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D An Old Idea Gets a New Spin J The Rest of the Story... Discover the power of wind as it takes Learn more about those who are hold in communities across Michigan serving as your state offi cers F An Education Centennial K Coming to a Pump Near You Michigan State University celebrates Past state offi cer Alex Henry tells 100 years of agriculture & natural about the potential new solutions to resources education America’s energy situation H Chapter Chatter O Alumni in Action Find out what’s happening in six chapters Read about the preparations the across the Great Lakes state Michigan FFA Alumni is making for its statewide annual meeting

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Managing Editor Dustin Petty President Dustin Baker Region I State VP Aaron Balowski Staff Editor Kaitlyn Hard Vice President Andrea Bommarito Region II State VP Christopher Sanford Writers Alex Henry Secretary Jillian Holdwick Region III State VP Julia Voelker Jason Koning Treasurer Ryan Green Region IV State VP Elizabeth Krhovsky Dustin Petty Reporter Kaitlyn Hard Region V State VP Marie Hruby Advising Editor Michelle Sidel Sentinel Clint Steketee Region VI State VP Maria James Jan/Feb 2006 C t you fi lled with endless fi ce fi nd something to be passionate about. perfectly. organization is the best youth in the FFA Its members are the leaders ofworld. in the FFA to believe Continue tomorrow. are the future We and what it stands for. anything is possible. and with FFA opportunities. Every type ofopportunities. person can fi or the passion is animals Whether your or communications, teaching environment, has something that will the FFA freshmen in high school we are all shy and are all shy we freshmen in high school to you allows FFA scared to get involved. new people while meeting get involved It helps members toand bettering yourself. buildrealize their potential and continually build relationships We on their strengths. and state leaders givingwith community members opportunities for jobs and internships. “No Emerson spoke, Ralph Waldo great complains of ever man of want is The FFA opportunity.” 1 Of Star Candidate Applications and Regional Grant Applications due to State FFA 4 15 Star Finalist Selections Ag Career and Leadership MFB/FFA Conference - East Lansing cial fi December I believe in... I believe Dates to Remember... mission statement of but what the FFA, does that really mean? What stands for leadership. mind FFA In my freshmenother organization a shy can take and turn them into one of the best speakers What other organizationin the school? can about the second largest you industryteach to workin the state AND prepare to you in that industry? What other organization to compete at the state and you allows love? in competitions that you national level None come to mind better than FFA. out of brings you FFA shell. As your ….FFA. And what it stands for. ….FFA. had to explain what FFA ever you Have would this question most is? When asked Organization is “The state, National FFA differencededicated to making a positive ofin the lives their developing students by personal potential for premier leadership, growthcareer success through and Thatagricultural is the of education.”

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An Old Idea Gets a New Spin

By: Jason Koning MSU ANR Education Major

The next time you happen to venture up to Elkton in Huron power because the wind coming off of the lakes is consistent County, it may be hard to miss the huge group of structures and relatively strong. that have sprung up across the vast agricultural landscape. Anyone that has ever crossed the Mackinac Bridge since 2001 Driving through Oliver & Chandler Townships one would see has probably noticed Mackinaw City’s two wind turbines. the wind turbines that make up the new Harvest Wind Farm The Straits of Mackinac produce extremely high winds and outside Elkton. The enormous windmill-type structures have Mackinaw City decided to take full advantage of this. Their been up and creating clean energy for Michiganders since April turbines produce enough electricity to power 600 homes each 2008. year at 0.9 MW each. These turbines are almost ½ the size of Harvest Wind Farm’s turbines though. They are located on Harvest Wind Farm, which is owned by John Deere Wind the city’s waste water treatment plant just south of the Bridge. Energy, is the fi rst commercial wind farm in the state of However the fi rst wind turbine built in Michigan was built in Michigan. Construction of Harvest Wind Farm created 1996 in Traverse City at the base of the Leelanau Peninsula. At dozens of temporary jobs and has created ten full-time jobs the time it was built it was the biggest in the country but now to maintain and operate the turbines. A 46-turbine farm called its 0.6MW output is considered miniscule compared to state-of- Noble Thumb Windpark near Ubly will also begin construction the-art 3.5 MW turbines that technology has produced. soon. Other sites in Michigan have been named as possible sites Let’s get down to some numbers. Each of Harvest’s 32 massive for wind farms, but Huron County remains the best possible white structures can generate 1.65 MW (megawatts) of energy. candidate for more, including an offshore wind farm. Detroit Combined, they have a capacity of 53 MW, which is enough Edison has proposed a seemingly massive offshore wind farm to power a whopping 15,000 homes! To put this number in that would produce approximately a massive 520 MW! The perspective, that is enough electricity for about 75% of the proposed idea is for 320 wind turbines to be put up a mile homes in Huron County alone according to the U.S. Census. offshore in Saginaw Bay from Sand Point (southwest of Farmers who lease land for the turbines will share in the profi t Caseville) north to Port Austin. This massive offshore wind of the $90 million investment. project would be a mile wide and an eye-dropping 22 miles long! Detroit Edison has also expressed interest in adding Wind energy has become a popular, environmentally-friendly another 1,000 turbines throughout Huron County. While many concept in recent years, similar to the fuel movement. have become excited with these developments, others have Turbines take kinetic energy from the wind and convert it into expressed more caution. mechanical energy, or electricity. Wind is a renewable resource and is of course, free. Wind turbines in the Midwest have Controversy has arisen because the shoreline along the replaced grain elevators as the tallest structures around, with proposed offshore site has some of the highest residential land the Huron County turbines topping out at 396 feet tall! Each value in the entire Thumb region and is a popular summertime turbine has three fi berglass blades that are 131-feet long. To resort. The fear of landowners within visible distance of get the blades rotating, they need a wind speed of about 8 turbines is that their property value will plummet due to the mph before the rotor becomes engaged and it starts producing turbines. Landowners across the U.S. are concerned about energy. The Great Lakes region is a great location for wind wind turbines in their area for this reason. Despite the benefi ts D Nov/Dec 08 E AP Photo ts to fi y too close. Some are y too close. fl Other concerns people have with wind turbines is the disruption with wind turbines Other concerns have people they are rumored on migration paths of to have some birds. fast, the blade move not think the blades Though may you Thesetips of 100 mph in reality. at over move the turbines birds who blades can kill fast moving be here to stay. it may supportWhether or not you wind power, A government report could provide estimates that wind power 2030. Wind electricity needs by as 20% ofas much U.S. the few years in the Great could become more viable in the next not be may We Thumbians. region, especially for fellow Lakes see its effects and the effects can able to see the wind, but we our nation. could help power really the entire world), wind turbines are viewed by some as some by viewed are wind turbines world), the entire really The sight of eyesore. a monumental a 400-foot tall structure enormouswith three appealing to some. blades is not rotating the sight of to others, However, rising energy is a worse prices blemish. However, also concerned from the turbines. about noise levels quiet (especially compared to other wind turbines are extremely forms of industry) (dB) decibel and from 350 meters distance, a quiet bedroom put this in perspective, 35-45. To is only level The sound ofis about 35 dB. is described as the blades rotating a “whooshing” sound. to small communities (and the vast environmental bene environmental vast (and the communities to small FFA NEW HORIZONS L y Dr. O.Donald Meaders, MSUProfessor Emeritus By: And thencameWalter H.French… and domesticscience.” manual agriculture, training introduce coursesinelementary an appropriationforstateaidtobegiven…to schools that recommended in1907that“thelegislatureshouldauthorize PublicInstruction thestate. StateSuperintendentof The of inthecountiesandtownships agriculture develop schools of In theearly1900s, legislationwas Michigan passedtohelp principles.agricultural on instruction constantly receiving requestsforhelpforming 19th Century, were College Agricultural facultyatMichigan the life. Duringthelast yearsof youth fortheactivities of educationwhich would wanted Michigan thetypeof of writing, spellingandarithmetic,” by thelate1880s, thepeople European systemswithemphasison“speaking,reading, were modeledafter Although theearlyeducationalprograms schools onlandsetaside ineach township foraschool. earlysettlerswhoestablishedprimary into thework of reach educationinMichigan deep agricultural rootsof The In theBeginning... Roots ofa Tradition Dustin Petty, MSUANRCommunicationsMajor initiating alegacyofeducationand hired Walter H.French in1908, President Jonathan Snyder (left) fi t the excellence. As the head of MAC’s Department of Agriculture (in the (in Agriculture of MAC’s Department of head the As educationalstatus-quo. inthecurrent change advocate of and superintendentbeforemakinghisnameknown asan two educators, French becameateacher, principal sonof The Walter H.French was raisedonanOtsego, farm. Michigan Michigan AgEd FatherThe of Finally, heencounteredWalter H.French. MAC) untilhefoundtherightindividual. bodyof governing (the Agriculture recommendation totheStateBoardof such amanfortwo orthreeyearsandwaited tomake this andaneducator, SnyderA farmer hadbeenlookingfor state. the communities of thatwouldintotherural go instructors agricultural forthetrainingof a mantodevelop aprogram recommendation tohisboardthatthetimehadcomehire fortwelve College yearswhen,in1908,hemadea Agricultural theMichigan Jonathan L.Snyder hadbeenpresidentof A Noteworthy Recommendation At Michigan StateUniversity, thathaseducated theprogram and trained countless generations of agriculture &natural agriculture and trainedcountlessgenerationsof resources educators is turning 100. educatorsisturning resources Nov/Dec 2008 I ber fi production for the next 100 years.” landscape, the idea that ANR education can remain strictly the idea that ANR education can remain landscape, as a school to thrive in orientation and continue vocational no responsible leader in At the same time, program is myopic. the realm of support the based ANR education would school recasting of the program A vision of as merely applied science. agriculturalor “academic” is education as either “occupational” unsupportable that the truth and fall somewhere between must extremes This the two gray between area extremes. those two has served as the foundation for restructuring post secondary Educating preparation programsANR teacher at MSU. in the new and emerging ANR content and pedagogicalteachers hope knowledge are enhancements to the curriculum. We to remain strong and serve as leaders for ANR education programs nationally. to pursue a future in combining agriculture want education “We education. with broader natural resource and environmental the This will ensure that students and educators will develop of citizens in the world skills to be effective agriculture and natural resource management for sustainable food and “As we dialogue over the next 100 years about ANR education dialogue over we “As political and educational it becomes apparent that in today’s At the recent Michigan Association of Agriscience Educators of Rivera Jeno banquet, Dr. to give annual asked MSU was training and education some remarks about where ANR teacher will go in the next 100 years. With all this in mind – the genesis and evolution ofWith all this in mind – the genesis and evolution ANR – it is important education training at Michigan State University to begin looking into the future. Tomorrow beginning, a department of for his known one), he was and educating the ruralenthusiasm for teaching educators. to the service devoted was ofFrench and his community When faculty. fellow into his students and instilled this value a program left of French 1, 1924, he died January instruction at to develop that continues the future Michigan State University ANR educators today. FFA NEW HORIZONS H scholarship with$1,100.00.” and withmatch fromthechapter the were abletojumpstart the event. FFA tomake thejourney, memberssoughtpledges developed achapter toaddmore value scholarship to program yearthey This aboutagriculture. school tosparkconservations thehigh park theirfamiliesprideandjoy onthefrontlawn of toschool fortheday.transportation Upontheirarrival students atractoras before daylight tomaskthebriskaironseatof Event. event The callsforFFA memberstowake upseveral hours FFA Springport ChapterheldtheirAnnual “The Ag-on-Wheels Springport -MeganMerrill,advisor Region II Chapter Chatter give ourshare.” ‘Adopt forusto aRoad’ which helpedopen uptheopportunity program put ourbestfootforward. own inthe Ourvery chapter hasparticipated asateamand not abletojoinusonthisprojectwe stillcametogether ourmemberswere Back totheCommunity’ project.Even thoughallof FFA Countryside “The towork Chapterrecentlycametogether ona‘Give Countryside Charter-RobinKniebes,advisor Region I osadavreyo birds.” dogs andavariety of and take pictureswithminihorses, rabbitsthatwe raise, chickens, buy tickets andareletintothe‘pettingzoo’allowed tohold ourmajorfundraisers. People a pettingzoo, which isalsooneof picturewas taken“This Fest. atourannual Harvest Ourclasshas Saginaw -NadeneBlakeley,advisor Region III By: By: Hard Kaitlyn MSU Crop &Soil Science Nov/Dec 2008 I owers. owers. fl more information. more h u c Region IV Region Re O Gaunt, advisor SW FFA - Deb Oakland “On September“O 2008, 22 students of 17th and 18th, Oakland the Biotechnology Campus Southwest / Environ- Technical Schools S servicemental cluster participatedme in the Adopt-A-Road project. The bags ofstudents collected 36 st trash as they groomed four miles of student agreed Each Oakland countryOa to participate in this roads. againcleanup cle in the spring of 2009.” chapter highlighted here? It’s easy! Email State State easy! Email It’s chapter highlighted here? It was a great a It was opportunity!” “We had three students working in the Community Market Market in the Community had three students working “We They helped to this summer. City over Garden in Traverse plant, maintain, and harvest organic They helped produce. at market. prepare the produce for sale and sold it every Friday beans, tomatoes, herbs, The greens, produce included lettuce, They also grew cut and many other vegetables. beets, Advisors and students: do you want to see YOUR Advisors and students: do you Reporter Kaitlyn Hard at [email protected] for at [email protected] Reporter Kaitlyn Hard Region VI advisor Traverse Bay - Michael Eagan, Region V Woods Muskegon Area CTC - Jennifer “The members of Chapter Center FFA the Muskegon Area Career Tech participated we in One activity the past year. been very over busy have the Third was Grade Cabbage Program Bonnie Plants. sponsored by Our members presented to four third grade classes totaling about sixty The demonstrated to the students what a plant needs chapter students. Members also participated for their cabbage. to care to grow and how The head of Safety Day. Mower in Lawn our building maintenance The members were practices and techniques. demonstrated safe mowing safely.” the mowers to practice driving then allowed The Rest of the Story...

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Chapter: Harbor Beach Chapter: Caledonia Chapter: Springport

SAE: Beef Placement & Landscape SAE: Beef Production & Turfgrass SAE: Swine & Dairy Production Management Management Placement

College: Michigan State University College: Michigan State University College: Lansing Community College

Major: Animal Science sophomore Major: Crop & Soil Science freshman Major: Ag Economics sophomore

High school activities: Students High school activities: 4-h, Michigan High school activities: football, Against Destructive Decisions, National Junior Hereford Association president, wrestling, musicals and choir Honor Society, band, 4-H, senior class golf, National Honor Society secretary, volleyball, track, cross country Word that best describes you: Personal theme song: Hard Workin’ passionate - when it comes to the things Personal theme song: Standing Outside Man by Brooks & Dunn I love to do, I will be there in a heart the Fire by Garth Brooks beat and fi nd every way to help Personal goals for the future: become Who do you look to for strength: my a golf superintendant or PGA Tour Reason for joining FFA: I joined parents agronomist because I followed in my brother’s footsteps like everything else he did. I Favorite FFA activity: state convention Favorite FFA activity: leadership loved being around agriculture and I contests wanted to experience it through the Favorite book: Th e Wedding by FFA. Nicholas Sparks Favorite thing to do with friends: bowling and bonfi res Favorite FFA activity: state convention Favorite athletic team: Detroit Lions Personal hobby: showing cattle and Favorite thing to do with friends: Favorite quote: “Life is not measured golfi ng bowling and bonfi res by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath Personal message to the Michigan Favorite homemade meal: steak with away.” FFA members: Be content but never potatoes, salad and rolls satisfi ed. Be happy with who you are and your accomplishments but always Personal hobby: watching & playing strive for excellence and seek to improve sports, hunting, raising & showing pigs yourself.

J Coming to a Pump Near You

By: Alex Henry MSU ANR Communications Major

It’s in our schools. It runs through our transportation systems. are producing more corn, on fewer acres, with fewer nutrients. It has perpetrated our homes and infi ltrated our communication Mr. Tolman affi rmed that new technology to increase yields will systems. It has started wars and its name has been plastered on allow corn to serve consumers as both food and fuel. every news channel and Wall Street Journal page since its discovery. “It” is oil. Dana Kirk from Wilcox, Inc. presented another form of alternative fuel: methane. Twenty-one percent of the methane (a greenhouse With rising food and fuel costs, it’s not a surprise that everyone is gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide) produced by human talking about oil. Have you ever wondered why? Oil is just used processes is contributed by cattle digestion. Harnessing this gas for so why are we so worried about it, right? Wrong! allows the conversion of methane into liquefi ed natural gas, From the plastic of your Mt. Dew bottle to your great aunt’s and hydrogen (in gas or liquid forms). These substances makeup to that old Backstreet Boys CD you just can’t seem to can then be used to produce electricity. In other words, we can throw away, oil can be found in almost everything! use the gas wasted from cattle to produce electricity! This form of alternative fuel requires a lot of capital cost (anywhere from $800- According to research by , author of, Energy Victory $1200 a head) and has been slow to take hold in the U.S. the average American (man, woman and child) will spend $3,300 for oil in 2008. That’s over 250 times your FFA dues! In addition, But the alternative fuel that has got everyone talking is cellulosic he states that the United States imports 60 percent of our oil from ethanol. Instead of using corn as a biomass cellulosic optimizes other countries. This dependence has made alternative energy a other feedstocks such as switch grass, woodchips, corn (the hot topic in Washington, D.C. and Lansing. corn plant above the ground), and even sugar cane or beets. It reduces each form of biomass into its sugars which can then be On September 17th, professionals in the Michigan agricultural broken down using a thermo-chemical process into energy. This industry attended the Michigan Bio-Economy Summit at the form of fuel has been a favorite of corn ethanol skeptics because Lansing Center to discuss this issue. From 7 am to 4 pm, these it utilizes materials that are byproducts of food production. agriculturalists explored our reliance on foreign oil and what Instead of consuming feedstocks which could be used for food, Michiganders are doing about it. Some of the topics covered were would be using materials that would otherwise ethanol, , methane, and cellulosic ethanol. Experts on go unexploited. However, technology in this area is new and each topic presented to attendees and answered questions. capital cost to start a production facility is extremely high.

National Corn Growers CEO Rick Tolman presented information So which fuel is best? Time, technology and money will tell. on the food vs. fuel debate. He countered the argument that the Robert Zubrin really said it best, “Control of the world’s fuel is there isn’t enough corn to support both outlets with the fact that control of the world’s future.” As a country and state build on a Nov/Dec 08 corn yields are increasing at a steeper rate each year. In 2007, foundation of agriculture, we have the potential to have control American producers grew 13.1 billion bushels of corn averaging over of the world’s fuel. As FFA members, we surely have control 151 bushels per acre. Monsanto and Pioneer both claim that by of the world’s future. 2030, farmers will be yielding 300 bushels per acre. In short, we K Sept_Oct_L-M.indd 2

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Get where you’re going with one of the two new majors from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources CARRS (Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies) Department!

In the Fall of 2008, two new majors will be revealed within the CARRS Department: Environmental Studies and Agriscience & Park Recreation and Tourism Resources.

In the Environmental Studies and Agriscience major, options will include: Communication, Community Engagement and Education, Science and Policy, as well as Agriscience and Natural Resources Teacher Education.

In the Park Recreation and Tourism Resources major, options will include: Community Engagement and Education, Commercial Recreation and Tourism, Community Recreation and Zoo and Aquarium Sciences.

For more information please contact: Dr. Randy Showerman ([email protected]), Dr. David Krueger ([email protected]) or Dr. Jeno Rivera ([email protected]).

carrs ad.indd 1 4/6/2007 10:35:56 AM The classics are back! MICHIGAN STORES: ADRIAN ALBION ALPENA BAD AXE BATTLE CREEK BAY CITY BIG RAPIDS CADILLAC CARO CEDAR SPRINGS CHARLOTTE CLIO COOPERSVILLE DUNDEE FENTON FREMONT GAYLORD GREENVILLE HASTINGS HOLLAND HOUGHTON LAKE HOWELL HUDSONVILLE IMLAY CITY IONIA JACKSON (W) JACKSON JONESVILLE LANSING (N) LANSING (W) LAPEER LOWELL LUDINGTON MIDLAND The 2007 FFA Tractors are now on sale. MONROE MT. PLEASANT MUSKEGON This year’s FFA tractor is a 1/16 scale Farmall 806. NEW HAVEN NILES The first Farmall in the series! It is available at OWOSSO PAW PAW Tractor Supply Company (TSC) stores statewide. All PLAINWELL proceeds benefit the Michigan FFA Foundation. PORT HURON PORTAGE ROMEO Now only $56.98! SAGINAW (N) SAGINAW SALINE For more information about how you can SANDUSKY SAULT ST. MARIE support the FFA, contact the Michigan SOUTH HAVEN ST. JOHNS FFA Foundation at (517) 432-2482 or STURGIS THREE RIVERS online at www.michiganffa.com TRAVERSE CITY WEST BRANCH WILLIAMSTON Dec/Jan O Katie Smith, Laker Susan Stepp, Homer Susan Stepp, Partial Scholarships Amy Gusz, Harbor Beach Amy Amanda Thomas, Sand Creek Amanda Thomas, nancial support from the Michigan FFA nancial support from the Michigan FFA fi You’re Invited! Congratulations Scholarship Winners! Scholarship Congratulations Alumni in Action Alumni Full Scholarships Jordan Henry, Alma Henry, Jordan Torri Nighbert, Olivet Torri Cody Wehner, Stephenson Cody Wehner, Ashley Bujalski, Sand Creek Alumni, please visit www.michiganffa.com/alumni. Congratulations to all winners! For more informationCongratulations on to get to all winners! For We look forward to seeing you there! to seeing you look forward We For more information, please contact State FFA Alumni Alumni more information, please contact State FFA For V Vice PresidentCouncil Region Sherry Kiel at sherry.kiel@ charter.net. Also happening at the meeting will be the election of officers Council, a silent auction and a live Alumni for the State FFA auction. Those attending can meet alumni members from all over the state, sharing ideas about Those attending can meet alumni members from sharing ideas about all over the state, fundraising, affiliate member retention of and methods supporting local chapters and FFA members. The Michigan FFA Alumni will be hosting its Annual Meeting at Caledonia High School on Annual Meeting at Caledonia High School on Alumni will be hosting its FFA The Michigan starting with the banquet p.m. at 6:30 at 6:00 p.m. begins 21, 2009. Registration February can be purchased for $20 and at the door for $25. in advance Tickets As part of Alumni gave the Michigan FFA effort its continuing to support corduroy, the members in blue Leadership Conferences. Fall to students attending the scholarships the following in our fit the Co d y lle in ge F of A g r i c u

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