Proceedings, 1997

American FFA
Degrees
Sponsored by American Cyanamid Company, Agricultural Products
Division; Case Corporation; Farm Credit System; and Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc.
Members receiving the American FFA Degree were rewarded for their years of hard work
during Saturday afternoons special ceremony. Only 1,711 young people earned the
coveted degree this year, which honors members with outstanding supervised agricultural
experience programs and leadership activities over their entire FFA careers. Recipients
were congratulated on stage and received American FFA Degree keys and certificates to
signify their accomplishments.
ALABAMA: Mark Bedsole, Slocomb;
Fronte Burgin, East Lawrence; Nicky
Case, East Lawrence; Joseph
Cottmgham, East Lawrence; Corey
Gillespie, East Lawrence; Mark
Gillespie, East Lawrence; Randall
Graham, Daleville; William Harper
Jr. , Wetumpka; Johnathon Harris,
Russellville; Jason Holland, Speake;
Bart Johnson, Speake; Jody Kiel,
Russellville; Foster Knowles,
Ardmore; Amber Miller, Louisville;
Carla Moore, Billingsley; Shon Richey,
Sardis; Wesley Sanford, Wetumpka;
Jonathan Simmons, Wetumpka;
Nathan Walden, East Lawrence
ARIZONA: John Boelts, Kofa; Shawn
Byron, Peoria; Clay Cooke, Willcox;
Denise Davies, Safford; Kan Denoyer,
Chandler; Brandon Figg, Peoria;
Audra Fischler, Duncan; Clinton
Fischler, Duncan; Darcy Johnson,
Payson; Shelaine Johnson, Peoria;
Allan Mahnk, Amphitheater; Ginger
Marks, Round Valley; Alana
McQuarry, Amphitheater; Kimberly
Morgan, Amphitheater; H.B.
Mulcaire, Mingus Union; Vincent
Nielson, Peoria; Mandy Peterson,
Antelope; Byron Rovey Agua Fria;
Jason Rovey, Agua Fria; Charles
Schooley Agua Fria; Nikki Simpson,
Round Valley; Andrea Sokol, Peoria;
Amanda Telles, Elfnda; Heather
Telles, Elfrida; Josh Williams, Casa
Grande
ARKANSAS: Jason Bryant, Valley
Springs; Julie Cantrel, Siloam Springs;
Glenn Cole, Prairie Grove; Barry
Denton, Hatfield; John Ervin, Alpena;
Christine Fritts, Huntsville; Justin
Goforth, Mountain Home; Schandi
Hale, Spnngdale; Travis Hester, Prairie
Grove; Emily Jordan, Fairview I; Matt
Lockard, Mountain Home; Jennifer
Marty, Guy-Perkins; Allen Moore,
Lincoln; Mark Rhein, Mountain
Home; Shannon Tribble, Ridgecrest;
Kortney White, Oak Ridge Central;
Johnny Winn, Ridgecrest
CALIFORNIA: Kenneth Abeloe, Clovis;
Desiree Acosta, Fullerton; Greg
Aguiar, Chowchilla; Cynthia Allen,
Chino-Don Lugo; Troy Allen, Tulare
Union; Thomas Aquino, Chowchilla;
Stephanie Armstrong, Escondido-
Orange Glen; Jedadiah Asmus,
Gustme; Oscar Ayala, Gait; Steven
Barker, Visalia-Mt. Whitney Visalia;
Ian Barnes, Escondido; Michael
Belezzuoli, Tulare Union; Javier
Bernal, Livingston; Stacey Betz, Santa
Maria; Frank Bigelow, Tollhouse-
Sierra; Robert Bill, Biggs; Margaivi
Blair, Lemoore; Garrett Borrelli,
Gustine; Joan Boyd, Kingsburg;
Amanda Brown, Rosamond; Benina
Burroughs, Atwater; Michelle Byrum,
Riverside-Norte Vista; Andrea
Cadmus, Quartz Hill; Jason Cam,
Lemoore; Corey Cardoza, Gustine;
Melanie Coffman, Gilroy; Justen Cole,
Dixon; Gabriel Cooper, Corcoran,
Joseph Costa, Tulare Union; Jeff
Crusha, Lemoore; Daniel Dallas,
McFarland; Josh Darnell, Dos Palos;
Byran Davis, Visalia-Mt. Whitney
Visalia; James Davis, Lemoore;
Natisha Delerio, Dos Palos; Nicole
Delerio, Dos Palos; Mike DeRose,
Tulare Western; Raney Dobbs, Clovis;
Tiffany Duran, Riverside-Norte Vista;
Ammie Eggleston, Chino-Don Lugo;
Emmalene Eichner, Petaluma; Patrick
Eidman, Grass Valley-Nevada Union;
Kent Elliott, McFarland; Jaime Ervin,
Kingsburg; Anthony Fagundes,
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Alvin Johnson, advisor oj the Slocomb, Ala., FFA Chapter and his
students, Mark Bedsole (left) and Jason Shell, partake in the
breakfast honoring American FFA Degree recipients.
Chowchilla; Jalynn Fanning,
Chowchilla; Traci Ferreira, Hanford;
Raymond Figueroa, Corcoran; Tanya
Frogge, Bloomington; Dan Gallagher,
Dixon; Nick Garcia, Gait; James
Garner, Hanford; Pedro Gastelum,
Dixon; Kenneth Gates, Mira Loma-
Jurupa Valley; Chris Giannini, Half
Moon Bay; Michelle Gibbs, Hanford;
Chope Gill, Dixon; Kenny Goforth,
Hanford; Aime Gonzalez, Orosi; Jodi
Halkum, Lemoore; Ronda Hamm,
Fresno Central; J.R. Hardesty Elk
Grove; George Harrison, Hanford;
Todd Hartill, Arbuckle; Josh Henslee,
Grass Valley-Nevada Union; Jeffry
Hill, Fallbrook; Adam Hmojosa,
Riverside-Norte Vista; Kara Hunter,
Fowler; Tom Illingworth, San Luis
Obispo; Laura Isaacs, Santa Rosa;
Andrea Klein, Chino-Don Lugo;
Laura Kubota, Morgan Hill; Jack
Kuhnast Jr., Riverside-Norte Vista;
Tawnya Larabee, Fullerton; Jennifer
Lindemann, Fairfield-Armijo;
Michelle Lindo, Gustine; Chnstine
Litton, Quartz Hill; Bobbi Lobmeyer,
Coalinga; Daniel Lorman, Maxwell;
Neil Love, La Habra-Sonora; Jonette
Machado, Tulare Western; Congetta
Maita, Elk Grove; Stacy Marquez,
Orosi; Daniel Martin, Tulare Western;
Jeff Mathy, Fullerton; Garth Maze,
Visalia-Mt. Whitney Visalia; Michelle
McDowell, Clarksburg-Delta; Traci
McLaughlin, Tehachapi; Gary Moore,
Dixon; William Morgan, Riverside-
Norte Vista; Pete Nelson, Oceanside-
El Camino; Jennifer Nilsen, Phelan-
Serrano; Amy Nunes, Gustine;
Charles O'Neal, Escondido; Jeffrey
Olson, Kingsburg; Anthony Parreira,
Tulare Union; Eric Pigeon, Dixon;
Melmda Pomi, Petaluma; Ted Ponce,
Santa Maria; Thomas Putzel,
Corcoran; Kimberly Randall,
Escondido-Orange Glen; Matthew
Ray, Lemoore; Justin Rayn, Dixon;
Amelia Reed, Clovis; Erin Reese,
Santa Paula; Lisa Rego, Gustine; John
Relvas, Gustine; Thea Rhodes, Salinas
North Salinas; Mathew Rivera,
Escondido; Michele Rodngues,
Lemoore; Daniel Rodriguez,
Gonzales; Modesta Rodriguez,
Coalinga; Kristin Rose, Gustine; Sara
Rose, Canoga Park; Dusty Rossi, King
City; Tara Sagniere, Clovis; Mary
Sanchez, Tulare Western; Gabriel
Santos, Atwater; Westley Schager,
Hamilton City; Erica Seropian, La
Puente Valley; Bryan Soares, Turlock;
Traci Soares, Tulare Western; Dawn
Stornetta, Forestville; Ryan Sweeney,
Kingsburg; Nathan Sweetman, Clovis;
Paulo Thomas, Gustine; Kimberly