Holdrege FFA Leadership Skills Events
by Jeff Moore
January 28, 2010
Holdrege FFA Chapter Holds Annual Leadership Night and Excels at District Leadership Skills Events
The Third Annual FFA Leadership Night was held January 20th in the Holdrege High School Cafeteria. Thirty-four FFA members along with numerous parents and guests were present for the ceremonies and Soup Supper sponsored by the Holdrege FFA Alumni Members. FFA Members demonstrated their Leadership Skills Events from the Junior and Senior Parliamentary Procedure teams, FFA creed and public speakers. First year FFA members received their Greenhand Degrees while second year members received their Chapter Degrees. Those members receiving their FFA Greenhand Degrees were: Matt Becker, Brianna Bowers, Brittney Britthouer, Andrew Daily, Adam Daughrity, Stephen Denton, Liana Dobos, Whitney Frost, Nicole Gerdes, Melissa Golus, Zach Gray, Seth Hald, Brandon Hamilton, Alex Hamilton, Alex Hamling, Dylan Hushizer, Milli Jorges, Michael McIntire, Kacey McKown, Tracey Silva, David Wilder Second year FFA members receiving their Chapter FFA Degrees were: Nicholas Anderson, Michaela Gray, Doug Smith, Mike Suhr.
The FFA Chapter would like to say thanks to Brad Johnson and Sue Waller for donating the soup and to Kent and Tammi Sturgis for donating the meat for the sandwiches. Also, a special thanks to all other parents for helping out during the evening to make is successful.
Nineteen Holdrege FFA Members competed in Leadership Skills Events on January 27th, in Aurora at the Leadership Center. Overall the chapter had its best showing in several years by qualifying three contests for State FFA Convention. Participating in Senior Parliamentary Procedure was the team of Logan Reed, Lincoln Pearson, Jolee Sturgis, Andrew Bergman, Quin Becker, and Michaela Gray. They received a blue ribbon for their demonstration tying for second place overall. The Junior Parliamentary Procedure team took home a District Champion Plaque and qualified for State Competition in April. The Junior Parliamentary Procedure team consisted of Nicholas Anderson, Brianna Bowers, Melissa Golus, Seth Hald, Nicole Gerdes, Stephen Denton, and Doug Smith. Andrew Daily and Alex Hamling served as alternates to the team as assisted with other contest duties. Juniors Michaela Gray and Ashley Frost competed it the Job Interview contests and each brought home blue placings. Sophomore Nick Anderson brought home first place in Junior Public Speaking with his speech about genetically modified organisms. Creed Speakers Seth Hald and Zach Gray performed at a high level by with Seth qualifying for State Competition and Zach earning a red placing. A few upcoming events for the FFA Chapter will be the FFA Alumni Beef Feed on February 5th at the high school and National FFA Week activities in February.
