Fall CDE Day

Wednesday September 28th our FFA Chapter traveled to Holton for the Fall CDE Day. We took a nursery and landscape team as well as an entomology team. The results for team scores for the day was our Nursery/landscape A team getting first place, Nursery/landscape B team getting 2nd, and both A and B teams for Entomology getting 3rd place. Individual scores include

Nursery/landscape A Team
-1st Maggie Johnson
-2nd Laura Rush
-3rd Katrina Miller
-4th Tyler Diveley
-5th Mason Rush
-6th Kassiday Blevins
-7th Dylan Wood

Nursery/landscape B Team
-2nd BreAnne Caudle
-3rd Aisha Diveley
-6th Jessica Neibling
-7th Julie Vonderschmidt
-8th Brielle Clary
-9th Meghan Larson
-10th Abby Fee

Entomology A Team
-2nd Dylan Wood
-7th Aaron Halling

Entomology B Team
-6th Ian Bollinger
-9th Adam Wilmes

Congratulations to everyone! Keep up the good work! :) :)

FFA Tailgate

Doniphan West FFA held a tailgate on September 9 at a home football game against Riverside. We served grilled hamburgers, homemade fries, beans, drinks and cookies.

We also had a spin the wheel raffle. Patrons could buy a ticket for a dollar and if their name was drawn they got to spin the prize wheel. Prizes ranged from a coat donated by Highland Hardware, a free haircut a Hair Fanatics, gift cards to Highland Convenience, candy,pop, and cookies.

Despite several rain delays we had a successful tailgate!

September 12 Chapter Meeting Minutes

Date: September 12th, 2011

Location: High School Gym

Start Time: 3:00

Presiding Officer: President Aaron Halling

I. Opening Ceremonies

II. Officer Reports
a. Reporter- Laura Rush
i. Check out blog
ii. Add a positive comment and you get candy as a reward!
b. Treasurer- BreAnne Caudle
i. $682 earned at tailgate
ii. New chapter balance of $5,695
c. Secretary- Maggie Johnson
i. Hand out student information sheets
d. Student Advisor- Derek Gibson
i. T-shirts and Hoodie sign-up
1. T-shirts $12.25
2. Hoodies $32
e. Vice President- Aisha Diveley
i. POA announcements
1. Committee sign-ups
III. No Committee Reports
IV. No Old Business
V. No New Business
VI. No Presentations
VII. No Announcements
VIII. Activity
a. FFA Trivia
IX. Luke Rush moved to adjourn meeting, BreAnne Caudle seconds, and Aaron Halling adjourns

State Convention

Doniphan West had 18 members attend the 83rd Kansas State FFA Convention in Manhattan, Kan., June 1-4.

D-West saw a lot of stage time during convention. Here are the highlights:

-11th Overall Chapter in the Triple Crown National Chapter Award

-3rd in Chapter Development

-Gold in Student Development

-Silver in Community Development

-Nick Johnson, Katherine Rush, Kayla Schmitz and Brennan Davis were all proficiency award winners

-Keaton Blevins and Katherine Rush were also recognized as star finalists in Placement and Agribusiness, respectively

-Keaton Blevins, Katherine Rush, Stephanie Scales, Ben Petrik, Austin Veach and Tanner Veach received their state degrees

-Aisha Diveley sang in the State FFA Chorus

Overall, we had a pretty good year!