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| Spotlight on Youth |
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| Parkway FFA Chapter attends Camp Muskingum
PARKWAY, Ohio — This year the Parkway FFA Chapter attended Camp Muskingum in Carroll County, Ohio near Leesville Lake.
Students attended the 3rd session from June 22-29 and the 5th session from July 9-13. The camp counselors split the students into 14 groups with other FFA students throughout the state. The students attended camp for five days and interacted with fellow FFA members from chapters across the state.
They learned the responsibility of leadership, working with others, and dealing with difficult problems in workshops. Also, Camp Muskingum hosted numerous sports competitions between the student groups.
According to Parkway’s advisor, camp is a wonderful way for students to interact with others and work in groups with people they have never met before.
One group activity that was assigned to seniors only was to build a cardboard boat with duct tape that a person could fit in and stay afloat. This activity was a great way for students to work together and develop a boat that would outlast the other boats.
Travis Guggenbiller who attended camp said, “Camp was a great opportunity for me to meet other members from different chapters and to work on my leadership skills.”
Dairy pair earn top honors at Michigan Dairy Expo
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Two Newaygo County, Mich. natives were the top point getters among more than 200 youth participants at the 11th annual Michigan Dairy Expo and 4-H Dairy Days at Michigan State University (MSU) in July.
Ashley Higgins and Bill Huisjen were presented with the Overall Dairy Youth 4-H Dairy Days Award and Overall Dairy Youth 4-H Dairy Days Runner-up Award in the senior division, respectively.
The Overall Dairy Youth 4-H Dairy Days Award is awarded to the contestant who accumulates the highest total points in each contest category: dairy cattle judging (conformation placings and oral reasons), dairy management, quiz bowl and showmanship. Cash prizes are awarded to the winner ($1,000) and first runner-up ($750) in both the junior and senior divisions. The senior division is open to youth ages 15 to 19; the junior division, to youth ages 9 to 14.
Higgins placed sixth in the dairy management contest and first in her showmanship class. Huisjen finished seventh in the dairy management contest and 14th overall in dairy judging. Both Higgins and Huisjen were members of the winning quiz bowl team.
Michigan Dairy Expo, the largest annual dairy event in the state, drew more than 600 dairy animals and 200 exhibitors. Michigan 4-H members competed for premiums, ribbons and scholarships in the 4-H dairy quiz bowl, a dairy management contest, a dairy cattle judging contest and the Dairy Days youth show.
Miami East FFA recognized by National FFA
CASSTOWN, Ohio — The National FFA Organization recently selected the Miami East FFA Chapter as a 3-Star National Chapter for the National FFA Chapter Award Program.
In order to be considered for such an honor, the Miami East FFA Chapter had to place in the top 10 percent of chapters in the state of Ohio.
This is the 7th consecutive year that the Miami East FFA Chapter will be recognized at the National FFA Convention in the National Chapter Award program area. Two Miami East students will receive the plaque on behalf of the chapter onstage during the National FFA Convention, Oct. 24-27 in Indianapolis, Ind.
The National FFA Chapter Award program recognizes FFA chapters across the country for developing and conducting a detailed Program of Activities. These activities and projects provide opportunities for members to excel in the areas of student, chapter or community development. Each year, National Chapter applicants are recognized by earning a one-, two-, or three-star rating.
National FFA Executive Secretary Harris retires
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The National FFA Organization announced that National FFA Executive Secretary C. Coleman Harris retired from his position at the U. S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. effective Sept. 3, 2007. He had served as executive secretary for 30 years since July 1977. A search for his replacement has begun.
As national FFA executive secretary, Harris planned and arranged meetings of the National FFA Organization Board of Directors and the National FFA Foundation Board of Trustees. He assisted Larry Case, national FFA advisor and chief executive officer, in overseeing, developing, maintaining and implementing policy for the National FFA Organization and the National FFA Foundation.
Harris also served as secretary to the National Council for Agricultural Education, a premier leadership organization for shaping and strengthening school-based agricultural education at all levels in the nation.
Harris logged more than 45 years of service to agricultural education and FFA. A graduate of Purdue University, Harris has Indiana roots. In 1961, he served as an agricultural education teacher and FFA advisor at Southeastern School Corporation in Walton, Ind. for three years. He then became the Indiana FFA executive secretary before moving to the National FFA Organization as an education program specialist in 1967 where he served ten years.
The U.S. Department of Education provides the National FFA Organization two professional staff members designated and assigned to fulfill the roles, duties and responsibilities of the national FFA advisor and the national FFA executive secretary. Harris, his wife Jean and their family plan to attend the 80th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis Oct. 24-27, 2007.
Students can convert beans to bucks in soybean contest
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue University Student Soybean Product Innovation Competition is gearing up, giving students the opportunity to invent new products, create industry contacts and earn a little extra cash.
The contest, cosponsored by Purdue Agriculture and the Indiana Soybean Alliance, challenges teams of three to four participants to invent new, environmentally friendly products from soybeans. A call-out for prospective participants will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 19 in the atrium of the Food Science Building. Students at the call-out who sign up to participate will receive free lunch from Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches.
Finished products will be judged in Indianapolis in April. First-place tiered team(s) will receive $7,500, their adviser’s department will receive $6,000, and the adviser will receive $2,000. The second tier team(s) will receive $4,500, and the third-place team(s) will receive $1,500.
Students who want more information about the contest should contact Nordland at 765-496-8326 or nordland@purdue.edu |
| 9/19/2007 |
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