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By: MICHELLE WILLARD, Post Staff Writer

Posted: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 12:41 pm

Chelsea Doss

National officers from the FFA, including an Eagleville alum, with stop by the school next week as part of their travels across the state.

The officers are honing their skills in speaking, running workshops and so on, as well as meeting with FFA students as they travel across Tennessee.

“Throughout this week and next they will be meeting with students from Tennessee high schools, representatives from various agricultural businesses and industries as well as local and state education officials and Gov. Bredesen,” explained Brian Lewis, an agriculture teacher and FFA advisor at Eagleville.

The visit is especially sweet at Eagleville because one of their own returns as the 2009-2010 National FFA Southern Region Vice President.

Chelsea Doss was elected to the post in October of last year and will travel the nation working with agriculture students, setting policies that shape the future of the organization and promoting agricultural literacy.

Doss is an agriculture business major at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville.

In 2007 she was named president of the Tennessee FFA Association. As a member of FFA, Doss has grown a successful business, Doss Irish Setters, where she breeds, cares for and markets champion Irish Setters.

“The real success we achieve while wearing the blue jacket is the impact we make,” said
Doss. “We impact our schools, our community and our country. We don’t always win; but we always learn. The lessons we learn vary, but we are bound together by a common thread — passion for agriculture and FFA.”

Doss and the other national officers will meet with students and address the school at an invitation-only dinner Monday night.

The National FFA Organization, formerly known as the Future Farmers of America, is a
national organization for students studying and preparing for leadership and careers in the science, business and technology of

The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

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