January 2006 Newsletter

by Ashley Lamb, Reporter

FFA Meeting

                The next FFA Meeting will be held on, Monday, January 23rd at 7 P.M. in the Ag Center. At this meeting, we will be honoring those members who are eligible to receive their Chapter FFA Degree. The Chapter FFA Degree is the highest degree that a chapter can bestow upon its members. Remember, if you are planning on being a chapter officer, the Chapter FFA Degree is a requirement. The Ag Challenge for this meeting will be the feed bag hold. As always, one male and one female from each class will be needed to compete. Remember, if you have already done an individual Ag Challenge you are not eligible for other individual Ag Challenges. This will also be the last meeting before we will elect new chapter officers for the 2006-2007 school year.

 

Ag Breakfast

                Ag Breakfast will be January 5th at Friches beginning at 6:45 A.M. Come eat and socialize with your friends before school!

 

Ag Communication CDE

                This year’s Ag Communications team placed 5th in the State Competition. Team members were: Adam Baldwin, Cortney Collins, Brittany Pinkstock, Jodi Roush and Stacey Sams. This is the sixth time in the last seven years that we have placed in the top 5 in the state, winning the CDE in 2000 and 2001. This has  been the most successful CDE in our chapter history. I asked Adam Baldwin, a third year team member, what he enjoys about Ag Communications, “I like everything about the contest.”

 

Ag Honor Roll

                To qualify for Ag Honor Roll a member must receive an A or an A- at the end of the grading period in their respective Ag class. The first nine weeks our chapter had a total of 70 members on Ag Honor Roll. The following students have received an A or A- in their respective Agricultural Education course during the first grading period.

Ag Science I: David Sams, Ryan Davis, C.J. Broaddus, Josh Cordle, Alyssa Diltz, Alyssa Jenkins, Brittany Pinkstock, and Alyssa Brainard.

Ag Science II: Taylor Griebel, Lars Abel, Jessie Berisford, O’neal Blackburn, Andy Cotton, Adam Foster, Andrew Gobel, Heather McGuire, T.J. Miller, Kayla Notestone, Heather Stevens, Thunder Shahan, Heather Young, Greg Bowers, Jordan Collins, Judd Ellinger, Madison Fausnaugh, Kyle Kennedy, Max Noll, and Jodi Roush.

Ag Business I: Adam Baldwin, Jessica Caisse, Crystal Covell, Kayla Hill, Ashley Lamb, and April Senften.

Ag Business II: Dan Flowers, Erika Hardman, Brent Poston, Alex Reid, Nic White, Lindsay Lama, and Chelsea Polt.

Ag Production I: Ben Ball, Adam Baldwin, Dustin Baxter, Christine Bussert, Lacey Price, April  Senften, Josh Ayers, Billy Davis, Eric Cottrell, Danny Paterson, Emiley Bolin, Christine Boso, Andrea Brumfield, Courtney Cox,  Bobbi Edwards, T.J. Hines, Kelsey Johnston, Stacey Sams, and Megan Underhill.

Ag Production II: Amanda Campbell, Dan Flowers, Jimmie Gordon, Kelsey Johnston, Brent Poston, Alex Reid,  Zac  Saum, Daniel Wampler, and Nic White.

Ag Business Options II: Cerene Kilbarger, and Debbie Picklesimer.

Advanced Multimedia Technology In Agriculture: Nathan Hushie, Tony Huston, Shaelyn  Iles, Bryan Jeffers, Stacey Sams, and Nic White.

Fruit Sale Totals

                This years fruit sale brought a little over 1720 boxes of fruit being sold. This year’s top fruit seller was Josh Cordle, selling 60 boxes of fruit. J.D. Stover and Ray Spence tied for second placed with 56 boxes of fruit each. We want to give a BIG thanks to all who bought fruit in support of our chapter.

 

Proficiency Awards, State and American FFA Degrees

                Anyone who has applied for a proficiency award, State FFA Degree, or American FFA Degree needs to have their applications turned in by January 20th.

 

Made For Excellence Conference

                Made for Excellence (MFE) is a two-day personal development conference designed primarily for high school freshman and sophomores. MFE focuses on personal growth by providing students with many interactive opportunities. FFA members identify skills needed and desired for success. These activities provide participants with tools of motivation that are relevant to their everyday lives. Through fun and experiential learning students discover careers available in agriculture and the growth opportunities available within FFA. At the close of the conference and beyond, participants will be making more purposeful, meaningful choices that will lead them to excellence. This year’s MFE participants are: T.J. Miller, Jessica Caisse, Kayla Notestone, Judd Ellinger, Jessie Berisford, Megan Underhill, and Christine Boso. Most of these members all had to apply and were selected to attened the MFE Conference at last year’s Awards Banquet.

Ag Sales CDE

                The marketing of agricultural products is key to profitability in today’s competitive economy, and agricultural sales play a major role in the marketing process. Through this CDE, students will save the opportunity to demonstrate skills in sales by participating in a wide range of activities oriented around the total sales process. The District Ag Sales CDE will be held on January 24th at Lancaster H.S. Members who have signed up for this contest are: Brittany Manson, Shaelyn Iles, Ashley Lamb, Jessie Berisford, and D.J. Hopkins. We will be having a run-off test to determine who the four team members will be in early January.

 

Job Interview CDE

                The Ohio Job Interview CDE is designed for  FFA members to practice and demonstrate  the skills needed in seeking employment in  all areas of agriculture. Each part of this  event simulates real world experiences that  students will have when seeking  employment in the future.   The District Job Interview CDE will be held on January 24th at Lancaster H.S. If anyone is interested in signing up for this CDE needs to talk to Mr. Tilley ASAP!!!! Also anyone who is interested in the Public Speaking CDE needs to sign up soon.

Greenhand FFA Degree

 Congratulations to the following members on receiving their Greenhand FFA Degrees at the December meeting: Alyssa Brainard, C.J. Broaddus, Nathan Brumfield, Josh Cordle, Ryan Davis, Alyssa Diltz, Seth Farmer, Randy Forrest, Megan Gierhart, David Hopkins, Alyssa Jenkins, Ethan Mathias, Brittany Pinkstock, Kayla Richmond, David Sams, Laurie Segovia, Jason Sisson, Ray Spence, Matt Taylor, and Chris Werling.