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FFALabor Auction

Over$7,300wasraisedfromthisyear’slaborand silentauctionsatourFFAbanquet.Thismoney isusedforalumnischolarships,awards,trip expenses,andotherchapterneeds.

10studentgroupsdonated8hoursoftheirtime aslaborinexchangetoearnthechaptermonetary donationstoassistwiththe2026-2027school year.Wewouldliketoextendourgratitude toourauctioneer,MartyOsentoskiandour generousbuyers.

ThankyoutoourLaborAuctionsupporters: BuchholzTransport,SeasonsChange, CarlaGnagey,StevenKreider,WA HerfordandSons,DelcathFarms-Nick Protzman,JoelandJannaFritz.

TheDeKalbOutstandingSeniorAward

TheDeKalbOutstandingSeniorAwardgoestothemostoutstandingseniormember(s)oftheFFAandissponsored byBayerCropSciences.Therecipientsthisyearhaveserved ourchapterinofficerpositions,participatedincountless conferences,contests,andconventions,mettheminimumnumberofcommunityservicehours,andembodyour chaptermotto,“ExcellenceisExpected”allfiveyearsoftheirFFAcareer. Congratulationstothisyear’srecipient,MadisonScaddan.

TheBuildingour MichiganCommunities awardisgiventothose individuals,businesses, ororganizationswho demonstrateexemplary servicetoFFAchapters intheirrespective state.Nominationsare submittedonbehalf ofthechapterofficer teamandvotedonat aregularFFAmeeting. Thisyear, Andrew Fahrner wasselected asthe2026recipient fortheircommitment ofserviceand dedicationtoourFFA program.

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Scholarships

Bill McCabe BillMcCabe

Memorial Scholarship MemorialScholarship

GiveninhonorofBillMcCabewhowishedascholarshipbegiveninhisnamefirst tohisgrandchildren,thentodeservingFFAstudentstoaidintheirpostsecondary educationexpenses.KellyRichmond(daughterofBillMcCabe)presentedthisaward to LakynKrohn.

Richmond Brothers RichmondBrothers FarmsScholarship

MikeandKenRichmondsponsorascholarshiptostudentswhowillbepursuing acareerinagricultureorfabricationindustries.Thisyeartheyselected Grant BuchholzandMariamShupe astherecipientoftheirscholarship.

KayleeShaw,CharlotteScaddan,LukeGood,AshleyGentry,andDaveArmbruster.

PhotoCredit:TraciWeisenbach.

HuronCounty DairyPromotions

TeryanaStrickland,AshleyGentry,GaryProtzman(HuronCounty DairyPromotionsRepresentative).PhotoCredit:TraciWeisenbach.

This scholars

Thisscholarshipwas formerlyknownasthe HuronCountyDairy PromotionScholarship. Thespiritofhislegacy carriesoverasitprioritizes studentswhohaveshown extensiveagricultural educationexperienceand thosewhowillbepursuing thatasafuturecareerfield. AshleyGentry willbe attendingMichiganState UniversitytostudyAnimal Industries,and Teryana Strickland willbe attendingSaginawValley StateUniversitytopursue biology/pre-veterinary medicine.

Intotalthisyear,ourseniors wereawarded$24,500 dollarsinscholarships.

Donand DonnaWheeler DonandDonnaWheeler Excellence in Leadership Award ExcellenceinLeadershipAward

DonandDonnaWheelerwerepivotalfiguresintheLakerFFAchapterforover 40years.Bothinvestingtheirheartandsoulsforthebenefitofourstudents, programandcommunity. KayleeShaw and CharlotteScaddan receive thisscholarshipintheirhonor.

Dave McBride DaveMcBride Memorial Scholarship MemorialScholarship

DaveMcBrideservedasourLakerFFAAlumnipresidentforover25years;his goalwastoequipourchapterwithwhattheyneedinordertosucceed.Inhonor ofhislegacy,theLakerFFAAlumniwillhandoutascholarshipinhishonor. Luke Good wastherecipientofhisscholarship.

JamesHerford

Memorial Scholarship MemorialScholarship

Asaforeverfriend,supporterandadvocateoftheLakerFFAandagriculture, theJamesHerfordMemorialScholarshipishandedouttostudentswhowill continue.Thefamilyselected AshleyGentry asthisyear’srecipient.

Washington

Leadership Conference LeadershipConference

TheETLAgriculturalLegacyFundsawardedfourstudentstheopportunity toattendtheWashingtonLeadershipConferenceasapartofanimmersive experienceinournation’scapitalinregardstoservicelearning.JeffLeipprant awardedeachstudentwiththeirscholarshiponbehalfofhisfamily.

OliviaHooper,IzzyPrill,GraciePrillandSydneyProtzman will beattendingthisyear’sconferenceinJune.

EschLandscaping

MattEschbeganthisscholarshipaftergraduatingfromMichiganState University,uponstartinghislandscapingbusiness,EschLandscapingineffort todrawfuturestudentstotheprofession.Thisyear JacobHerman was awardedthisscholarship.

KellyRichmond,LakynKrohn,MariamShupe,GrantBuchholz,andMikeRichmond.

PhotoCredit:TraciWeisenbach.

OliviaHooper,IzzyPrill,JeffLeipprandt,GraciePrill,andSydneyProtzman. PhotoCredit:TraciWeisenbach.

CreguerFamily Scholarship

Inhonorofafamily legacyanchoredin leadershipandservice totheircommunity. Inanefforttogive backtotheLaker community,they sponsorascholarship forastudentwho exemplifiesthesame values.Thisyear’s recipientis Nicole Williams.

JuliaHopeLeadership Award JuliaHopeLeadershipAward

JuliaHopeVoelkerwasaformerLakerFFAmemberwhoserved asastateFFAofficer.ShebelievedFFAstoodfor“Faith,Family,and Agriculture”.RecipientsofthisawardmustexemplifyhermottoofFFA. MariamShupe wasthisyear’sawardwinner.

Heck Family Memorial Scholarship HeckFamilyMemorialScholarship

InmemoryoftheHeckFamily,localfriendsoftheirsstartedascholarshipintheirname.Both wereknownfortheirbehindthescenesworkandappreciationforthetrades. NoahSmith receivedthisaward.Hismother,BrendaSmithacceptedthisawardonhisbehalf.

Linda Keefer Scholarship LindaKeeferScholarship

Knownforherloveofeducationandcommunityservice,LindaKeeferservedourprogram and communitywellherentirelife.Anotherpillarofoursuccessfor25years;tocelebrateherlife anddedicationtoourchapter,ourFFAAlumniwillawardastudentinhername.Therecipient ofthisscholarshipis AllisonWilliams.

Travis Paul Baur TravisPaulBaur Memorial Scholarship MemorialScholarship

TravisBaurwasanactiveFFAmemberduringhishighschool career.ThehighlightsofhiscareerwerereceivinghisstateFFA degree,beingonastatewinningAgronomyteamandcompeting atnationals,aswellascountlesschaptereventsandcommunity servicefunctions.Fourstudentsreceivedhisscholarshipthisyear: MichaelBruce,MariamShupe,HannahSchember.

The goal of this scholarship is to recognize students who

gpg seekopportunitiestobecomeagentsofchangeinthe arenaoffoodscarcity.Thisisthefirstyearthisscholarship hasbeengiven. FaithHazardPrill and Anna Brooks wereawardedthisscholarshipbyBurtKeefer.

TAAZ Seed SalesScholarship TAAZSeedSalesScholarship

TomandAnneZielarelocalBeck’sseedsalesrepresentativesandFFA supporters;inordertogivebacktoourprogramtheybeganascholarship forour5yearmembers.Thisyear, LakynKrohn receivedBeck’sYield InnovationsScholarshipand AshleyGentry receivedtheirscholarship.

HuronCountyCornGrowers

he Huron County Corn Growers Association sponsors scholarships to

TheHuronCountyCornGrowersAssociationsponsorsscholarshipsto areastudentswhohavededicatedtheirtimeinanFFAprogramthrough leadershipandSAEdevelopment.

NathanRadomski receivedoneoffivescholarshipsonbehalfoftheir organization.

LakerFFA

Thechaptergivesoutscholarshipstoindividualswhodemonstrated excellenceintheirinvolvementthroughouttheir5yearFFAcareers. CongratulationsAubreeBouck,CadenCarriveau,Logan Hurren,andLeviRenn.

ThumbBank &Trust -Agriculture Scholarship

LakynKrohn received thelongeststanding scholarshipgivenoutat ourbanquet,sponsoredby ThumbBankandTrustand presentedbyPattiReinhardt.

NicoleWilliams,Mrs.HaleyCucinello. PhotoCredit:TraciWeisenbach.

LakynKrohn,NathanKrohn,TomZiel,AshleyGentry.PhotoCredit:TraciWeisenbach.

BrendaSmith,AllisonWilliams,MariamShupe,andDonWheeler. PhotoCredit:TraciWeisenbach.

MrsHaley,LoganHurren,CadenCarriveau,LeviRennandAubreeBouck. PhotoCredit:TraciWeisenbach.

LakynKrohnandPattieReinhardt. PhotoCredit:TraciWeisenbach.

MichaelBruce,MrsHaley,Hannah Schember,MariamShupe. PhotoCredit:TraciWeisenbach.

AnnaBrooks,BurtKeefer,FaithHazardPrill. PhotoCredit:TraciWeisenbach.

HueschenScholarship

Whilenotanagriculturebasedscholarship,theGordonandLouiseHueschen Scholarshipisawardedtostudentsfortheiracademicpursuitinthesciencefield.This yearthreestudentswereawardedthisfullridescholarshipforfouryearstoMichigan StateUniversity.AllthreerecipientswereLakerFFAmembers.

Congratulations,AvaGardy,SarahSteinman,andMadisonScaddan.

AvaGardy,SarahSteinman,MadisonScaddan,JonGood(Principal).

StateWinning Skills ContestTeams StateWinningSkillsContestTeams

AgricultureCommunications

IntheAgricultureCommunicationscontest,studentsaretaskedtotakeacommunicationand writingmechanicstestbasedonAPAformat.Thenstudentsparticipateina30minutepress conferencewheretheycompileinformationfortheirindividualpracticumareas:Magazine LayoutandDesign,BlogPostandSocialMediaPostandJournalisticWriting.

AllisonWilliams(topindividualforsocialmediadesignpracticum), MadisonScaddan(9thplaceindividualforfeaturestorypracticum), LaurenGordon(10thindividualformagazinedesignpracticum)and PaulineGregoirewerenamedtheStateWInnersandwillcompeteatthe NationalFFAConventionthisfall.

StateRunner-Up Skills ContestTeams StateRunner-UpSkillsContestTeams

PoultryEvaluation

ThePoultryEvaluationcontestallowsstudentstheopportunitytoshowcasetheirabilitiesinthe widefieldofpoultryscience.Participantsarejudgedontheirabilitytojudgeeggs,productionbirds, readytoeatbirds,chickenpattiesaswellasidentifybreeds,anatomicalpartsanddiseases. OurteamwasnamedtheStateWinnerandwascomposedof:OliviaHooper (topindividualofthecontest),SamanthaDeOliveira(2ndplaceindividualofthe contest),PyperBraunandEvalynZagorski(tiedfor3rdoverallindividualsin thecontest)

ThisteamwillcompeteattheNationalFFAConventionthisOctoberin Indianapolis,Indiana.

AgricultureCommunications:SadieSteinman,LeilaStone, LydiaRokicki,JudyEberly PoultryEvaluation:SkylarSteinman,OliviaRedmond,OliviaDelmotte,PaigeHoretski

Discovery Degree

TherecipientsoftheDiscoveryDegreeareasfollows: GemmaBraun,AmeliaBresler,GageBritt,IsaacBrown,BrooklynnBursick,LeahClouse,MaelinCraig,SophieCulp,NatalieDamm, NadiaDietzel,LennonDonnelly,ParkerEssenmacher,AliviaGarrett,AnnistynGrundman,ColeGwisdalla,McKinleyHartwick,Aubree Hurren,ColeIgnash,KaseyKain,MarshallKiehl,AubreyKubacki,KaydenLisowski,LayneMallory,MasonMaurer,Dillon McCarty,Raelynn McGathy,AsherMiller,CameronMoolhuizen,DevinNuncio,ClaraO’Connor,IsabellaPillars,GavinPrill,EmilyRedmond,AdelynReibling, EmmaReibling,RiyahRitter,JacksonRosenthal,BrookeSchaefer,SamuelSchember,AubreySmith,AvaStormzand,NeveahStormzand, CraigStreeter,JRStarlet,TaylorSophie,UrickMaciWiederhold,BraylenWiggins,VioletZagorski.

Greenhand Degree

TherecipientsoftheGreenhandDegreeareasfollows: MaKenzieBarnes,RyanBohland,DrakeBrowne,DrewBrowne,DylanBruce,Khloe Carriveau,EastonChampagne,TalonCook,KyleDorsch,JudithEberly,Emma Engelhardt,JamesGilbert,LaurenGordon,WalterHaag,HoganHalvorsen,Caydian Heilig,WyattHerman,MiaAngelicaHernandezLopez,KloeiKady,ElianaKirkham, TrentLasceski,MichaelLondon,JonahMantey,JaylaMaurer,HayleeMiller,Gabriel Mossner,AdalineOrlik,MarshallPrill,KendylReehl,JesseRenn,KaiLeeScherret, EmmaSchulte,BrynleySchulze,EvanSpearing,RyleeSteinman,LaneStreiter,Joshua Tobias,ValeriaTrujilloGarcia,CollinVanValkenburgh,DanikaWeiderhold,Elektra Wheeler,EthanYackle,WyattZagorski.

Chapter Degree

TherecipientsoftheChapterDegreeareasfollows: EvanBraun,PrestonBraun,ParkerBritt,SamanthaBurack,BraydenCraig, SamanthaDeOliveria,EmmaDelmotte,BellaErb,EmmaFritz, KhloeGenow, NicholeHaag,JaxonHurren,BradyIseler,MaesonKady,FalynKreider,LeeAnn Kubacki,AdalynneLange,GraciePrill,IzzyPrill,SydneyProtzman,Nathalia Ramirez,AbigailRedmond,OwenReibling,JuliaShupe,BraadynSmith,Chase Swartzendruber,ReidZimmerman.

Outstanding Junior Degree JuniorDegree

TherecipientsoftheOutstandingJuniorDegreeareasfollows: MichaelBruce,GrantBuchholz,CadenCarriveau,EliDubs,UltanDunn,Ava Gardy,PaulineGregorie,LoganHurren,NathanRadomski,LeviRenn,Faustin Therer,NicoleWilliams,AubreeBouck,AnnaBrooks,MacKennaEmerson, AshleyGentry,LukeGood,FaithHazardPrill,JacobHerman, LakynKrohn,Ella Sabotka,CharlotteScaddan,MadisonScaddan,HannahSchember,KayleeShaw, MariamShupe,NoahSmith,SarahSteinman,TeryanaStrickland,AllisonWilliams, StephenZagorski.

StateFFA Degree StateFFADegree

TherecipientsoftheStateFFADegreeareasfollows: AedanDuggan,ZacFritz,MaKennaHurren,CharlotteKayser, Riley McIntosh,OliviaRedmond,BennetSchlieper,MorganBlair, PyperBraun, OliviaDelmotte,HenryHaag,OliviaHooper,PaigeHoretski,Hesston Keim,NoahMay,AvaMorell,MatthewMurdoch,EvanOlson,Lydia Rokicki,SadieSteinman,SkylarSteinman,LeilaStone,LucasWehner,Eva Zagorkski.