In a recent article explaining his hopes for the future of the magazine, he wrote: "What is my goal. The goal was to find out which member of the group possessed the hidden "power" to make things A snowy day in January found me on my fourth different classroom visit of the day.
MAYBE MY TIME IS UP
Only when I am satisfied, and Socrates said: 'contentment is death'. We can always achieve a goal or a new dream. When you are sick, it helps to have someone hold your hand and let the warmth of his love for you penetrate you.'
MANY SIMPLE ACTS
You see, that championship football team or these speakers or the President of the United States didn't become big overnight. It was through a series of successful days and simple actions that they were able to achieve their lofty goals. And your acts of kindness, faith, inspiration and motivation made it all worthwhile for this country boy from Yanceyville, North Carolina.
In 1974, I remember a gullible, naive, country boy in his Greenhand FFA year at Bartlett Yancey High School. And if I had spent too much time celebrating the achievement of that goal, I wouldn't have been able to experience the daily joys, challenges, and frustrations of living that dream. And for me, the last 365 days have been each very unique and very fantastic.
CARRY ON
Amazing because while I was talking to him he didn't tell me how awful it was for a man to lose both his legs in the prime of life, to not be able to do the things he would have liked to have done when he was twenty-four. operations. He was concerned about some of the students and how they were doing with projects, refereeing teams, officer activities and talked about how much he was looking forward to seeing and working with them again. He said he was sorry he couldn't be here, but he had a lot to do at home and school.
THAT FINAL CHANCE
You will continue to be strong and strong if you treat every FFA opportunity as your last chance. As an important part of FFA and the United States that was built on faith, love, spirit,. But nothing will compare to the memories of the sparkle in your eyes and the warm handshake.
CAREER SHOW EXHIBITORS
Roe Bartle Exhibition Hall, this year's National Agricultural Career Show was bigger than any before. In addition, high school counselors and school administrators learn more about the agricultural industry through personal contact with professional staff.
NVATA
HALL OF STATES
COMPETITION
AND RECOGNITION
STARS OF AMERICA
MARSHALL PETERSON
NATIONAL FFA PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTESTS
34;BEEF— AN UNSURE SITUATION"
34;AMERICA: FOOD OR FAMINE"
34;WHAT GOOD IS THE FARMER?"
THE $500,000,000 QUESTION
Richard Lyng, president of the American Meat Institute has charged: "The unbelievable fact that it is being done. Without cured meat, the consumer would pay the cost of losing fifty percent of pork products. The Nitrite Safety Council has said that manufacturers of pigs would have a loss of annual income at least.
Roger Mandigo, a meat scientist at the University of Chicago, said that the removal of nitrite ". Eventually, because of the lack of a market, the bottom will also fall out of corn prices. In 1977, the USDA itself said that the ban on nitrites would have an inflationary impact equivalent to a ten to fifteen percent increase in total food costs for consumers.
Now it's up to us, members of the agricultural and business community, and it's up to us too. We must take positive action by writing to Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carol Foreman; Donald Kennedy, the FDA Commissioner and our own Members of Congress. Our positive actions should encourage the USDA to halt the proposed ban and re-examine and definitively analyze the effects of nitrites.
I agree with Richard Lyng, the president of the American Meat Institute, who is not ready to ban nitrites.
JUDGES
34; The fact is that based on current knowledge there is absolutely no scientific evidence that nitrites used properly in processed meats are harmful to either laboratory animals or humans."
TIMEKEEPERS
ABILITIES NEEDED FOR LEADERSHIP
Accept others, not for what you want them to be, but for who they are. And above all, the most important quality in developing your leadership skills is to be human. Washington, "Success is not measured by the position one has reached in life, but by the obstacles one has to overcome.
Well, that's like asking "Where would you like to be in ten years, or you, or even you?" The answers are varied, but this is the answer. Those who try and fail are infinitely better off than those who try nothing and succeed beautifully.
NATIONAL FFA CONTESTS
AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS
DAIRY CATTLE
FARM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
FLORICULTURE
LIVESTOCK
MEATS
MILK QUALITY AND DAIRY FOODS
NURSERY/LANDSCAPE
POULTRY
NATIONAL CHAPTER AWARD PROGRAM
NATIONAL CHAPTER SAFETY AWARDS
BUILDING OUR AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
AGRICULTURAL PROFICIENCY AWARDS
AGRICULTURAL ELECTRIFICATION Sponsored by The Food & Energy Council, Inc
JOE ALWAN CHUCK CLYATT
DARRELL EUGENE CLARK
MARK WINT
JAY WILBUR GAINER
WILLIAM NOVAK, II GERALD L. EDWARDSJR
BRUCE DURRANT
DALE A. ORMEROID
AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING Sponsored by Cargill, Inc
AGRICULTURAL SALES AND/OR SERVICE Sponsored by Allis-Chalmers Corporation
JAMES MICHEAL GOWEN
JOHN WALLACE GOODWIN, JR
DAVID EID
JONIESELMAN
BRADLEY GLEN STALEY JULIE LEBSACK
JOHN VERNON SIMS, III
DAN HILTY
CHRISTOPHER FOX RANDY LOUTZENHISER
DELMON DEWITT HARDEE
CROP PRODUCTION
DAIRY PRODUCTION
CLINTON PATE KAREN GREEN
MARK TIMOTHY WILEY WILLIAM HURT
LLOYD GOEBEL
SCOTTSTOUTAMIRE LARRY RANDALL STONE
DOUGLAS P. KNIPPEL
JOHN TEDDER LINDA WORKMAN
DANIEL TRIVETTE
MIKE BENSON
CLARENCE WENDELL MANNING CHARLES D. JENISON
DEANNESUMMERLIN
PAUL HERRMAN GEORGE E. COLLIER, II
HAROLD WALLACE VALENTINE DARRELL COCKRAM
HOME AND/OR FARMSTEAD IMPROVEMENT
DAVID KENNEDY
STEVE F. FOSTER
ROBERT HARRISON KEMP CHUCK HAMERNIK
OUTDOOR RECREATION
JEFF E. ERRTHUM
JULI DOLFINGER JAMES KEITH BUCKNER
KENNY NEEL GARYL. ROPP
NORA WARREN
POULTRY PRODUCTION
GARY D. GOODER SHANNON LEJEUNE
KEVIN FRANK MOREHART
JOEL WEIHER IVAN LEE STECKLEIN
ARLEN BUTTS
ALAN WAYNE SAMBER RICKY HARTSELL
SANDRA FAYE SIMPSON
TERRY HOWARD DANIEL
TONY WILLIAM ACKLEY DANNY BLACK
RANDY TISCHENDORF
TURF AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT
AMERICAN FARMER DEGREE
ALABAMA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
PUERTO RICO
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING
HONORARY AMERICAN FARMER DEGREE
MISSISSIPPI Dwight Brown, Falkner
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Honorary American Farmer Degree is also awarded to adults other than local advisors who have helped advance agriculture and FFA and who have provided outstanding service on a national level. There were 113 who received this recognition, including the parents of the National Officers and the parents of the "Stars".
PARENTS OF STAR FARMERS
PARENTS OF STAR AGRIBUSINESSMEN
PARENTS OF NATIONAL OFFICERS
VIP CITATIONS
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CITATIONS
BUSINESS
THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING DUES TO EACH
STATE ASSOCIATION 45 DAYS PRIOR TO THE NEXT
REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
STATE SUGGESTIONS
LOCAL SUGGESTIONS
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
P. Tour and
It is recommended that this study be a cooperative effort involving FFA, the National Vocational Agricultural Teachers' Association (NVATA), the National Association of Supervisors of Agricultural Education (NASAE), and the American Association of Teacher Educators Association (AATEA).
STATE SUGGESTIONS
Realizing the importance of immediate action on the above recommendations, this committee recom- mends the establishment of a study action committee to investigate the causes, consequences and
It is recommended that this study be a cooperative effort, including FFA, the National Association of Vocational Agricultural Teachers (NVATA), the National Association of Superintendents of Agricultural Education (NASAE), and the American Teacher Educators Association (AATEA). Office of Education, Council of State Chief School Officers, American Association of School Administrators, National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, American Vocational Association, and National Association of State Directors of Vocational Education, recognizing the importance of strong state leadership and emphasizing the need for increased state personnel to provide support and ag statistics support, ag business and America's Future Farmers. In response to the President's Challenge, the committee recognizes that the inherent success of the President's Challenge is related to the number of individuals participating and ultimately the number.
The aforementioned concepts and recommendations are presented with the sole intention of increasing vo-ag/FFA membership and improving the quality of vo-ag/.
NATIONAL ALUMNI
Continue the development of the national communication network and encourage state communi-
Have the National Alumni continue to expand the Washington scholarship program and to encourage the local affiliates to establish their own Washington scholarships
NATIONAL AWARDS PROGRAM
The committee recommends that a method be established that recognizes the nation's top chapters in the National Chapter Award Program by appointing four regional winners and one national winner. Revise Article I, Section 7, to read: "The Chapter sponsored an activity which recognized the outstanding scholarship of its members." The committee recommends that the National Plant Production and Forestry Awards remain unchanged.
The committee recommends that the Board of Directors appoint a committee, composed of state employees and preservice teachers, to investigate the membership issue and determine whether 100% membership should be a goal.
NATIONAL CONTESTS
That strong consideration be given by the Board of Directors to develop a special committee for the purpose of studying the possibility of formulating a National FFA Marketing or Agribusiness Contest to be implemented into a national contest in 1982. That direct payment must be made from the National FFA Foundation to national participants for prorated travel expenses. The medal is preferred for individual winners in National Competitions is willing to have a paperweight, with the provision that the medal is supplemented with a certificate of achievement for the winners of the National Competition.
The current quota contains Bulletin no. 4, which ensures that 80% of all competitors in the competition receive a gold, silver or bronze award, remains the same, with the following stipulation attached:. That the alternate travels with the official national judging team authorized to officiate at the national competition, subject to the following conditions:. The 1979 State Pageants Committee strongly recommends to the State Board of Directors that a report on action taken on the previous year's recommendations be submitted to all committees.
He would advise the various committee delegations on the actions taken on the previous year's proposals.
NATIONAL CONVENTION
Congressman Charles Stenholm from Texas
Dr. Dan Dunham, Deputy Commissioner of Education
White Convention Program
I would like to express my personal thanks to the members of the National Convention Committee for their hours of time and all their excellent suggestions, and.
NATIONAL FUTURE FARMER MAGAZINE
NATIONAL PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES
Develop a leadership manual that will include materials and information gathered from the Washington Conference and from the National Officer Team to be sold and distributed by the National FFA Supply Service. Promote funding for the Hall of Achievement at the national convention through the convention booth. The published articles reflect quality rather than quantity regarding local member projects in our national FUTURE FARMER magazine.
The national organization is exploring the possibility of including the FFA Annual Report with the Superior ChapterAward application. National Boards of Directors and National Officers research and disseminate information to states regarding the establishment of agricultural education scholarships.
NATIONAL FFA SUPPLY SERVICE
NATIONAL FFA WEEK
NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES
After careful evaluation of the material available through the Information Services, the committee felt that more than sufficient information was provided and that members were simply not aware of what was available to them. We therefore suggest that the state associations use every available opportunity to inform local members of the services and resources available to them.
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES
We support the proposal that the Washington Leadership Conference Program be expanded to two con- ference sites with conferences running simultaneously, if deemed necessary by the conference director
Beit decided that the National FFA Organization sincerely appreciates the efforts of certain people and at this time we would like to thank President Carter, former FFA member and LifeFFA Alumni, for taking the time to meet with the state officers and for the challenge. those with a new program. Be it resolved that the National FFA Organization sincerely appreciates the cooperation and earnest interest of the Commissioner of Education and the USA. Be it resolved that the National FFA Organization sincerely appreciates the efforts of Jane Shaw, Manager of the Yeng-Cheng Palace; John Stevenson, Vice President of Alexandria Management Company and Bill Williams, Manager of Olde Colony Motor Lodge and Olde Town Ramada Innstaff for their cooperation and.
Dee Sokolosky, Sam Brownback, Rob Boyd, and especially the Director, Bobby Tucker and the national officers for making the 1979 conference program a tre-. Johnson, Virgil Cline, Bob Cantrell and Tom Rudderforth, who made the national conferences so warm, personal, informative and fun. A very sincere thank you goes out to everyone involved in the program who made it a success.
REGIONAL STATE OFFICERS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES
The new conferences will last four days and three nights, with three national officials, a national staffer and a board member attending each conference. Although these conferences offer a more challenging atmosphere, they will ensure a prepared and motivated state official for his/her upcoming.
FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND RETAINED INCOME
OPERATING INCOME
OPERATING EXPENSES
OTHER INCOME
OTHER EXPENSES
APPLICATION OF NET INCOME
RETAINED INCOME
PARTICIPANTS
OFFICIAL DELEGATES 52nd National FFA Convention
ALASKA
NORTH CAROLINA JOHN POPE, Maiden
NATIONAL FFA BAND
Wade George
NEW JERSEY Bernadette Tusim
NEW MEXICO Tammy King
NATIONAL FFA CHORUS
1979 NATIONAL CONVENTION TALENT PARTICIPANTS
NORTH DAKOTA Bowman Chapter
WEA PARTICIPANTS
E. Wadkins — Arkansas
1978-79 NATIONAL FFA OFFICERS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF FOUNDATION TRUSTEES
NATIONAL FFA STAFF
COLEMAN HARRIS, Executive Secretary
M. CAMPBELL, National Treasurer
ELLIOTT NOWELS, Director of Information
A TRIBUTE .
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