2019 Wrap-Up

2019 Wrap-Up

Land Judging

The chapter dominated at Northeast District Fall CDE day. Land Judging A-Team placed 1st and received the traveling trophy that is in memory of Valley Heights FFA advisor Dan Palmateer. Sarah Grafton led the way placing 1st with Corwin Marten right behind her in 2nd. Amariah Allen also placed 6th. In Homesite Evaluation the team also placed 1st. Carson Adkins snatching 1st with Cowin Marten not far behind, and Jace Hallauer finishing 10th. The champion Nursery and Landscape team had a mighty impressive day. Paige Crouch placed 1st with a perfect ID score! Hope Kebert and Grace Utz were right behind her with Kebert in 2nd and Utz in 4th. Cailin Parks also placed on the top 10 in 9th. For the B-team Nursery and Landscape they also snagged a 1st place finish with 3 members as the top 3 medalists. 1st- Olivia McAsey, 2nd- Katina Bartel, and in 3rd- Bailee Stotts. The B-team land judging teams placed 2nd, 3rd and 6th. Homesite Evaluation B-teams placed 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Holton absolutely dominated!

(In photo, left to right: Sarah Grafton, Amariah Allen, and Corwin Marten)

Area State Land & Homesite CDE

On October 2nd our Holton FFA Chapter competed in the North Central-North East State Land and  Homesite CDEs. This year the location was near Cuba in Republic County. It was a very cool, wet but good day.  The following are team and individual placings along with a team photo.

State Homesite CDE Team, finished 2nd; Slater Skaggs placed 4th, Carson Adkins placed 8th, Corwin Marten placed 10th, and Andrew Williams placed 15th

(In photo, left to right; Andrew Williams, Slater Skaggs, Corwin Marten, and Carson Adkins)

State Homesite CDE Team, finished 3rd;  Sarah Grafton placed 6th, Cecilia Myers placed 9th, Corwin Marten placed 15th, and Amariah Allen placed 21st.

(In photo, left to right; Amariah Allen, Cecilia Myers, Sarah Grafton,and Carson Adkins)

Leadership School

The Northeast District Leadership School, on November 15th, was hosted by Holton FFA at Holton High School.  Over 200 students competed in the very challenging events consisting of Chapter Ritual demonstrations, Greenhand Ritual demonstrations, Chapter Parliamentary Procedure demonstrations, Greenhand Parliamentary Procedure demonstrations, Greenhand FFA Information exams, FFA Leadership Information exams and FFA Parliamentary Procedure Information exams. At the end of a long day, the chapter earned 2nd in FFA Information and 3rd in Chapter Rituals setting them in 1st place.  That means the chapter received the travelling trophy! The chapter par law team swept the competition by getting 1st in FFA Parliamentary Procedure Information and 1st in FFA Parliamentary Procedure demonstration. The freshmen team had a good day placing 4th overall, 5th in Parliamentary Procedure and 7th in Rituals. 

(In photo, from left to right, front: Amariah Allen, Hope Kebert, Chris Roush, Olivia McAsey, Cailin Parks, Grace Utz. Middle: Delaney New, Sarah Grafton, Jarred Bohnenkemper, Isaac Utz, Gavin Barnes. Back: Karoline Tannahill, MaKyna Jacobsen)

Blood Drive

On November 13th, the chapter held the annual blood drive. 63 people signed up to donate and 53 units were collected. There were several first time donors along with many veteran donors. The set-up, recovery table, and clean-up all went smoothly with the help of the members who volunteered their time. Overall the fall blood drive was a success!

(In this photo: Bridget Kucan w/ certificate of units donated)

Fruit Sales

The annual fruit sale fundraiser was kicked off at the October chapter meeting and concluded on November 13th. All items came in just in time to be in the hands of their buyers before Christmas. During the time period to sell members had the opportunity to get out into the community and not only make connections but promote our program. A total of 52 members participated and sold a grand total of 757 Seitz items. We give our thanks to everyone who contributed to purchasing items from members this year!

Christmas Party

At the November chapter meeting it was decided by the chapter to hold the fun night for the quarter as a Christmas Party on December 7th, at 7:00 p.m.  There were 14 members in attendance. While not having a huge turnout those in attendance had a blast. They all participated in a white elephant gift exchange. Once everyone was set with their gifts, it was decided to play board games instead of watching a Christmas movie. The night was full of laughter and a good time was had by all.

(In this photo, from left to right: Sarah Grafton, Mr. Bartel, Noah Bartel, Isaac Utz, Cauy Phillips, Jarred Bohnenkemper, Garett Collins, Elisa Bartel, Hannah Newell, Katina Bartel, & Olivia McAsey)