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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Pictured are the O-H FFA members who attended the Spokane Jr. Livestock Show. Back row: James Mann, Jacob Montgomery, Dylan Shockley, Joey Buell, Derek Montgomery, Max Greenwalt, William Mann, and Debra Armstrong. Middle row: Brilee Sewall, Lanessa Simon, Alexis Burdick, Isabelle Phillips, Caleb Singer, MaKayla Baird, Steven Braun, Samantha Nighswonger. Front row: Erica Whitmore, Katelyn Worley.
Odessa FFA member, Caleb Singer, shows the heifer that he raised for his SAE project at the Spokane Jr. Livestock Show held May 6 through May 11.
The Odessa FFA Chapter and Agriculture course students have been very busy attending the Spokane Jr. Livestock Show, gearing up for the Washington State FFA Convention, and preparing for their annual banquet.
Sixteen FFA members from Odessa and Harrington exhibited their animals in the Market Quality and Fitting and Showing classes at The Spokane Jr. Livestock Show, May 6 –11. The students received purple, blue and red ribbons on their Supervised Agriculture Experience projects over the four-day show; as well as good prices. The FFA members from Odessa were: Steven Braun, two market hogs; Katelyn Worley, two market hogs; Caleb Singer, heifer; Max Greenwalt, prospect steer; Alexis Burdick, two market lambs; and Makayla Baird, two market lambs; and from Harrington: Isabelle Phillips, one Market Hog; Lanessa Simon, one Market Hog; Joey Buell, one Market Hog; Dylan Shockley, one Market Hog; Derek Montgomery, one Market Hog; Jacob Montgomery, one Market Hog; James Mann, one Market Hog; Samantha Nighswonger, one Market Goat; Brilee Sewall, one Market Goat; Debra Armstrong, one Market Lamb; and William Mann, one Carcass Hog and one Market Steer. Each member did an excellent job raising, showing, and marketing their Supervised Agriculture Experience projects and should be commended on their hard work and overall successes.
Katelyn Worley was selected by her peers to serve as the FFA Barn Captain in the Hog Barn for the second year, where she attended morning meetings, promoted the hog barn, assisted during the show, and worked with FFA chapters and 4-H groups from Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
The two chapters worked very hard and take pride in their herdsmanship duties (keeping pens and aisles clean, caring for the livestock, educating the public, answering questions posed by the judge, and setting an example in the barn) when they are not showing. The chapters are scored on a 100-point scale in the morning and afternoon and go up against all the other FFA chapters in attendance at the show (over 40 other chapters and schools). This year the two chapters swept the Herdsmanship Contest where awards are given in all four barns (beef, lamb, goat, and hog). The two chapters won five trophies and cash prizes for their outstanding efforts. The groups were recognized prior to the sale starting on Saturday and Sunday.
Washington State
FFA Convention
May 14–18 in Pullman, 14 FFA members from Odessa and 12 from Harrington will take part as Career Development Event First Year Members. Members will be competing in Dairy Foods, Courtesy Corps, Food Science and Prepared Public Speaking. Katelyn Worley and James Mann will be serving as voting delegates, where they will attend meetings to discuss the overall structure of the Washington FFA and any FFA issues that have been presented by the members, review the state officer candidates, and work with other FFA members. On the Dairy Foods team, members from Odessa will be Max Greenwalt, Caleb Singer, Colby Sooy, and Makayla Baird, and members from Harrington will be William Mann, Joey Buell, Jacob Montgomery, and Dylan Shockley. The First-Year Member team is made up of Patrick Valverde, Danielle Tebow, Hannah Sheldon, Colton Hunt, and Kiegan Wehr, they are excited to tackle the topic that will be given to them and successfully present it to the panel of judges. Participants in Food Science from Harrington will be Samantha Nighswonger, Debra Armstrong, Isabelle Phillips, Lanessa Simon, and Brilee Sewall. Participants from Odessa will be Jacob DeWulf, Kim Nelson, Alexis Burdick, and Parker Valverde. Kim Nelson will be competing in the Prepared Public Speaking Career Development Event on Thursday in the preliminary round and finals on Friday. While at the convention, the FFA members will also take an educational tour on the University of Idaho campus in the Meat's Lab, store, and around the College of Agriculture, as well as participate in an educational leadership workshop on Friday.
Odessa and Harrington
Chapter Banquet
The FFA members from both chapters will be recognized on June 1 for their Career Development Event and Supervised Agriculture Experience involvement through the 2013-2014 school year.
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