IN SMALL TOWNS

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If

you

think

drug

dealsonly

go down

inbigcities, think again.

Today,

28% _Of Small Town Kids Are

Into

Big Town Drugs

It'strue.

Drugs

are asbig a

problem here

as

they

areinlarger cities.

Today some 28%

ofsmall

town

kidsare using

drugs

like marijuana, crack

and

cocaine.

To most

of

them,

it's

no

bigdeal.

They

get^it

from

theirfriends

and use

it

wherever

theyare...ina car, atadance, after a

pep

rally

When

it

comes

to drugs.

no

kidor

town — no matter how

bigor

how

small

—

is

immune.

That's

why you need

to findout

everything you can about

drugs.

And

then,

you need

to

do every-

thing

you can

to talkto

your

friends

about them.

Remember,

the

most

pre- cious

commodity your town

hasis

you.

So do something,

beforeit's

toolate.

Partnership

For A ^Drug'Free

America

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ties."

He

spontaneously offeredfivesug- gestions for our readers to help be pre- pared:

1.

Be

intherightframeofmind. Don't dwellon yourhandicapsor lackofability like in speaking or running. Forget ^"1 can't."

2.

Avoid

negatives.

3. Stay physicallyandmentallysharp.

Don'tletyourselfget lazy.

4. Developa religiousbackground.

5. Concentrate on doing for others^- not for yourself.

FFA

isaperfectteaching areaforthese traits.

FFA

"helps its

members grow

be- causeitoffers leadership, patriotismanda chancetoachieve,"hesaid.

There^isanothertietothe

FFA

pastin theCongressman'soffice.Duringhisterm in the Texas Senate, the

Congressman

neededtoexpandhis staff afterappoint-

ment

tothe agriculturecommittee.

He

wasreflectingon

"Who

would

know

something about all aspects of Texas agriculture?" Right

away

theideastruck him,

"my

agteacher,

Guy

Finstead."

So

thatisthecase ^stilltoday. Advisor Finstead

was

featured in photos in our

firstarticle.

Today

heisa legislativeaide.

The

twotaughtag togetherfor thefew

Two Texas FFA

officers visitedwith the

Congressman

inJuly.

He

lovesvisiting with

FFA members and

speakingat

FFA

events.

years Sarpalius

was

on staff at Boy's Ranch. Mr.Finstead

was

instrumentalin developingtheag departmentatthe

Ranch

into acompleteunitwhichprovidesbeef, pork, milk and fresh vegetables tofeed

thechildrenandstaff.

Congressman

Sarpalius"finalpieceof advisetocurrentFFA'ersistotakeadvan- tage of every

FFA

opportunity

"So

you won't lookbackandsay, 'Oh,Iwish!'"

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The

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Each

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Highlights of ₁ 9 8 ₉

just before the door was swung shut on the

1

980s, the FFA underwent historic changes.

National Summit on

Agricultural

Education

Forty-seven leaders from student organizations and all

otherareasofagriculturaledu- cation met in February and

May

to establish a unified missionandplanofaction for agriculturaleducation. Faced with declining enrollmentand a continued broadening of students" career interests, the two

Summit

meetingsheld in Arlington, Virginia,focusedon definingwhatagriculturaledu- cation should be and

how

to

make

^itattractiveto

more

stu- dents.

The

National Council for Agricultural Education coordinatedthemeetings.

New Convention Delegate system

After lengthy and intense debate at the 1989 National

FFA

Convention, delegates votedtorevamptheorganiza- tion'sdele.:ite representation system.Star

ng

in 1990,each state willsenc uielegatesto national convci _plus one delegate for e 2.000

members

inthestate new system replaces a "o. 'c-

gate per 10,000

men.

^{,; x"'} formula.

National

OfficersVisit

the Orient

In January, the 1988-89 national officers visitedChina, including

Tiananmen

Square

inBeijingandtheGreatWall of China, only a few months beforeademocracy

movement

was

crushed by the

Commu-

nistgovernment.

The

officers also visited Thailand andJa- pan during their tour of the Orient, which was sponsored for thetenthyearbyMitsui

&

Company.

Constitutional

Changes Begin

When

18

amendments

to thenational

FFA

constitution passed in the fall of 1988.

everyone

knew

1989wouldbe ayearchanges.For example, with"agricul- tural educa- tion"appear- ing inthe of- ficial

emblem

instead of

"vocational agriculture."

the National

FFA

Supply

! Servicehadto selloff ahuge inventory of

goods and

retoolallmachinesthatprinted, embroidered or stamped the

FFA

emblem.

President Bush meets with

State

Presidents

President

George Bush

spoke to over 100 state

FFA

officersabouttheirleadership roleinthe futureofAmerican agricultureat the Old Execu-

tiveOffice Building, adjacent tothe White

House

ⁱⁿ

Wash-

ington. D.C..July 27.

American FFA Degree Redefined

After years ofdiscussion, the 1989 convention delegate body voted to dropthe quota system from the

American FFA

Degree which had lim- ited the

number

of degree re- cipientsfrom eachstate.

The

quota system hasbeenreplaced bystifferrequirementsinclud- ing higher levels of

money

earnedand invested. There is also a

new

formula forequat- inghours

worked

withdollars earned. All

members who

meet the requirements will receive thedegree.

FFA New Horizons Premiered

For37 years.TheNational

FUTURE FARMER

magazine served

FFA members

from coast to coast, covering

FFA

national

news

and featuring

storieson

FFA

members.Start- inginDecember,thattradition

was

continued under a

new

title,

FFA New

Horizons.

The name was

changedbecause of the rising

number

ofnon-farm

members

and theirbroad ca- reerinterests.

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m

-C/D-

Foundation

Raises

More Money, Again

The

National

FFA

Foundation once again broke theirannual fund- raising record in

1989 by raising

$3,763,578.97

Thatisa$350,000 increase over

1988.

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