J U L Y – A U G U S T - S E P T E M B E R I S S U E

Riverside FFA

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President James Walters

Vice President Tanner Wiley

Secretary Morgan Robinson

Treasurer Ella Jackson

Reporter Karli Lump

Sentinel Justin Weeks

Student Advi-

sors

Chris Cox

Lauren Huffman

Chaplain Bill Walter

2012-2013 Officer Team

The Riverside FFA Chapter Would like To Welcome The New Student Teacher!!!

Miss. Finch

Miss Finch was Involved with FFA all throughout high school

at Ben Logan. She was the first junior to be elected presi-

dent of the Ben Logan FFA Chapter. Ms. Finch has earned

her State FFA Degree and the American Degree. While as a

student in the FFA her SAE’s projects included goats and dog

breeding. She is currently enrolled at The Ohio State Univer-

sity and was selected to come to Riverside to do her in-

ternship. We are glad To have Miss Finch as our student

teacher.

Issue 1

What are your responsibilities as an

officer?

To lead the chapter and keep Mr.

Sammetinger and Miss Finch out of

trouble

What are your favorite hobbies?

FFA, NHS, Interact, Church, Politics

INTERVIEWS

What is your officer position?

President

What grade are you in?

Senior

How long have you been in FFA?

4 years

What is your SAE?

Gardening

What is your favorite thing about FFA?

National Convention

What Ag classes are you enrolled in?

Greenhouse Management

What are your goals for this year?

To enjoy my senior & to lead the FFA members in

the right direction.

What is your officer position?

Vice President

What grade are you in?

Senior

How long have you been in FFA?

4 years

What is your SAE project?

School crops

What is your favorite thing about FFA?

National convention

What Ag class are you enrolled in?

Green house and landscape management

What are your goals for this year?

State degree

What are your responsibilities as an officer?

To help other officers with their needs & assist the president

What are your favorite hobbies?

Fishing, hunting, playing guitar and piano

Join The Fun In The Class Room!!!

Need anything cooked?

We can in our solar ovens!

In June five of our FFA members

went to FFA camp. We all had a

blast!!! At camp we swam,

danced, had camp fires, hiked,

shot guns, went paintballing,

and had leadership sessions.

We met so many people from

different FFA chapters in Ohio.

We left on Monday morning

and we returned on Friday. Mr.

Sammetinger was late in picking

us up…..of course, but we all

made it home alive and we

can’t wait to do it again next !!!

year.

FFA camp!!

Logan County Fair

Riverside FFA members brought many

projects to the fair this year. Including

woodworking, welding , electricity, and

animal projects. FFA members won

many ribbons and trophies for their pro-

jects. We also had the opportunity to

work the lamb & pork booth & the beef

booth.

Ohio legislative leadership Conference

On Wednesday, September 26th, the Riverside FFA Officer Team attended

the 1st annual Ohio FFA Legislative Leadership Conference (OLLC) held at the Ohio

State House in Columbus. The conference began with a presentation by a lobbyist

for the Ohio Farm Bureau about how FFA members can influence their elected

officials on agricultural issues. Following that we participated in a political simula-

tion put on by the Vice-President of the Farm Bureau. We had the opportunity to

toured the State House. We saw many sights including the House of Representa-

tives Chamber, the Senate Chamber, the Governor’s Office, and the Map Room.

After the tour we were welcomed and listened to a speech by Governor John

Kasich spoke to the FFA members about why he values agricultural education and

FFA. Next, ate lunch with many of our elected officials and listened to remarks by

the Ohio FFA Officer Team. The 1st annual OLLC was a huge success and the offic-

ers had a great time.

The Horticulture & Plant Science class has fin-

ished their unit Soil Science. Student had to

evaluate soil for agriculture use or for develop-

ment. The plant science will be studying plant

biology.

The horticulture class are moving on to study hardscapes and design.

The Ag Engineering class is currently working on the pergola in the court-

yard. The pergola is one of the service learning projects that the FFA will con-

duct this year. They will be studying concrete after the completion of the

pergola.

The Ag Business class is engineering their coffee

tables and will be moving on to ag marketing.

The 8th graders have been working on introduction

to FFA and agriculture.

The animal science class finished their unit on food

science and industry. Now they are currently study-

ing animal nutrition and digestion.

Inside the classroom

W r i t t e n B y : B i l l W a l t e r

F F a C h a p l a i n

October 9th October 10th

November 13th November 14th

December 11th December 12th

January 8th January 9th

February 12th February 13th

March 12th March 13th

April 9th April 10th

May 14th May 15th

Committee Chapter

Upcoming FFA committee

& chapter meetings.

Upcoming Events

District Officer Meeting Oct 2nd

Administration Dinner Oct 10th

FFA Fruit Sales Begins Oct 5th

Greenhand Conference Oct 13th

National Convention October 23rd—26th

Farm Science review On September 18th we attended The 50th annual farm science

review. We walked around and visited the displays. Displays in-

cluded John Deere, Case IH, The Ohio State University, Select

Sires, Monsato, Ohio Soybean Council, Farm Bureau just to list a

fewWe had a great time and we are looking forward to next year.

DeGraff Fair

As a community service

project the Riverside FFA

Chapter helped in the

cleanup process at the

DeGraff Fair. Students

were in charge of empting

the trash cans and cleanup