A44-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 20, 1993
Eastern Region V.P. On To Chicago To Promote National FFA Week
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
BLOOMVILLE, Ohio Rick
Perkins, national FFA eastern reg
ion vice president, never intended
to be an FFA member.
Before he entered ninth grade,
he tried to convince FFA advisor
Tom Gerschutz, at the Sentinel
Vocational School in Tiffin, Ohio,
that FFA simply wasn’t in Rick’s
plans to eventually study and prac
tice law.
But Gerschutz and
instructor Roland Zim
merman convinced Rick
it was the right thing to
do (after all, Rick’s
three brothers. Dan, 40,
Mike, 38, and Bob. 36
were all FFA members).
As a result, after five
years of involvement in
the organization, Rick
said he has used his
diverse experiences in
FFA to help in his deci
sion to eventually spe
cialize in agriculture
and law.
Rick has been busy in
Washington, D.C. the
past week along with
several other national
FFA officers to kick off
National FFA Week,
which begins today and
lasts through next Satur
day. The officers will be
a part of two groups,
according to Rick
one will stay in
Washington and meet
with representatives and
senators on Capitol Hill.
The other will conduct a
media blitz in Chicago,
meeting with Orien
Samuelson on his syndi
cated TV show and to
meet Chicago Board of
Trade and Mercantile
Exchange executives.
Rick, on the Chicago
team, will also woik to
promote Sprayer Tune-
Up Week by taking part
in sprayer safety talks
and demonstrations.
Rick said the officers
will be on hand to talk
about FFA and show
how the organization
“can make a difference
in the lives of young
people.” In meeting
with key agricultural
industry leaders. Rick
said there is a clear need
for young people to “be
communicators, to com
municate with the publ
ic on issues related to
consumers and different
business issues.
“We need to be tak
ing a more proactive
role in the industry,” he
said.
Rick cited the recent
FFA Japan tour which
emphasized the need for
communication in the
global marketplace.
For his own career
direction, Rick said
FFA “changed my
life.” The organization
provided Rick with
direction and “common
sense.” FFA provides
hands-on learning
experiences, “the best
way to leant things,”
As part of his FFA experiences
in high school. Rick managed
more than 100 head of registered
Hampshire sheep. He also raised
beef cattle. Raised on his family
farm. Rick helps manage 200 acres
of grains and hay, including soy
beans. com, wheat, oats, and
alfalfa.
Rick is a freshman at Ohio State
University, where he is majoring
in ag economics with a minor in
political science. He said someday
he wants to work in the White
House, and is watching closely
what the policies of the Clinton
administration will be toward
agriculture.
FFA members in high schools
throughout the country will prom
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During the week and through
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advantage of leadership opportuni
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development
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