Johnson County Central FFA Chapter
Front row: Trica Lempka, Clark Teten, Holly Weber, Tessa Wellsandt, Josh Dieckgrafe, Cody Miller, Doug Grotrian Second row: Kelly Rathbone, Ellen Mannschreck, Christine Wellensiek, Alyson Gottula, Shelby Strubel, Stephanie Teten Third row: Kellie Hupka, Emily Little, Anna Kuhl, Chelsea Borrenpohl, Daniel Moles, Laura Dieckgrafe, Carrie Sommerhalder, Fourth row: Clint Damme, Nick Behrends, Layne Kettelhake, Dustin Beethe, Kade Kuhlmann, Jordon Lempka Fifth row: Clinton Sommerhalder, Tyler Armknecht, Grant Rippe, Brandon Doedon, Justin Dutcher Sixth row: Dillon Niedermeyer, Tyler Hahn, Alex Teten, Tyler Huey, Kayti Kauffman, Scott Johnston
The Johnson County Central FFA Chapter now has 40 members. The 2009-10 Chapter Officers consist of Tessa Wellsandt: President, Holly Weber: Vice-President, Josh Dieckgrafe: Secretary, Cody Miller: Treasurer, Clark Teten: Reporter, Doug Grotrian: Sentinel, and Tricia Lempka: Parliamentarian.
In August several FFA members show livestock at the Otoe County Fair. Exhibitors include Holly Weber, Lisa Niedermeyer, Tanya Gadeken, Kelly Rathbone, Amanda and Clark Teten, Mallory, Tricia and Jordon Lempka.
In August several FFA members show livestock at the Otoe County Fair. Exhibitors include Holly Weber, Lisa Niedermeyer, Tanya Gadeken, Kelly Rathbone, Amanda and Clark Teten, Mallory, Tricia and Jordon Lempka.
Lisa Niedermeyer, daughter of Robert and Debbie Niedermeyer, was honored for the second year in a row to sing in the National FFA Chorus. Both years Lisa was chosen to represent Nebraska by introducing a song. Some of you might have seen Lisa on RFDtv when they had close-up video of Lisa in action!
Nineteen Johnson County Central and Johnson Brock students traveled as a FFA Chapter to take in Husker Harvest Days. It was a nice day to view the new technology in agriculture and build networking skills with agriculture companies such as Pioneer, John Deere, LinWeld, and Monsanto. Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa colleges were available to talk to and discover hands-on how their specific college is contributing to the agricultural science research sector.
On Tuesday January 19, 2010 Johnson County Central FFA members competed in the District FFA Leadership Skills Events. Stephanie Teten placed 4th place in Jr.Public Speaking with her “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” speech, Josh Dieckgrafe earned 6th place in Job Interview Skills, and the Parliamentary Team of Kade Kuhlmann, Alyson Gottula, Chelsea Borrenpohl, Logen Philips, Anna Kuhl, Christine Wellensiek, and Emily Little were awarded “alternates to state”.
Johnson County Central FFA Members from both Johnson County Central and Johnson Brock had a busy National FFA Week. The five FFA members visited the Middle School with a motivating program encouraging them to join FFA as a Freshman, hosted a coloring contest for the elementary, read agriculture children books to the elementary, had dress-up days each day, and participated in “Can World Hunger” Food Drive again this year. All items that were donated will be utilized by our local food bank, SENCA Johnson County Branch. The Leadership class took on this service project this year. This nine person team set up a point system that challenged JCC students to participate in the “Scavenger Hunt” food drive. Each day for a one week period students were asked to bring in items to receive points. Every day a “Daily Double” was announced, in which the students received double points for that specific item. The winning classes were the kindergarten class and the sophomore class! We collected over 2000 items for the local food pantry!
On March 2, 2010, the entire FFA Chapter will travel to SCC in Beatrice to compete in 2 or 3 Career Development Contests. These contests include Floriculture, Nursery Landscape, Meats Judging, Food Science, Livestock Judging, Livestock Management, Welding, Ag Mechanics, Ag Sales, Farm Business Management, Agronomy, and AgriScience. Those that qualify for state will compete in Lincoln at the Nebraska FFA State Convention April 7-9, 2010.
Holly Weber and Josh Dieckgrafe are expected to receive their State FFA Degree at the Nebraska State FFA Convention. Meanwhile, three students are finishing up their application for the American FFA Degree that they will be awarded in October at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN.
Keep updated on what the Johnson County Central FFA Chapter is doing through the year by visiting the school’s website at www.jccentral.org.
Keep updated on what the Johnson County Central FFA Chapter is doing through the year by visiting the school’s website at www.jccentral.org.
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