Proceedings, 1997
Proceedings, 1997
Proceedings, 1997
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National Career<br />
Development Events<br />
From taste-testing colorful fruit cereal to<br />
trouble-shooting engines, the participants<br />
in the National Career Development Events<br />
matched their mettle against the most talented FFA mem-<br />
bers in the nation. The most discerning eyes, the best<br />
planners and astute reasoners from Maine to Hawaii gath-<br />
ered at the 70th National FFA Convention to test then-<br />
knowledge and skills in events held all over the greater<br />
AGRICULTURAL<br />
ISSUES FORUM<br />
Sponsored by Banco Animal Health,<br />
A Division of Eli Lilly and Company<br />
First Place: Emery Senior<br />
FFA Chapter, Emery, Utah<br />
AGRICULTURAL<br />
MECHANICS<br />
Sponsored by Firestone Agricultural<br />
Tire Company in conjunction with<br />
the Bridgestone I<br />
'Firestone Trust Fund<br />
First Place: Lancaster<br />
Mennonite FFA Chapter,<br />
Lancaster, Pa.<br />
High Individual: Jeremy<br />
Eagan, Shelbyville, Mo.<br />
AGRICULTURAL<br />
SALES<br />
Sponsored by Asgrow Seed<br />
Company<br />
First Place: Sumner FFA<br />
Chapter, Sumner, Wash.<br />
High Individual: Cristina<br />
Cornejo, Orange Grove,<br />
Lexas<br />
DAIRY<br />
Sponsored by Associated Milk<br />
Producers, Incorporated and Babson<br />
Bros. Co.!SURGE<br />
First Place: Woodstown FFA<br />
Chapter, Woodstown, N.J.<br />
High Individual: Michael<br />
Redalen, Lanesboro, Minn.<br />
DAIRY FOODS<br />
Sponsored by Mid-America<br />
Dairymen, Inc.; Dairy Management,<br />
Inc.; and Patz Sales, Inc.<br />
First Place: LaVernia FFA<br />
Chapter, LaVernia, Texas<br />
High Individual: Fiffany<br />
Doege, LaVernia, Texas<br />
FARM BUSINESS<br />
MANAGEMENT<br />
Sponsored by John Deere<br />
First Place: North Callaway<br />
FFA Chapter, Kingdom<br />
City, Mo.<br />
High Individual: Richard<br />
Stanberry Kingdom City, Mo.<br />
FLORICULTURE<br />
Sponsored by American Floral<br />
Endowment; Ball Horticultural<br />
Companyjhe Solaris Group—<br />
Ortho'Roundup'Greensweep;vVitco<br />
Corporation and scholarships by<br />
SunCompany.<br />
First Place: Heron Lake-<br />
Okabena-Lakefield FFA<br />
Chapter, Okabena, Minn.<br />
High Individual: Brad<br />
Shockley, Buffalo, Mo.<br />
FOOD SCIENCE AND<br />
TECHNOLOGY<br />
Sponsored by Kellogg<br />
First Place: Dayton FFA<br />
Chapter, Dayton, Or.<br />
High Individual: Jay Turner,<br />
Tucson, Ariz.<br />
18<br />
Kansas City area. These members put to the test years of<br />
classroom learning and practice in their specialty areas.<br />
The events started Wednesday, and results of each event<br />
were announced at sponsor-hosted luncheons or breakfasts at<br />
the end of the week. Winning teams and individuals were<br />
recognized at the Saturday morning convention session.<br />
FORESTRY<br />
Sponsored by Champion Interna-<br />
tional Corporation; Schrade Cutlery;<br />
and Union Camp Corporation<br />
First Place: Taylor FFA<br />
Chapter, Taylor, Ark.<br />
High Individual: Carol<br />
Spruill, Jefferson, Ga.<br />
HORSE<br />
Sponsored by Chrysler Corporation<br />
Fund— Dodge Trucks; and Manna<br />
Pro Corporation, "The Calf Manna®<br />
Company"<br />
First Place: Arroyo Grande<br />
FFA Chapter, Arroyo<br />
Grande, Calif.<br />
High Individual: Sandie<br />
Kipe, Arroyo Grande, Calif.<br />
LIVESTOCK<br />
Sponsored by Purina Mills, Inc.<br />
First Place: Charleston FFA<br />
Chapter, Charleston, 111.<br />
High Individual: Rosalea<br />
Riley, Swoope, Va.<br />
MARKETING PLAN<br />
Sponsored by Rhone-Poulenc Ag<br />
Company<br />
First Place: Snyder FFA<br />
Chapter, Snyder, Texas<br />
MEATS<br />
TECHNOLOGY AND<br />
EVALUATION<br />
Sponsored by Excel Corporation;<br />
Hormel Foods Corporation; and<br />
Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation<br />
First Place: Mason High FFA<br />
Chapter, Mason, Texas<br />
High Individual: Joe<br />
Langehennig, Mason, Texas<br />
NURSERY/<br />
LANDSCAPE<br />
Sponsored by CHIPCO I Specialty<br />
Products Division of Rhone-<br />
Poulenc Ag Company; Kubota<br />
Tractor Corporation;Valent U.S.A.<br />
Corp.; the American Association of<br />
Nurserymen, Inc.; and Wholesale<br />
Nursery Growers ofAmerica, Inc.<br />
First Place: Chatham<br />
Central FFA Chapter, Bear<br />
Creek, N.C.<br />
High Individual: Zane<br />
Purvis, Bear Creek, N.C.<br />
PARLIAMENTARY<br />
PROCEDURE<br />
Sponsored by Novartis Crop<br />
Protection<br />
First Place: Ritzville FFA<br />
Chapter, Ritzville, Wash.<br />
POULTRY<br />
Sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. and<br />
American Proteins, Inc.<br />
First Place: LaVernia FFA<br />
Chapter, LaVernia, Texas<br />
High Individual: Steven<br />
Lowak, LaVernia, Texas<br />
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