820-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 13, 1988
Presidents Conference
Leon W; Heisey president of the
Pennsylvania FFA Association,
and Jim Ladlee, state vice presi
dent, were two of more than 100
attended the FFA State Presidents’ Conference, July 25-29
In Washington, D.C.
Seated are Leon W. Helsey, left, president; and James R.
Ladlee, vice-president. The National FFA Officers leading
the conference are, standing from left, BUI Hollis, central
region vice president; Dunn LeDoux, southern region vice
president; Kelli Evans, national president; Kevin Ochsner,
national secretary; Terri Names, western region vice presi
dent, and Mickey McCall, eastern region vice president.
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state FFA officers who met recen
tly with President Ronald Reagan.
The White House meeting high
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Presidents’ Conference in the
nation’s capital. The conference,
sponsored by Chevrolet as a spe
cial project of the National FFA
Foundation Inc., is designed to
help newly elected FFA state offic
ers improve their leadership skills
by expanding their knowledge of
FFA and the issues facing Ameri
can agriculture.
Heiscy, 19, is the son of Miriam
Heisey of Manheim, while Lodlee,
19, is the son of Roland and Laura
Ladlee of Smethport.
The State Presidents’ Congres
sional luncheon on Thursday fea
tured remarks from Congressman
Wes Watkins of Oklahoma, and
from E.P. Feely Jr., sales manager
in charge of trucks for Chevrolet
Motor Division. Watkins stressed
the importance of FFA’s role in
developing agricultural
leadership.
Friday morning the officers met
for a special briefing with Secret
ary of Agriculture Richard Lyng
who said “You do a splendid job of
telling the story. You wouldn’t be
here if you weren’t pretty good
communicators. That’s one of the
great things about the FFA is your
ability to communicate well.”
Lyng also explained the drought
relief package that passed both
houses of Congress yesterday to
the group.
During the conference held July
25-29, the stale officers also parti
cipated in leadership workshops,
meetings with their Congressional
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representatives, tours of Washing
ton, D.C., and special presenta
tions about agriculture and the
FFA.
The State Presidents’ meetings
were led by the six-member
national officer team. Kelli Evans,
national FFA president from Hay
es Center, Neb. said, “This confer
ence brings together the top stu
dent leaders from across the coun
try to work toward our common
goal of preparing young people for
Four of today’s most successful
young agricultural entrepreneurs
have been named the National
FFA Organization’s best in pro
duction agriculture for 1988.
J. Richard Speer, 21, Blairs
Mills, Pa.; Clint Oliver, 20, Reids
ville, Ga.; Wesley Eldred, 21, Bel-
lingham, Wash.; and Scott C.
Schclkopf, 22, Strang, Neb., have
been chosen from 713 American
Farmer candidates as the FFA’s
regional Star Farmers.
One of these four will be named
Star Farmer of America at the 61st
National FFA Convention in Kan
sas City, Mo.. Nov. 10-12, 1988.
Each year the FFA member having
the top production agriculture
program in the nation is selected to
receive the organization’s highest
honor.
National, state and local FFA
officials select the stars on the
basis of production agriculture
management, the return on invest
ments from their enterprises and
the growth of their programs from
the time of enrollment in high
school agriculture. The stars are
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In conjunction with the confer
ence for the youth leaders, national
meetings were also held for FFA
Alumni state leaders. Both groups
met with representatives from bus
iness, education and government
to discuss issues affecting agricul
tural education.
also judged on their leadership
abilities as demonstrated through
their FFA activities.
J. Richard Speer never worried
about what he wanted to be when
he grew up - he wanted to spend
his life doing the same work as his
dad.
From the time he could walk,
Speer knew he would be a dairy
farmer. He began to realize his
dream when, at the age of eight, his
father gave him his first dairy calf.
Today, the 21 -year-old from Blairs
Mills, Pa., is a partner with his
father on their farm in southcentral
Pcnnsyvlania and has just been
named 1988 FFA Eastern Region
Star Farmer.
The partnership, started in 1985,
now includes two farms totaling
560 acres. Speer and his father,
James H. Speer Jr., milk 63 Hols
tein cows and raise com, oats,
wheat and alfalfa hay.
Speer places special emphasis
on management and accurate
records, knowing their importance
in today’s agricultural
environment.
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