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Presidential Training

FFA members

acrossNebraska hada rareopportunitytomeetNational

FFA

President Steve Meredith during Jan- uary.StevewastouringNebraskaduring hisnationalofficerexperiencetour.

The

objectivewastoexpose Stevetoawide varietyof experiencestoprepare

him

for hisyearasnationalpresident.

Activities of the

week

included a potluck supper andschoolassembly at Sandhills High School; a

noon

meal with officers of all vocational student organizationsandbusinesspersonscoffee atRavenna;aschoolassemblyatAurora HighSchool; a

donkey

basketball

game

at

Grand

Island Northwest; a visit to

Geneva

High School and anaddressto the

Geneva

Rotary Club;anaddressto vocationalstudentsatCreteHighSchool;

and an evening with Lincoln Northeast andarea

FFA

chapterofficers.

Steve enjoyed Nebraska's version of basketballandespecially hissuccessat thegame.He's"big" intobasketballand sothis

was

fun.

A

meetingwith

Governor

Kerreyand Director of Agriculture

Rob Raun

high- lighted Steve'sdayinLincoln.Stevealso toured

Valmont

Industries,

WOWT,

and metwiththeGreater

Omaha Cham-

ber of

Commerce.

The weekend was

spent at the state

FFA Alumni

Conference. Steve also participatedinthestateofficersmeeting held during theconference.

(From The

Nebraska Future Farmer,) •••

Family Teamwork

A

brother-sister

team

received top

FFA

awards at the Connecticut State convention.

Barbara Millerwas

named

the

Con-

necticut Star

Farmer

and recipient of the

FFA

Foundation Dairy Production proficiency award. She

owns

32 dairy-

animals whichare kept on herfamily's farm. She isagraduate ofthe Killingly High Schoolvocationalagriculturepro-

gram

and

FFA.

Her brother David was

named

the

Connecticut

FFA

District

V

Star

Farmer

for 1985. This is the highest

award

in

productionagriculturegiven ineach of thesixConnecticut

FFA

districts.David

owns

24 dairyanimalsand

works

onthe

home

farm.

He

has completed three years in Killingly

FFA

and is active in footballandtrack. (Dennis

Woodworth,

Reporter) •••

A Touching Lesson

The

Smithville, Ohio,

FFA

hosted a petting zoo for a preschool class of children 2-6 years old with learning handicaps.

The

Smithville

FFA members

providedanimalsandassistedinsuper- visionforthetwo-sessionpettingzoo.

Members

participating were: Mindy Dodd, kittens;

Tammy

Stretch,

dog

and lamb; AlbertHartzler,goat;MissyBeery, horse; Mike

and Dwaine

Beery, geese

and

ducks; Darrell Hostetler, rabbits;

JaneSchmucker,pigandchicken;

Mark

Hatten, goldfish

and

dog; Brad Miller, goat;TanaleeStoli, raccoon;andHeidi Miller, calf. (MindyDodd, Reporter) •••

Hard Work Feels Good

Earlytobed,early to^rise

makes

your

BOAC

project agreat big surprise.

The

ArkansasCity,Kansas,Chapter

BOAC

committee gathered chapter

members

for a

work

session in

town

at the Presbyterian

Manor

^{for seniorcitizens.}

Some

timeagothe

community

builta Wells Fargo walkingexercisetrack for the citizensofthemanor.

The

trackhas been ingreat need of careand upkeep, so thechapter

BOAC

committeedecided tocontactthe

manor

for

work

approval onthe project.

Members showed

upwithriding

mow-

ers, push mowers, chain saws,

weed

eaters

and

^all kinds of other tools. It

looked like

"Rambo"

and his troops headingforthe battle againstweedsand

tallgrass. However,afterthebattledust

cleared and all

work

wasdone,

we

felt thetrack lookedverynice.

While

we

were working,severalofthe residentsofthe

manor

walked

down

to seewhatalltheracket

was

about.

They

thought it

was

great as they can again use thisvery nicefacility.

The

residents ofthe

manor

can

now

getoutandlimber up on the

many

exercises which are incorporated into theworkout facility.

The

chapter plans to keep the area cleanandmaintainedforthe

community

and its users and to build

some

park benches in shop forthe manor. (Marci

Keefe. Reporter) •••

A Fair Story

The

top junior fair market steers at the 1985

Ohio

StateFairwereexhibited by

two

Riverdale,Ohio, vocationalagri- culture students.

The

fact that they

come from

the

same

county

makes

the occasionratheruniqueandthattheyare both students in the

same

local school

may

go

down

inthestate fairrecordsas a"first."

The

grand

champion

juniorfairmar- ket steerwas exhibited by

Mike

Thiel.

His 1,255-pound steer

was

a Maine- Anjou-Angus-Chianina cross and was thewinnerofthe division threeclass.

The

reserve

champion

juniorfairmar- ket steer

was

exhibited by Stephanie Houser. Her1,270-poundChianina-

An-

gus steer

was

the winner of the fourth division oftheshow.

Mike

soldhisgrand

champion

foran

Ohio

StateFair recordpriceof$54,800.

Burger Kingrestaurantswasthe buyer.

Stephanie sold her reserve

champion

steer for a record $10,700. Jackie Lee Restaurant and Entertainment Center ofAkron,

was

thebuyer. (Craig Higet.

Advisorvia

Ag Ed

Network) ^•••

FFA Emblem Up

In

Space

Lt.Col. EllisonOnizuka,

NASA

astronaut, presented to the national organization this

emblem

which hetook inspaceon January24-27, 1985. Col.Onizuka

was

a former

FFA member

ⁱⁿ Hawaii. It

was

presentedFriday,March1,1985,inHous- ton, Texas, to National Vice President Brad Bass. Guest speaker at the cere-

mony was

Vice President

and

Mrs.

George

Bush. •••

58 TheSalionalFITlRE

FARMER

On the Air

Every

morning

about7a.m. asleepy- eyed,

young

lady in an

FFA

jacket is

seen slowly walking

down

the halls of

Dorman

High School in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She

makes

her

way

to the rear ofthe school and with a loud crash of music signs on the first high school radiostation in SouthCarolina,

WPMO-AM.

Sheis

Wanda Pack—

^the

FFA

DJ.

Communication

andleadershipskills

have always beenaninterestto

Wanda.

As

a ninth grader, she

won

the chapter's creed speakingcontest and went on to wintheassociationcontest.

Her

leader- shipskillswererefinedbyherattendance at the

Washington FFA

Conference.

Wanda was

elected chapter reporter during her

sophomore

year and also started with the

Dorman

High School RadioClub.(Theradioclub

program

at

Dorman

^isthetop

program

ofitskindin the state winningtop honors eachyear from the South Carolina Scholastic Broadcasters Association.) Radio club advisor Sid Wheatlystarted

Wanda on

the news program, "Cavalier Review,"

which

was

aired

on

acommercialradio station,

WKDY-AM,

in Spartanburg.

From

that small start,

Wanda

has progressedtoworkingthemorning

show

and a full

news and

^special feature

Wanda was

given aspecial chapterstar

award

forhereffortsinagricultural

com-

munications.

section each

week on

the

FFA

for the

"Cavalier Review."

Over

the past year,

Wanda

has

done

33 news features and segmentsonthe

Dorman FFA

Chapter.

(C. Gerald Moore, Advisor) ^•••

FFA

in

the Parks

The

Student Conservation Associa- tion offers unique opportunities each yearforhighschoolandcollegestudents andotherpersons

who

areout ofschool, to participate in the

work

of agencies responsible for thecareand

management

ofAmerica's publiclands.

During the 1985

program

season, 19 Future Farmers participated in

SCA

high school

work

groups across the country.

Participants from

FFA

were

Gene

Deidrich, Lind, Washington,

Rocky Mountain

National Park; Karla Horner, Liberty Center, Ohio, North Cascades National Park;

Thomas

Kilian, Cary, North Carolina, Great

Smoky Moun-

tains National Park;

Shawn

Kimble, Spotsylvania, Virginia, Great Dismal

Swamp

National Wildlife Refuge; Kris Knegeris, Poulsbo, Washington,

Olym-

picNational Park; Erik Landgraf, Win-

sted, Connecticut, LassenVolcanic Na- tional Park; Brent Laughon, Moneta, Virginia,Big

Bend

National Park;Molly Lord, Crossville, Tennessee, Big

Bend

National Park; JenniferMayer, Middle- burg,Ohio,

German

Exchange Program;

Mary

McFarland,Fredericksburg, Iowa, Zion National Park; Allen

McGrady,

Hillsville,Virginia,

New

HampshireDiv- isionofParksand Recreation; Kenneth Meckle, Brattleboro, Vermont, Saint

Gaudens

National Historic Site;

James

Meyer, Tina, Missouri,

Grand

Teton National Park;

Andrew

Moss, Piano, Texas, Saint

Gaudens

National Historic Site;

Dee

Ogden, WallaWalla,Washing- ton, Flathead National Forest; Douglas Robison,Fillmore,Utah,ZionNational Park; SaraToyoda, Wilmington, Dela- ware,Great

Smokv

MountainsNational Park; William Walker, Whiteland, In- (Continued on Page60)

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Along

Interstate 80as

you

head into Iowa fromthe East,you'llfindachapter demonstrationplotatthe 1-80restarea near Wilton, Iowa.

The FFA

project,a 40-footby40-foot demonstrationofcorn

and

soybeans,is initssecondyear.

The main

objectiveof the chapter's demonstration plot is to educatethepublicabout production ag

ingeneral

and

totell

them

justwhat an acre ofcornand soybeans reallyis

—

in

terms offood ratherthan feed.

The

chapterusesfour

methods

totell thepublicaboutIowa's

two

majorcrops.

Actualcropsare there for the publicto get close

enough

toview.

Many

people never get to see corn or soybeans up

close, so

we

let

them

see

and

touch it.

A

fact board next to the plot tells

general farmingfacts, facts about corn and soybeans and cost comparisons of food inthe

USA,

China andthe

USSR.

Informationbulletins arehandedout intheTourist Information Boothinthe restareaandon"busy"weekends

mem-

bers visit with the public and tell

them

the story ofagriculture.

The

project is

done

in cooperation withthe

Iowa Department

ofTranspor- tation,theIowa

Development Commis-

sion, the

Iowa Corn Promotion

Board and the

Iowa Soybean

Association.

(Gary R.

Brum,

Advisor) ^•••

FFA members,

lefttoright,BrianWrite,

Andy Brown

and

Mark Thede

get instructions from Advisor Bruns on the devel-

opment

ofthe

soybean

pod.

FFA members

meetwithtourists during the

summer and

explain the growth

and

uses of soybeans

and

corn.

II

FFA

AdvisorBruns

and FFA member Andy Brown

(onright) pointout afewfarm ^factstothe

James

Stolleisfamilyfrom Springfield, Illinois.

The

farm factboard pointsout general farmfacts,cornand soybeanfactsandcostcomparisonsof

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Chinaandthe

USSR.

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diana,CarlsbadCavernsNational Park;

and David Wark,Marietta,Ohio,

Merck

Forest. •••

Team Meeting

The

Scottsboro, Alabama, Chapter

FFA

officersmet

Alabama

Governor

George

C.Wallaceattheirstate

FFA

convention.

(John Wesley Knight, Reporter) •••

Memorial Honors

different tasks. Teachers, parents and

members

were bringing in scrapbooks, yearbooks and pictures from the past years. These were to be set

up

on our displaycenter.There wereflower arrange- ments of blue

and

yellowbeing puton every table.

The

1984-85 officers were busy running through the dialogue of the meeting and

making

sure they had

alloftheawards.

The

movie camera was beingsetup by AlanField.

This year's banquet was in honorof ourpast presidents,sweethearts,

Amer-

ican and

Honorary

Chapter Farmers.

We

also honored ouroutstandingagri- culture students, pastandpresentvoca- tional agriculture teachers, and

Lone

Star and

Honorary Lone

Star degree recipients.

All honorees were

awarded

with a

"limited edition" medallion featuringa design prepared bythe local chapter.

Vocationalagriculturewasfirsttaught inBryanin 1928,buttheBryan Chapter received its first charter

from

the na- tional

FFA

organizationin 1935.

Mem-

bershipinthechapterhas

grown

steadily

In Galena, Missouri, a memorial

was

erected in

memory

^of

Anthony Mark

Ellingsworth, Galena

FFA

president.

Anthony was

killed during his term as presidentofthe chapter.

A

memorial plaqueis atthebaseofa three-flagmemorial.

The

flags are lighted andflown 24hoursdaily.

The

U.S.flag

was

flownover theWhite

House

ⁱⁿWashington,D.C.,and donated by

Congressman Gene

Taylor.

The

Mis- souriflag

was

donated byState Repre- sentativeDoyleChildersandLarryBaker.

(Hubert Melton, Advisor) •••

A Chapter

at

50

Like

many

other chaptersinthenation

who

havealreadyreached their50-year mark,

we

have finally reached ours in Bryan, Texas.

Eachyear

we

have anend-of-the-year banquetandthisyearwasthe best ever.

Instead ofourschool cafeteria or gym.

we

wereableto renttheBrazos Center.

The

food

was made

and served by the parents,alumni

members

andfriendsof the

FFA.

As

thefinalhourdrewnear beforethe banquet, everybody was about their

A

1943 Field trip for Bryan, Texas,

members.

iafcXi.'M--

This 1943 scene

shows

Bryan, Texas,

members

digging upschoolgroundfor a Victory

Garden—

to do their part for thewareffort.

over the years, peakingat around 265 students in the

mid

70s,

making

^it the third largest chapterin thestateatthat time.

The

chapter

now

has204 members.

Thisyear'sbanquet

was

a big success.

We

hada turnout ofabout 500parents,

members

andguests.It

was

arealhonor

60 The\ationalFt TlREFAR\IFR

CurrentBryan Chapterofficersare,front row, left to right, Melissa

Kaye

Hein, treasurer; GeorgieKenney, sweetheart;

andJenniferKempenski,secretary.

Back

row,lefttoright,areJeffPeters, reporter;

Kevin Rasberry,president;SherryPotts, vice president;and LaneCross,secretary.

tomeet

some

oftheformerofficersand learn of their achievements they have

made

in theirliveswith the

knowledge

that wasprovided

them

through

FFA.

This year

we

had a few surprise announcements.Mr. FrankMetzer,head of the ag department,

and

his wife donatedaplaquein theshapeofTexas withall the

Lone

Star Farmers'

names

onit.

The

plaquewas donatedin

memory

oftheirsonKirk Allen Metzer.

Another

surprise

announcement

wasadonation offiveacres oflandinTabor. This

was

given to the Bryan Chapter by a sup- porterand

Honorary Lone

Star

Farmer

ofthe

FFA,

Mrs. Bobbie Butler. These are just afewofthe special featuresfrom our 50th anniversary banquet. (Loretta

Lynn

Peters, Reporter) •••

Planning Model

The new Coe-Brown

Northwood,

New

"Have

Ibeen

up

before acollegedean'.' Ireallydon't

know —

what timedoesa

college deangetup?"

Hampshire,

Academy FFA

Chapterof- ficersmetinJulyfortheannualofficers' training

workshop

to learn about their duties

and

responsibilities as chapter officersandtooutline futureactivities.

The

^officers met in the

Coe-Brown

librarywithanofficialopeningceremony followed by an

impromptu

speech by chapter President

Dan Mooers

on "The Duties ofan Officer."

They

then outlined a

program

of activitiesforthechapterforthe 1985-86 school year.

Some

of the proposed

activitiesinclude:the Deerfieldfairpet- ting zoo, the annual citrus sale and

community

development.

The members

attending were Presi- dent

Dan

Mooers, Vice President

Rob

Thurber, Secretary LoriRobinson, Re- porterDavidBlack,Sentinel

Ron

Chase and Advisors Bruce Farr

and

^Paul Davis, Jr. (David Black, Reporter) •••

Leadership Can Be Fun

The

Mansfield, Texas,

FFA

Chapter officerleadership

camp

washeldinJune

at the Area

V FFA Camp

at

Lake

Texoma.

The

^first afternoon the officers dis- cussed goal setting.

Our

guest was Jay Hayes, ^{state officer} for our area.

He

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