by Jessie Berisford, Reporter

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FFA Meeting

            The next FFA meeting is going to be on November 20th in the Ag Center. The Ag Challenge for this meeting is going to be milk chugging. Each grade will need a male and a female representative and they will chug a half gallon of milk. The team with the fastest combined time will win. This is a new Ag Challenge so we are anxious to see how it works out.

 

County Fair Exhibitors

            There were 10 chapter members who placed with projects at the County Fair. Heather Stevens got four 1st places, two 3rd places, and one 4th place with goats. Kayla Notestone received 1st place on her leaf scrapbook, Greg Bowers got 2nd with his leaf scrapbook, and Max Noll received 4th place with his leaf scrapbook. Emerson Martin and Heather Cox both received 2nd place in a Dairy Market Feeder class. Crystal Covell received 3rd with her Agricultural Communications project. Ryan Davis II recieved 3rd place with his soybeans and 6th place with his corn projects. Fantasia Applegarth received 3rd on her electricity project and Adam Foster received 4th place with his electrical project. Matt Taylor also received 4th place on his woodworking project. Congratulations to all of these members on their accomplishments.

 

State Forestry Contest

            The State Forestry Contest was held on October 7th. The members who participated in this contest were Bobbi Edwards, April Senften, Josh Cordle, David Sams, Gene Brown, and John Spellman. The Forestry team placed 8th in the State. This is the 3rd highest placing in Forestry in the chapters history, so this is a huge accomplishment. Congratulations to this team.

 

Fruit Sale

            The chapter Fruit Sale begins this month. All FFA members are asked to participate in this fundraiser. This is our chapters biggest fundraiser and without the profit earned from the fruit sale, members will have to pay more for activities. The profit made from this fundraiser goes towards everything from bus fuel to contest fees to field trips. There is also a new requirement on the Fruit Sale. All members that are interested in going to FFA camp will have to sell at least 10 boxes of fruit in order to get the discounted camp price.  Keep in mind that camp prices are rising. The fruit forms are going to be due on November 14th. The fruit delivery dates will be December 11th, 12th, 13th, and all fruit must be picked up by December 14th.  Members are encouraged to make selling 10 boxes their sales goal. If there are any questions about the fruit sale feel free to give Mr. Tilley a call at 969-7381.

 

Hog Roast

            The chapters annual Hog Roast is going to be on Wednesday, November 1st. This is a potluck type of event. All members need to bring enough food for the number of people they are bringing and your own table service. This is a very fun activity. You get to eat, talk, and have fun. The chapter is asking that Freshmen and Sophomore members bring a dinner item and Juniors and Seniors bring a dessert item The chapter will provide the hog, rolls, and drinks. Where could you possibly go wrong?

 

*The A-C FFA Alumni would like to let you know that they have a hog roaster to rent for anyone needing one this fall. It uses charcoal and the rental fee is $25. Contact Mr. Tilley at the school if you are interested.

 

State and American FFA Degrees

            Any FFA member who is interested in getting their State or American Degree needs to see Mr. Tilley by Thanksgiving. This is the time that you will need to start getting your books together and get everything ready to submit.

 

Holiday Food Drive

            The Holiday Food Drive is going to be on Friday, November 17th. FFA members will walk around Amanda and Stoutsville and put bags on doorsteps. Then there will be a pick-up day  on Monday, November 20th  to pick-up the bags that people filled with non-perishible foods. There will also be a sorting day on Tuesday, November 21st to sort all of the food items.  This is a community service activity where we help  the Amanda Fire Department with to get as much food as we can for the less fortunate in our community. If you don’t live in either village but would like to make a donation, you can contact Mr. Sharp at school at 969-7384.

 

Ag Communications CDE

                The Ag Comm team this year is made up of Jodi Roush, Jessie Berisford, Adam Baldwin, Stacey Sams, and Brittany Pinkstock. The district contest is going to be held here at A-C on November 13th. The State Ag Comm contest is going to be on Saturday, December 2nd. Jodi will be writing a news report, Jessie will be writing a news release, Stacey will be doing a web page design, Brittany will do a news broadcast, and Adam will be the graphic arts designer. All members will then have to give a final proposal and take written tests and editing exercises.

 

Parliamentary Procedure CDE

            Any member interested in being on the Parliamentary Procedure team needs to contact Mr. Tilley asap. This is a contest that requires a ten person team. If there is not ten people there will not be a team.

 

Centerburg FFA Trapshoot

            The Centerburg FFA Chapter is having a trap shoot on Novmeber 11th. Any member interested in attending needs to contact Mr. Tilley asap to get signed up.