Parliamentary Procedure
Parliamentary Procedure
By: Virginia Ely
(Eureka FFA Reporter)
Tap! Tap! Tap! This meeting will now come to order. Is there any new business to be presented at this time? The Eureka FFA Parliamentary Procedure team placed third of six at the Section Five contest Thursday January, 26. Congratulations to Ellynne Vance, Payton Fehr, Alan Zimmerman, Allie Miller, Jodi Blunier, and Virginia Ely.
After many early morning practices and even some after school practices the team traveled to Metamora High School where they were the first team to preform. They were taken into a room where they had to take a written test then taken to another room to conduct a mock meeting. Panels of four judges were overseeing the meeting and asked each member a series of five questions. Everyone did a fantastic job and freshman, Alan Zimmerman even ended up in the top ten of the contest. Congratulations!
There was also a Job Interview competition following the Parliamentary Procedure contest that Ellynne Vance competed in. She had to apply to a fake job with an application she was asked to fill out. Then she had to call the judges from a different room and ask for an interview. Then she had to go to a room and have a mock interview with two judges. To finish off the competition she had to fill out a sheet of questions. Ellynne finished first of ten contestants, Congratulations Ellynne and Eureka Parli-Pro Team.!
FFA CAN FOOD DRIVE
Giving is the transfer of something without the expectation of receiving something in return. The Eureka FFA is teaming up with the Eureka Food Pantry to help families this holiday season. From collecting cans around town to bringing in pickup truck loads of food to the food pantry, the FFA is up and running again with the Tons of Fun Food Drive!
Congerville, Goodfield, and Davenport grade schools along with the middle school and high school are all in competition to see who can collect the most food. Every Friday the FFA officers and Ag classes collect, weigh, and record the pounds each class collects. It is then sorted and loaded in pickup trucks to take to the Eureka Food pantry. This past Friday alone the FFA took three full truck loads to the pantry. The Food pantry alone feeds over 100 families from the surrounding area. They have eleven surrounding churches that help donate, but every three months they get helpers together and go to the grocery stores and spend thousands of dollars just to help these families. In addition to the competition between the classes members of the FFA walked around town on Thursday, going door-to-door collecting even more donations! With what the FFA received Thursday and Friday there are only good things to come in the following weeks!
It is a blessing to have helping hands collect, sort, and deliver the food. The FFA would like to thank all who donated by either sending food with their kids, or by giving to those who surprisingly knocked on your door Thursday night! It’s a blessing to have such giving people at this time of year working together for the bigger cause
AG SALES TEAM
Congratulations to the Eureka FFA Ag Sales team which placed 3rd in Section 5 and 5th overall in the District 1 Contest at Black Hawk East College. The purpose of this contest is to prepare students for careers in sales by participating in a wide range of activities oriented around the total sales process. The team as a whole placed 1st in the Marketing activity. Ellen Wuetrich placed second in Product Sales , Elly Vance placed third in Sales Presentation, Allen Zimmerman placed third in Customer Relations. Payton Fehr and Kent Hinrichsen placed just outside the top three in Cold Call Sales and Telephone sales.
Freshman Leadership Training School
Leadership means to guide, direct, and influence a person or group of people. Last Thursday a group of freshman took a bus to Midland High School where our Section 5 FFA officers put on a leadership conference. There were about six other schools there and they all came together and learned how to be leaders, what it takes to be a team, and different agricultural careers that are available to them.
Our president, Elly Vance, is also a section officer and was helping teach the kids about agricultural careers that the freshman might want to consider. They also played some fun games! They were given a small piece of paper and were told to write down a word they think a team needs. They were then instructed to put it in a balloon and blow that up. The got in a big circle and were given three minutes to keep up all the balloons and whatever balloon hit the floor was what their team did not have. It was a very interesting game and defiantly taught them that a team requires many qualities. We then ate pizza and played a few more games and Clayton Carley gave a good motivational speech about being a leader, not a follower.
Everyone who went had a good time and learned a lot. Clayton did a wonderful job motivating the kids and letting them know that it’s okay to be a leader! Hopefully it will help the freshman step out of their box and take the risk to get involved with the FFA!
Section 5 Agronomy
Agronomy is the name and judging crops is our game! The Eureka FFA agronomy team traveled to Metamora High School Monday November 14th. They were given seeds and insects to identify, and hay and weeds to classify. The team consisted of five members Samuel Cottrell, Jodi Blunier, Allie Miller, Harrison Frank, and Nathan Steffen. The team placed fourth overall and took on some hard competition. They did a fantastic job, congratulations!
Attachments:
2011 FFA Labor Auction
Labor Auction Results
Eureka FFA Reporter
(By: Virginia Ely)
Thursday, September 8th the Eureka FFA hosted their 16th annual Labor Auction at the Livestock Center in Congerville, IL. Dinner was delicious pulled pork sandwiches with the meat donated by Chad Leman! The auction started at 7p.m. with Lowell Stoller, Andy Knobloch, and Jim Stoller serving as the auctioneers for the event. Lowell told the officers how nervous he was, he ended up doing a wonderful job! As for the crowd the stands were filled, as FFA members waited to be auctioned off. It was a wonderful turnout! Donators from the community were so generous we were able to hold a silent auction. The Eureka FFA would like to thank everyone who purchased a member, or anyone who came out to support the FFA, we really appreciate it, and are looking forward to teaching our members leadership, dedication, and much more this year
State Competitions
The Eureka FFA State Livestock, Dairy, and Horticulture Teams Compete!
The Eureka FFA’s Livestock, Dairy, and Horticulture Teams recently competed at the state level competition. The Livestock Team placed 4th in the state, out of 107 teams, the Dairy Team placed 4th in the state, out of 78 teams, and the Horticulture team placed 22nd in the state, out of 32 teams. This year’s competition was held at the University of Illinois, in Champaign, IL. Daniel Leman held the leading score of 511 for the Livestock Judging Team, Rebecca Kuperschmid held the leading score of 409 for the Dairy Judging Team, and Samuel Cottrell held the leading score of 430 for the Horticulture team. This year’s team members did a fantastic job practicing and preparing for the competition months in advance. Congratulations to this year’s Eureka FFA Livestock, Dairy, and Horticulture Judging Teams for their performances at the State level!
Ag Experience
Eureka FFA Ag Experience
By: Virginia Ely
On Friday May 6th the Eureka FFA held their annual Ag Experience at the third and fourth grade track meet. It was a fun filled day with animals, tractors, ATVs, face painting, roping, and some bean bag toss. The kids got to learn about each animal and what they are used for around a farm. They got to sit inside both of the tractors and had a blast taking turns sitting on the dirt bikes. A few of our FFA boys were teaching the kids how to rope as well. It turned out to be a beautiful day and the kids really enjoyed themselves! It was a great way to end the year and go out with a bang!
