Ohio FFA Alumni sponsor Greenhand Quiz event COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio FFA Association named the winners of the 2007 Career Development Events (CDE’s) during the 79th annual state FFA Convention in May.
Jr Laborie, from the Elmwood FFA Chapter in Wood County, received first place individual, while the first place team went to the Elmwood FFA Chapter. The Ohio FFA Alumni sponsored the Greenhand Quiz Contest through a partnership with the Ohio FFA
Foundation.
The Greenhand Quiz Career Development Event is designed to test the knowledge of first-year members. Members are required to know a variety of information about the FFA organization such as the year the FFA began, the colors and parts of the FFA emblem.
CDE’s are an extension of the local agricultural education classroom and serve as an application of the curriculum in which students are instructed.
The FFA is a national organization of over 494,000 members dedicated to preparing members for leadership and careers in the science, business and technology of agriculture.
The Ohio FFA Association has 23,318 members which is the 5th largest membership in the nation. FFA Alumni affiliates were formed to operate in support of the 7,300 FFA chapters across the nation. Their purpose is to help today’s agricultural youth by joining together in a united volunteer effort to assist FFA, promote a greater knowledge of the agricultural industry, and support education in local agricultural education programs. Ohio has over 90 alumni affiliates.
Parkway FFA attends Envirothon ROCKFORD, Ohio — The Parkway FFA chapter recently attended the Envirothon at Camp Birch in Yellow Springs Ohio.
Parkway took two teams to compete in the event. Parkway’s team one included: Sara King, Melinda Miller, Danny Knapke and Nick Strader. Team two included: Travis Guggenbiller, Megan Monroe, Jackie King and Garrett Searight. Team one placed 43rd out of 72 teams and team two placed 60th.
The Envirothon event included a written test and twenty-five questions on four different subjects. The four subjects for this year’s contest were forestry, aquatics, wildlife and soils.
Indiana archery program begins July 24 FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Allen County 4-H Shooting Sports Club will be hosting a series of archery classes open to all youth in grades 3-12.
The first meeting will be Tuesday, July 24 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Allen County Extension Office in Fort Wayne, Ind. All subsequent meetings will be from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Allen County Fairgrounds on July 28, Aug. 4, Aug.18, Aug. 25 and Sept. 8 and Sept. 15.
The archery series will teach safe handling of equipment, proper care of equipment, shooting techniques and ethics of good shooters. Instructors are certified through the Indiana 4-H Shooting Sports Program of Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
The class is limited to the first 20 participants who have registered and paid. Cost of the program is $25 per child. Registration and payment is due July 6. More for more information or to register contact Barb Thuma, Allen County Extension at 481-6826.
National Trail FFA competes at soil contest NEW PARIS, Ohio — The National Trail FFA Soil Judging Team recently competed at the National FFA Land Judging contest in Oklahoma on May 3.
Team members included Anthony Gilbert, Doug Harris, Vincent Springer and Amber Stall.
The students were accompanied by their FFA Advisor Joseph Slone. The National Trail FFA team qualified for the national contest by winning the county and district contest and placing second at the state contest in Ohio. In addition to the actual contest, National Trail competitors toured the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma Bombing Memorial and the National Oklahoma Stockyards.
To prepare for the contest, all participants including the National Trail team were permitted two days of practice at the test soil pits dug for the contest.
In the end, the team placed 15th, tying with the school that beat them at the state contest, Talawanda FFA.
The team was led by Harris who placed 39th; Stall, 45th; Gilbert, 73rd; and Springer 88th. There were 49 teams and 160 individuals who competed in the contest from across the country.
Indiana 4-H goat project receives $6,000 donation GREENFIELD, Ind. — With the 2007 Hancock County Fair just four weeks away, Central Indiana Power has given the 4-H goat pen project a huge boost with a $6,000 donation.
The monies came from the Central Indiana Power Community Trust, Inc., which uses monthly donations from electric customers to help fund community-worthy projects. The Hancock County 4-H Ag Association is using the much-needed finds to add finishing touches to a new building on the fairgrounds that will house goats, llamas and rabbits.
The number of 4Hers enrolled in the goat project has increased significantly in the past three years, thus creating the need for the new barn and pens. 4-H Goat Club leaders and members are in the midst of a $32,000 fundraising project to purchase the new pens. This farm news was published in the June 13, 2007 issue of Farm World, serving Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. |
