Next Meeting -
At the January meeting, the Junior class wonthe Ag Challenge, which was a feed bag hold.
Chapter FFA Degrees -
The Chapter Degree is the highest degree achapter can award its members. To earn it, a member must havepreviously: earned their Greenhand FFA Degree, completed 2 years ofAg Ed, have a satisfactory Supervised Agricultural Experienceprogram, and given a 10-15 minute speech over anagriculturally-related topic in their Ag class.
Those members receiving the Chapter FFADegree were: Ashlee Brown, BrianBussert, Holly Edwards, Jennifer Evans, Christina Gierhart, CalvinHanes, Marshall Johnson, Travis Kiser, Emilee Klamfoth, MalloryMcMaster, Danielle Middleton, Meagan Silva, Martina Stanley, WhitneyTurner, and
These sophomores received the silver ChapterFFA Degree pin, which will replace the bronze Greenhand FFA Degreepin on their FFA jacket.
Upcoming CDE's
Public Speaking
-Creed Speaking: During this contest,members must recite the five paragraphs of the FFA Creed from memory,and then answer questions about its meaning and purpose. (Forfreshman members only)
-Beginning Prepared: Typically for freshmanand sophomores. In this CDE, you write and deliver a six to eightminute speech about a current agricultural subject. Participants arescored on their written speech, their speech delivery, and theiranswers to the judges' questions about their topic.
-Senior Prepared: Basically the same asbeginning prepared, except there is more competition and the judgesmay be tougher. This contest is typically for juniors andseniors
-Extemporaneous: During this contest,contestants are given an agriculturally-related topic when theyarrive, and then have 30 minutes to research and prepare a speech.After they deliver their speech, the judges may ask them questionsabout it.
Job Interview
Participants in this contest submit aresume, complete a job application, and participate in an interviewwith a panel of possible employers.
Agricultural Sales
This CDE demonstrates the professional salesprocess, which includes customer relations, advertising andpromotion, telephone skills, and product display. In this contest,members complete a 50-question test, present a project summary, andmake a sales display and present their product proposal to judges asif they were trying to sell it.
Blue and Gold Benefit -The Blue and Gold Benefit is thebanquet fundraiser for the Ohio FFA Foundation, which supplies all ofthe awards given to FFA members at the District and State levels. Itwas held on Saturday, Jan. 26th at the Ohio State Fairgrounds.
Twelve members from the A-C FFA Chapter wentwith Mr. Sharp and Mr. Tilley to help out with the banquet. Theywere: Brian Bussert, Rusty Harvey,Travis Kiser, Beth Fouse, Jimmie Bivens, Randall Miller, Brian Hill,Crish Alvey, Skyler Baldwin, Christian Hoffman,
MFE Conference -
Power Show -
2002 Officer Elections- Officer elections are held eachyear during the February meeting. Any sophomore or junior who hasobtained their chapter degree is eligible to be a chapter officer. Wewould like to encourage all members eligible to run for an office, asit is a very rewarding experience. If you are interested, pleasecontact Mr. Tilley ASAP for more information.
Paper Drive -