FFA News

On Nov. 20, Hiland FFA members participated in the Sub-District 8 Parliamentary Procedure Contest, held at Ridgewood High School. The Hiland Senior Team placed fourth overall. Members who participated were: Megan Hippert, Jessica Davis, Rachelle Yoder, Taylor Raber, Brandon Kozak, Grant Mast, Lee Shetler, and Preston Shamp.

Members who participated took a knowledge-based test on parli pro and then performed a meeting in front of three judges. Members had to do abilities that were assigned to them, and debate on main motions. The point of the Parliamentary Procedure CDE (Career Development Event) is to learn how to run a business meeting properly. FFA members demonstrate their knowledge about Parliamentary Procedure at each monthly meeting.

The purpose of Parliamentary Procedure is to help members to discuss and handle matters of the chapter. It also helps meetings to be run smoothly.… Continue reading

On Wednesday, November 17, many members traveled to Amanda-Clearcreek for their annual leadership night. Leadership Night is an FFA event that encourages members to get out of their comfort zone in order to grow as leaders and more successfully serve their chapter and others.

The theme of this year’s leadership night was “True Colors”. The night launched with a personality quiz for each member which sorted them into a personality type characterized by colors. After the members in attendance learned of their true colors, the state officers continued to lead them in activities that taught them to more successfully lead based on their personality type.

Leadership Night was in high attendance this year, not only from members of Zane Trace FFA, but from members all around Southern Ohio. This lead to many opportunities for members of our chapter to network and get to know other members.

“I’m not really a social person, and I get kind of nervous about meeting new people,” said Kaitlyn Beard, a Freshman member who attended Leadership Night.… Continue reading

By Audrey Ivers, chapter reporter

On November 16-17^th, 2011 the West Holmes FFA held the annual Greenhand Lock-In in the High School gymnasium. At this lock-in, the freshmen members participated in a fun and educational evening geared to preparing them for success in their FFA careers.

The evening started out with icebreakers prepared by the seniors and officers with added participation from the state officers in attendance Casey Schlauch, Adam Rine, and Nicole Stiener. Casey and Nicole are currently serving the Ohio FFA as District officers, and Adam is the Ohio FFA Sentinel.

After the icebreakers, the freshman members broke into groups with the state officers to participate in their workshop.  The workshop allowed members to create their own ‘FFA Jacket’ where they put where they wanted to be in FFA and what they want to do, which allowed them to be creative and put specific goals they had set for the year.Then… Continue reading

By Hannah Robinson, chapter reporter

The Amanda-Clearcreek FFA chapters’ Agricultural Communications and Environmental and Natural Resources Career Development Events teams were recently able to compete at the National level at the 85^th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. The teams had to win their respective state CDEs to be eligible to participate in the national events.

Our first team placed 16^th, earning a Silver Rating, in the National FFA Agricultural Communications Career Development Event. Members of the team were: Sierra Jepsen, Nick Brumfield, and Allyson Davis. Mr. Scott Sharp, A-C FFA Advisor, coached the team. Sierra placed 9^th individually in the nation earning a gold rating and a $400 scholarship, while Nick placed 14^th individually also earning a gold rating, and Allyson earned a bronze rating. “This event supports student development of sound communication principles to become strong assets to the agriculture industry in the future,” said Melissa Dunkel, CDE education specialist.… Continue reading

By Rebekah Eidemiller, chapter reporter

The December 2012 Miami East FFA Members of the Month are Rian Kingrey and Olivia Edgell both of Fletcher.

At the 2012 National FFA Convention Rian and Olivia competed in the National Agriscience Fair with their project entitled, “How Clean Are Your Hands.” The girls placed third in the nation in the area of Food Science, Division 3. They earned a cash prize and certificate for their accomplishment.

Rian Kingrey is the daughter of Brad and Tanya Kingrey. She is a sophomore and second year member of the FFA Chapter. Rian has attended the State and National FFA Conventions. Her Supervised Agricultural Experience program consists of raising meat chickens.

Olivia Edgell is the daughter of Brian and Jamie Edgell. She is a second year member of the FFA and sophomore. She has attended FFA Camp and competed in Soils Judging. Her Supervised Agricultural Experience program consists of show market lambs at the county fair.… Continue reading

The Preble Shawnee FFA Chapter held a Cardboard City on the 20th of November. This event was to help raise homelessness awareness.  Students used cardboard to built “houses” out of boxes. They also participated in leadership games such as the human knot. This event was held outside the Ag Department. Preble Shawnee FFA Alumni members prepared soup for students to eat for dinner.… Continue reading

By Rebekah Eidemiller, chapter reporter

Recently, Ohio FFA State President Shelby Faulkner came to visit the members of the Miami East FFA Chapter. She spent the day in their classroom teaching them about personal values and FFA opportunities with the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources classes. In the Animal Science classes and the Business Management classes she taught a lesson on using personal strengths but understanding personal weaknesses.

Shelby is taking a year of leave from The Ohio State University where she is majoring in Agricultural Education. She is a graduate of Graham High School and has earned her American FFA Degree. She will spend one year serving the members of the Ohio FFA Association via camps, conferences, and conventions.

Shelby’s visit was a result of the “purchase” of Shelby at the 2012 Ohio FFA Camp Muskingum Children’s Hospital Benefit Auction. The Miami East FFA Chapter made a donation to Children’s of Dayton and Shelby conducted a chapter visit.… Continue reading

The Preble Shawnee FFA Parliamentary Procedure teams participated in the sub-district contest. The Chapter had a novice team and an advanced team. The novice team received first place with the members: Austin Brewer, Jacob Kamm, Katelyn McGarvey,   Kerriston Wilson, Ady Via, Savannah Schneider, Rachel Jones, and Peyton Roberts. The advanced team placed second with the members: Joan Anderson, Courtney Roberts, Alyssa McQuiston, Danielle Prater, Darian Rader, Lacey Hill, Abbey Hill, and Drew Hill. These outstanding performances allow both teams to advance to the district parliamentary procedure contest.

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By Rebekah Eidemiller, chapter reporter

On Monday, November 26, 2012, the Miami East FFA awarded 27 new members their Greenhand FFA Degree. The Greenhand Degree is awarded to first year members of the FFA, and is the first award that can be received. Each member awarded received a pin to be worn on their FFA jacket and a certificate of achievement.  Shelby Faulkner, State FFA President of the Ohio FFA Association, was the guest speaker.

In order to receive the Greenhand FFA Degree the members must be enrolled in an agriculture class, have plans for a Supervised Agricultural Experience Program, learned and explained the FFA Creed, Motto, Salute, Mission Statement, Code of Ethics and uses of the FFA Jacket, Colors, and Emblem, and demonstrated an understanding of the FFA’s history, chapter constitution and by-laws. The Greenhand FFA Degree is the first of four degrees that an FFA member can earn.

Members receiving their Greenhand FFA Degree included Emily Beal, Katrina Bendickson, Cody Calicoat, Trent Church, Hannah Davis, Madeline Davis, Braxton Donaldson, Haley Etherington, Daniel Everett, Chase Fulghum, Kayden Gustin, Eliza Hershberger, Johnny Inman, Jordan Inman, Bradley Jenkins, Kelsey Kirchner, Miranda Maggart, Haleigh Maggert, Stephanie Millhouse, Dylan Moore, Sydney Oakes, Levi Reid, Samantha Sands, Hunter Sharp, Seth Tamplin, Nathan Teeters, and Hannah Wilson.… Continue reading

At the 2012 National FFA Alumni Convention, held October 24-26 in Indianapolis, Ind. hundreds of FFA Alumni members from nearly every state came together to work toward their common goal: supporting and advocating for FFA and agricultural education and celebrating the FFA Alumni successes while planning future growth.

Energetic sessions, engaging conversations, recognition of distinguished members and supporters, informative workshops, outstanding tailgate and benefit auction and entertaining performances only begin to describe the Alumni’s National Convention.

This year marked the return of the FFA Dance and a Tailgate that hosted the Live Benefit auction. This was the first year since 1985 that the national FFA Alumni convention did not include a silent auction but the tailgate, the dance and the Alumni Nation booth gave attendees many ways to stay engaged, connect with students and companies and rekindle friendships.

At the business session, Jim McCray of Illinois was selected as the President-Elect, Richard Daniel of North Carolina was elected to the Southern Region and Ron Lynch of Illinois was elected to represent the Eastern Region.… Continue reading

ANNOUNCING THE 2013 OHIO’S COUNTRY JOURNAL AND OHIO AG NET FFA WEEK VIDEO CONTEST!

WHAT IT IS: Is your FFA chapter the best in the state?  Prove it! Show off your chapter’s creativity, passion for agriculture, and maybe even dance moves in the first ever Ohio’s Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net FFA Week Video Contest.

The theme of the contest is: Rocking Out With FFA! Videos should change the lyrics of a song to promote agriculture and FFA in general as well as what makes your chapter special. Examples include: I’m Farming and I Grow it, Farm It Maybe, We Built this Country on Family Farms and Farming is a Good Time.

WHAT YOU’LL GET: The top entry will win:

• Custom-designed t-shirts
• A pizza party at your school during FFA Week hosted by Ohio Ag Net
• The Ohio Ag Net midday broadcast from your school featuring your chapter during FFA Week

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• Creativity and originality
• Positive and clearly communicated message about FFA and agriculture
• Interesting and compelling imagery
• Length of video (Ideal length would be 2:30-3:30)

*Note we want to see your chapter members in the video and would like you to actually sing the song in the video:)

HOW TO ENTER:

All videos will be featured on the Ohio’s Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net website.… Continue reading

Over seventy FFA students from four schools gathered together for Ohio FFA Leadership Night. This event is conducted by the Ohio FFA Association and the Ohio FFA officers to engage students in learning more about leadership, communication and teamwork.

Ohio FFA District 6 President Jordan Stacy was one of the presenters and the theme for this year’s Leadership Night is “The Man in the Mirror.” Joining Stacy in conducting the event at Southeastern were; Ohio FFA District 10 President, Kayla Starlin, Ohio FFA Treasurer Erin Wollett and Ohio FFA Reporter Daniel Zimmerman. Ohio FFA Leadership Night is sponsored by Monsanto, Dekalb, Asgrow and Sunrise Cooperative.

While students were learning more about themselves and leadership through this event, they also had the opportunity to network with other FFA members and learn from each other about activities in the program. Some may develop friendships that last through their high school years and beyond.… Continue reading

By Rebekah Eidemiller, chapter reporter

Recently the Miami East FFA Food Science and Technology Team and Agricultural Communication Team competed in the District 5 Contests hosted by Miami East High School.

In the Food Science and Technology Contest contestants included Kolin Bendickson, Daniel Bodenmiller, Alex Brewer, Lindsay Brookhart, Tanner Church, Matt Davis, Rebekah Eidemiller, Amber Elsass, Colin Hawes, Stevee Hazel, Andrew Kowalak, Corrine Melvin, Brandon Nales, Sarah Pyers, Shane Richardson, Kelly Rindler, Lindsey Roeth, Austin Rush, Jenifer Slone, Devin Staley, and Macaleh Thompson.

The team placed first out of 30 teams. The highest placing individuals from Miami East were Kelly Rindler and Tanner Church, who placed 1 and 2 respectfully in the contest. There were more than 120 individuals in the contest.

During the contest the team members were asked to complete a product development scenario in which they calculated the nutritional facts for a new food product and design a new package.… Continue reading

Members of the Miami Trace FFA Chapter in Ohio were one of 44 teams participating in the National FFA Parliamentary Procedure Career Development Event (CDE). The event was held in conjunction with the 85th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. Molly Garringer, Sarah Peterson, Tanner Mick, Emily Ratliff, Jamie Payton, and Daniella Straathof competed with 257 other members from across the country. The team, led by advisor Tracy Dendinger, was awarded a Silver emblem.

The team received the fourth best test scores out of the 45 teams that competed. The members of the team became accredited parliamentarians for receiving high scores on the Parliamentary Procedure Test. As accredited parliamentarians, each member of the team can judge a Parliamentary Procedure competition.

The National FFA Parliamentary Procedure CDE tests students’ ability to effectively communicate ideas during a meeting. Components included a general knowledge exam of parliamentary law, a ten -minute demonstration of parliamentary procedure, oral questions, written minutes of the demonstration as well as a team problem solving activity.… Continue reading

Miami East High School went “healthy” during the week of November 12 with activities sponsored by the Miami East FFA Chapter.  This project was made possible due to a $500 grant by the Ohio Small Grains Marketing Group.

The Healthy Lifestyle Committee sponsored a Food For Thought Log in which students and staff would record all the food and drink that they partake of during a day. During study halls, students received a healthy snack for keeping their log updated. Snacks included an apple, orange or banana, a low-fat whole grain snack bar, or water and a non-fat yogurt. About half of the high school participated in this activity. A special thank you goes to the Dannon Company for their donation of yogurt.

Additionally, the high school attended a Healthy Lifestyles Fair during lunch. Displays were provided by the Upper Valley Medical Center Sports Medicine, Miami County Family Abuse Shelter, American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Excellence in Dentistry, Girls on the Gun, Miami Valley Hospital, March of Dimes, Miami East Schools Nurse Jeanelle Adkins, and the Miami County Health District.… Continue reading

The Preble Shawnee FFA is hosting a Toys for Tots toy drive. They are taking donations of new toys for local community members who cannot afford to give their children a gift they deserve. Donations can be made at the high school until December 20^th. All donations are greatly appreciated.… Continue reading

By Rebekah Eidemiller, chapter reporter

Recently members of the Miami East FFA Chapter recently participated in the 2012 FFA Sub-District Parliamentary Procedure contest at Fairlawn High School. Other schools competing were Anna, Botkins, Ft. Loramie, and Fairlawn.

Participating was Greenhand 1st period were team members Chair Haley Etherington, Vice Chair Haleigh Maggert, Madeline Davis, Kayden Gustin, Bradley Jenkins, Stephanie Millhouse, Dylan Moore, Kristin Palser, and Hannah Wilson. They competed in Greenhand Room B and earned a gold rating.

Participating in Greenhand 3rd period were team members Chair Hannah Davis, Vice Chair Braxton Donaldson, Daniel Everett, Eliza Hershberger, Johnny Inman, Miranda Maggart, Sydney Oakes, Samantha Sands. They competed in Greenhand Room B and earned a gold rating.

Participating was a Greenhand 6th Period were team members were Chair Emily Beal, Vice Chair Nathan Teeters, Katrina Bendickson, Trent Church, Kelsey Kirchner, Levi Reid, Hunter Sharp, and Seth Tamplin. They competed in Greenhand Room A – Novice.… Continue reading

The Preble Shawnee FFA is hosting a leadership workshop for the student leaders in their high school titled The Leaders of Tomorrow. The workshop will consist of keynote speakers and activities that will help promote good leaders in their high school. The event will take place December 5^th from 5:00-8:00 PM.… Continue reading

The Crawford Antique Farm Machinery Association will serve a Pancake Breakfast to benefit pen facilities for the Millard Ag & Expo building on the Crawford County Fairgrounds.

The breakfast is slated for Saturday December 1, 2012 from 7:00 until 11:00 AM at the Colonel Crawford High School cafeteria in North Robinson.  The breakfast will be offered at no charge with a free will offering graciously accepted.

“The Crawford Antique Farm Machinery Association members may have shown animals during their youth or have family members involved in the Crawford County Junior Fair.  With these connections, our Association strongly supports the 4-H and FFA youth organizations involved with the fair.  We have supported the building effort from the outset.  And, we look forward to our ongoing support through this fund raising effort,” indicated Earl Smith, President of the Crawford Antique Farm Machinery Association.

Tom Laughbaum, Fair Manager described the progress of the pen facilities by commenting, “The completed Millard Ag & Expo Building was utilized for the first time during the 2012 fair. … Continue reading

By Katelyne Ackley, chapter reporter

Members of the Benjamin Logan FFA teamed up with Goshen Friends Church, and collected shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Together they collected a total of thirty-seven shoe boxes “the power of a simple gift.”

Operation Christmas Child is an organization that assists victims that were affected by natural disasters, diseases, wars, and famines. This organization is to help give the light to children of the less fortunate, help them feel they are never alone, and never forgotten.

To find out more information please visit   http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/Who_We_Are/About_Us.… Continue reading