HENRYVILLE, Ind. — The Indiana State FFA Officer Team are heading to Henryville and New Pekin on May 30 to work on two farms destroyed by the March 2 super cell tornado. Farm Credit Services of Mid America (FCS) has presented Indiana FFA a $1,000 check for use to buy wire and posts in the destruction zone. Keystone Steel and Wire in Peoria, Ill., has donated 13 pallets of fencing wire products worth $16,000 for volunteer teams of farmers to use as they rebuild perimeter fence lines.

The Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International (FCFI) has set up a base camp in Henryville to begin the long recovery campaign. Farmers who know how to run loaders and chain saws are still needed in the rural areas surrounding Henryville. Fencing repairs on pastureland will be needed immediately.

The Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International has its shower trailer at the Henryville Methodist Church to begin helping farm families in Clark County rebuild following the tornadoes. The FCFI Motor Coach is also available for lodging for families and teams who can come to Henryville to build.

FCFI invites retired farmers, church groups and FFA chapters to consider traveling to the Fellowship’s base camp to begin helping our Indiana neighbors. Contact the FCFI Home Office to register your team to be part of the “Henryville, Ind., Super Cell Tornado Relief” campaign by email at fellowship@fcfi.org or call Jerry Druhan at 309-287-4244.

ALBANY, Ohio — On April 29, the Alexander FFA chapter hosted its annual parent-member banquet in the high school cafetorium. Starting things off with invocation was Jeremy Grove, followed by a meal, which was prepared by the Federal Hocking FFA alumni. After the dinner, a slide show presentation was made by Chapter Reporter Shelby Ervin. The first award handed out was the Greenhand Degree, which the freshman class received. While Greenhand Degrees were being handed out Sharon Bolin presented the FFA Creed. The next award was the Chapter Degree. Career Development events are a focus on student success, they encourage students to communicate clearly and preform effectively in a competitive world. The CDE awards handed out this year were rural and urban soils, horse judging, agricultural sales, livestock evaluation, parliamentary procedure, job interview, creed speaking, dairy products, Greenhand quiz, Co-op, farm business management, ag mechanics and academic scholars. SAE projects are one of the foundations of any successful Agricultural Education Program. This year Jacob Smith was recognized at the state and district for his proficiency in home and community development project. The next awards handed out were Star Greenhand, Outstanding Sophomore, Outstanding Junior and Dekalb Agricultural accomplishment. The individuals that received these awards are Sharon Bolin and Rebecca Zimmerman for Star Greenhand, Caitlyn Mullins and Austin Crabtree for Outstanding Sophomore, Jed Anderson for Outstanding Junior and finally Jacob Smith for Dekalb Agricultural accomplishment award.

After all awards were handed out the 2011 officers installed the new 2012 officers which include: Erin Bright, Austin Crabtree, Maddi Dickerson, Sharon Bolin, Jed Anderson, Frank Bail, Caitlyn Mullins, Kacey Davis, and Katelyn Smith, this concluded their ceremony.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The CHS Foundation has awarded 75 $1,000 scholarships to college students studying agriculture. This year’s recipients include 50 high school seniors and 25 two-year college students from 27 states. The CHS Foundation is the major giving entity of CHS Inc., (Nasdaq: CHSCP) the nation’s leading cooperative, owned by farmers, ranchers and co-ops across the United States.

An independent, external committee selected recipients based on their career goals, essays, extracurricular involvement, transcripts and reference letters. See below for a list of high school and two-year college scholarship recipients from the Farm World readership area.

•Iowa: Crystal Ann Krapfl, of Colesburg, attending Iowa State University; Matthew David Schulte, of Dorchester, attending Iowa State University; Clayton Arnold Miller of Latimer, attending North Iowa Area Community College; Cale Garrett Juergensen, of Churdan, attending Iowa Lake Community College; Royce Herman Stortenbecker, of Hastings, attending Iowa Western Community College and Tara Ann Gray, of Toledo, attending Kirkwood Community College

•Illinois: Samantha Bolen, of Carrollton, attending Kansas State University; Megan Elizabeth Bloemer, of Bloomington, attending University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Evan P. Sheppard, of Pearl, attending John Wood Community College; Tyler Braun of Columbia, attending Southwestern Illinois College

•Indiana: Katie Marie Barnett, of South Whitley, attending Purdue University; Nolan Allan Sampson,  of Union Mills, attending Purdue University; Jenna P. Benzing, of Fort Wayne, attending the University of Findlay; Cody Andrew Beck, of Bainbridge, attending Butler Community College – Michigan; Caitlin Jane Weathers, of Fowlerville, attending Michigan State University and Evan Blonde of Homer, attending Michigan State University

•Ohio: Mariah Caitlin-Jo Carey, of Mount Gilead, attending The Ohio State University - Agricultural Technical Institute; Luke James Winner, of Sidney, attending The Ohio State University-Agricultural Technical Institute; Nathaniel Mark Birkhimer of Hanoverton, attending The Ohio State University- Agricultural Technical Institute and Lisa Sutton of Minerva, attending The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute.