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West Snyder FFA Members Earn SUN Area Degrees
BEAVER SPRINGS (Snyder
Co.) West Snyder FFA Chap
ter hosted the SUN Area FFA
fall meeting Thursday, Nov. 9 in
the high school auditorium.
At the meeting, Chuck Kess
ler, son of Charles and Jan Kess
ler of Beavertown, was named
Snyder County Star Farmer.
This award is given to the
member who has shown pre
miere leadership and an out
standing supervised occupational
experience program in Snyder
County. Chuck serves as an as
sistant officer for the West Snyd
er FFA Chapter.
Chuck has attended the Na
tional FFA Convention where he
was a presenter at the National
PALS Conference and the Penn
sylvania FFA State Legislative
Leadership Conference. He has
exhibited his dairy animals, as
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lambs at the Beaver Community
Fair.
Three West Snyder FFA mem
bers also received their SUN
Area FFA degrees at the SUN
Area FFA fall meeting. Those
West Snyder FFA members in
cluded Chuck Kessler, Jason
Brosius, and Laura Knepp. In
order to receive the SUN Area
FFA Degree, members must have
completed two years of agricul
tural courses and earned or in
vested at least $5OO or worked at
least 300 hours in a supervised
agricultural experience (SAE)
project. Members must partici
pate in two programs presented
to the public and represented the
chapter above the area level.
The SUN Area FFA fall meet
ing was chaired by SUN Area
FFA President Kate Heeter of
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Other West Snyder FFA mem
bers who serve as SUN Area
FFA officers and participated in
the meeting include Heather
Hollenbach; reporter, Melissa
McWilliams; student adviser,
and James Wright; chaplain.
Heidi Good, a graduate of West
Snyder FFA who is serving as
north central regional vice presi
dent for the Pennsylvania FFA
Association, gave a motivational
speech to the members at the
meeting.
The Honorary SUN Area FFA
Degree was presented to Mrs.
Jaci Hamer, Line Mountain FFA
adviser. The West Snyder team
which presented the honorary
degree included Andrew Krearn
er; president, Doug Hoilenbach;
vice president, Victoria Adams;
secretary, Derek Fetterolf; trea
surer, Jenna Briggs; report
er, and Tiffany Esbenshade;
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West Snyder FFA member Chuck Kessler, right, was
awarded the Snyder County Star Farmer award recently.
He was congratulated by Ken Boyer, West Snyder High
School principal.
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