ARMY RESERVE

You might find yourself

ina

chopper, cruising the treetops

at

90 miles per hour.

Or doing something more down

to earth, like

repairing an

electroniccircuit.

What you won't find yourself doing

isgetting

bored. Because

thisisn't

ordinary part-time work.

It's

the Army Reserve.

You'll get

valuable

skilltraining.

Then, one weekend

a

month and two weeks each summer,

you'll

put

that training to

good

use,

while receiving good pay and

benefits.

But maybe most important,

you'll

come away with

a feeling

deep down

that

you were challenged and came through. And

that

doesn't disappear when Monday

rolls

around.

See your

local

Army Reserve

recruiter

about serving near your home. Or

calltollfree

1-800-USA- ARMY.

The Preservation of Liberty

FFA ^joins the national effort to save an American treasure.

In ^{New York Harbor}

^{she stands.}

^A

figure matching great strength with elusivewarmth.

A

symbolof yesterday;

offreedom

and

tradition.

A symbol

of today; depicting patriotismandpride.

A

symbol

of tomorrow; projecting hope and

commitment.

The

Statue of Liberty

was

presented totheUnitedStatesof

America

asagift

from

the people of France. She

was

created by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, with the help of Gustave Eiffel (of Eiffel

Tower

fame)

who

designed the interior iron frame- work.

The

statuetooknine yearsfromorig- inaldesign tofinished productand was

officiallydelivered to the United States in 1884.Peoplein thiscountry had been working to raise

money

for Liberty's pedestal,and,in 1886, the statuefound her home.

For

millions of immigrants fleeing hunger, turmoil

and

oppression in the Old World,theStatue ofLiberty, after a longoceanvoyage,wastheirfirstglimpse of a

New World

thatpromisedhope

and

opportunity.

Presently nearing her 100th anniver- sary in October of 1986, Liberty, atop her

now worn

pedestal,hassuffered the ravages of time and the elements.

Her

largeironframeworkisseverelycorroded and structural problems require exten- siverenovation.

The

200,000

pounds

of '/s-inchthickcoppersheathingthatcover her iron

framework

arein dire need of repair.

Once

again, the

American

people,

whose

forebearsearliergatheredcontri- butions to build the pedestal on which Liberty rests, are being called

upon

to help raise

money

to restore the statue

and

nearby Ellis Island where immi- grants to this country were processed until 1954.

A

total of $230 million in funds is currently being sought from school children, companies and other private citizensand organizations.

On May

18, 1982, President

Ronald Reagan and

theSecretaryofthe Interior

announced

theformation ofthe Statue ofLiberty-Ellis IslandCentennial

Com-

mission and appointed LeeA. Iacocca, chairman and

CEO

of Chrysler, as its

chairman.

The

commission's goals, in addition to raising the funds needed for the restoration process, are to: advise the NationalPark Serviceand

Department

ofInteriorinestablishingalasting

mem-

orial to the immigrants

who

helped

October-.\ovember, I9S5

Chains unshackledatherfeet,theStatue of Libertyholdsaloftthetorchthathaslit

the

way

for millions of immigrants to begin

new

lives.Afteralmost 100years, the

huge

statueis

now

in

need

ofmajor preservation

work

toprepareherforher 1986Centennial.

build America; plan

and

implement centennial

commemoration

events; and furtherdevelop plans for the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island National

Monu-

mentafterthe centennial celebrations.•••

National Officers

Lead the Drive to

Save Liberty

There are

no

trophies, plaques, prizesorawards,nofree tripsorcash benefits...just a feeling.

A

feeling of prideinour country anda desire to save asymbol offreedom.

Actingonthe

recommendation

of the delegates at the 57th National

FFA

Convention, the national of- ficers helped develop a nationwide

campaign

toearn

money

towardthe restoration ofthe Statue of Liberty.

Our campaign

is designed to enable

all 430,000

FFA members

to parti- cipate and

show

their pride in one great,cooperativeeffort.

This past

summer,

through

Na-

tional Leadership Conferences for State Officers and the State Presi- dents'Conference,

we

havebeen gath- eringideasandinput.

Many

of those ideas were included in the informa- tionpacketmailedtoeachchapter.It is our

hope

and intent that each chapter will use thesesuggestions or

come up

^{with their}

own

ideas

and

formulate a plan of action to raise

money

for the statue's restoration.

Chaptersraisingfundscan channel thosedollarsthroughtheirstateasso- ciation or send

them

directly to the National

FFA

Center.

The money

collected will be presented in one large

sum

to the Statue of Liberty- Ellis Island

Commission

inthe

name

ofthe Future Farmersof America.

We,

the National

FFA

Officers, urgeyourparticipationin this effort.

Althoughagricultureisfacingoneof

itsmostdifficult

economic

times,our support is that

much more

valuable andsatisfying.Thisisespeciallytrue

when we

considerthatthe

FFA

isan organization built

upon

patriotism and citizenship.

We

have chosen as our theme,

"Securinga Placein History...," be- cause it depicts exactly what

we

are doing through ourefforts.Please join us in this

campaign

and help

FFA

lead the

way

in contributing to the restorationof atruenationaltreasure, theStatue of Liberty.

National

FFA

Officers 1984-85

M

Mt. Horeb's Japanese Connection

To

put

an

international

work exchange program

together,

someone has

to

make

thefirst

move.

Fiveyears ago,

someone

did.

Try

^{to imagine this: you're a high}

school agriculture student on an international

work

experience abroad program. You've beenplaced

on

afarm halfway around the world where

you work

ashard as

you

everhavein your

life.

Your

host family doesn't speak a

word

inyour

own

languageand

you

can barely

manage

a full sentencein theirs.

Luckilyforyou,thefoodlooks stranger thanittastes. Everyonearound

you

has this

odd

habitof smilingwheneverthey see

you and

you

wonder how

anyone could be so bold as to leave theirshoes on

when

theywalkin thehouse.

Outer Mongolia?Possiblyoneofthe

more

remoteregions ofthe Himilayas?

Surprise! You're in

Mount

Horeb, Wisconsin, and you've never seen any- thinglike this back home.

You —

^{or rather they}

—

are

members

of theFutureFarmersofJapan,herefor a

two-week

stayinthe UnitedStates to experiencefirst-handitspeople,lifestyle

andagriculture.

And

whatatwo weeks

itis!

Why Mount

Horeb,

you

^ask?

Good

question, and one with a very

good

answer. First, alittle background.

Five years ago,anagriculturalmech- anics teacher by the

name

of Saburo

Matsumoto came

to this country on a mission.

He was

searching for just the right location tobringhisJapanesevo- ag students to so that they could learn aboutAmerica'sagricultureandpeople.

His initial researchtook

him

to

New York

Citywherehe stayed mostlyin his hotel

room

watchingtelevisionandlearn- ingEnglishwiththehelpofaJapanese- English dictionary.

Armed

with a

map

andafew

phone

numbers,hesetforthin

search of a suitable agricultural area with excellent dairy farms for his stu- dents.

Working

with

FFA's

International Specialist, Lennie

Gamage,

Mr. Matsu-

moto

was introduced to the Future FarmersofAmerica.Elevenstateslater, he eventuallyfoundhis

way

toWiscon-

sin.Afterlookingatafewoftheirdairies (and sampling

some

sharp cheddar), ^it wasallover.

Thus

began oneofthemost successful international exchange pro-

grams

ever to

come

out of

Mount

Horeb, Wisconsin.

East Meets West

In truth,the

program

hasbeenenor- mously successful. For the past four years, Japanesestudentshave beenpla- ced with farm families in the

Mount Horeb

area, livingand working thelife

of an

American

dairyman.

The

host familieshavetakenan immediateliking to the

young

Japaneseandusually sprin- kle a liberal helping of extracurricular activities in withtheworkload.

As

you might expect, Mr. Matsu-

moto

soughtand foundakey

man

tobe his

American

connection. Mr. George Johnson, headof vocationalagriculture at

Mount Horeb

High School,wasable to provide the logisticand administra-

tive support to get the students effec- tivelyplaced.Together, theyhavedevel- oped and refined a

model work

exper- ience abroad program.

"Someone

asked

how

I putthe right student at the right farm," says Mr.

Johnson. "It's really an act of

God

because^Ijustgo

down

thelist.I

do

look atthe student'shobbies. IfIhave some- one with a similar hobby. I put

them

together."

The

host families "adopt"

their

young

guests for

two

weeksduring the

month

ofJuly.

The

students

come

from TajimaAgri- cultural High SchoolinJapan's

Hyogo

Prefecture (state).

The

13 boys and 4 girlsparticipatinginthisyear's

program

were selected

from

a larger group of hopeful applicants.

Good

grades and Englishskillsare

mandatory

tobeconsi- deredfor thetrip.

Add

to that the $¹,700 price tag which each student's family mustcover,

and

youbegintoappreciate

how

highly the trip is regarded by the students.

While in the United States, the Ja- panesevisitors get the blue ribbon tour beforesettling inwiththeirhostfamilies.

Sightseeing stopsare

made

in Los

An-

gelesand Chicagoasthey takeinDisney- land and a

Cubs

baseball game. "Los (Continued

on

Page41)

m

4B

Above, studentRidado Uekibottle-feeding calves.

Left,

George Johnson

(standing, center), Saburo

Matsumoto

(standing,far right) andthe1985 Japanese

exchange

students.

TheNationalIITl RF.

FARMER

FFA Invades Scouting Jamboree

A ^border

^collie,threecomputers and a six-hole mini-golf course were used by

FFA member

Explorer Scouts

who

weregiven theopportunityto

demon-

strate agricultural merit badges at the recent

Boy

^{Scouts of}America Jamboree.

The

Scoutsare

members

ofthe Mil- fordandJerseyville,Illinois,

FFA Chap-

ters in Southern Illinois. Theiradvisor.

Gary

Focken, is also leader for the Milford Post 100 Explorer Troop.

Although about half of the

FFA

chapter

would

haveliked to attend,only fivecould be included (and could fit in thebus -butthat's

more

forlater inthe story.) Plus ^it was FFA-fairtime back

home

andthat kept

some

away.

MilfordFFAjuniorsMatthew Schaum- burg. Brent

Schaumburg

and Larry Carter

made

the trip as did chapter president

Doug VanHoveln

andJersey- ville

member Mike Cummings,

both seniors.

The

purposeoftheirdemonstrations wastogenerateawarenessfor agriculture

among

the 33,000 Scouts at the week- long

Jamboree

at Fort A. P. Hill in Virginia, south of Washington,

DC,

about 65miles.

There have been agricultural merit badges for

many

years in the Scouting program. In fact, over the years

FFA

nationalexecutivesecretarieshave been consultantsto the

BSA.

As

part of the

Jamboree

there is a MeritBadge

Midway

where demonstra- tionsareconductedforallto seewhich

promote

interestbyotherScoutsin

new

and varied merit badge programs. For example,

NASA

demonstratedforspace and

AT&T

forcommunications.

The

Milford Scouts were invited by

BSA

officials todemonstratefourspec- ificagmeritbadgeareas

—

^{plantscience,}

animal science, farm

management

and farm mechanics.

The

bordercollie helped with alive- stockherding demonstration.

Each

hole

October-\ovember,1985

in the six-hole mini-golf course

was

a farm

management

problemtobesolved.

The FFA

Scouts also did

some

goat roping for fun to get attention of the

many

passersby. Also the three

com-

puters were popular with Scouts

who

werejuststarting an agmerit badge.

Atthe

Jamboree

theMilford

members

got

some

extra help from the Patrick Henry,

and

Caroline

County

Virginia,

FFA members

for locatinganimalsand plants to use inthedemonstrations.

Fortheir800-miletripeast,theScouts traveledinablue buswhichtheExplorer Post had originally donated to a local church.

The

bus

was crammed

^withthe collie, gates, signs, tables, chairs, their cots and

camping

gear, leaving just

enough room

forthefour

FFA members

and theiradvisor driver.

From

Illinoistheytraveled toGettys- burg,

PA;

Washington,

DC;

Mt.

Vernon

andastopatthe National

FFA

Center.

They

had beengiven

some

financialhelp from Crow's Hybrid Seed

Company

in orderto

make

thetrip,butbasicallythey raised alloftheir supportlocally.

Scoutsatthe

Jamboree

stayedinten-

man

squadtents.

They

had

some

surprise excitement early in the

week when

the

aftermath

of hurricane

Bob came

throughthecamp. AlsotheScouts were entertained bythe Beach Boysand the

Oak

Ridge Boysduringopeningsessions oftheJamboree.

One

special reaction

from

Advisor

Focken was

the

many FFA members

they"uncovered"

who

werealsoScouts fromalloverthe nation.

FFA members would come

up and volunteer, "I'man

FFA member

from so and so." Also there seemed to be a high

number

of former

members who

are

now

Scout leaders.

The

effortsbytheMilfordandJersey- ville

FFA members

helped

promote

agriculture and

FFA among

the

Boy

Scout

movement

in ourcountry. •••

The

Scouts

who

touredthe

FFA

Center

are,lefttoright,Matt

Schaumburg,

Larry Carter, Mike

Cummings, Doug

Van- Hoveln, Advisor

Focken and

Brent Schaumburg.

The

six-hole mini-golf course

was

a popularattractionand

many

Scoutsstop- ped along Merit

Badge Midway

to try their

hand

atgolfandthento

answer

the farm

management

questions.

Mike

Cummings

taughtthefarm

manage-

ment badgeusingthecomputerstheFFA/

Scouts broughtwiththem.

MW/S/NE

³⁹

FFA Banquet, Then and Now

Where

^{does the time go? It's an}

enemy.

I closed

my

^{eyes briefly the other}

night while attending the annual local East Preston

FFA

parent-student ban- quet in Terra Alta, West Virginia, and suddenly 1 was the one reciting the creed, ^I was the one delivering the speech, I was the one handing out the

Honorary

Chapter

Farmer

degrees to the people

who

were, to

my way

of thinkingbackthen,a lot olderthan I.

Yes, I

was

eventhe luckydevil who, one year, got to

hand

the bouquet of roses to thechapter sweetheartandthen giveher a bigsmooch.

1

remembered

introducing

my mom

and dad, just as those

members

did Friday night:

"My

^name's

^Bob

Teets,"

I'd say, "and ^I've brought along

my

parents,

Clem

and

Ruth

Teets."

Then

I'dturnalittlered

—

^{itjustseemedweird}

introducing

my

parents by their first

names.

Acrossthe

room

satForrestPenning- ton,the

FFA

advisor.

He

hadn'tchanged a bit

from

thetime

when

he had to put upwith

me when

Iwashispupil.

He

still

looked likea football player and from what I could remember, his powerful handshakecould

make

you breakoutin a coldsweat.

And

soitevolvedthat ^Iwasn'tsureif I'dbeen caughtinatime

warp

or notasI

sattherewatching,listening,applauding withtherest ofthegroup.

As

theawardspresentationsstarted,I

began^scribblingthe

names

ofthewinners on the back of the printed program.

And

suddenly Iflashed backagaintoa banquetwhere, whileIwas handingout trophies, Iglancedbackto seethe editor ofthe local paperscribbling the

names

on the back oftheprogram.

I

own

that newspaper now.

But

how

could thatbe?

"Would

the officerspleasejoin

me

up front for thepresentationsofthe

Honor-

aryChapter Farmers,"President Willie Lantzwassaying

when

I snapped back tothe present.

"Oh, yeah," I said to myself, "the

Honorary

Chapter

Farmer

routine, I

remember

that." I began recalling

how

theotherofficersandIdreadedthatpart of the

program

because

we

had to

memorize

a lot ofcorny-soundingstuff

about

how we

looked to theadults for adviceandguidance.Recalled, too,were ourefforts attrying tosoundofficialand adult-likeinpresentingawardstopeople

who

werealreadyofficial adults....

"Mr. Teets?" I heard

someone

say, and looked up to see a

young man

standing nexttome."Please followme,"

he said, and began

making

his

way

toward the front oftheroom.

"We welcome you

into the chapter,"

one ofthe officers wassaying before I

knew

^it.

And

then, one by one,each of theremainingofficersdeliveredthelines that I

remember

fromthe past.

Butsomethingwasdifferentthistime.

"The words!" my

brain screamed,

"They'vechanged the words!"

But I was theone

who

had changed, because,for thefirst timein

my

^life,the words

made

real

good

sense.

Iwasgladtohaverecited

them many

years ago, but on this night. I

was

honoredthattheywerebeingsaid tome.

(Reprinted

from

the Preston

County

News

by R. G. Teets) •••

Chapter Banquet Idea Exchange

Many

^{chapter officer teams are at}

work

thistime of yearplanningfor theiryearasanofficerteam. For

many

chapters,themostimportant^singleevent during a year is the chapter

member

banquet(orparent

member,

orchapter awardsbanquet, or whateverthe

name

isfor itlocally).

Here are

some

ideas your chapter might wanttouse or

borrow

toimprove oradda

new

^flairto your banquet.

As

a

program

featureatthe Douglas, Oregon, banquet, fourteen

members

gave briefreportsaboutspecific activitiescon- ductedbythechapter.

And

atthe

Mem-

phis, Missouri, banquet,

Greenhands made

the actual presentations of the proficiency medals to the award winner upperclassmen.

The

Newberg, Oregon, chapter held theirawards potluck in the school cafe- teria. This year it was so full of

FFA

supportersextra tables hadtobeset up.

Newberg's purpose is to honor the

members who

^{excelled in} the previous year.Justlikeinso

many

otherchapters, awardsarepresentedsuchasStarGreen- hand, Star Chapter Farmer and Star ChapterAgribusinessman.

The

localKi- wanisClubalso presentsitsawardtothe outstanding

member

eachyear. Inaddi- tion the proficiency award winners are

named

torecognize

work

in

SOEPs.

The

program includes installation of

new

officers,anda slidepresentation to 40 S/NE

reportonthe year's activities.

One

piece of advice from national officers and state officers

who

^attend

many

banquetsinayear

—

^becertainthe slidesclearly

show

theactivity,thatthey are colorfulandbright,thatthenarration goes withthe slides, and that you have previewed the slides before the banquet

night.

The

48th annual banquet ^for the De- Witt CentralChapterinIowaserved 271

members

and guestswithfood prepared by thecounty beefand porkproducers.

Theirspeakerwasastate

FFA

officer.

In Elgin, Ohio, the theme of their

banquetwas "KeepAgriculture

Number

I."

A

^rustic barnscenewaserected asa special stage setting. Arlin Parks, presi- dent,wasmaster of ceremoniesandMisti Snyderwas hostessⁱⁿ charge.

Special Star

Member Awards

were presented to chapter

members

at every level

—

^{Greenhandsreceived}

"FFA Mem-

ber Lives Here" signs; sophomores re- ceivedU.S.flaglapel pins;juniors received

FFA

t-shirts; and seniors received

FFA

caps.

Atthe Rainer, Oregon, banquet they took advantageoflocaltalentandinvited Vicki

Horn

tobeontheprogramwithher state convention winning

comedy

act imitatingLilyTomlin.

Other tips or advice from banquet goersistobecertainactualsponsorsare clearlyrecognized.

And

ifthey arelocal

sponsors vs. National

FFA

Foundation sponsors, becertain it isclear.

If you have better ideas to share or

more

^ideas

why

notsendthemtoBanquet Ideas, National

FFA

Magazine,

Box

15160,Alexandria,

VA

22309.

Or

use the

Ag Ed Network

and Stargramaddress

FF

100A.

Whateveryoudo,

work

tohelp

make

your ^chapterbanqueta success. •••

"Thisbookkeeping

program was

especially developed for thefarmer- thereis

no

'profit'

column

built in it.' TheSalionalFlTlRE

FARMER