Mississinawa Valley-MVCTC FFA chapter attended Ohio’s State FFA Convention
The Mississinawa Valley FFA chapter attended Ohio’s State FFA Convention on April 30-May 1st 2015. The Convention was held at the Ohio State fairgrounds. Members that attended the Convention were: Zach Dirmeyer, Hunter Coning, Brad Slyder, Levi Livingston, Tom Schmitz, Kyler Mote, Will Hall, Dominic Rammel, Landon Garber, Hope Jankowski, Kaelyn marker, Shelby Manning, Darin Miller, Kasey Hummel, Shaiann Livingston, Kelsie Hunt, Olivia Murphy, Sidnie Hunt, Madison Stachler, Natalie Wuebker, Leslie Dirksen, and Megan Wilson.
At the second convention session Thursday evening, Chelsea Skidmore received the second place proficiency award for Dairy Production Entrepreneurship. Skidmore’s SAE consisted of 26 dairy cows and heifers. Some achievements through her SAE included Junior Champion Brown Swiss heifer in both the Junior and Open shows at the Ohio State Fair and Junior Supreme Champion heifer at the Great Darke County Fair. Skidmore plans to further expand her SAE this year by breeding for high-type heifers and good milk production.
On Friday, the students attended the fourth session where officers who received gold ratings were announced. 2013-2014 officers Secretary Kasey Hummel and Treasurer Leslie Dirksen all received gold ratings. The chapter was also recognized for donating to the two state FFA charities Children’s Hospital and CROP/Church World Services.
That evening the students went to the final session of the convention. At this session, the state FFA degree recipients were announced. The FFA chapter had five recipients this year: Levi Livingston, Kaelyn Marker, Brad Slyder, Kasey Hummel, and Heather Dirksen
The students had a great time as always, and are looking forward to next year’s Ohio State FFA Convention. The Mississinawa Valley FFA is proud of all award winners and wishes them luck in the future.
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