ONE STAR

ALABAMA:

Enterprise, Geraldine

ARKANSAS:

Melbourne.

Mountain

Home

Jr.,Paris,Prairie Grove

CALIFORNIA:

Eureka,Righetti

COLORADO:

PlatteValley

FLORIDA:

Columbia,West Orange

GEORGIA:

Cook.Miller County, Perry

ILLINOIS:

Indiana Creek, Monticello

IOWA:

Agri-Power, Cascade, Edgewood, Hawkeye,Mid-Prairie, NorthFayette

Dr.Larry Case, national IIAad\ism extendsahandshake and congratulationsto atopFFAchapterin theNationalChapter Awardprogram.

KANSAS:

Buhler.Inman, JohnsonCounty, Norton, Sabetha, Solomon.South Barber

KENTUCKY:

Breckinridge, Fulon.

McLean

Co.,Mercer,Ohio Co.,

Oldham

Co.,PendeltonCo..

WebsterCo.

LOUISIANA:

Beau Chene

MASSACHUSETTES:

Essex

MINNESOTA:

Brainerd.

Montevideo, Randolph,Tracy, Willmar

MISSISSIPPI:

NeshobaCentral.

Nettleton

MISSOURI:

AppletonCity.

ClarkCountyR-I,Crane, East Newton.Owensville

MONTANA:

Peerless

NEW HAMPSHIRE:

Region#9

NORTH DAKOTA: Maddock AS

Gibbons

OHIO:

Ansonia.Canal Winchester. Cardington,

Elmwood.

Greenville,Lancaster, LynchburgClay,Marysville, Minster,Pettisville,RiverView, Riverdale.Tri-Village,TwinValley South, Wellington.West

Muskingum,

Wilmington

OKLAHOMA:

Carter, Cleveland,Fletcher,Konawa, Lookeba-Sickles,Medford, Mooreland. Ninnekah,Roland.

Ryan.Verden,

Woodland PENNSYLVANIA:

Cowanesque, CumberlandValley

SOUTH DAKOTA:

Harrisburg.

TENNESSEE:

Gordonsville.

JohnsonCounty.NorthKnox.

Peabody.PowellValley

TEXAS:

Banquete.Brenham.

Brownsboro.Burleson.Clear Brook. Clear Creek. Cleburne.

Coldspring.Cotulla,Crawford.

DelValle,Devine. EastChambers, Fairfield.Garland,Hamshire- Fannett,Humble.Jacksboro, Klein,LakeTravis,Lewisville, McCullough, McGregor, McKinney,Mexia, Navasota.

New

Caney, Northwest,OrangeGrove.

Pilot Point.Piano East Senior High. Pleasanton.Quanah. Royal HighSchool.Ryan.Saltillo.Sealy.

Sinton,Spring,Tidehaven,

Tom

Bean. Tomball. Troup.Troy

UTAH:

BearRiver.

Emery

Sr..

Grantsville.South

Summit

VERMONT:

CentralVermont

VIRGINIA:

Drewry

Mason

Middle.Ft. Defiance.Nelson Senior.Northumberland.

Sherando,Stuarts Draft.WalterS.

Newman

WASHINGTON:

Grandview.

Granger,Kettle Falls

WEST VIRGINIA:

Hampshire

WISCONSIN:

Black

Hawk-

SouthWayne,Elkhorn.Evansville.

FortAtkinson, Lodi. Mishicot.

Montello.

New

Holstein. Prairie Farm.Stratford.Waupun.

Wonewoc-Center

WYOMING:

Cheyenne.Pine Bluffs.

Wind

River.

national chapter

1 oo%

States with increases in FFA membership

include:

Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Delaware Georgia Indiana Louisiana Massachusetts Montana

Nebraska Nevada New Jersey

New York North Carolina Oregon

Tennessee Utah

West Virginia

Wyoming

Four states were recognized for having 100% FFA membership: California, North Dakota, Ohio and Oklahoma. This means that every chapter in each of these states has

all

their students who are enrolled in agricultural education as

FFA members.

A successful program will have quality classroom and laboratory instruction, a leadership and recognition component (FFA) and a career preparation segment (supervised agricultural experience). These characteristics make agricultural education stand out from other programs because of the intracurricular nature of the programs and activities offered ^to students. Students benefit from the instruction they receive while they apply what they have learned to their career choice.

There are hundreds of other chapters in the country who have 100% FFA

membership, we pay tribute to you and commend you on a superior job of preparing our youth for tomorrow.

A

representative fromtheOhio association happily accepts recognitionfor achieving

100-percent membership,as an

Oklahoma

representative lookson.

VIP ^citations

Individualsprovidingexemplaryservice to the National

FFA

Organization received

VIP

Citationsatthe72nd^National

FFA

Convention, Oct. 27-30, includingDr.CliftonBraker ofWest Fork,

AR;

TedGreggofChico,

CA;

A. Charles Fischer ofCarmel,IN;

Duane

AckerofAtlantic.

IA;LeonSchumacherofColumbia,

MO:

John

W.

Watkinsof Marion,

OH;

Dr.Rosco Vaughnof Lorton,VA;

Ken

Milholland of Tenino,

WA;

Gov.

CecilH.

Underwood

of Charleston,

WV;

and Merle

Bodmer

ofRacine,WI. Inappreciationof theiroverwhelminggenerosityandsupport,these tenindividualswere honoredwith

VIP

citations.

Duane Acker

ofAtlantic,IA, hasbeen responsibleforfood andagricultureprogramsfor variousU.S. agencies, including theUnitedStatesDepartmentof Agriculture's

(USDA)

InternationalCooperationand DevelopmentOffice, theForeign Agriculture ServiceandtheU.S.

Agency

forInternational Development.Ackerservedas assistantSecretaryforScience andEducationat

USDA

untilhis retirementin 1993.

Dr.

Leon Schumacher,

associate professorofagricultureatthe University of Missouriin

Columbia, Mo.,servedasboth acommittee

member

and superintendentfor thenational agriculturalmechanicscareer developmentevent(CDE).In both ofthese roles,he hasbeen highly instrumentalin establishingskillareasand directingteamactivity.

Dr. CliftonBraker.aprofessor atUniversityofArkansasinWest Fork.Ark.,servedasassociate superintendentforthenational agriculturalmechanicscareer developmentevent

(CDE)

for threeyearspriortohisretirement.

He

had previously servedfor severalyearsas ajudge orcontest officialfor the event,andwas highlyinstrumental ineliciting universitystudents toassistwith the

CDE.

Merle

Bodmer

of Waterford.WI, hasbeenactiveinthenational agriculturalmechanicscareer development event(CDE)for the past12 years,working throughthe CaseCorporationtosupply equipmentfor the event.

He

served asaconsultantinthedevelopment ofskillactivitiesand has taken an active rolein

CDE

planning.

John W.

Watkinsof Prospect,

OH,

servedinvarious agriculturalcapacities for 18 years, directing theOhio

FFA

statejudgingcontests.Watkins currentlyservesastheMarion County Commissioner, wherehe chairs theAgricultureand Rural Affairscommittee.

He

retired fromhisformerposition asOhio AgriculturalEducation Supervisorin 1985.

Ted

Gregg

ofChico,

CA,

isa formeragriculturalconsultantand regionalsupervisorfor the CaliforniaDepartmentof EducationinSacramento.

He

servedasstatewideAgricultural IncentiveGrant coordinatorand writerofthe

CDE

"Blueprintfor Excellence."UnderGregg's leadership, California'sSuperior Regionproduced 130American Farmers.¹,910 StateFarmers,92

stateproficiencywinners. 172 statechampionshipteamsand26 stateofficers.

A.CharlesFischer of Carmel, IN,presidentand

CEO

of

Dow

AgroSciences, has beena National

FFA

ExecutiveSponsor for sixyearsandrecentlyserved aschairman oftheNational

FFA

Foundation Sponsors' Board.

He

successfully directed the effortsto raise$7.2million for theannual campaignand $5.2million for the capitalcampaign.

He

hasalso servedonthe

FFA

Boardof Trustees.

Dr.Rosco

Vaughn

ofLorton,

VA

servedasstatesupervisor for20 yearsandexecutive director for the NationalCouncilforAgricultural Educationforthepastfour years.

Previously thestatesupervisor for

New

Mexico,Dr.Vaughnhelped developcorecompetenciesanda strategicplan for agricultural educationwhileserving as

FFA

stateadvisorandchief administrative officer for the

New

Mexico

FFA

Association.

Ken

Milholland of Tenino,

WA,

taught agriculturaleducationfor morethan30yearsbeforeretiring.

Duringhis tenure.Milholland workedtoencourageparticipation inpoultryscienceand production throughoutthestateof Washington.

He

servedasstate

FFA

contestcoordinatorfor1 1

yearsandsuperintendent for the nationalpreparedpublicspeaking careerdevelopmentevent(CDE) forfour years.

Gov.CecilH.

Underwood

of Charleston,

WV.

iscurrently serving hissecondgubernatorial term.

As

a strongsupporterof

FFA

andagriculturaleducation.

Underwoodrecentlysignedinto lawlegislationmandatingscience credit for agriculture classes.

A

former

FFA

member. Underwood has servedaschairman oftheWest Virginia StateAdvisory Council forVocationalEducation.

honorary FFA degrees ^- FFA supporters

Honorary American FFA Degree

recipientsexemplifythe true

meaning

^of the

FFA and

itsmission withtheir

own way

ofexpressingpremierleadership, personal

growth and

careersuccess. Recipientsofthisdistinguisheddegree

remind members how

influentialleaders are

and

theimportance of supportinga

worthy

cause.

Recipients ofthisdegree range

from

agriculturalteachers

who

devote countlesshours helpingstudents toschool

and government

officials

who

offer theirexpertise for the

good

oftheorganization

and

thepeople involved.

The

National

FFA

Organization

Honorary American FFA Degree

ispresented tosuch individualstothank

them

for theircontinued support ofthe

FFA and

agriculturaleducation.

During

theFriday

morning

session these

honored

individuals receivedtheirplaques

and esteemed

appreciation

from

the national officers

.

ARIZONA:

KennethA.

Gregersen,Gold

Canyon ARKANSAS:

Barry Farris, Beebe

CALIFORNIA: Don

Borges, Modesto;Lee Bucknell.

Modesto; Alan Cover.

Modesto;Robert A.Flores.

SanLuisObispo: Joseph Martinez,Winters;Phil Nelson,WalnutCreek

DELAWARE:

JohnF.

Tarburton.Dover; Sharon Morgan.Easton

FLORIDA:

FosterDickard.

Cantonment; GaryLee.

Sebring;EarlJ.Lennard.

Tampa;Joseph E. Stephens.

Tallahassee

GEORGIA: Mary

J.

Jamieson.Atlanta;

Ann

R.

Purcell, Atlanta;HenryL.

Reaves,Atlanta;

Roy

A.Stowe, Jefferson

IDAHO:

Maynard A.

Fosberg,

Moscow; Donna M.

Hyatt,Payette

The Honorary

FFA

Degreeprogramisdesignedtohonor individuals

who

have rendered outstandingservice toFFA.

National

FFA

President,LisaAhrens,presentsher parents withthedegree.

honorary FFA degrees

ILLINOIS:

William B.

Johnson,Joliet;

Tom

Reedy, DeKalb;RichardRyan,Dekalb;

Perry Schneider, Lincoln;

RolandA.

Thompson,

Hinckley;Robert

M.

Van Patten.Edwardsville;Jim Williams.Bloomington

INDIANA:

JenniferConway, Indianapolis;VickiSettle, Indianapolis;Sue Springirth.

Indianapolis

KENTUCKY:

Wayford B.

Metzger.Frankfort;

Ron

Scott.

Louisville;David Snowden, Louisville;Harold

Workman,

Louisville

MARYLAND:

Robert Valentine,Tunkhannock

MICHIGAN:

Harrison Gardner, EastLansing;H. Paul Roberts, East Lansing;Jim Schrandt, Jackson

MINNESOTA: Tim

Clause, Bloomington;

Richard O. Johnson.Henning;

Sung Kim.St.Paul;

Bob

Moraczweski.Minneapolis;

Guy

R.Shoemaker, Minneapolis;

Ed

Shonsey.

GoldenValley;

Mark

E.

Stenzel,St.Paul

MISSOURI:

DavidL.Abbott, Chesterfield;FredericE.

Schrodt,KansasCity

NEVADA: Bob

Butler,Reno;

NEW JERSEY:

Robert

W.

Bender,PennsGrove;Julian J.

Garcia,Iselin;

Howard

Minigh.

Parsippany; ChristineT.

Whitman.Trenton

NEW MEXICO:

Murry D.

Avery,Alamogordo;Robert

M.

Torres,Las Cruces