Seneca

For Austin Granby, a decision to end a fun-filled vacation early, in favor of hitting the books, paid off.

One comment by his FFA adviser changed Jeff Maierhofer’s career direction that resulted in 34 years of teaching agriculture and advising the Seneca FFA Chapter.

Seneca High School’s FFA has a new desert plant to care for after Joe and Judy Szafranski’s 43-year-old, nearly 9-foot-tall cactus outgrew their home. They bought the cactus for $2 on their second date nearly 44 years ago at the former K-Mart in Ottawa.