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Ewe Are a Celebrity

Photo:IowaDepartmentol Agriculture

Among

thecelebritiesawaitingtheirplacingsinthefirst-everCelebrity"Ewe" Lead With

Wool

contest are: (from left) Kevin Eblen, Iowa FutureFarmers ofAmerica president

and

Iowa State Fair

queen

Brenda Johnson.

Some

17

famous

folks

competed

inthe contestAugust19 during theIowaStateFairin

Des

Moines. Kevin leads a registered Hampshire

ewe

from the flock of

Tim

Louden. They're both

members

oftheCreston Chapter.

Animal Agriculture

for

Her

Sueanne

Wood

of Selah,Washington, wasthefirstgirltoearnthe"Outstanding Dekalb Senior

Award"

in the Naches Valley High Chapter.

Leadershipactivitiesandsuccesswith her

many FFA

projects

won

her the honor, according to vo-ag instructor Mr. Kailen

Dunn.

Sueannealsoearnedtwootherschol-

Sueanne

haslearned

how

to selectlive-

stockand keep themhealthy.

arshipsforher

work

inthevo-agdepart-

ment—

theRobertAllenandtheNaches

Garden

Club scholarships.

For

two

^years, she has taken grand reserve

champion

or grand

champion

honors at the state fair for her

FFA

projectsofpigs,sheep,goats, as well as horsesandcalves.

"I'velearned

what

to

do when

oneof

my

animals is sick,

how

to feed them;

and gained hintsand

good

ideas to get

my

projects ready for showing. But

more

thanthat,it'sreallyhelped

me

set goalsandfollow through.

This

summer

Sueanneraised 12calves whichshefeddailywith milkfromnine goats she owns.

Her

feeding routine tookabout two hoursdaily.

Her experience has been helpful to her familythispastyearas well sinceher father is temporarily

employed

out of state. That left the responsibility of running the farm to both she and her mother. "I

know how

tojudge a

good

animal and

what

tolook for

when

I'm buying livestock."

She is

now

attending

Yakima

Valley

Community

Collegewheresheis"getting the basics over" to pursue a pre-med course at a university, (Beth

McCor-

mlck)

Gone

Fishin'

Max

Alleger spentthis past

summer

as directoroftheUrbanFishing

Program

in Springfield,Missouri.

The

programis

funded and run through the Missouri Department of Conservation, which is

oneofthe nation'smosthighly respected stateconservationagencies.

TTie goal ofthis

program

^is to give peopleliving in Missouri'smetropolitan centerstheopportunitytouse thatstate's fishery and water resources. It targets primarily urban youth groups, handi- cappedadultsandseniorcitizens

—

^people

who

otherwise wouldn't get thechance togofishing.

Max

served asstate secretary of the Missouri Association in 1984-85and is

currently a

sophomore

attheUniversity of Missouri majoring in ag education with emphasis in conservation and re-

newable resourcemanagement.

As program

^director.

Max

was re- sponsible forplanningthe day'sactivities, purchasingandcaringforneededequip-

ment

and teching a class which covers outdoor ethics, fishing techniques and

safety."Fora while,allIheardwas what an easy job I had just 'getting paid to fish.'But haveyouevertriedtoconvince a four-year-old girl to put a squirming night-crawler on a

hook?

For

some

Patience and lovefor the outdoors are qualities

Max

needs to teach children

'

andhelp otheradults learn tofish.

reason, every kid has got the idea that

worms

havesharpteeth!"

Max

^{was anactive}

member

of heFair Grove

FFA

Chapter throughout high school, as well asholdinganofficeonthe areaand state levels.

Max

said,^"1 guess

my

southern accent and down-to-earth attitude

made me

a natural forworking with other

FFA

members, but thisjob has taught

me

to

work

withpeoplefrom

allwalks of^life. Springfieldis Missouri's third largest city,somostofthepeopleI

work

with have never heard of

FFA.

"I'vealso beenable to realize, froma

new

point of view, what lucky people

FFA members

really are.

As FFA mem-

bers

we

haveopportunitieseachdaythat

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I

He

^{is in} an unusualsituation

where

he can causeotherstorespecttheoutdoors

and

thenatural resourcesaroundthem.

many

^peoplewill never have.

As

people involved in agriculture

we

develop a close affinity with the land and the creatures

we

share^it with. Without this

program,

many

ofthe2,000people

who

tookadvantageof^itwouldnevergetany closer to fishing than cleaning their goldfish bowl."

Max's interest inconservation began

in high school

when

he

worked

on a 19-acreChristmas treefarm

owned

bya retired conservationagent. Thisfascina- tion grew into an

SOEP when

Ma.x experimented with the "cage<ulture"

growthofchannelcatfishinfarmponds.

Since the

program

was

new

to the area, theMissouriDepartmentofConservation supported

Max

bysupplyinginformation

and

technical assistance.

Max

said,"Tlie projecttook

some

unexpectedturns,but

it

was

worththeeffort."Itturned outto be a learning experience for everyone involved.

Max'sconservationexperienceis

more

of alovethan ajob.

He

hasaccomplished

many

things in the conservation area, froma state proficiency

award

in Fish and Wildlife

Management

tohiscurrent conservationjob.

Clean Sweep

TTie Mohall, North Dakota,Chapter

came home

from thedistrict leadership conference in Minotas the outstanding chapterfor 1985.

Mohallclaimed the sweepstakestra- vellingtrophy with 67 points followed byarch rival Velva with 6^1. Velva had

won

the sweepstakes honors the past three years.

The

Mohall

FFA

parliamentary pro- cedure team, led by chapter President

Ronda

Osterberg

won

first placeand a gold award. Osterberg was selected as president oftheday.

Otherofficers ofthedayfor Mohall included Treasurer Joanne Ness and Reporter Becky Aberle.

The

chapterdemonstrationteamalso earned agold

award

andfirst place for

theirdemonstrationofloggingontothe AgriData telecommunicationsnetwork.

In all, thechapter earned six bonus pointsforfirstplacevictories,an

accom-

plishmentthatprovedcrucial towinning thesweepstakes trophs. (Becky Ahcrle.

Reporter)

School Forest Bombed

A\'on Park, Florida.

FFA

school forestwhichislocatedonthe

A\

on F'ark Air Forcerange

was bombed

by anAir Force pilot

who

eithermissed histarget oramalfunctionof

weapons

systemon a jet fighter.

According

to .lohn

McCracken,

advisor, the

bomb

landed deadcenterinafour-acre standofnev\ly

planted slash pine seedlings. It burned almost everything inside the fire lanes.

The

area will be replanted next winter.

The

firewascontainedinsidetheplowed

linesbut the treesaregone.

A Dunk For The Lady

The

first funds and a report ofan

FFA

acti\itytoraise

money

fortheStatueof Liberty restoration projectha\earri\ed at the National

FFA

Center.

The Wyoming

State

FFA

^Officersset

upadunking boothat their state fairand

set themselves a noal of S50().

7hev

earned S509.59.

TTiey usually opened the booth at 9 a.m. beforethesun couldreall\'heat the water.

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down

to50 degrees.Soitwas noreally

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Atthelast NationalConvention,dele- gates proposed e\er\ chapter be chal- lenged tocontribute$20forthe restora- tion ofthe Statue of Liberty. National Officers have gathered ideas from their fellowstate officersonfund raisingideas and publishedabookleton

how

to raise

money

ineachchapter.

Chapters should conductacampaign andsendthe

mone\

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Exchanging Ideas

Exchangingideas

was

thegoal ofthe

Goddard

High School

FFA

Chapterof Roswell,

New

Mexico,

when

theirchap-

terhosted tengraduateagriculture stu- dents from North

Yemen.

Goddard's

FFA program

was the only high school

program

the

Yemen

students visited while in this country.

Thetourwasorganizedbylocal

members

after they werecontacted by Dr.

Gene

Ross

who

^isthe directorofthe foreign projects

program

with the extension department at

New Mexico

State Uni- versity.

Fiveofthesegraduatestudentswillbe continuingtheir studiesat

New Mexico

State University while the remaining studentswillreturn toZigazagUniversity in Egyptforfurthereducation.

The

goaloftheexchangetripwasto teachthevisitingstudents

how

^tosetup similarvocationalagricultureprograms

in their country, located

on

the south- westerntip ofSaudiArabiaonthe

Red

Sea.

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Greenhand

presidentDaria Russelldis-

cusses raising lambs as a fair project withtheNorth

Yemen

visitors.

TlieirtourbeganinWashington, D.C.

withatour of points ofinterestand the National

FFA

Center.

Most

of the exchangetourwasspentin

New Mexico

becausetheclimate ofour state isvery similar totheirhomeland.

When

the

Yemen

studentstouredthe vo-ag department,

members

exhibited livestock and mechanics projects and Advisor Purcella presented a

program

ondeveloping advisory committees.

Tour Leaders

The

North

Hunterdon

Chapter in

Annandale,

New

Jersey,participated in the

Quakertown

Harvest

Home Tour

of the historical

homes

inthe area.

This year, since

many

ofthe

homes

toured were active in agricultural pro- duction,the

FFA

was askedtoprovide

members

to act as tour guides. Vice President

Amy Vodraskaand

Secretary Kathy Lettenmaier spentthedayatthe

Blew

Farm

informing tourists about their swine operation. Tlie Blew

Farm

wasthe first farm in

New

Jerseyto be granted agricultural easement by the stateof

New

Jersey.

Karen

Wentc

conducted bus tours pointing outhistorical sightsandpoints ofinterest.

Watermelon Walk-Through

The

Logan,

New

Mexico,

FFA

held a parent-studentwatermelonget-together.

The

main purpose wastoinformparents ofactivitiesthechapter

was

involvedin

duringthe pastyearandtooutlineafew ofthegoalsforthe

coming

year.

Tlie 1985-86 officer team presented theopening

ceremony

atthebeginning of the evening.

Then

the officers gave shorttalks

on

the dutiesoftheirrespec- tive offices.

A

few

members

presented

some

high- lights of the year, such as leadership

camp and

stateconvention.

The

60 attending parentsandstudents were then invited to enjoy slices of locally

grown

watermelon

and

stroll

around the agriculture shop and view photographs

and

various awards

and

achievements earned bythechapterand different

members

during 1984-85.

(Ernest Ciimmings. Reporter)