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Occupational Experience

(SOE)

pro- gram. Stewart saysselecting therighten- terprise

makes

allthedifference.

"An

un- successful

SOE

project is probably causedby

boredom

or lackofinterestand alternative agriculture can help curb that."

"It all

comes down

towhatenterprise

isrightforyou. Insteadofworking 1 or 20 acres of your dad's wheat land or taking a few of his cattle,

maybe

you could lookintoanenterprisethatisgoing to

complement

yourfamily'sexisting en- terprises."

Stewartalsosays

FFA members

arein aunique_position in getting involvedin alternative agriculture.

"As young

people,

we

have the advantage that

we

arenotsoset inourwaysthatwe'reafraid tochange.

We

don't haveas

much

to risk.

We

canstickournecksoutalittlefurther without havingtoworryabout ourwhole

livesbeingruined."

He

saysthatalthoughstartinganalter- native agriculture projectcan breathelife intoan

SOE

program,introducinga

new commodity

orsmall business to a

com-

munitysometimescanhavecertainpres- sures."Adopting anyofthese alternative enterprises is going to take courage.

Pride, emotion and tradition are three things that have hurt the farmer. Tradi- tionisprobably thestrongest.

He

alsosees

FFA members

taking the leadinalternative agriculture."The best thing that alternative agriculture has to offer

FFA members

is achance to bea specialist,an entrepreneuror apioneerin afield. IfI,as an

FFA member,

started raising ostriches, I'm goingto bea pio- neerinthat field. Ithink therewouldbe

more

interest andself-pride inthat than being just one of thousands and thou- sands of beef producers." ...

sharpenthosecommunicationskillsasan

FFA member

^at LeGrand, lie servedas chaptervicepresidenthissenioryearand sentinelhisjunior year.Hisbiggest mile- stonein

FFA came when

hewas

named

as thewestern regionAgricultural Salesand Service proficiency winner in 19X7.

His advisor,

Ken

Westall, says thatit

was old-fashioned hard work that has built the

Chapman

business and helped Jack win the proficiency award. "He's one ofthe hardestworkingstudents I've ever had." said Westall."With all of^the badpublicity

we

hearaboutagriculture,it

makes

youfeelgoodtoseeastudent

who

wants tofarm."

Although he's

now

a freshman at

nearby

Merced

JuniorCollege studying agribusiness, thedays of worrying over his haydeliveries are farfromover. "I'll

besittingin political scienceclass ami ^I might be thinking. 'That guyneeds five loads by Saturday.

How much

can I run tonight?

What am

1 going tocharge him perton?"

For Jack

Chapman,

a sale^isa sale,but the service neverstops.

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capped students

who

were being main- streamed into the high school's student body.

A

two-day event called

"Wool- Away

Days" gave handicappedstudents theopportunityto

show

sheep andwatch thembeing sheared.

For their outstanding work in their total

BOAC

program.

Sumner

^was

named

first-place chapter winner in the National

FFA's

^Building

Our

American

Communities

program, which is spon- soredby

RJR

Nabisco.Inc.. as a special projectoftheNational

FFA

Foundation.

Chapter

member

PatCalpitosaidthat thechapter'sinvolvementin

community

projects has helped the entire student bodybetterunderstand

FFA.

"Peoplesee theofficial dress and

know

what you're

all about and what you're doing." said Calpito. "Before, they couldn't get past the fanning.' but

now

they're beginning tounderstand usbetter."

Although Sumner's program wasout oftheordinaryformost

BOAC commu-

nity development programs, chapter

member Monte

Scholz sees their pro-

gram

accomplishinga

common

goal,but froma different direction.

"What

we're doingisbeautifyingour

community

from

the inside."

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Elmwood,

IL,

members

went to the elementary schooland conducted a ses- sion on Halloweensafetytips.

Mark

Trover

won

thebale tossatthe Smithville,

OH, FFA

barnyardOlympics witha throwof26feet,9inches.

The BOAC

project forthe Princeville, IL. Chapterwas building agreenhouse.

"Farmers Feed the World" was the winning theme for Captain Jack

FFA

float in Huntingdon County, PA. Since they

won

topprizeinthreelocalparades, theytreatedthemselvestoapizza party.

Trophies were presented to the first three places of Springdale,

AR.

Creed contest.

Marana, AZ, FFA

held their Green- hand initiationat a breakfast.

Round

Valley

FFA

ⁱⁿ Springerville,

AZ,

isrefurbishingandconstructing

new

livestockbarnsatthecountyfairgrounds for their

BOAC

^project.

All 120 residents at the local nursing

home

got carnations from the

Hudson

Middle

FFA

in FL, on grandparents' day.

Five officers from East Union,

CA, FFA

attendedanarealeadership confer- ence.Attendedsessionsonimage, proper etiquetteand cooperation.

Fund-raiser project for the Jetmore, KS,

FFA

wastreating forprairiedogson a local ranch.

The money

will help pay for

FFA

jackets.

Fulton,

MO,

raised 4,000 pounds of popcornon twoacres toraise

money

for chapteractivities.

The

popcornwas hand picked and sold at 3poundsfor$1.

Scholarshipcommittee chairman Ben Trausch of

Upper

Sandusky,

OH,

pub- lisheda^listof

FFA members who made

theschool honor roll.

Lisbon,

NY, FFA

hostedanexchange forsix

members

and theiradvisorfrom

Portville,

NY.

FFA Alumni

are invited to a social afterthe

homecoming game

at

Snohom-

ish,

WA.

UpperSandusky,

OH, members

picked applesforalocalgrowerinexchangefor all thegroundapples theycould pick up (which they used to

make

cider to sell

andfill orders).

Killingly

FFA

in

CT,

sponsored a courseforhorseloverscoveringcareand

management,

feeding, horsemanship, buildingsand equipment.

Miller City,

OH,

helped unload and

setup equipment for a blood drive.

Lafayette,

MS,

builtanexhibit ofall the crops

grown

in the county such as corn,syrup

sorghum

formolasses,sweet potatoesand loblolly pines.

Doyle,

TN,

horticulturestudents

made

afloralflagforthefairexhibit.Ithad200 red, whiteand bluecarnations.

Rye

Cove,

VA,

offersasqueezechute to the

community

for use in working with livestock.

They

charge$1 everyday the chute is out to ensure its speedy return.

Members

in

Humphrey, N

E,observed the

embryo

transplantprocessandgotto see calves from an earlier successful transplant.

A

simulatedairplanecrash tookplace over

Tampa,

FL,and

FFA members

in Gaitherwereinvolved inthe emergency exercise followingthe simulation.

Advisor

Cunningham

offered toshave hisbeardiftheDeltonaJr.,FL,Chapter swine brought $5per

pound

at thefair.

When

^itwentfor$10,thebuyers (cheered on byhisstudents)insisted onthewhole head being shaved! That's one

way

to raise$2,460 for thechapter.

Hillsdale,

OH. FFA members

voted to send $50 to their state

FFA

Foun- dation.

Delegates to the national convention

from Hidden

Valley,

OR, Chapter

received $¹25fromthechapterandaddi- tional fundsfrom severallocalagribusi- nessfirms in the valley.

Patterson,

C

A.soldbeef jerkyfortwo weeksand raised the$2,200 theyneeded tosend twodelegates to Kansas City.

A

steak-outisa

way

thePrague,

OK, FFA makes

money.

They

sold500steak dinners with potatoes, corn-on-the-cob and soft drinks beforeone ofthe

home

footballgames.

Chapter Farmer members

of the

Drewry Mason, VA, FFA

constructed

wooden

toys inthevo-ag lab togive to the local Christmas cheer organization fortheareachildren.

New

signsfor the FortHancock,

TX,

sheriffs department and the Justice of the Peaceofficewere

made

bythe

FFA.

Magee,

MS,

inducted 32Greenhands intotheirchapter.

Meridian, ID.

members

raked and cleanedupafter theWestern Idaho Fair and earned $750.

They

also ran a food stand in the livestock

show

barn and

made

great profits.

Oak

Harbor,

OH,

Chapter appoints third-year vo-ag students to be a "big brothers" for the Greenhands in the chapter.

Mcintosh,

AL, FFA

hosted acounty leadership

workshop

^tohelpchaptersget to

know

each otherbetterandtodiscuss chapterleadership programs.

Share storiesordetailsaboutthe fun, important orunusual wintertimeactivi- tiesofyourchapter.

What

havethe lead- ersdoneto

make

ita betterchapter?

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