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| Spotlight on Youth - July 22, 2009 |
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Amanda-Clearcreek FFA
members honored at banquet
AMANDA, Ohio — Every year the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA Chapter holds their annual awards banquet. FFA is a national organization that reaches from the state of Alaska to Puerto Rico and from the state of Maine to Hawaii. Each chapter holds monthly meetings to discuss the upcoming events and activities that their chapter will be attending. This organization allows students to develop personal leadership skills through public speaking, skills contests, chapter meetings, and community service projects. FFA motivates young people to positively effect their homes, schools, and communities.
The banquet is one of the most important activities of the year in the Amanda-Clearcreek Chapter. This year’s banquet was held on Saturday, May 16. The officers work hard to impress all members and guests that attend this annual event. There are numerous awards given out to the many members that have earned them. All Career Development Events (CDE) teams are recognized. A-C had a total of 15 different CDE contests that our Chapter members participated in this year at the state level, with seven teams finishing in the top 10 in the state this year. That is a chapter record!
Dan Quincel, Scott Loudermilk, and Brittany Stevens earned the Leadership Camp Awards. This award allows a chosen few to go to State FFA Leadership Camp at no cost to them with the Chapter picking up all expenses. Emily Cordle, Sarah Vannoy and John Miller earned the Made for Excellence Awards. This award is also an expense-free trip to The Made For Excellence Leadership Conference. Josh Cordle received the DeKalb Leadership Award. This award is presented to a senior member who has shown dedication to their chapter, school, and community. The recipient of this award shows many leadership skills and is active in most of their chapter’s, school’s, and community’s activities.
The Memorial Award is given in honor of two past members who died while they were still active members in the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA. Two members are chosen to go to the Washington Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. for one week. This year this award was presented to Andrea Hollett and Brittany Stevens. The Star Greenhand is the award given to freshman that were very active in their chapter’s activities. This year’s Star Greenhands were Emily Cordle, Nate Seitz, and John Miller. The Outstanding Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Award, given to the single person in that grade who shows the most dedication to their chapter. The Outstanding Sophomore this year was Aaron Miller. This year’s Outstanding Junior was Scott Loudermilk. Brittany Pinkstock earned the Outstanding Senior Award. The Star Chapter Award is given to the Senior or Seniors that were active in the FFA all four years of their high school careers and have not received their State FFA Degree but were very close. This year’s Star Chapter Award was awarded to Brittany Pinkstock and Alyssa Jenkins.
There are also many local awards that A-C members for members who worked diligently throughout the year. The Notebook Awards were awarded to nine freshmen, 11 sophomores, four juniors, and five seniors. In the ag ed classes, students are required to keep a notebook of all information and notes that they keep during the year.
The advisors will evaluate each notebook and decide if that notebook is worthy of the award. The students can earn a gold, silver or bronze rating. The Leadership Award is based on how active the members are in the chapter’s activities. This year eight freshman, five sophomores, five juniors, and five seniors were awarded. The Record Keeping Award is decided on the students’ ability to accurately keep records of their Supervised Agriculture Education (SAE) book. They can receive a gold, silver or bronze rating.
This year four freshman, eight sophomores, three juniors, and four seniors were awarded.
The Ag Mechanics Award is based on the mechanical ability and efforts of the members. They can receive a gold, silver or bronze rating. This year 11 sophomores, five juniors, and three seniors were awarded.
Ag Scholarship is based on the students’ grades throughout the school year. This year 11 freshman, six sophomores, four juniors, and six seniors were awarded.
The chapter was successful in fundraising this year. A-C had four different fundraisers that members participated in this year. The top fall flower bulb sellers were Nate Seitz with 50 orders and John Miller with 42 orders. The top fall fruit sellers were Sierra Jepsen selling 56.5 boxes/baskets and Nate Seitz selling 50.5 boxes/baskets.
Harvest Land awards
scholarship to seniors
RICHMOND, Ind. — Harvest Land Co-op recently awarded $9,000 in scholarships to high school seniors. Each year, one student per district who will be pursuing a college degree in agriculture is awarded the Harvest Land Co-op Agricultural Scholarship, a $500 award. Each student was chosen based on their future careers, leadership and extracurricular activities and experiences.
The 2009 scholarship recipients and their future plans are Spencer Carson of Hamilton Heights will be attending Purdue University majoring in Animal Science/Pre-Veterinary, Brandi Lightner of Knightstown High School will be majoring in agriculture business at Vincennes University or Ivy Tech, Lindsey Lewis from Eastern Hancock High School will attend Purdue University majoring in animal agribusiness, Sam Riggs of Rushville High School is attending Black Hawk College majoring in ag production, Alex Benham of Batesville High School will major in diesel/farm equipment technician at Northwestern or Lincoln Tech, Travis Terhaar from Monroe Central High School will major in agriculture education at Purdue University, Clayton McGlothin of Greenville High School will major in agriculture application aviation at Sinclair Community College, Kelli Kirtley from Hagerstown Junior/Senior High School will attend Purdue University majoring in veterinary medicine, Lindsey Voge of Twin Valley South will major in animal science at The Ohio State University, and Michelle Dirksen from Jay County High School will be attending Purdue University majoring in ag economics.
Along with the 10 district recipients, eight students of Harvest Land Co-op employees were each awarded with a $500 scholarship. The students are Amanda Fleenor, daughter of Vickie Fleenor, will be attending Ivy Tech Richmond/Muncie to be a physical therapy assistant; MaryBeth Flory, daughter of Mark Gebhart, will major in medical massage; David Garretson, son of Mark Garretson, will attend Purdue University majoring in business management; Lauren Hendricks, daughter of Richard Hendricks, will major in Nursing at Ball State University; Elizabeth Sellers, daughter of Charles Sellers, will be attending Ivy Tech Richmond/Muncie to major in Nursing; Cody Spencer, son of Greg Spencer, will attend either Edison Community College or Wright State University; Chelsey Whistler, daughter of Richard Whistler, will major in radiology at IUPUI; and Jacob York, son of Wendy York, will be attending Ball State University to major in criminal justice. |
| 7/22/2009 |
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