Could you use $10,000 cash? Who couldn’t, right? On Saturday, May 20, the Toga Volunteer Fire Department is hosting a raffle where someone will be awarded $10,000 as the lucky winner. Second place prize is $1,000 and third place is $500. A $100 ticket gets you entered into the raffle and a steak dinner for two. Dinner begins at 7 p.m. with the raffle following. Come out and support the fire department.

The Buckingham County Friends of the Library and the Buckingham County Public Library Board are co-hosting a welcome reception for new branch manager Amy White on Tuesday from 4-6 p.m. The reception will be held at the library and is open to the public.

Two teams from the Buckingham High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter competed in the youth cattle-working contest. The contest was held on March 29 in Blackstone. Buckingham’s Team A consisted of Will Auten, Amanda Bryan and Brandy Snoddy. Team A placed fourth in the contest.

Trevor Agee, Garrett Love and Tyler Woodson were members of the Buckingham’s Team B and placed 13th.

The contest was comprised of two different parts — completing a cattle processing plan and working calves. While preparing for the contest, participants learned about cattle vaccines and how to read the labels of the medicines. Participants also had to ear tag cattle and administer vaccines and wormer. Safe handling of cattle and proper techniques were a part of the criteria for the contest. This contest is based around contestants learning proper cattle handling practices that are taught through the beef quality assurance program. In order to compete in the contest, all members had to complete the beef quality assurance program.

Buckingham County Middle School recently held a March madness book competition. The students voted on which book they thought would win the entire tournament from the following list: “Into the Wild,” “The Bad Beginning,” “The Hunger Games,” “Dork Diaries,” “Amulet: The Stonekeeper,” “The Lightning Thief,” “Double Down,” “Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “The Outsiders,” “Because of Winn-Dixie,” “Divergent,” “The Spiderwick Chronicles, “Hatchet” and “The Selection and Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life.” Those students who were correct were entered into a raffle to receive a copy of the winning book and a $20 McDonald’s gift card. The winning book was “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down” and the winning student was seventh grader TyQwan Anderson.

The Buckingham County High School greenhouse is open until Tuesday. Hours of operation are from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Come by and purchase your spring plants. Prices include: four packs for $1.50; 10 four packs for $14 (the 10th four pack is free) and hanging baskets are $10. If you need a special time for pick up, contact Casey Davis at (434) 969-6100, ext. 102 at the high school. If arriving after 3 p.m., enter the greenhouse directly through the back gate.

The Central Virginia Community Health Center offers fun exercise classes. Join the fun this week on Monday for free use of gym all day; Tuesday is Tai Chi at 10 a.m. and CIZE class at 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday is Yoga at 5 p.m.; Thursday is Body Attack at 6 p.m.; and Friday is Toddlers on the Move at 11 a.m.

Sherri Wise is the columnist for the Buckingham Bulletin. Her email address is wise.buckingham@gmail.com.