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Top Fall Fund Raiser's Trip

    In the Fall of each year, the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA chapter hold's it's annual Fall Fruit Sale. As an incentive, any member who sells 25 or more of any combination of fruit gift baskets or boxes of fruit has the opportunity to attend the National Farm Machinery Show and Tractor Pulls held annually in Louisville, Kentucky in February. Attending members leave on February 12th, Friday morning, and return on February 14th, Sunday evening. On this trip, they attend the machinery show, the tractor pulls and enjoy Louisville's hospitality. Each year, Mr. Sharp, one of the chapter's two advisors, also plans an educational tour for the weekend in addition to the other activities. In past years, the chapter has visited the Louisville Slugger Plant and the Churchhill Downs. This year we will be also be touring the Dayton Air-force Museum. This is an excellent educational opportunity for the chapter's members and a great reward for those hard working fruit sellers. Our chapter has 19 members attending this year.

 

    The Made for Excellence Conference is a large leadership workshop usually held in either a hotel or at a hosting FFA chapter's school. This workshop is an overnight leadership training activity put on by a group of former state and National FFA Officers and influential speakers from around the country. The main goals of the conference is to promote leadership in FFA chapters, individuals and communities, as well as meet other FFA members from around the state. It is an excellent opportunity to interact with other chapters in the FFA Organization. The MFE we are attending will be held on February 27th and 28th at Union Local High School. The cost to FFA members is $75. If interested, see Mr. Sharp or Mr. Tilley. Money will be due on February 10th.

 

    The State FFA Degree is the highest degree a state association can award an FFA member. State FFA Degree winners generally represent the top 2% of the FFA members in the state in the given year. Click on the outline of Ohio below for a list of all A-C FFA State FFA Degree recipients. This year  out chapter had four members apply for this degree: Kaleb Miller, Tyler VanHorn, Cheyenne Jepsen and Brittany Stevens.

    The American FFA Degree is the highest degree a FFA member can earn. American FFA Degree winners generally represent the top 1/2% of the FFA members in the country in the given year.  This year we have 3 applicants: Judd Ellinger, Ryan Davis and Josh Cordle.

    Proficiency awards are based upon a member's Supervised Agricultural Experience Project(s). Applicants must complete and submit their project books and a detailed application. Project books are evaluated for accuracy and neatness while the applications are also evaluated for these factors plus numerous others such as the description of skills learned, supporting pictures, etc. Currently each February, applications are reviewed for accuracy at the District level and submitted to the State level for further evaluation and placing. Those applicants deemed to be in the top few (generally the top four) in the state in their respective area are then interviewed. From these final applicants, three are then selected as the top three in the state, receiving their final placing and award plaques at the State FFA Convention in May. Our chapter has 11 applicants this year. Ryan Davis II - American Star Farmer, Diversified Crop Production, Grain Production, Fiber &/or Oil Production, Josh Cordle - Turf Grass Management, Aaron Miller - Beef Production, Chancey Holbrook - Sheep Production, Kelsie Sharp - Accounting, Brittany Stevens - Accounting, Veterinary Medicine, Nate Seitz - Agricultural Mechanics Repair & Maintenance, Cheyenne Jepsen - Beef Production, Kaleb Miller - Outdoor Recreation, Tyler Genders - Small Animal Production and Tyler VanHorn - Specialty Animal Production.

 Brittany Stevens