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FFJI Nev^oriTons OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION February-March, 1990 Volume 38 Numbers COVER STORY 11 16 24 College Shopping FFA Means Winning Saving a State Park On the cover, Lis Skelton, Kelley U.S. Congressman Bill Sarpalius Members of the Raton, New Mexico Brown and Veronica Davis, left to shares how the FFA helped him be a FFA Chapter make money while right, walk to class on the campus of winner and what it can do for you. halting erosion of a local park. Virgina Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Photo by Andrew Markwart. 22 30 Amber Waves of Grain The Fall of The Wall AGRICULTURE Some of the best crop producers in West German and U.S. exchange FFA talk about the challenges and students talk about being in the right opportunities of growing in the '90s. place at an historic time. 14 • •••••••••••••a Agriculture's New Professionals: The Movie Meet the seven professionals who are the focus of a new film produced by the FFA and John Deere. 20 Food for the Final Frontier A plant production system is at the heart of a NASA project that will enable astronauts to explore space. DEPARTMENTS 4 News in Brief 10 Lool(ing Ahead 47 My Turn 40 6 Bottom Line 34 Chapter Scoop 48 Joke Page 8 Mailbag 42 FFA In Action FFA Fuels Ethanol Entrepreneur Jeff Broin was managing an ethanol plant at age 22. He says FFA skills FFA New Horizons (ISSN 0027-9315), (ormerly The National FUTURE FARMER, Is published bimonthly by the National FFA Organization, 5632 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Alexandria, Virginia 22309-0160. help him on the job every day. February-March. 1990 Over »8,000 in NEWS IN BRIEF Awarded IVIonthly ^^- Florida Leadership Center Burns Japan This Summer? Flames swept through the main lodge FFA members ages 16-18 of Florida FFA Association's new FFA are invited to travel to Leadership Center in the early hours of Japan for a 16-day January 4, causing over $1 million in cultural/agricultural damage. The lodge was the first phase of exchange. Partici- a plan to build cabins, an auditorium and pants will fly to other facilities at the remote 1 19-acresite Tokyo and with the located about 1 5 miles southeast of Haines help of Future Farm- City, Florida. ers of Japan advisors, A local man not involved with the FFA will travel by train to has been arrested and charged with arson. host family sites. About ten days will be The Florida FFA Foundation had been spent with host families seeing their agri- housed in the lodge since it opened this culture, working on the farm or in green- past June. The foundation's offices and houses, sightseeing and taking part in records were completely destroyed in the family activities. blaze. On the way back to Tokyo, the mem- bers will visit Kyoto, ancient capital of Japan. Tentative dates for the Japan Tropical Members Summer Exchange are July 14-30. Appli- For the first time in the history of the Draw Me cations must reach the National FFA FFA, this year's membership will include Center by May 1. Contact Jack Keller at from the Federated States of members the FFA Center, 703-360-3600, for more You may win one of five $1,495.00 Micronesia. Micronesia is a group of is- information. Art Schiolarshilps or any one of fifty lands in the south Pacific, southwest of $10.00 cashi prizes. Hawaii. Although they are not states, they fvlake your drawing any size except are U.S. territories, like Puerto Rico and FFA Will Miss Don Erickson like a tracing. Use pencil. Every qualified entrant receives a free professional the Virgin Islands, which also have active Former national FFA talent director estimate of hiis or fier drawing. FFA chapters. and North Dakota state supervisor Don Scfiolarship winners will receive Nine members from the island of Rota Erickson, died November 21 in Minot, Fundamentals of Art taughit by Art are now officially FFA members. The North Dakota. He was involved with the Instruction Scfioois, one of Americas National FFA Organization has been talent program at national FFA conven- leading home study art sctiools. Our working with the U.S. Department of tions for 41 years, revised the FFA Stu- objective is to find prospective stu- dents who appear to be properly mo- Commerce to introduce FFA to the is- dent Handbook and co-wrote the FFA tivated and have an appreciation and lands. Advisor's Guide to the Student Handbook liking for art. with his wife, Martha. Erickson taught Your entry will be judged in the vocational agriculture in Rugby, N. D. for month received. Prizes awarded for Membership News 29 years. After retirement, he was in best drawings of various subjects The Sci Chapter at W.B. Saul constant demand as a banquet speaker for received from qualified entrants age Ag FFA 14 and over One $25 cash award for High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylva- FFA events across the country. the best drawing from entrants age 12 nia is the largest FFA and 13. No drawings can be returned. chapter in the country Our students and professional artists with 604 members, ac- not eligible. Contest winners will be - cording tothe final 1988- ChaDter Mftmberchin notified. Send your entry today. 89 FFA membership re- MAIL THIS TO COUPON ENTER CONTEST port. The following are W.B. 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