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Incooperationwithtlie

Downtown

Kiwanis over40 stop signs

were

installedin

problem

areas

on

county roadsas identifiedby county commissioners. Lawton,

Oklahoma, FFA members were

responsibleforproperinstallation

and

continuous maintenance.Safetyin

any community

isstrengthenedby supportofany

and

all

youth groups.(FromtheNationalChapterapplication) •••

Man's Best Friend

The

Preble HighSchool

FFA

in

Green

Bay,Wisconsin,donated $34totheanimal shelterfor

dog

foodtofeedthe animals.

The money

thechapterraised

came

fromthe sale of ice

cream

inthe agricul- tureclassroom. Every

week money was

collected

and

putinafundfor

dog

food.

Chad VanLanen

presentedthe

check

to the animal shelter staff aspart of the

FFA's

BOAC

project. •••

Successful Safety Seminars The Oak

Harbor, Ohio, Chapter con- centrated

on

safety

programs

duringthe fall of 1986.

The

chapter hosted

and

instructed

many

students

and

adults in thelocalareainhuntersafetyeducation, trappereducationcertification

and

tractor certification.

During the

month

of October, the chapter hostedalocalhuntersafetypro-

gram

forfirst-timehunters

and

for

any

person interested in increasinghunting

skills.

The

course

was

offeredduringthe eveningsinthevo-ag

room

for ten hours.

Class

members

^listenedtoguest speakers, watched movies

and

studied thehunter safety

handbook.

There were 30

who

completedthe course.

During

the

month

of

November,

44 werecertifiedas safetrappers with three hours of instruction

and

completionof thetrappereducationtest.

Duringthe

month

ofDecember,first

yearagclassesstudied

and

tookthetrac- torcertificationcourse.

The FFA

^chapterisinterestedinpro- moting safety

on

the farms of

Ottawa County and

ⁱⁿthefieldsof thelocalarea.

(Amy

Avery, Reporter) •••

Bein' Neighborly

The

Lisbon,

New

York,Chaptervisited the Portville,

New

York,

FFA

Chapter

from November

28 to

December

3,1986.

The two

chapters participatedin dif- ferentactivitiessuchasbowling,basket- ball,volleyball,watching"SpiesLikeUs"

and

watchingtheSt.Bonaventureversus

Lock Haven

basketballgame.

Along

with havingalotoffunallthe

members

learnedalot

from

eachother.

Many

ideaswereexchanged

among

the

members

ofeachchapter.

Seeingtheanimal laboratorythePort-

ville Chapter

owns and

runs

was

an

incentive for theLisbonChapterto build

oneoftheirown.

The

Lisbon Chapter gavePortville

some

ideas

on how

toeffec- tively startachapter greenhouse.(Laurie Hutchins, Secretary) •••

College Students as Teachers

UndergraduatestudentsatViginia

Tech

inBlacksburg, organizedthe sixthannual

FFA

LeadershipConferenceforVirginia

FFA.

This year 60 chapters

and

583

members from

Virginia

and West

Virgi- niaattended.

The FFA

^conference

was

theresultof ayear's

work

bytheundergraduatestu- dentorganization AgriculturalEducation Society.

The AES

isa student organiza- tion with a

common

interest in the

advancement

of agriculturethrough edu- cation.

Cindy

Blair

was

interviewedby

WSET- TV

from

Lynchburg

duringthe Virginia leadershipconference.

A

^{highlightoftheconference}

^was

^a

specialpresentation

by Cindy

Blair,then national

FFA

vicepresident

from

Noble,

Oklahoma, who

taughtaclassentitled

"Expanding Your

Expectations."

Othertopics for classes ranged

from

the useofparliamentaryprocedure

and

publicspeakingtothe futureof

Ameri-

canagriculture.

The

^1986-87VirginiaState

FFA

^offi-

cersalso assisted withtheconference.

They

presented a slide

show

entitled

"The American

Farmer,"as well as help- ingTechstudentsteachtheindividual classes.

Conference sponsorswereDiversified MarketingAssociates,Inc.;Ruritan

Na-

tional; Seald Sweet Growers;

Sovran Bank and

Virginia

Farm

Bureau Federa- tion.(JohnHillison,Advisor) •••

The National

FUTURE FARMER

Bee-Lieve

It

Or Not

FFA members

everywhere carry outa Supervised Occupational Experience Program.

The

objectiveisto increase theiragriculturallearningexperience by doing.Itisareallifesituationbut

some-

times^risksarehardto

manage

oreven anticipate.

Four on the Floor

BillJernigan,ofthe Willcox, Arizona, Chapter,will testifytothat. His

SOEP was

bees.

When we had

to

move

hisbeesto

keep them

outofthespraypattern ofa grass-

hopper

controlprogram,

he

selected a

site that

had

plenty of nectar plants, water,

shade and

a sturdy corral. It

seemed

likeanidealspot.

He

never

dreamed

that

he was moving them

intoamigratoryroute oftheblack bear.

The

bearsfoundthe apiaryas con- venientasa

weary

traveler

would

finda fast-food restaurant

on

the interstate.

Bee boxes and empty combs

litteredthe mountainside.

Out

of17stands.Bill

was

abletosalvage only3 stands. (PageBaka-

rkh. Advisor) •••

The

Colby, Wisconsin, Chapter spon- soreda

donkey

basketball

game

as afund raiser.

The

schoolletterwinners

were

the

champions

astheybeatthe facultyinthe titlematch.(PattiMassop,President) •••

Meaningful Demonstrations A

demonstrationcontest

was

held for thewestern Pennsylvaniaregional

FFA

chapters.

The team

competition

was

a (ContinuedonPage40)

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warm-up

for the statewidefarm

show

competitioninJanuary.

The

teamsplaced as follows: Black-

hawk FFA

placedfirstwith ademonstra- tion

on

water filters;

Mohawk FFA

placedsecond

on

thetopic ofgreenhouse heating;

Grove

City

FFA

placedthird with

farm

safety as their topic;

and Mercer

Crossroads

FFA

placed fourth telling

how

toplantagarden.

The

con- test

was

sponsored

by Penn Power

Elec- tric

Company.

(Gary Jean,

Mohawk

Reporter) •••

Weekend Wonders

The

Peoria,Arizona,Chapterheldits

annual Mini-Leadership

Camp,

January 16-17, for

any FFA member

inthestate.

The camp

isdesignedtohelp

members become

leaders

and

to help motivate

them

tobeinvolvedinthe

FFA.

The

PeoriaChapterhostedabout150

members from around

thestate.Included inthe

camp program

were adance,work- shops, volleyball, a footrodeo

and

aban- quetattheend.

National

FFA

PresidentKevin Eblen gavethekeyaddress.

The

cost tothe

camper

is$15 forfood

and

lodging.

A camp

storerun

by FFA

sells

candy and

pop. (Neil Schneider,

VicePresident) •••

Computer Makeup

The McLean County

Chapterinwest- ern

Kentucky

hasbeen working

on

a

new

FFA

newsletter to inform the chapter

and

local businesses of the chapter's activities.

The

newsletter

was

typed with the chapter's

computer and

withthe

Apple program Newsroom. The

letter

was

then runoff

and

mailedtoalllocalbusinesses

and

passed outatschooltoall

members.

The

newsletter

was

also sent to

members

of thefaculty.

In thefirstedition,therewere13arti- cles,ranging

from

thecountyfairto the national convention. It

was

complete withheadlines

and

illustrafions

from

the softwareprogram.

There

was

even

an

articleabout our

computer and

the AgriData

Network

thatsuppliesinformationaboutthe

FFA

and

lotsof agriculturaltopics.

We

arevery

happy

withournewsletter

and hope

to eventually send one out every three or four months.

(Sammy

Thomasson, Reporter) •••

Computerized for BOAC

The

Nazareth, Texas,

FFA

Chapter recentlysponsored

an

innovative

BOAC

project. Usingthe chapter'sfourmicro- computers, Advisor

David Bownds and

severalfourth-yearvo-agstudentsbegan a

Computer

ShortCoursefor interested

members

of the

community.

During

eachof thenine-hourcourses, the guestswere

shown

theuses

and

possi- bilitiesoftheVisi-Calcspreadsheet pro- gram.Iiach guestthen designedhisor her

own

spreadsheet, which ranged

from

storeinventoriestocattlecost projections.

Thirty-two peopletookpartinthefour courses, each of which

was

held over three nights. Several

more

are being planned, since

demand

for the courses

was much

greater than

anyone had

anticipated. •••

Top Signature

Arizona

Governor Evan Mecham

signed a National

FFA

Weelt proclamation for'

Leigh

Loughead,

statesecretary;Colin lUlellon,statepresident;KevinEblen,na- tional president;

and

Eric Wick, state

treasurer. •••

Out of the Past

The major community

^activityin1985 for

LeRoy,

Illinois,

FFA was

theiryear- longsupport for

LeRoy

Sesquicenten- nial.

The

small

community

^islocatedin

McLean

County,Illinois,between

Bloom-

ington

and Champaign.

Preparationsfor the sesquicentennial involved three years' planning, a year- longseries ofactivities

and

the

major

celebrationduringeach of June, 1985's weekends.

The LeRoy FFA

Chapter

was

involvedintheplanningof the sesquicen-

The

horse-drawn corn planter

was

a majorattractionforthecorndemonstra- tion plottfiectiapter

had

forthe sesqui- centennial.

tennial

and

inspecialactivitiessuchas financing, parades, a plot demonstra- tion,agricultural displays

and

exhibits

and

a dairypromotion.

Radio,

TV and

print

media

wereall usedinpublicizing the chapter's sesqui- centennial demonstration involving a horse planted

and

cultivatedcornplot.

(Story

and photos from

the National Chapterapplication) •••

The Class Will Come To Order

The

Battle Lake, Minnesota,

FFA

Parliamentary Procedure

Team

con- ducted a one-night Robert's Rules of Ordersclassfor the

community.

To

begintheevening.AdvisorLarson introducedthe

team and

explainedtheir activities.

Then

ChapterPresident

David

Franze calledthe

mock

meetingto order.

Following minutes, roll call, officer report

and

committeereports,the

team

conductedold

and new

business.

Sample

topicswere

FFA Week,

stateconvention

and Alumni

relations.

Throughout

these topics the

team

pro- perlypresented

main

motions, question ofprivilege,refertoacommittee,limiting debate, previous question, plus

many

more.

The

sample meeting

was

thenadjourned to give

community

leaders

an

opportun- itytoaskquestions.

The

evening

was

helpful for the

com-

munity

and

the

team had

fundoingit.

(Lorraine Bryce) •••

FFA Superstars Show Off

TTieannual

Muskogee

County, Okla-

homa, FFA

SuperstarsContestat the fairgroundsarena,February¹7,included Haskell,

Boynton, Oktaha, Warner, Webbers

Falls,Ft.

Gibson and Musko-

gee Chapters.

Each

chapter sends teamsforevents suchas wild

cow

milking, greased pig chase, barrelpickup,

cow

chipthrowing,

hay

loading, chicken dressing (dress chickensinpants,bonnet

and

a

bow

tie),

hog

calling

and an

obstacle course.

The

obstaclecourse

team

has11

mem-

bers

who

begin the course with

wood

sawing.

Then one member must

carry

an

eggina

spoon

in his

mouth

tothenext point,whichisawheelbarrowrace.

Next

isthe barrelwalk, followed

by

steelpost driving

and

finally,itisrounded

up

witha

good

old-fashionedsackrace.

The Muskogee County

Cattlemen's Association

members

serveasjudgesfor the event.

The

eventisacomicalsightfor spectators

and

everyoneiswelcome.

Ad-

missionisfree.(Wendell Fenton, Advi-

sor) •••

The National

FUTURE FARMER

Big Wheels

FFA

inUnion,Missouri,offered tocoordinatetheminitractorpull atthe localfair.It

givesarea youngstersa

chance

to

compete

likethebigpullers.Parents, friends

and

relatives linebothsides ofthe street to

watch

thismid-afternoonevent.

There

is

alwaysplenty of action

and no one goes away

without

some

prize.(FromtheNational

Chapterapplication) •••

Show and

Sell

Buffalo Center Bison

FFA

in

Iowa

createda stronger

community

spirit

by

organizing a

Farm and Home Show.

A six-member committee was

ap- pointedtolookinto the possiblityofa

Farm and Home Show

forthe Buffalo

Center-Rake

communities.

Members

attended the February meeting of the businessmen's club

and

presented the idea

and

askedifthere

would

besupport.

The

variety of exhibitorsattracted

many

townsfolk

and

helpedstimulate

commun-

ityspirit.

FFA members

set

up

aformat

and

detailedthe

program and

returnedto the

March

meeting.

Businessesweresigned

up and

a$30 boothrental

was

collected.

FFA members

didalltheplanning, layoutwork, adver-

tising

and promoting

for the second

Farm and Home Show.

The show was

heldinthe70-foot

by

140-foot

shop

areaof Jensvold'sImple- ment. There were 65 businesses with booths.

The

localnewspapers

and

radio stationsran$610.55inpromotional ads paid for

by

the chapter.

(From

the NationalChapterapplication) •••

Moon Talk

Can you

imagine watching "Silver Bullet"ina pasture,under afull

moon?

Members

of theChouteau,

Oklahoma,

FFA

Chapter,a

Chouteau 4-H

club

and

thelocal

Young Farmer members

helda weiner roast, fishing derby

and spook movie

screening at the

farm

of

Frank and Norma Grossman.

Power

for the

VCR and TV was

suppliedbyagenerator because

we

were overa mile

from

the nearestelectrical outlet.

Whilewaiting for thefishwinnerstobe selected

and

the sun to set,

members

playedfootball

and

pitched horseshoes.

Prizesgivenforthe fishingderby ranged

from

afiletknifefor thelargest fishtoa canof sardines to the

member

trying the hardestwith

no

success.

Everyone brought covereddishes

and

the

FFA

^chapterfurnished therest.

Hay

bales were

around

forseats.

Pumpkins added

the color.

(Carmen

Detweiler,

Reporter) •""

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