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L-R:MelissaRogers,MariamShupe,DavidShupe,andNicoleShupe
StateStarFarmer AgricultureProduction
TheMichiganFFAStateStarinAgriculturalProductionrecognizesanoutstandingFFAmemberwhoownsandoperatesasuccessful agriculturalenterpriseaspartoftheirSupervisedAgriculturalExperience(SAE).Candidatesdemonstratestrongmanagement, decision-making,andfinancialskillswhileproducingagriculturalproductssuchascrops,livestock,orothercommodities.Thisaward highlightsstudentswhohaveshownexceptionalcommitment tobuildingandmanagingtheirownagriculturalbusiness.
Congratulations,MariamShupeforbeingnamedthetopState StarFarmer!
StateStarFinalist Agribusiness
Everyyear,theMichiganFFArecognizesmemberswhogoabove and beyondintheirSupervisedAgriculturalExperiences,orSAE’s,intheir respectivecategories.TheStarinAgribusinessawardispresented tothememberwiththetopnonproductionagribusinessSAEin thestateofMichigan.Membersaretodemonstrateoutstanding achievement,undergomultipleinterviews,organizeyears ofSAE records,anddisplayactiveFFAparticipation.
Thisyear,NathanRadomskiwasnamedafinalistintheStateStarin AgribusinessCategorywithhisbusiness:BaldSkullsTaxidermy.
Congratulations,NathanRadomskionbeingnameda StateStarinAgribusinessFinalist!
L-RFront:NathanRadomski
L-R2ndRow:DanRadmonski,AmyRadmonski
L-R3rdRow:JonGood,EPBPHighSchoolPrincipal,HaleyCucinello,LakerFFAAdvisor,Jill VerBurg,EPBPLakerSuperintendent,MarissaPetiprinBall,LakerFFAAdvisor
Agricultural ProficiencyAwards
TheseawardshonorFFAmemberswho,throughtheir supervisedagriculturalexperiences(SAE),havedeveloped specializedskillsthattheycanapplytowardtheirfuture careers.
Thefollowingstudentsreceivedproficiency awards:NathanRadomski-StateWinner, AgriculturalProcessing.MariamShupe-State Gold,BeefProductionEntrepreneurship. RileyMcIntosh-StateGold,DairyProduction Placement.JuliaShupe-StateGold,Specialty CropProduction.OwenReibling-StateSilver, DiversifiedCropProduction.ZacFritz-State Bronze,DiversifiedCropProduction.
MariamShupereceivesStateStarFarmerawardfrom MelissaRogers
Studentswhoparticipate in the Public SpeakingContestpreparea6-8 minutespeechonanagricultureor naturalresourcesrelatedtopic.This contestallowsmemberstoshowcase theirdepthofknowledge,andan opportunitytoparticipateinan officialcontestdesignedtoincrease theirinterestincareereducationin agricultureandtheFFAorganization. SydneyProtzmancompetedin thiscontestwiththetopictitled, ‘ImmigrationPolicyanditsEffectson AgriculturalLabor’.
Congratulations,Sydney Protzmanforreceivinga4th placeGoldaward.
Greenhand Conductof Meetings
Thiscontestisexclusiveto9thgrademembers,intheirfirstofficialyeartocompeteinhigh schoolcontests.Theylearnatotalof11abilities,ofwhich 3arerandomlydrawnandassignedto membersoftheteamtobedemonstratedduringtheirmeeting.Teammembersarethenasked tenquestionstoroundouttheirperformance,aswellastake a10questionexampriortotheir presentation.Thisyear’steamconsistedof:LaurenGordon,JonahMantey,ValTrujilloGarcia,Lane Streiter,EmmaSchulte,KendylReehl,BrynleySchulzeandalternateAddieOrlik. Congratulations,teamonyour5thplaceSilveraward.
L-R:EllianaKirkham,KendylReehl,ValTrujilloGarcia,EmmaSchulte,LaurenGordon,MarshallPrill,BrynleySchulze, JonahMantey,andAddieOrlik
JuniorHighConduct of Meetings JuniorHighConductofMeetings
JuniorHighConductofMeetings-TheJuniorHighConductofMeetings contestisdesignedtopreparejuniorhighstudentsfortheupperlevelcontests, suchasGreenhandConductofMeetingsandParliamentaryProcedure.Justlike thesecontests,studentsmustpassandrejectmotions,aswellasgothrough openingandclosingceremonies.Studentsmusthaveknowledgeof7abilities, butbeabletodemonstrate3duringtheirmeetingandanswerquestionsabout parliamentaryprocedureattheconclusionoftheirmeeting
Ourteamconsistedof:KaydenLisowski,NatalieDamm,Clara O’Connor,RiyahRitter,MaciWiederhold,AdelynReiblingand ParkerEssenmacher,aswellasalternatesGemmaBraunand EmmaReibling.
Congratulationsteamonyour3rdplaceGoldAward!
SydneyProtzman
ElianaKirkham
Agricultural Issues AgriculturalIssues
Teamsparticipatinginthiscontestconsistof3-7FFA memberswheretheyperformaskitdetailinganagricultural issue.Theseskitsarebetweentenandfifteenminutesin lengthandallowsstudentstoshowcasetheircreativityin props,dialog,aswellasknowledge.
Wehadoneteamadvancetothestatelevelcontestto compete.Theirtopicwastitled“HuronCountyFarmland: ToMakeEnergyorGrowFood”,whichfocusedonthe SilverCreekSolarParkthatisbeingproposedinMeade andColfaxTownships.Studentshighlightedtheprimary concernsforfarmers,landowners,andconsumersintheir presentation.
Teammembersare:MadisonScaddan,CharlotteScaddan, KayleeShaw,MariamShupe,AllisonWIlliams,LakynKrohn, StephenZagorskiandNoahSmith.
CongratulationsteamonyourSilveraward.
ParliamentaryProcedure
Thehighestlevelofrunningeffectivemeetings,students demonstrateover12abilitiesthroughouttheirmeeting,while solvingatopicandprovidingdebaterelatedtotheiritemof businesswhichfivearerandomlyassignedmomentspriorto theirpresentation..Studentsalsodemonstratetheirknowledge throughawrittentest,priortodeliveringtheirpresentationto apanelofjudges.
OurteamconsistedofChairman,HesstonKeim, OliviaHooper,SadieSteinman,SkylarSteinman, LydiaRokicki,HenryHaagandEvalynZagorski. Congratulationsteamona4thplaceGoldaward.
AboveL-R:OliviaHooper,Skylar Steinman,HenryHaag,Hesston Keim,EvaZagorski,SadieSteinman, LydiaRokicki
Left:ParliProChairHesstonKeim
Job Interview JobInterview
Studentsinthiscontestselect anageappropriateagriculture career.Thenpreparefora traditionaljobinterview onewouldexperience whenapplyingforaposition. Studentsmustmanagetheir timeina15minuteinterview, aswellasprepareacover
letterandresume.Thisyear AvaGardycompetedinthis contest,andforthepurposes ofthecontest“applied” toZwemmerDairyasa “LivestockCareIntern”. AvareceivedaSilver award!
TheFFA Creed Contest TheFFACreedContest
TheFFACreedContest-Thecreedcontestisfor7-9gradestudents tomemorizethefiveparagraphcreed.Studentsaretomemorizethe FFACreedexactlyasitiswritten;forthiscontesttheyarescoredbased onpersuasion,voiceinflectionandaccuracyaswellasansweringthree questionsattheconclusionoftheirperformance.
Congratulations,RyleeSteinmanonaStateSilveraward!
L-R:LakynKrohn,AllisonWilliams,MariamShupe,CharlotteScaddan,Stephen Zagorski,MadisonScaddan,KayleeShaw
RyleeSteinman
AvaGardy
Delegates
Everyyear,aselectfewstudentsarechosen torepresenttheLakerFFAChapterin adelegatevotingprocess.Delegatesthis yearexperiencedahousesessionatour state’scapitol,andwereabletobeon theHousefloor,andrecognized2House ofRepresentativeswiththeirHonorary MichiganFFADegree.OnFriday,they listenedtothespeechesofthestateofficer candidates,thenvotedtoinstallthe20262027StateFFAOfficerteam.
ThisyearJuliaShupe,Riley McIntosh,andOwenReibling representedtheLakerFFA asdelegatesattheStateFFA Convention.
L-R:JuliaShupe,OwenReibling,RileyMcIntosh
StateFFA Degree StateFFADegree
ThecovetedStateDegreeis oneofthemostprestigious awardsthatanFFAmember canreceive,rightundertheir AmericanDegree.
Thisyearthefollowing earnedthecoveted
StateFFADegree: AubreeBouck,Anna Brooks,MichaelBruce, GrantBuchholz,Caden Carriveau,EliDubsPeterson,UltanDunn, MacKennaEmerson, AvaGardyAshley
Outstanding Junior Degree JuniorDegree
MemberswhohaveaGPA of2.5orhigher,participated inatleast1activityabove thechapterlevelandhave 10communityservicehours qualifyfortheirOutstanding JuniorDegree.
Thefollowingreceived theirawardat conventionthisyear: MorganBlair,Pyper Braun,OliviaDelmotte,
AedanDuggan,Zachary Fritz,HenryHaag,Olivia Hooper,PaigeHoretski, HesstonKeim,Noah May,RileyMcIntosh, AvaMorell,Matthew Murdoch,EvanOlson, OliviaRedmond,Lydia Rokicki,SadieSteinman, SkylarSteinman,Leila Stone,JaydenSzarenski, LucasWehner,Evalyn Zagorski.
A true leader thinks more of the Atrueleaderthinksmoreofthe name on the back of his jacket than nameonthebackofhisjacketthan the one on the front. theoneonthefront.
Congratulations to the Congratulationstothe Laker FFA LakerFFA for a successful year at the forasuccessfulyearatthe State Convention! StateConvention!
Gentry,LukeGood, JacobHerman,Logan Hurren,LakynKrohn, NathanRadomski (Gold),LeviRenn, CharlotteScaddan, MadisonScaddan, KayleeShaw,Mariam
Shupe(Gold),Noah Smith,SarahSteinman, TeryanaStrickland, AllisonWilliams(Silver), NicoleWilliams, StephenZagorski
