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Texas

Even "Roadkill" Sells

FFA members

Charlie

Gomez,

left,

and

Eleazar Viscaino, right,

gave

the

famous

concoction the tastetestbeforeputting thechili

on

sale.

As

partofthe

homecoming

festivitiesatYsletaHighSchool

inTexas,the

FFA

preparedtheir advisor's

famous

"roadkill

chili"asa partofthefestival.

Actually,

members

butch- ered a lamb from the school farm and preparedthe special

recipefor saleattheassembly.

There were no leftovers and proceeds went for ongoing

BOAC

^projects. ^•••

Nebraska

Traveling Down the ^River

Cruising

down

the Platte River is

an annual recre- ationaleventforthe Schuyler,Nebraska, Chapter.

Theeventisorga- i nizedfor current and prospective members

toenjoythelongjour-

ney and experience Safetygt one ofthefewrivers

inNebraska.

The

trip,whichis

about20milesandincludeslots of sandbars, gives

members

time to get better acquainted

mandatory

forthe

canoe crews

beforethey

head

out.

an. ihavefun.

A. the trip, the canoe

crewsand other

members

are joinedbythe

FFA Alumni

for

summer

picnic. (From the National Chapter Award appli-

cation) ^•••

Kentucky

Banana Splits

Increase

Membership

The

two-personofficerteams

worked

fast

and "gooey"

make

banana

splitsinless thanthree minutes.

The

GarrardCounty Chap-

ter inLancaster,Kentucky,had a unique meeting to promote joining the

FFA.

In Septem-

ber, they held a banana split contest.

The

chapter suppliedtheice

cream,

whipped

cream and bowls andall

members

brought their favorite topping.

The

chapterofficershadtosee

who

could

make

the most banana

splitsthequickest.

The

officer team

was

di- videdintofour2-personteams.

Each

was

given20 bowlsand

all the fixin's to

make

their

banana splits.

The

winning team completedtheir20splits

m

^!1 minutes.

It wasafun event and the

bananasplits wererefreshing since ^it was hot!

The

event also helped get 100 percent

membership

for thefirst time in several years! (Charlie Edgington. Reporter)

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Eat.

Sleep. Prepare lo be a national officer... Eat.Sleep. Pre- pare to be a national officer...

From

January to

November.

1990

—

Shane Black

made

timefor little else. Only basic necessities allowed.

He

was ona mission.

Friendswould havetowait.

How

about studying for college classes? Nope.

No

time.

Eat. Sleep. Prepare to be a national officer. "I put every spare

moment

into preparingforthoseinterviewsin

Novem-

ber,"hesays.

The

cycle continued until

November

16, 1990. Six other

names

were called.

Shane's

was

not. At that

moment,

says Shane. "I felt like I

was

in avacuum. I

thought,wheredoIgo from here?Itwas

moment

ofdespair."

was

also a time of disbelief. "It wasn't until those

new

national officers left the stage that I realized they weren't calling any more names," he says.

And

evenonthe

way

home,hestillfeltlikethere musthave been

some

kind ofmistake.

Shattered Dreams

Afterall,

why

wouldn'the get anof- fice?"All

my

^life^I^'d^heard^ifyoujustgive

110percent to yourgoals,you will suc- ceed.That'swhatIlivedby.Like gospel,"

hesays."Well,Ifoundout first-handthat that's notalwaystrue."

And

^{he spent}a couple ofweeks after

convention

searching for answers.

Reevaluating...tryingtodecidewhattodo next."Ihadtogothroughseveral reality checks," says Shane."Ididn'twanttogo backtoschool. Ittook

me

awhileto start accepting it."With hisfriends andfami-

lies help though, he did accept the convention results.

And

^heset

new

goals.

One

ofthesegoals

was

torunagainfor national office. But this time with balance."Idon'tregret thepreparationor the long hours I put into running the first time,"he says. "Ijustwish I hadn't had such a narrow focus. This year,

when

decided to run I also

made

sure I

was

February-March, 1992

1990

National

FFA

Shane'sstillsitting.

Convention

—

involvedina varietyofthings."And.

headds,"I

made

sureIhadtimefor fun withfriends andfamily."

Shane's persistence paid off.

As

this year's southern region vice president,his

name

wasfinallycalled in KansasCity.

He

saysakeyfor attaininggoalsis tonotgiveup.

"You

don't necessar-

ilyhaveto try toreachthe

same

goal again, but figure out what you do want and goafterthat."

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Shane alsoadvises toalways have an alternate route, justincaseyourprimary goaldoesn't

work

out."In 1990.1 'lived andbreathed'runningfor nationaloffice.

All of

my

expectationsandplans for the futureinvolved runningforand

becoming

anationalofficer. Itsoundslikean obses- sion.

And

that's because ^it was."

As

a result, he says, "All of

my

eggs were in

one basket.

When

that basket fell,

my

eggs shattered. I didn't

know

where to turn."

This year though,sinceShanesetother goalsthatweren'ttied tobeinga national officer,he

knew

hisworld wouldn'tendif

hedidn't receiveanoffice. "The trick."

he says, "is

knowing

that ifyou do not reacha goal,youhaven'tfailed.

You

^just change yourcoursetoanalternate route, and keep

moving

rightalong."

You're A Winner

^If

You Run

Whether

he hadreceived anofficeor not, Shane says the experience

was

in- valuable. "There's so

much

preparation and discipline required fin running] you

leamtobeorganizedandtohandlestress thatyounormally don'thaveineveryday

life.Ithink theKansasCity interviewsare awonderful

way

oftestingspeakingskills,

your agricultural

knowledge

and self awareness."

He

adds."Lastyear,running foranational officetaught

me

aboutlife.

You

don'talwayssucceed.

And

you have

todealwiththat in aconstructiveway.In

my

book, a winner is

someone who

struggles for something...and sacrifices.

But whether he wins or not. he learns something intheprocess." ^•••

•After his term as a national officer.

Shaneplanstopursue a careerⁱⁿ^agricultural law. BeforePeing elected,he

was

junior studying pre-

aw

at Birmingham- SouthernCollege

•Shane'sfarr,,includesa Prother.(and fellowFFA

m

sTiber),Josh;his

mom

Gayle.

anelementalvpnysicaleducation teacher;

and

his

dad

Edward,acottonfarmer.

•Colls ? rriendsarekeepingⁱⁿtouch.

They try to

make

sure Shane keeps that balance r hislife.

line's

home

chapterisClements

FF/ lens,Alabama.

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FFA members

Gomez,

and

gave

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on

As

homecoming

FFA

famous

members

BOAC

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down

The

members

mandatory

canoe crews

head

members

FFA Alumni

summer

Banana Splits

Increase

Membership

The

worked

and "gooey"

make

banana

The

FFA.

The

whipped

members

The

who

make

The

was

was

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