FCS Financial: One Hundred Years July 2016 | Page 89

Front row (L to R): Elizabeth Grisham, West Plains Schools board member; Cindy Tyree, West Plains Schools board vice president; Tonya Jedicka, West Plains Schools ag instructor; Lindsey Hicks, FFA officer; Jaden Hicks, FFA officer; Randy Pace, FCS Financial vice president; Audie Russell, FFA officer; Scott Schaumburg, FCS Financial vice president; McKenzie Burtrum, FFA officer; Cameron Gray, FFA officer; McKenzie Barker, FFA officer. Back row: Brian Mitchell, West Plains Schools board member; Lee Freeman, West Plains Schools board member; Jim Thompson, West Plains Schools board president; David Christopher, Raising the Barn Committee member; Jim Laughary, SCCC director; Ron Gould, Raising the Barn Committee member; John Mulford, West Plains Schools superintendent. The West Plains School District recently celebrated the grand opening of its new Agriculture Science facility, a 10,500-square-foot space that supports current trends in agriculture. Funds for the project were done through the “Raising the Barn” fundraising campaign. FCS Financial, a large contributor to the campaign, has also contributed $5,000 to the West Plains High School FFA greenhouse, which is under construction and will be next to the new facility. A Lean, Mean Lending Machine 85