden ferris wheel,” Vineyard told Branson Tri-Lakes News. “This ferris wheel that I had seen was a stationary one that held flowers, and I knew I wanted to go a step beyond that. So I decided to make mine a spinning wheel with a hand crank. After I drafted some designs for the mechanics of the ferris wheel, I got them approved by my Agricultural teacher, and started building.”

The full article is available at bransontrilakesnews.com.

(Story by Jason Wert, The Branson Tri-Lakes News)

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