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(Continuedfrom Page47)

Mark

Purdy,vicepresidentofthe chapter, demonstrated

how

toshear sheep.

To

conclude the activities, the

FFA members

wentintothe third-gradeclass- rooms and

showed

the

Food

for

America

moviedescribing the processesandpeople necessarytoproduceacheeseburger.

The

activitywas wrapped up by eachstudent getting aBurgerKinghamburger anda glass ofmilkfromthe chapter.

Thisisan annualevent for the chapter andthe children lookforwardtotheani- mals eachyear.(StaceyRandall)

Not Quite Vanna White The

Williston, North Dakota,

FFA

Chapter

won

the"Triple

Crown"

of chap- terhonorsastheywere

named

winnersof the state

BOAC,

Safety and Superior Chapterawards.

An

innovativepartof theirsafety program

was

a "Wheel of Misfortune" exhibitthataddressedelec- tricalsafetyhazards.

The

exhibitconsisted of a

game-show

type wheel that, instead of displaying variousamountsofmoney,

showed

po- tentialelectricaldangerssuchasfrayed cords,

downed power

^linesandelectricity near water.

The

exhibit'shostswere two mannequins,"Pat Killjack"and

"Vanna

Light."

A

partially-revealedletterboard spelled"WiredforTrouble."

Electricalsafetypamphlets weredis- tributed at the exhibit which was pre- mieredatthe NationalHard

Red

Spring

Wheat

Show.

The

chapterhas sincedis- playedtheirwheelat

KUMV-TV's

"Farm and

Ranch

Showcase" andtheNorthDa- kotastatefair.

A crowd

of1,200

watched

students, faculty

and community members

inEast Clinton,Ohio,tryto

keep from

falling offtheir

donkeys

attheschool'sfirst annual

donkey

basketball

game. The FFA

beat the high school

band

10-4.In the

second game,

the faculty

and community squeaked

past the

Young Farmers

12-11. Inthefinal

game

the

FFA

beat thefaculty8-4.

Don't Let

It

Get Your Goat

The

MississinawaValley,Ohio,

FFA

heldtheirannual high schoolagOlympics during National

FFA Week.

As

part ofthe activities,theyheld a

"Kiss theGoat"contest.Glassjarswere

putinthe cafeteriaso the studentscould put

money

inthemto"vote"on having theirfavoriteteacherkissthe goat.

The

jar with themost

money

wins andtheteacher

whose

pictureison thefrontof thejar mustkissthegoat.Thisyear'swinnerwas Mr. Lewis Bricker, the industrial arts teacher.

The money

fromthiscontest

was

used toawardtwooutstanding seniorsinthe

FFA $150

scholarships.This year'swin- ners are

Doug

Halley and

Ken

Meier.

(Jodi

Woodbury)

Welding Money

The

Beach,North Dakota, Chapterhas

come

upwith a solution forpeople

whose

roundbalefeedersrot,weather,fallapart and need replacement every fewyears.

They,with helpfrom AdvisorTerry

Week,

have developed a pipe-and-sucker-rod type rackasa

welcome

alternative.

The

feeder-building project

came

out of a discussionbetweenalocalfarmer and Mr.

Week

aboutproblemswith feeders.

Atthetime, the

FFA

neededtofind

some

projecttohelp increasechapterincome.

The

feeder sales have boosted the chapter's finances "to over $1,800" to spend ontypical expenses such as its

annual banquet, livestock judgingcon-

Seeing

is

Believing

Biggersville, Mississippi, Chapter officers

posed

with theirdisplay to curb drinkingwhiledriving.

The

crashed car

and

signs

were

a constant reminderfor students

and

adultsinthe

community.

VMnM'J

Rick Sigvaldsen,left,

and

Mike Liudahl

show

off Williston's

"Wheel

of Misfortune"electricalsafety exhibit that helped

them

win thestate safetyaward.

FARMER

tests,thenational convention,awards and supplies.

Using a jig built by their advisor,

members

weld anduse atorch,primerand theirmusclesinthemanufactureofcow- calf feeders and ones for bulls. Since September,they've sold22 cow-calfsize andfourfor bulls.

Ittakesabout twodaysand^allavail- ablehandsto

make

oneof theoctagonal cow-calffeeders.

The

balefeederisseven feet indiameterandtheupright posts are fittedwithmetalstock,primedandpainted.

The FFA

designedfeeders arebuilton rollersforeasymoving,(fromTheBis-

marck

Tribune)

Meeting Efficiency

Lyon

County,Kentucky,

used

thisidea toimprove meetings

and keep members

better informed.

They purchased

an activitieschartfrom the National

FFA Supply

Service

and

thevicepresident

made

abulletinboard using keys

and

the chart for listing

each

activity by committee.

The

activities

were

posted by thevicepresident

two weeks

prior to meetings. This provided time for

each committee

toact

and members

to inform themselves.

Each committee

filed theirmaterial according to the

new

filingsystem.

We have been

able to

keep

all material for next year's officers

and committee

chairpersons.

(From

National

Chapter

application)

All

in

the Family

The

1988Smithville,Ohio,

FFA

Chap- terbanquettookona specialsignificance becauseit

marked

auniquemilestone.For thefirsttime since the chapter

was

char- teredon

May

21,1929, thechapterhada family with threegenerations of State Fanner degreerecipients.

Atthe

Ohio FFA

ConventioninJune of 1934, Leonard Miller received his

They've Got Their Hands

Full

The

Dyersburg,

Tennessee, FFA

Chapter officersproudly display the

awards

receivedatthe

West Tennessee FFA Awards Banquet which

culminatedintheir chapter being

named champion

of

West Tennessee

for1987-88.

The awards banquet was

heldattheInternational AgriculturalCenterin

Memphis.

Officers,

from

left,

Hunt Shipman, Mary

BethButler,KateBell,

Sue Ann Moore

,Michelle White,

Tom

Bell

and

Advisor

Benny

Moore.

degree. Leonard had served as chapter treasurerandpresident.His

home

proj- ects included a peach orchard and fat hogs.

The

one

FFA

activitywhichstands outinLeonard's

mind

was

when

hehelped hischapter paint thebottomfive feetofall theutilitypolesgreenintheir

home

town- ship.Green Township.

Leonard'sson

Rex

receivedhisdegree asa junior in 1962. Rex's projects in- cluded beef

cows

andcalves, corn,steers, hogs and breedingsheep.

He

waschapter vicepresidentandpresident.

In June of 1988. Leonard Miller's grandsonBradreceivedhisStateFarmer degree.Brad'sprojectshaveincluded hogs, corn,wheatandsoybeans.Bradhas servedhischapterassentinelandpresi- dent.

He

has participatedingenerallive- stockjudging,soiljudgingand playedin thestate

FFA

band.

The Presses Roll On

The

Mansfield,Texas,

FFA

beginsits eighthyear of publishing a chapternews- lettercalledMansfield

FFA

News. Begin- ninginJuneof 1981, the newsletter has beenpublishedeachJune, Julyand

Au-

gustaswellasother specialtimesthrough- out the year.

Inthebeginning, the newsletter

was

mailedonlytochapter

members

andwas

typed on a standard typewriter.

Now

throughtheuseofcomputer

word

proc- essing,databaseand desktoppublishing equipment,itissenttoallchapter

mem-

bers,alumnimembers,statestaff

mem-

bers,school administratorsandstudents

who

have enrolled for an agriscience coursefornextfall.

Any member

oralumni

member may

submitinformationtobe published.Help

isalways needed on

summer

publication datestohelpfold,addressandpreparefor mailing.

Computers

are

used

by vo-ag students

and

teachersatMansfieldto

do SOE-

relatedactivities,

keep complete

record

books

forthechapter,

connect

with the

Ag Ed Network on

a regularbasis

and

editthe newsletter.(Photofrom National

Chapter

application)

August-September,1988