by Jessie Berisford, Reporter

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FFA Meeting

            The next FFA meeting will be held on April 24th at 7:00 p.m. in the Ag Center. The Ag challenge will be the scavenger hunt. All members will be able to participate in this Ag challenge. Members will have to try and be the quickest to retrieve what is asked for.

 

New Assistant Officers

Congratulations to the new assistant officers! The new assistant officers are as follows:

Vice President: Alyssa Jenkins

Secretary: Alyssa Diltz

Treasurer: Brittany Pinkstock

Reporter: CJ Broaddus

Sentinel: Ryan Davis II

Student Advisor: Madison Fausnaugh

At Large: Josh Cordle

 

Tractor Troubleshooting

            The district tractor troubleshooting team competed on February 28th at Pickaway Ross CTC. In this CDE teams have to find 2 problems on anywhere from three to six tractors. This years team consisted of Adam Foster and Cody Thomson. The team placed 6th in district. Good job boys!

 

Invitational Contest Results

            There were six different contest teams that went to the Mt. Gilead and Marysville Invitational contests. These teams were: Wildlife Management, Dairy Cattle, Nature Interpretation, Agronomy, General Livestock and Equine Management. Members of the Wildlife Management team are: Stacey Sams, April Senften, Randy Forrest, Cerene Kilabarger, and Josh Ayers . Members on the Dairy Cattle team are Jodi Roush, Kayla Notestone, and Sara Rogers . Members of the Nature Interpretation team are Josh Cordle, Alyssa Jenkins, David Sams, Alyssa Brainard, and Gene Brown . Members of the Agronomy team are Ryan Davis II, Brittany Pinkstock, and Ashley Lamb. The members on the General Livestock team are Max Noll, Kyle Kennedy, Greg Bowers, Judd Ellinger, Emerson Martin, J.D. Stover, Pat Foley, Cameron Shaw, and Dylan Branham . Members on the Equine Management team are Alyssa Diltz, Megan Gierhart, Haylee Shaw, and Cassie McFarland.

                     These teams have been preparing for t he State Skills CDE contests which will be held on April 1st. The State Skills CDEs include Equine Management, General Livestock, Poultry, Wildlife Management, Dairy Cattle, Nature Interpretation and Agronomy. Good luck to members of all of these teams.

 

Proficiency Awards

                The chapter recently had eight members place at the district level and one at the state level with proficiency awards. Stacey Sams received 1st place in the district in accounting and a silver rating at the state level.   Nic White placed 1st in the district and also received a silver rating at the state level in Ag Mechanics Repair and Maintenance. Kayla Notestone placed 2nd in district and received a bronze rating at the state with Agricultural Processing. Judd Ellinger received 2nd in district and a bronze rating at the state with Agricultural Sales. Jodi Roush also placed 2nd in district with a silver rating at the state in Dairy Production. Brad Bowers placed 2nd in district and got a silver rating at the state level with Grain Production. Ashley Lamb placed 2nd in the district and received a silver rating at the state level with Specialty Animal Entrepreneurship. Christian Hoffman placed 1st in the district and received a gold rating at the state level in Grain Production.  Christian also won at the state level. Christian had to go through an interview with people who have a career in this agricultural area and, he also had to fill out a very descriptive application. Christian will be recognized at the State Convention and after that his application will be sent to the National level. This is the second year in a row that Christian has had proficiency award recognition at the state level in this area. Winning the State in a proficiency award area is a very big accomplishment for Christian and also for our FFA chapter! This is only the eighth time someone in our FFA chapter has won the at the State level.  Congratulations to all of these members on their accomplishments.

 

March of Dimes

            The March of Dimes walk will be on  Saturday April 23rd. Members going on this trip will depart from the school at 9:00 a.m. This is a walk for a good cause. Our chapter will take donations and walk a mile in Chillicothe to help support premature babies.

 

District Small Engines Contest

            The District 7 Small Engines contest will be held on Tuesday, April 4th at Teays Valley High School. Members of this team are Dani Sowers, Stacey Sams, and David Sams. Good luck to these three members.

 

Mulch Sale Ends

            The chapter is selling 3 cm. cubic foot bags of hardwood, cypress, bark nugget, and red colored mulch. The mulch sale will be ending this month. All mulch orders are due to Mr. Tilley or Mr. Sharp by April 12th. If you have not been asked to buy mulch and want to buy some please contact Mr. Tilley at 740-969-7384.  Hopefully all members continue selling and have sold lots of mulch. Remember, this is the chapters next biggest fundraiser next to the fruit sale. The more money the chapter earns the less expensive the FFA activities will be.

 

Chapter Awards Banquet

            The chapter awards banquet will be held on May 20th. All members are required to come and are highly encouraged to bring their family members. There will be a motivational speaker, awards, food and much more. Freshman and sophomores  are asked to bring a dinner item and juniors and seniors will need to bring a dessert item. Remember, this is a pot luck . Bring enough food to feed all of the people you bring, sooooo if you bring 10 people bring enough food for those 10 people to eat. All members are required to come to this event. So, please plan to attend the banquet and bring lots of family members free food and entertainment! Who could go wrong?

 

Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup

            The chapter will be having an Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup on Tuesday, April 11th right after school. Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup is members gathering together and picking up litter and trash along St. Rt. 159 from just south of  Tommy Wayne’s Pizza to Oakland. This is a very good community service activity, and all members are encouraged to attend and help out.

 

Crossmound Park Cleanup

            The chapter will also be having a Crossmound Park Cleanup day on Wednesday, April 19th. Crossmound Park is a county park near Tarlton that has trails and Indian mounds. Members will gather right at the park after school and will cleanup the park. Members will check the trails, picnic tables, benches etc. Members will then fix whatever is wrong with anything in order to preserve and help the park look better. The more members we get the quicker we will get finished!

 

OSU Promising Young Women’s Conference

            The OSU Promising Young Women’s Conference will be held on Friday April, 7th from 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. The Chapter is sending ten sophomore and junior members. The conference is sponsored by the Sigma Alpha Sorority group at OSU. This conference is for young women who are interested in the fields of agriculture and natural resources. This years focus for the conference will be “Communicating Ohio Agriculture.”

 

Hocking College Forestry/ Fish Field Days

            Members of the Wildlife Management, Nature Interpretation, and Forestry teams will be attending the Hocking College Forestry/ Fish Field Days on Friday, April 21st. Members of these specific contests areas are going to this to help better themselves for next years contest.