On Monday March 1st the Central Oregon, Strawberry Mountain, and Mount Hood FFA Districts gathered in Bend, Oregon, for the Sectionals Leadership Contest. Avery Overton, Joe Carlon, Jon Sprague, Raven Waldron, Kori Worthington, Shayne Dinger, Conley Kittredge, Brad Libolt, Andrew Miles, Wyatt Smith, Josh Hand, and Trent Emery, attended sectionals. This contest is a follow up for all the members who placed in the top two at the district contest. The events our members competed in were Prepared Speaking, Extemporaneous Speaking, Parliamentary Procedure, Cooperative Quiz, and Chapter Books.
Raven Waldron competed in Beginning Public Speaking and her speech was intended to be three to five minutes long on an agriculture subject. She spoke about the issues pertaining to animal rights verses animal welfare. Raven did an outstanding job and handled the pressure very well. Raven placed 1st bringing home a blue banner. She will be representing the chapter at state in Prepared Speaking.
Along with Raven, the Beginning Parliamentary Procedure team will be competing at State as well. This team of freshman, Raven Waldron, Conley Kittredge, Brad Libolt, Andrew Miles, Wyatt Smith, Josh Hand, and Trent Emery, did an impressive job at this contest placing 1st. When it comes to debate on agriculture, this team knows what they’re talking about. This is the first year that the North Lake FFA chapter has sent a parliamentary procedure team to State! Congratulations to all of you.
Conley Kittredge competed in Extemporaneous Speaking. This contest is by far one of the most difficult. In Extemporaneous Speaking the member randomly draws topic to discuss, and has thirty minutes to prepare a speech relating to the subject. Conley drew the topic, Innovations in organic farming. Although Conley, a freshman, didn’t place, he did very well against his much older and more experienced competition.
Avery Overton, Joe Carlon, and Jon Sprague all took the Cooperative Quiz. This is a written quiz on agriculture business. The test involves multiple choice and true or false questions. An example of a true or false question would be: “Revolving capital financing is widely used by cooperatives and is particularly suited to their operations.” Avery Overton did very well in the competition. He placed 2nd bringing home a red banner and will proceed to state. At State, Avery will have to take a written test, and participate in two rounds of interviews testing his knowledge of agriculture cooperatives. Joe Carlon also did well placing third, but will not be moving onto State.
We had many members in the Chapter Books contest. Cheyanne Strong entered a technology scrapbook which is a Power Point done on the computer of our FFA chapter, and its activity over the last year. Amanda Dark entered a Secretary Book which is a record of all our chapter meetings and committee reports. Kory Worthington entered the Treasurer’s Book and advanced portfolio. The Treasurer’s Book is a record of all the expenses and profit that the chapter has made. The Advanced Portfolio is a Power Point of all her FFA and school activities. She placed 1st with her portfolio advancing to State. Shayne Dinger entered a Beginning Portfolio, and also placed 1st moving onto State. The Chapter Books as a whole placed 3rd in the sectionals competition. The hard work of the North Lake chapter paid off in the end of this contest. Well done members.
Headed back to the bus after a day of hard work and a job well done.
