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Hettinger LEARNING ON THE PRAIRIE FFA attends District A YEAR IN REVIEW Leadership Conference By Ronda Schauer FFA Advisor
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Eleven members of the Hettinger FFA Chapter attended the District 8 Leadership Conference in Dickinson on Wednesday, Sept. 28. There are nine other chapters represented in this district including: Beach, Belfield, Amanda Cronbraugh spent two weeks working closely with the staff at West River Veterinarian Clinic. She is in her fourth year of Bowman, Dickinson, Killdeer, Mott-Regent, veterinarian school and26 will but spend the Ranchers next year going different two-week clinical rotations. SheHarding will graduate in May ofgirls wh England,CHRISTENSON Scranton, and Southof Heart. ByNew SHELDON that, their 6’4” center Mason the fell through just Nighthawks. County 2017. (Photo by Cole Benz/The Record) The Hettinger FFA Parliamentary ProceFor the Pioneer Teigen left the game late in the short by two points. Sadowsky scored 34 for HS came in with a 1-3 record. Th dure team has had numerous workouts firstbefore quarter with three fouls They had a chance to tie the which included five 3-point- Hettinger/Scranton girls als Harding County to Members school leading up tocame this event. of not return until the game with less than a minute ers and Brandon Pierce added jumped out to an early lead a and would the parliamentary team are: PresiScranton on Dec. 18procedure and 19 to 2nd half. The Nighthawks built to go but, Sam Kludt blocked 21. I had Clayton Koch lead- they were head 16-1 after th - Tucker Ellingson, Zach Rickertsen take dent on the Nighthawk boys a 13-point (Vicebasketball President), teams, Skylynneand Cummings (Sec- lead at the end of the a close in shot by Teigen which ing Harding Co. with 23 points. first stop, and 25-15 at ha and girls’ first half retary), Mack (Treasurer), Rebeccawhich was highlighted more than likely saved the The Nighthawk JV team also They held on in the second ha left going 0-2 for Buckmier their efforts. remains undefeated as they although being outscored 24 by a(Sentibuzzer-beating long range game from being tied. Knutson (Reporter), and Jarad Mattis Hettinger-Scranton’s boy’s 3-point nel). This event requires an incredible amountshot by Haden SadThe Ranchers got the ball downing Harding Co. 63-53. 21 to pull off their second wi basketball teamTheirfaced theand owsky, of teamwork. hard work determinaHarding Co. came into the of the season to go along wit which made the score back with 10 seconds left but Ranchers firstoff.and pulled outa Silver tion paid They received Award 38-25. could not get off a good shot. game with a 2-0 record and re- five losses. a 64-62 win. The Nighthawk’s in this event and was by far their bestWith perforthe return of Teigen in Kludt was having a problem ceiving votes in the top five in Casey Joppa tallied 19 an full court pressure initially gave the second half, better shoot- finding his shooting touch but South Dakota Class B ranks. mance. Kinsey Jahner added 11 fo Parliamentary Procedure officers were also the Ranchers trouble as they The following night the ing and rebounding, they outhis blocked shot was definitely the Nighthawks. Both had tw judged as individuals this event. Each North Dakota. quickly fell behind 12-0.during On top By COLE BENZ37- one of the key moments for the Nighthawk girls downed the scored Hettinger/Scranton 3-pointers. member had specific items in which they had “I’m really interested in bovine reproducRecord Editor to perform during the meeting. Awards are tion, ultrasounds, that kind of thing,” Cronas followed: Tucker Ellingson - Bronze, Zach braugh said. “And with the bigger herd that West River Veterinarian Clinic recently Rickertsen – Silver, Skylynne Cummings – they have up here, I thought it would be a hosted a fourth year veterinary student for a Silver, Mack Buckmier – Bronze, Rebecca good chance to get a lot of repetition in one two week externship. Knutson -Silver, and Jarad Mattis– Silver. spot.” Amanda Cronbraugh traveled more than Rebecca Knutson represented our FFA She was also interested in seeing West Riv800 miles from Ames, Iowa, to Hettinger to chapter in the Demonstration Contest. Demer Vet’s new facility. During Andress’s trip to get a feel for the size of large-animal herds onstrations must be of an agricultural nature Iowa he told her they were working on buildthat roam the prairies of North Dakota. or be related to some facet of agricultural eduing a new clinic, and was observing their Cronbraugh attends Iowa State University cation/FFA. Rebecca demonstrated how to clinic for some ideas. Cronbraugh said she and arrived in Hettinger on Sept. 30 and fin- ways open to hosting vet students, and Cron- observed some similarities during her visit. make a sheep halter out of rope. She has pracbraugh kept his contact information until ished her visit on Oct. 7. ticed this demonstration several times and Cronbraugh also took time to observe “It’s a great place,” Cronbraugh said of she was ready for the clinical rotations. has taught other FFA members how to twist some of West River Vet’s processes. One She told The Record that she has never day she hopes to open her own rural, mixed Hettinger and West River Vet. “Everyone and turn a single piece of rope into a halter to been to vet practices outside of Iowa, and animal practice, and was very open to sugthat i’ve met here has been so nice, and help control the feistiest critter. Rebecca did what attracted her to the area for her two- gestions from the staff and picked up some they’ve been willing to let me practice.” a wonderful job and received a Silver Award. Her trip to North Dakota is just one of week visit was the large herds of cattle in ideas she will keep in mind when she finishes Skylynne Cummings tackled the Extempoabout 25 two-week clinical rotations she North Dakota. raneous Public Speaking Contest. Articles are school. “There’s a lot more in one area up here must complete to finish her Doctor of Veteripreviously selected from farm and ranch pubCronbraugh will returned to Iowa for her as compared to back home, I thought that next rotation, and will graduate the first nary Medicine degree. lications and other publications which have Cronbraugh first met Dr. Ethan Andress would be neat to see,” Cronbraugh said. stories relating to agriculture, FFA, and leadweekend of May 2017. She’s accustomed to seeing herds with and his family by chance a few years ago. Anership development. Participants select one When she’s done with her education, she dress and his family were in Iowa on a trip 70 to 100 head, and during her stay she was hopes to become the main person at a clinic of these articles and create a speech. They are and went to the Iowa State campus to visit able to work with herds of up to 300 head of that works with ultrasound procedures, begiven 30 minutes of preparation time. Their the vet clinic, and Cronbraugh, a second year cattle. speech is then to be delivered between 4 - 6 fore pursuing her longterm goal of ownerOriginally from Marengo, Iowa, Cron- ship. student at the time, happened to be the perminutes in length. Skylynne did an amazing braugh said she is most interested in bovines son available to give them a tour. job and received a Silver Award. “Hopefully, eventually I want to own my and the use of ultrasound machines dur- own practice and be as progressive as pos“It was a really random thing,” CronMadelyn Larson was our FFA Creed contesing pregnancies, which is why she thought sible in a rural practice, and just give back to braugh said. During the tour, Andress said they are al- it would be a good opportunity to come to the community,” Cronbraugh said. FFA Page 3
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