| Spotlight on Youth - April 16, 2008 |
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Ft. Recovery initiates members
FT. RECOVERY, Ohio — The Ft. Recovery FFA Chapter recently held Greenhand Initiation for its first-year members.
As Ft. Recovery FFA tradition states, first-year members’ hands are colored green in honor of the Greenhand FFA Degree, which is the first stepping-stone in the FFA. First-year members enrolled in an agricultural class who could demonstrate knowledge of FFA history, the FFA Creed, the FFA Motto, the FFA Salute, as well as maintain a Supervised Agricultural Experience program and meet other requirements, receive the Greenhand FFA Degree.
The 52 first-year members receiving the Greenhand FFA Degree are as follows: Michelle Brackman, Laura Braun, Michelle Brockman, Holly Brunswick, Riggs Florence, Craig Fortkamp, Nathan Fortkamp, Craig Fullenkamp, Caitlin Gehret, Zach Guggenbiller, Jessica Heitkamp, Deanna Hemmelgarn, Dustin Homan, Craig Kaiser, Nichole Kaiser, Brian Keller, Seth Krites, Barbie Link, Jessica Link, Ryan Link, Nathan Metzger, Elliott Post, Jon Post, Amanda Pottkotter, Heather Pottkotter, Hilary Pottkotter, Jodi Pottkotter, Megan Rammel, Adam Rohrer, Mason Schmackers, Ryan Schoen, Samantha Schoenlein, Kyle Schmitz, Jared Staugler, Joe Steinbrunner, Abby Sudhoff, Aaron Sutter, Holly Thien, Jared Thobe, Tim Thompson, Zach Timmerman, Alison Tobe, Alan Vogel, Dustin Weitzel, Derek Wendel, Gena Wendel, Kelly Wendel, Aaron Will, Stay Will, Aaron Wilker and Haley Wilson.
Alexander FFA elects officers
ALBANY, Ohio — The Alexander FFA Chapter recently elected new chapter officers and hosted a basketball tournament.
The results of the elections are as follows: President Kara Oberholzer; Vice President Kathy Kasler; Secretary Kara Endick; Treasurer Zach Crabtree; Reporter Noelle Eveland; Sentinel Ben Smith; Student Advisor Kim Holcomb; Historian Michael Reeve; and committee chairs include Whitney Mullins, Cierra Kirkendall and Tyler Willoughby.
After the officer elections members of Alexander FFA traveled to Federal Hocking to participate in the annual Alexander FFA versus Federal Hocking FFA Basketball Tournament.
Miami FFA competes at state
COLUMBUS, Ohio — On Saturday, March 29 several members of the Miami East FFA Chapter competed in the State Career Development Events in Columbus, Ohio. Members demonstrated their skills in several areas.
Completing in the equine management career development event were Amanda Werling, Katelyn Melvin and Whitney Wagner. The team placed 19th overall and Amanda Werling was the highest individual from Miami East.
Their contest consisted of placing classes of various breeds of horses, identifying tack, judging hay quality, and taking a test.
Competing in the general livestock judging contest were Alysha Coverstone, Logan Pyers, Ryan Selvidge and Emily Chappie. They evaluated classes of sheep, hogs, and cattle.
They also selected reproductive females in keep-cull classes and completed a production scenario. Coverstone was the highest placing individual from Miami East.
Lucas Hershberger and Isaac Combs competed in the dairy cattle judging Contest. They evaluated classes of cows and heifers, graded cows, and took a test. Hershberger was the highest placing individual from Miami East.
The Miami East Agricultural Education Department is a satellite program of the Miami Valley Career Technology Center.
Ribbon cut at new 4-H center
COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 400 visitors gathered on Friday, April 4, at the official grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center.
“This building is for you,” Bobby Moser, vice president and dean of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, told the crowd of youths, friends, volunteers, faculty and staff.
Attending the event were descendents of A.B. Graham, the founder of 4-H, as well as family members of other early 4-H leaders. Moser thanked U.S. Rep. David Hobson, whose home district includes Graham’s home city of Springfield, for being a strong proponent of the center’s environmental features and for helping to secure federal funds to support them.
“It’s a great day for this university and for Ohio’s young people,” said Hobson, adding that he hoped the new center will demonstrate that green buildings are economically feasible. “This is a building that will sell itself,” Hobson said. “It shows that we should be looking at this kind of technology for the future.”
The 46,000-square-foot center has applied for certification in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program of the United States Green Building Council (http://www.usgbc.org)
Its features include a geothermal heating and cooling system; plumbing fixtures designed to use 52 percent less water than conventional fixtures; and extensive use of natural lighting and recycled materials.
For more about the center and its environmental features, see www.ohio4-hcenter.org/green.html, or contact Ryan Schmiesing, interim co-director of the 4-H Youth Development Program for Ohio State University Extension, at schmiesing.3@osu.edu, or 614-292-4444. |
| 4/16/2008 |
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