April Meeting The April FFA meeting will be held in the new Ag Shop on April 14th. It will start at 7:00 pm. The Ag Challenge will be a scavenger hunt. Each class can have as many participants as they wish, but you must have only one runner. This is a fun outdoor activity that we do. We hope to see you there.
Assistant Officer Team The new assistant officer team has been chosen for the 2003-2004 school year. In order to become an assistant officer, you must be active in the FFA and have received your Greenhand FFA Degree. There were eight people who met the requirements and filled out the needed paper work. The seven new assistant officers are as follows: Assistant Vice-President- Cassi Slone Assistant Secretary- Margo McMaster Assistant Reporter- Chelsea Polt Assistant Treasurer- Megan Miller Assistant Sentinel - Dani Sowers Assistant Student Advisor - Erika Hardman Assistant At-Large- Debbie Picklesimer Congratulations to the new assistant officers!!!
Chapter Does Well At District Evaluations! The chapter recently participated in officer book and SAE book evaluation. The 2002-2003 chapter secretary, treasurer, and reporter all competed with their books. Erin Gilfillen received a Gold Rating scoring perfectly with her Secretary book. Jace Spires also received a Gold Rating with his Treasurer's book. Mallory McMaster received a Silver Rating on her Reporter's scrapbook. Jace and Erin will be recognized on stage at the State FFA convention in May. The chapter also did very well in the Proficiency award areas. There are 28 FFA chapters in District 7. We sent fifteen award applications to be evaluated. The competition results were excellent. Samantha Wiggins - 1st place - Accounting Martina Stanley - 1st place - Beef Production Jace Spires-1st place - Diversified Horticulture Erin Gilfillen - 1st place - Floriculture Ralston Foster -1st place - Grain Production Jace Spires- 1st place - Home and/or Community Development Jace Spires -1st place - Nursery Operations Rachel Makarius - 1st place -Poultry Production Jace Spires - 1st place - Turf Grass Management Ryan Foster - 2nd place - Ag Mechanics Repair & Maintenance Holly Edwards -2nd place - Agricultural Sales Jace Spires - 2nd place - Forest Management & Products Kristin Graves - 3rd place - Small Animal Production & Care Rachel Makarius - 3rd place - Vegetable Production Beth Fouse - Not yet determined - Vegetable Production Jace Spires (Div. Horticulture) and Beth Fouse (Vegetable Production) interviewed at the state level but the results will not be announced until the State FFA Convention in May. No FFA chapter had more top finishers at the district level than our chapter did Congratulations to everyone for another great awards season.
Mulch Sale The mulch sale has been going on for a couple of weeks know and will be ending on April 16th. If you have not yet ordered your mulch, it is not too late. You can give your order to any Amanda- Clearcreek FFA member or give Mr. Tilley a call at (740)969- 4435 ext. 235. Every member is highly encouraged to at least sell to their family and immediate neighbors. Every little bit helps. Members must have all mulch delivered by the end of April and have all money turned in. Just a reminder, we sell some of the cheapest, largest bags of mulch around and WE DELIVER!
Ag Breakfast This month's Ag Breakfast will be held at Bob Evans on Thursday, April 3rd at 7:00 am. It is a good opportunity to have a good meal and talk to your friends. We hope to see you there.
Flower Bulb Sale The flower bulb sale will also be wrapping up very soon. For those of you who have purchased them from us before, you know that they are a pretty good product. They are a guaranteed product. The flower bulbs are a flat rate of $5 a pack. Members must have all orders and money turned in by April 5th.
Adopt-A-Highway Now that the weather is beginning to get nice again we will be beginning our Adopt-A-Highway Program. This months Adopt-A-Highway will be held on April 14th. The chapter has agreed to help keep a three mile section of St. Route 159 clean. We would really appreciate it if we could have a large number of members attend. This is one of the main roads in our community.
Amanda-Clearcreek FFA Banquet The chapter FFA banquet will be Saturday, May 17th at 4:00 p.m. It will be held in the new gym. This is a carry-in type meal. Everyone is encouraged to bring a covered dish. The chapter provides the meat and drinks. This is a great event to attend. Attention! Any former FFA member of the Amanda Clearcreek chapter, especially, former officers, we would love to have you attend our banquet. The 2003-2004 officer team cordially invites you to the last FFA banquet in the old school. We would like to have a large turn out for this event. Just a reminder that this is a required activity for all members. We hope to see you there. | Mt. Gilead Invitational The Mt. Gilead Invitational career development event was held on Saturday, March 8th at the Mt. Gilead fairgrounds and high school. The results were as follows for each contest: The Wildlife Management team did well. Devon Timmons placed 24th individually. Jace Spires placed 44th individually. Cerene Kilbarger placed 72nd. Lindsey Turner placed 75th individually. Samantha Wiggins placed 81st and Stacy Manson placed 100th. The Dairy Cattle team placed 9th with a team of three. Amanda Cassidy placed 36th, Rachel Schneider placed 43rd and Martina Stanley placed 53rd. The Equine Management team consisting of Cassie Shaeffer, Christina Gierhart, Holly Edwards, and June Spires received 4th place as a team. Cassie placed 11th individually. June placed 55th individually, Christina placed 22nd and Holly placed 69th individually. The second equine team also did well consisting of only first year members. Margo McMaster placed 53rd. Heather Cox placed 159th individually, and Kelsey Johnston placed 113th. The General Livestock team of Christian Hoffman, Erika Hardman, and Brian Bussert also competed very well. Christian placed 57th individually, Brian placed 74th and Erika placed 117th individually. The Poultry team placed 6th. Congratulations to Rachel Makarius who placed 4th individually. Krystina Preece placed 28th individually. Trent Strous placed 47th and Leslie McAfee placed 66th. In the Agronomy contest, Sandy Larson placed 40th, Amie White placed 42nd, Ralston Foster placed 51st, Skyler Baldwin placed 43rd individually and Alissa Foley placed 56th.
Marysville Invitational The Marysville Invitational CDE was held on Saturday, March 15th. The competitors met at the Marysville High School and broke up into their individual categories there. This contest also served as our district contest this year. The Wildlife Management team consisted of six contestants. Devon Timmons placed 39th, Jace Spires placed 47th, Cerene Kilbarger placed 91st, Heather Hines placed 92nd, Stacy Manson placed 95th, and Lindsey Turner placed 115th individually. The Dairy Cattle the team consisted of only three people. Crish Alvey placed 68th, Martina Stanley placed 104th, and Randall Miller placed 107th individually. The General Livestock team consisted of Brian Bussert did a good job being the only one on his team. He placed 120th out of 300+ competitors. The Agronomy team consisted of two people. Amie White placed 70th individually and Sandy Larson placed 74th. The Equine Management team actually had the most contestants. A chapter can have one 8-person team. Cassie Shaeffer placed 34th, Amanda Campbell placed 86th, June Spires placed 105th, Margo McMaster placed 117th, Rebecca Gillian placed 186th, and Holly Edwards placed 205th. The Poultry team placed very well at this contest. Congratulations to Rachel Makarius who placed 2nd individually. Beth Fouse placed 12th and Trent Strous placed 20th individually. This team was 2nd overall. Congratulations to all of you!
District 7 Contest Results The district contest was held at the Marysville Invitational on March, 15th. The Equine Management team placed 3rd in the district. The individual district scores were as follows: Cassie Shaeffer placed 2nd, Amanda Cambell placed 8th, June Spires placed 9th, Margo McMaster placed 11th, Rebecca Gillian placed 21st, and Holly Edwards 23rd. The Dairy Cattle team placed 1st in the district. The individual district scores were: Crish Alvey 3rd, Martina Stanley 10th, and Randall Miller11th. Congratulations! Brian Bussert placed 9th in the district individually on the General Livestock team. Amie White placed 13th and Sandy Larson placed 15th individually on the Agronomy team. The Wildlife Management team placed 2nd in the district overall. Devon Timmons placed 2nd, Jace Spires placed 3rd, Cerene Kilbarger placed 14th, Heather Hines placed 15th, Stacy Manson placed 16th, and Lindsey Turner placed 19th individually. The Poultry Judging team placed 1st in the district. Rachel Makarius placed 1st, Beth Fouse placed 2nd, and Trent Strous placed 3rd. Congratulations!! I would like to wish everyone in these contests good luck at the state contests to be held on April 5th at the State Fair Grounds.
FFA Camp Summer is nearing and we all know you don't want to be stuck at home with nothing to do, right? So how about FFA camp? It is an excellent activity. You can meet new people, as well as spend time with your fellow members of the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA chapter. You can enjoy activities such as: high ropes, rock climbing, swimming, boating, canoeing, spend some time at the shooting range, play basketball, sand volleyball, go swimming, and even go on overnight hikes. The best part about this whole experience is it is only $85 (or less) for all this fun, depending on your participation in chapter fund raisers. Did I mention that it counts for all of your summer hours? FFA camp is also a requirement activity for your state degree. Yes, you can have one of the best times of your life and still get credit for it. So don't delay turn your permission forms in a.s.a.p. Camp will be July 14th-18th. There is a limited number of spots available for campers. Mr. Tilley needs all money and forms turned in to him in April. Don't miss out on the fun!
A-C FFA Alumni Involvement The Amanda Clearcreek FFA Alumni is a support group who pay dues and is almost always willing to help out our FFA chapter. Recently, a few of those members helped the chapter out. Heather Makarius helped the Poultry team, Eric Valentine helped the General Livestock team, and Ben Blosser helped the Agronomy team. In doing so they devoted their time to teach us skills we would need to successfully do well at the spring contests. We also would like to recognize James Heidell for helping referee the volleyball tournament we had at our March meeting. He was a big help due to the fact Mr. Sharp was out with the new baby. Congratulations Mr. Sharp for the birth of your new baby girl.
Mulch Trip Those members who participated in the 2003 mulch sale and sold over 150 bags, being one of the top fifteen mulch sellers, are given the chance to go on a camping trip to be held May 30 through June 1st. They will be doing light rafting and wild caving. More details will be given about this event in the May newsletter.
State Skills Contests The state skills contests for all spring contests except wildlife management will be Saturday, April 5th, at the Ohio State Fair Grounds. These contests are the most important contests so far. We practice for this contest at the Marysville and Mt. Gilead invitational's. Anyone who is participating needs to be at the school at 7:15 a.m. Don't be late! Good luck to all contestants! |