Q2) How Long Have You Participated in Your SAE?

Rowan County FFA Newsletter December 2011 SAE Spotlight overall in welding. Kyle Fraley placed 4th in seed i.d. Sabrina Wilson was 7th in quiz bowl, By: Katie Conn th Jon Martin finishing 7 in livestock judging was Adam Hicks, Katie Conn, Jonathon Richardson, and Q1) What is your SAE? Aly Bowman. Aly was quoted as saying, “I had A) Wildlife fun the competition was hard. I knew I could do Management it, so I just stuck with it, and gave it my all.” With Ben Lewis racing in the tractor driving Q2) How long have you contest, he placed 7th due to disqualification. participated in your When asked about it SAE?

A) I have had this SAE for about 2 years, but I have always enjoyed FFA Members Go Green hunting and fishing. By: Shay Bentley The 2011 Greenhands were invited to Q3) Where does your SAE take place? the Rowan County Senior High School on A) I enjoy fishing in Cave Run Lake and I September 12-16 for the Greenhand Banquet usually hunt on a 300 acre family farm. and Lock In to celebrate earning and receiving their Greenhand degrees. Q4) What are the components of your Wildlife During Greenhand Week (September SAE? 12-16) there were many activities. The A) For my SAE I bow and gun hunt, as well as, Greenhands were required to wear grass on their fish for various species of fish. I also feed and hand all day, wear FFA emblem stickers on their manage the deer on my family farm. Last year I faces, wear FFA emblems around their necks all was able to volunteer at the fish hatchery during day and perform a scavenger hunt. Greenhand Spring Muskie spawning. Big Aly Bowman said “It was interesting and fun and I learned a lot about my little’s.” Q5) What are your future plans for your SAE? A) I hope to buy a new Hoyt bow and another beagle to hunt with.

Q6) What are your future career plans? A) I plan to attend Morehead State University and major in environmental biology. After I graduate I hope to work for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife as a wildlife biologist. There was a Greenhand lock in held after school and Fall Regional Contest activities were performed for points. The overall points leader was Greenhand Big Lorenzo By: Ben Lewis Delgado’s team which included Dakota Prince, The heart and soul feeds off of it, it’s Travis Legg, and TJ Sargant. The Greenhand that activity every FFA member thrives for, Banquet was held in the RCSHS Café and COMPETITION. On the 12th of October Rowan numerous guests and members attended. Sabrina County FFA hosted and competed in the Licking Wilson was the winner of the quiz bowl and River Fall Regional Day at MSU farm. Member received a free FFA jacket. Big Ben Lewis said Zach Wallace of the welding team said “having “It is always an exciting time for the new FFA in our own backyard was comforting but the members.” competition was rough” he said “you could tell it wasn’t their first rodeo”. Zach Wallace, Steven Alvarado, and DJ Logan placed 3rd 2nd Grade Ag. Day National Convention By: Kyle Harmon By: Aly Bowman National FFA Convention was held in Indianapolis, Indiana from October 17th - 21st. 55,000 people attended this year. Among that large number were some members from Rowan County’s FFA including; Abby Kissick, Aly Bowman, Katie Conn, Amber Arnett, Korie Stacy, and Brandon Lewis . When Katie Conn was asked what her favorite part about National Convention was she replied “Even though this Who- The Rowan County FFA program was my last convention, I made some great What- Second grade Ag. Day memories and enjoyed interacting with members When- October 7, 2011 from all over the country.” Where- At the high school behind the football bleachers on the backside Why- To get kids to like the outdoors and to get them to join Ag when they can and to educate 2nd grade students about Ag. Literacy. The 2nd grade Ag, day is made up of a variety of things. Like getting outside and enjoying the centers that the high school Ag While at the convention the members students provide and they are storytelling, visited a Native American museum and learned animals, equipment, natural resources, face how the Native Americans lived and made seen painting(they didn’t have to get done), and the a lot of their art work. They also went to the hay ride. We had group activities like the sack Indie 500 racetrack and museum, where they got race, bluegrass music and sing along, and snack to tour the buildings, kiss the bricks, and even time. And the 2nd grade teachers that allow us to got a ride on the actual racetrack. They also educate their students are Carter, Jones, Brock, went to the trade show where they got to shop Deaton, Kissinger. and look around at all the different stuff. On the We have done this for 3 years now and last day the members attended a session where want to continue to do it for a long time they go to see the candidates from each state running for a national office.

American Degree Recipient, Long Time in the Making By: Jon Martin In 2011 the second person ever from Rowan County received their American Degree. She was the first to receive this prestigious award since Lloyd Dean, in 1951. Ressa Arnett, a 2010 graduate from RCSHS, was awarded the degree at the 84th annual National FFA convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana. To receive this award Ressa first had to earn her State degree, and make and productively invested more than 7,500 dollars in Agriculture.