812-Lancmt«r Farming, Saturday, November 8,1986
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - More
than 20,000 young people who
believe there is a future in
agriculture will meet in Kansas
City, Mo., Nov. 13 to 15 at the
National Future Farmers of
America Convention.
These vocational agriculture
students will challenge themselves
and recognize the FFA’s highest
young achievers in many areas of
agriculture at the world’s largest
annual youth convention.
This 59th annual national con
vention will feature an address
from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Richard Lyng, motivational
speaker Bob Moawad, and Bruce
Jenner, Olympic decathlon
champion.
Other highlights for FFA
members coming from every state
include the naming of the top FFA
members and programs in 29
proficiency award areas, in
prepared and extemporaneous
speaking and in 10 national FFA
contests.
Friday afternoon the American
Fanner degree the highest
degree earned by FFA members
will be awarded to 735 recipients
representing the top 3 percent of
FFA membership.
1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m.
7:45
7:45
8:00
a.m.-11:30 a.m.
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a.m.-5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:00 Noon
12:00 Noon
12:00 Noon
12:00 Noon
12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Over 20,000 FFA'ers Will Attend National Convention
FFA members from Penn
sylvania receiving American
Farmer degrees are: John
Haldeman, Annville; Edwin
Hostetter, Annville; Laurie Duran,
Bulger; Jeffery Kennedy, Butler;
James Foertsch, Butler; Gail
Lehman, Elizabethtown; David
Feidt, Elizabethville; Jay Andrus,
Granville Summit; Todd Miller,
Hamburg; Michael Pflieger,
Hopeland; Stephen Haagen,
Howard; David Rice, Jr., Kemp
ton; H. Stephen Main, Jr., Lan
caster; Deborah Palmer, Little
Marsh; Lyle Sherman, Mansfield;
Donald Carter, McDonald;
Timothy Wetzel, Middleburg;
Scott Troutman, Mohrsville;
Brandon Weary, Newville; Esther
Shelatree-Borchert, Parker; C.
Andrew Hess, Robesonia; and
Mervin Keagy Washington Boro.
Two Delaware FFA’ers, Dean
Stotler, Clayton, and James
Masten, Smyrna, will also receive
American Farmer Degrees.
American Farmer Degree
recipients from Maryland are:
Larry Johnson, Damascus; Brian
Glass, Emmitsburg; William Allen
111, Jefferson; Sarah Osborn,
Keymar; Mark Harman,
Sabillasville; Dennis Long,
1986 National Convention Highlight Schedule
Wednesday, November 12
FFA Alumni Convention—H. Roe Bartle
National Agricultural Career Show—H. Roe
Bartle
Delegate Business Session—Municipal
Auditorium
FFA Alumni Banquet—H. Roe Bartle
Vespers Program—Municipal Auditorium
Thursday, November 13
Livestock Contest—American Royal/KC
Stockyards
Floriculture Contest (Part I) —Swope Park
Forestry Contest (Part I) —H. Roe Bartle
National Agricultural Career Show—H. Roe
Bartle
Farm Business Management Contest—Hyatt
Regency
Nursery/Landscape Contest (Part I) —H. Roe
Bartle
Dairy Foods Contest—Hyatt Regency
Convention Opening Session—Municipal
Auditorium
—Special Audio-visual Presentation
—Convention Kick-off Speaker
—National Chapter Safety Awards
Forestry Contest (Part II) —Swope Park
Dairy Contest—American Royal Arena
Proficiency Awards (29) Luncheon —Vista
(judging follows)
Star Luncheon —Kansas City Club (judging
follows)
Agricultural Mechanics Contest —Fort Osage
Vo-Tech School
Educational Tours—Kansas City Area
Meats Contest —Safeway Distribution Center
Leadership Workshop Conducted by the FFA
Alumni —H. Roe Bartle
Nursery/Landscape Contest (Part II) —Swope
Park
Second Convention Session—Municipal
Auditorium
—Guest Speaker
—National FFA Chapter Awards
—Distinguished Service Citations
—National Extemporaneous Public
Speaking Contest
—Delegate Business Session
Floriculture Contest (Part II) —H. Roe Bartle
Leadership Workshop conducted by the FFA
Alumni—H. Roc Bartle
National FFA Talent Show—Municipal
Auditorium
Third Convention Session —Municipal
Auditorium
American fanner Degrees Awarded
Thurmont; Laura Albaugh,
Walkersville; and Richard Eaves,
Woodsboro.
New Jersey American Farmers
are: Wayne Beal, Jr., Bridgeton;
Kenneth Ingalls, Cream Ridge;
Ross Mills, Princeton; and
Patricia Wentzell, Woodstown.
New York students receiving the
American Farmer Degree are:
William Eastman, Ellisburg;
Marie Erway-Ackley, Genesee,
Pa.; Edward O’Brian, Lisbon;
Wayne Wratten, Madison; Lee
Morrison, Ogdensburg; David
Senn, Randolph; David Kilmar,
Walton; and Calvin Brown,
Waterloo.
Top chapter programs in safety,
community development and
overall activities will also be
recognized.
Thursday evening at the con
vention, the Star Farmer and Star
Agribusinessman Over America
the top two FFA members with
production and agribusiness
programs will be honored.
“The Convention is an exciting
culmination of the year’s
achievements by FFA members
and chapters from every state,
Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico,
and the Virgin Islands,” said Rick
Malir, national FFA president
from Wilson, Kan. “These three
days are a highlight of the
organization as we recognize
ourselves nationally as students in
the agricultural industry.”
Six student national FFA of
ficers elected at the 1985 con
vention will conduct the sessions
and activities of the week.
The convention will use the
national FFA theme,
“FFA...Leaders for the New
Fields of Agriculture” to stress the
many areas of science, business
and communications taught and
practiced through FFA and
NJ. FFA’ers To Attend Convention
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The
New Jersey FFA will be
represented at the 59th National
FFA Convention Nov. 13 to 15th in
Kansas City, Mo., with delegates,
judging contest participants, a
band member, and enthusiastic
members.
This year’s delegates are Dennis
Symons, N.J. FFA state president,
of Allentown, and Maryann Vogt,
N.J. FFA state secretary, of
Medford. They will be involved in
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
8:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
1:00 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
3:00 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m,
7:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
—National FFA Foundation Sponsor
Recognition
—Stars Over America Pageant
Friday, November 14
National Agricultural Career Show—H. Roe
Bartle
Poultry Contest —Hyatt Regency
Fourth Convention Session—Municipal
Auditorium
—Honorary American Farmer Degrees
—VIP Awards
—BO AC Awards
—Guest Speaker, Bob Moawad
Leadership Workshop conducted by the FFA
Alumni—H. Roe Bartle
American Farmer Luncheon —H. Roe Bartle
Leadership Workshop conducted by the FFA
Alumni—H. Roe Bartle
Fifth Convention Session —Municipal
Auditorium
—Guest Speaker, Honorable Richard E
Lyng, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
—American Fanner Degrees
—Alumni Recognition
Leadership Workshop conducted by the FFA
Alumni —H. Roe Battle
National Leadership Dinner for Chapter and
State FFA Officers —H. Roe Battle
National FFA Band and Chorus
Concert—Municipal Auditorium
Sixth Convention Session—Municipal
Auditorium
—National Proficiency Awards (29)
Pageant
—National Prepared Public Speaking
Contest
Saturday, November 15
National Contests Award Breakfasts
Seventh Convention Session —Municipal
Auditorium
—lnternational Activities
—Guest Speaker, Bruce Jenner, Olympic
Gold Medalist
—Announcement of Judging Contest
Winners
Closing Convention Session—Municipal
Auditorium
—Guest Speaker
—Retiring Address, National FFA
President
—Election and Installation of the 1986-87
National FFA Officers
vocational agriculture.
“There’s no doubt agriculture is
facing some major challenges
today,” said national FFA advisor
Larry Case. “But if you’re looking
for the future of this industry, it’s
right here at the National FFA
Convention. These young people
represent the new generation of
leadership that will propel
American agriculture into the 21st
century.”
The National FFA Alumni
Convention and The National
Agricultural Career Show are
scheduled in conjunction with the
convention.
the business sessions of the con
vention.
FFA is an organization of
students preparing for careers in
the agricultural industry. Ac
tivities and award programs
complement instruction in
vocational agnculture/agnbusi
ness by giving students practical
experience in the application of
agricultural skills and knowledge
gained in the classroom.