Fairbanks FFA

February 16, 2011 10:43 AM

Members participate in Public Speaking and Job Interview

Tuesday February 15th, three Fairbanks FFA members attended the Central Sub-District public speaking and job interview career development event held at Kenton High School. Amanda Dellinger, a freshman member, presented the FFA Creed to judges and placed 5th in the competition. The Creed was written by E.M. Tiffany in 1933 and adopted at the 3rd National FFA Convention then revised recently at the 63rd National Convention. All Agriculture Education I students had to memorize parts of the FFA Creed for class and as part of the Greenhand Degree. Amanda stepped up to be our representative in the competition. Cailin Wile also a freshman FFA member wrote and delivered a beginning prepared speech titled “Why buy local!” Her speech emphasized why consumers should buy from locally owned poultry producers verses large chicken factories. Cailin placed 1st in the competition and advances onto the District Public Speaking event held at Elgin High School March 1st.Abby Mayer participated in the Junior Division of the Job Interview competition. She completed a resume and cover letter for a selected job and had to fill out a job application. She then went through a 15 minute mock interview. Afterwards she wrote a follow up letter for the interview. Abby placed 4th in the competition. Eight schools were represented during the sub-district competition.

February 16, 2011 10:42 AM

Fairbanks FFA Members tour Southern Agriculture

Eight students of the Fairbanks FFA recently toured with the Marysville FFA Chapter various commodities of the Southern Agriculture Industry. Due to the snow in the South it made for a postponed trip at the beginning, but the students were able to depart Thursday where they headed to Georgia for the first tour. The Georgia State Agriculture Museum, or the Agrorama, was a historical venue of antique machinery, print shop, school house, and farmstead. The students were able to participate in grinding corn meal the old fashioned way and watch how the early newspapers were printed. After the Agrorama, students were able to grab some real southern barbeque at Pit Stop BBQ. The trip continued with the ultimate destination, Sea World in Orlando, Florida. The students took a behind the scenes tour of the various exhibits and were able to touch a shark, penguin, and sting ray. The group stayed in the Arctic exhibit overnight. The girls were able to view the beluga whales and the boys camped out in the polar bear exhibit. Sea World provided a rehabilitation course the next day on Sea Turtles and Manatees. Last year Sea World rescued numerous sea turtles due to the oil spill in the gulf and the cold weather in Florida. After leaving Sea World, the group headed to Cypress Lake for an air boat tour and viewed many alligators in their natural habitat. The rest of the trip consisted in stops to Fort Valley University for their small ruminant animal research, University of Georgia to tour the Poultry hatching and processing facility, a precision Agriculture Farm in South Carolina and ended with the Pee Dee Research Facility in Florence, South Carolina to view their bio-fuels and cotton trials. The students who attended the trip were: Garrett Leeds, Josh Rausch, Emily Ober, Cole Ledley, Hal Jackson, Ryan Nicol, Jake Reed, and Danielle Burns. Mrs. Carney Fairbanks FFA Advisor accompanied them on the trip.

October 4, 2010 9:48 AM

Students participate in the State Forestry Career Development Event

On Saturday October 2nd, three members of the Fairbanks FFA participated in the State Forestry Career Development Event or CDE. The contest was held at Hocking College in Nelsonville. The students had to identify a variety of trees, complete a 50 question test, identify 15 different items of forestry equipment, timber cruizing by taking the diameter of the tree and figuring the Diameter at Breast Height, and determine the amount of 16 foot boards the tree would produce. The Timber Stand Improvement was the practicum for this year, where students decided which trees to cull from the forest. Members that represented the FFA: Kevin Lynch, Trystan Edwards, and Susan Higginbotham. The team placed 32nd in the state with 189 students competing.

October 4, 2010 9:24 AM

Fairbanks FFA attends Greenhand Camp

By:Garrett Leeds

Nine Fairbanks FFA members attended the annual Greenhand Camp at Camp Muskingum on September 24- 26. The students had many opportunities at the camp to do new activities such as kayaking, target shooting, and learning team building skills. Among all of those, one of the most important was to meet new people and make new friends. The members quickly had fun achieving this goal.Members that went on the trip included Garrett Leeds, Corey Killian, Taylor McCardle, Susan Higginbotham, Alissa Colegrove, Maggie Hogan, Amanda Dellinger, Breanna Baldwin, and Sammy Long.

September 24, 2010 8:48 AM

Blood Drive

By Abby Mayer, ;)

The FFA is holding a Blood Drive on October 5, 2010 from 8:00am until 2:00pm. Students must be 16 or older to participate, and if they are 16, they must have a permission slip signed by their parents. If you would like to sign up, please contact me, (Abby Mayer, I have lunch B). Hope to see you there!!

October 4, 2010 9:18 AM

Farm Science Review

By: Abby Mayer, Reporter :-0

Seventy-five members from the Fairbanks FFA chapter attended Farm Science Review on September 22. While at the Farm Science Review members were able to see all of the new technology advancements in agriculture that have occurred recently. They were also able to learn about the important issues in agriculture today, such as animal welfare, and biotechnology. The students completed a scavenger hunt with various industry professionals and had to interview them to complete the answers. Such businesses that were visited varied from the Ohio Simmental Association to Pioneer Seed. They also had to ask equipment dealers about a piece of machinery and how much the cost of the equipment is brand new. Farm Science Review is a great opportunity for students to learn and interact with members of our current agriculture industry.

October 4, 2010 9:20 AM

World Food Prize

By: Abby Mayer, Reporter ;)

On September 17, 2010, two members from our chapter went to OSU campus to compete in a competition. Jessica Dunlap, and I (Abby), had to write a research paper of at least 2,200 words or more about a third world country. Jessica wrote about the current drought in Russia, and I wrote about the water scarcity and sanitation problem in India. At OSU, we presented our papers in front of a panel of three judges, and other students. By participating in the contest, Jessica and I were able to learn about problems in other countries, and possible solutions for these problems.

October 4, 2010 9:21 AM

The First FFA Meeting

By Abby Mayer, Reporter ;)

On September 15, the fairbanks FFA chapter held their first meeting for the current school year. Business discussed during the meeting included Farm Science Reveiw, Greenhand Camp, FFA dues, and National Convention. The meeting then ended with ice cream sundaes and a game of kick- ball. Our next FFA meeting will be on October 13. We will be holding the first annual Fairbanks FFA Barnyard Olympics, which will include many different competions for our members to compete in.

September 24, 2010 8:19 AM

Union County Fair, 2010

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September 29, 2010 10:35 AM

FFA Camp, 2010

September 24, 2010 8:19 AM

State FFA Convention 2010

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September 24, 2010 8:43 AM

PALS

By Abby Mayer, Reporter :)

Students from our chapter have recently gone over to the fairbanks elementry school and helped teach young students more about ag. One group learned about the different layers of soil by using curshed oreos, pudding, and gummy worms/ butterflys. ANother group learned about different soybean products.

September 24, 2010 8:37 AM

FFA Banquet, 2010

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April 9, 2010 2:53 PM

District Evaluation

By: Abby Mayer, Reporter ;)

There are many different awards that our members work hard to achieve. I would like to recogonize the following people for their hard work. This year, we have three members who will be recieving their State Degree at State FFA Convention on May 1st. They are Tessa Vesco, Corbin Ledley, and Caleb Scheiderer. We also have four members who are going to recieve the highest award in FFA, the American Degree, in October at National FFA Convention. These members are Tessa Vesco, Casey Wilson, Cody Rausch, and Austin Burns. Our chapter is also privliged to recieve gold medal ratings on our Treasurer Book, Ryan Riddle, Secretary Book, Callie Scheiderer, and on our Reporter Book, Kenzie Williams. Another award that members will be recieving at State Convention is Profiency Awards. Casey Wilson got 1st in Diversified Crop Production and is the top four in State. Jake Wilson got 1st in Fruit Production Entrepreneurship and is also top four in the State. Caleb Scheiderer recieved 1st in Forage Production. Callie Scheiderer recieved 1st in Nursery Operations and is top four in the State. Last but not least, Jakob Wilson recieved 1st in Grain Management. Congratulations everybody!!

April 9, 2010 2:36 PM

Made For Excellence

By: Abby Mayer, Fairbanks FFA Reporter

Just a few months ago, when there was still snow on the ground, I went to the conference Made For Excellence. This conference is a great way for students to learn about leadership, learn about and create new ideas, and so much more. When I arrived, I was regisitered and then the conference started. There was a total of six sessions, four on Saturday and two on Sunday. During these sessions, I was forced to meet new people and I developed new leadership skills. The conference leaders seperated the group into smaller groups and then, we were forced to bounce ideas off of one another. I was able to pick up new ideas for the chapter and furthered my own skills in many areas. After the four sessions on Saturday, there was a dance. There, we were able to dance with newly made friends and I was able to see some of my friends from the Marysville FFA. Made For Excellence is a great way to learn more about how to be a leader, while having fun. The experience was great for me, and I greatly encourage other members to participate next year. Made for Excellence is for Freshmen and Sophmores, and there is a program like Made For Excellence for Juniors and Senoirs called Advanced Leadership Development.

December 14, 2009 11:41 AM

FFA Members to carol with NHS and FCCLA

On Wednesday December 16th the FFA will join the NHS and FCCLA to go caroling to area nursing homes. If students would like to participate, they need to be at the high school at 5:30 p.m. and then we will return for a pizza party afterwards. Students are to bring $2 for the pizza and pop.

December 14, 2009 11:39 AM

FFA Fruit Sale

The annual FFA Fruit sale concluded with 95% of the FFA members participating in the fundraiser. The chapter conducted one sale this year during the Christmas season to help members earn money for upcoming events and awards. We would like to thank everyone for their time and support of the Fairbanks FFA!

December 14, 2009 11:37 AM

Thanksgiving Bump to Serve Food Drive

The FFA members held a volleyball tournament November 17 to the 20 to collect Thanksgiving food items for the Adopt-a-Family Program. The volleyball tournament was held during the two lunch periods and any student could sign up a team. Six teams participated and the FFA members collected over 200 canned food items to give out to area families. The FFA was able to provide three families with large food baskets and a turkey at Thanksgiving.

November 10, 2009 2:34 PM

FFA Members Plant Shrubs

The Science Club saw a need to beautify the grounds of FHS and purchased mums and a shrub. The FFA helped to plant the flower bed for the Science Club. Mrs. Carney's Agriculture Education II class helped to complete the job in time for homecoming.

November 10, 2009 2:23 PM

Food Science Team Excels At Sub-District

Recently five Fairbanks FFA members participated in the Sub-District Food Science and Technology Career Development Event held at Waynesfield-Goshen High School. The students had to identify twelve different aromas used in the food industry, answer a customer complaint letter, and identify different foods and Good Manufacturing Practice slides. The team consisting of Justin Rhoades, Ellen Scheiderer, Abby Mayer, Kacey Huffman and Zach Rausch placed first out of eight schools. The students will advance onto District Competition on November 17th. Justin Rhoades was the overall winner of the competition.