| Spotlight on Youth - June 15, 2011 |
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AJCA announces Fred Stout award winners
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Amy Maxwell, Donahue, Iowa, and Joseph Fjarlie, Stratford, Wis., have been selected as the 2011 recipients of the Fred Stout Experience Awards.
The award fund was created in 2000 in memory of Fred J. Stout Sr., Mt. Carmel, Ill., a lifelong Jersey breeder and member of the Jersey Marketing Service (JMS) staff from 1978 to 1997. Stout was instrumental in the growth of the company’s marketing activities, and later added duties as a type evaluator and in customer field service for the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA).
Stout believed that the best learning experiences happen in the everyday world. These awards honor that conviction by providing financial support for on-farm and JMS internship experiences.
Farm Experience Recipient: Amy Maxwell
Amy Maxwell, Donahue, Iowa, has started her on-farm Stout Experience at High Lawn Farm in Lenox, Mass. She received her B.S. degree in agricultural business and economics on May 7 from Iowa State University.
Amy’s roots are in the diversified farming and marketing operations of Cinnamon Ridge Inc., owned by her father, John. She has shown Registered Jerseys™ since the age of 8. She purchased her first Pot O’Gold heifer at the age of 9, then a second three years later. Today, these two cows and their progeny comprise the majority of Amy’s herd, many of which have completed AJCA Hall of Fame records. Amy has also won numerous championships at Iowa fairs, plus earned top milk and combined fat-and-protein awards at the Iowa State Fair with Cinnamon Ridge Artis Praise, a daughter of her second Pot O’Gold purchase.
While attending Iowa State, Amy was a member of the Dairy Science Club. She served as co-chair of its “I Milked A Cow” educational program conducted during the eight-day Iowa State Fair. Last fall, she was a member of the Iowa State team that placed tenth in the National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest in Madison, Wis. She was also high individual in Jerseys at the Accelerated Genetics Judging Contest.
Joseph Fjarlie begins his internship with Jersey Marketing Service June 1 assisting with the complete dispersal of K&K Jerseys LLC, Newton, Wis. The experience also includes work on the crew for the 54th National Heifer Sale, June 25 in Arlington, Wis.
Growing up on his family’s farm in the Tillamook, Ore., area, Fjarlie developed a passion for dairy cattle genetics and registered cattle sales for three breeds. When his family moved its herd to Wisconsin last summer, Fjarlie relocated with his six Registered Jerseys and began considering career options in addition to breeding and developing an elite herd of cows.
Fjarlie has extensive work experience on various Oregon dairy operations, including full-time employment at Wilsonview Dairy, Inc and Matejeck Dairy. He also worked as a weekend milker at Kilchona Farm, owned by his grandparents, and in retail at the Tillamook County Creamery Association Farm Store. These jobs have allowed him to learn and develop a broad set of management skills, plus learn how important fine-tuned nutrition and herd health programs are to the bottom line.
Active in the Western National youth program, 4-H and FFA, Fjarlie has been an avid student of the Jersey breed and dairy industry. He also discovered a talent for dairy judging.
Applications for 2011-12 academic scholarships are posted online at USJersey.com and must be submitted no later than July 1. Deadline to apply for the 2012 Stout Experience Awards is Feb. 1 of next year.
Southmont FFA hosts annual awards banquet
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — On the evening of Tuesday May 10, the Southmont FFA held its annual awards banquet to recognize outstanding FFA members and supporters.
The chapter awarded Miss Bekah Nortrup (student teacher), Kyle Bannon (Bannon Farms/FFA Farm Plot), and Connie Cleek (Montgomery County Soil and Water Conservation) with the Honorary Chapter Degree; this is the highest award our local chapter can give to an individual for outstanding service. We also recognized Sean Randall (McDonald’s), Mrs. Beverly Turner, Kellie Maxwell, and Dan and Karla Kincaid who previously received this award and continue to support our chapter.
Members were recognized for their years of membership and the contests they participated in throughout the year. Nelli Bell, Indiana FFA State Officer, gave a motivational speech to the audience. Receiving special awards included: Top Fruit Salesperson - High School student Caleb Coffing and Jr. High student Cierra Williams, Scholarship Award Senior Aaron Wheeler, Junior Jessika Zachary, Sophomore Mallory Tolin, Freshman Cory Hutchison, and 8th grader Conrad Lynch. Outstanding 7th Grader Caylie Leclercq, Outstanding 8th Graders – Natalee Brann and Bret Corwin, Star Greenhand (Freshman) Award – Cory Hutchison, Chapter Star Award – Mallory Tolin, Outstanding Service Award – Courtney Reddenbaugh and Trey Wilbur, Star Chapter in Ag Placement – Ashley Kincaid, Member Appreciation Award – Casey Cating, Sam Shaver, Joel Record, Kaitlyn Brogan and Drake Davis; Dekalb Award – J.R. Clayburn; FFA Commitment Award (four years of FFA membership) – Blake Hutchison, Will Moser, J.R. Clayburn, and Kyle Williams; senior Jessica Anderson was recognized for three years of membership.
Receiving the three distinguished awards included Blake Hutchison receiving the Superior Commitment Award, Ashley Kincaid as Officer of the Year, and Taylor Corwin as Member of the Year.
Will Moser gave his retiring president speech and led the instillation of the 2011-2012 Officer Team, which includes President Ashley Kincaid, Vice Presidents Taylor Corwin and Sam Shaver, Secretary Brooke Rice, Treasurer Carly Beck, Reporter Cory Hutchison, Sentinel Caleb Coffing, and Historian Brooke McDaniel. |
| 6/15/2011 |
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