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Mud, dust, rain, wind─and a whole lot of dirt.That pretty well sums up the months of October and November for the North Lake FFA Chapter.Six weeks of collecting soil samples, poking around in soil pits after school, and dozens of hours of class time studying math formulas and scientific principles have prepared students to be competitive at demonstrating their knowledge and skills of soil science at both the District and the State level.
The North Lake FFA Soils teams dominated both the State and the District Career Development Events (CDE), outperforming the competition in both the advanced and beginning contests.The District Soils CDE was held on October 14th in ShermanCounty near the ColmbiaRiver.
“Thirty-four teams from the various 119 Oregon FFA Chapters qualified and attended the State contest which was held in Dallas,Oregon on November 7th.North Lake’s “A” team took top spot in the team competition led by second-place individual winner Avery Overton and his colleagues on the team -- Daniel Miles(fifth individual), Joe Carlon (sixth individual) and Kody Worthington(eighth individual) -- overwhelmed the other schools.
“NorthLake’s “B”team not only grabbed the Beginning Soils Championship banner, but also outscored all other teams in the contest except for the North Lake “A” Team.The beginning team consisted of Raven Waldron, Andrew Miles, Conley Kittredge, Shayne Dinger and Brad Libolt.” (Excerpt from the Capital Press)
Freshmen Raven Waldron of the North Lake’s “B” team scored the most points on her three-horizon scorecard and was judged the individual winner of the contest, scoring an impressive 120 points out of possible 141.Andrew Miles also did exceptionally well and placed ninth individually.
As the individual winners of the 2009 Oregon State FFA Association Soils Career Development Event, Raven Waldron, and senior, Daniel Miles, who has finished in the top five at the state competition the last three years, were both offered a 2010 paid internship at any of the thirty Natural Resource Conservation offices around the state.
Located in the high desert region in the heart of Oregon, the The North Lake FFA Chapter is one of seven FFA programs that make up the Central Oregon FFA District. The other chapters are Bend, Crook County, Culver, Redmond, Madras and Sherman County.
Well drained soils, cool Summer nights and little threat of rain during the curing process has allowed North Lake alfalfa farmers to produce some of the highest quality hay in the world. Most of the hay is shipped to dairy farms in the Tillamook region, or pressed and exported to Japan and Korea. For more information, click on the image to go to the Lake County Hay Growers Assocation website.
North Lake FFA Agricultural Advisory Committee
LeeRoy Horton - Chairman
Lynda Hunt
Ron Johnson
Ed Henkel
Blaine Nofziger
Scott Duffner
Leon Baker
Mike House
Dan Parks
Courses offered through the Agricultural Science and Technology program
At OSU, we were able to judge some things we hadn't seen before in our soil judging careers. The boys were very excited about this leeched layer they found!
The Culver and North Lake Chapters after a hard day of practice. Mr. Crawford and Mr. Waldron had crammed as much knowledge about soil as they could into our heads by this time and we were all ready to just go get some rest!
The victorious State Champions! Advanced Team-Back row: Kody Worthington, Joe Carlon, Avery Overton, Daniel Miles. Beginning Team-Front row: Andrew Miles, Raven Waldron, Shayne Dinger, Brad Libolt, and Conley Kittredge.
Raven Waldron and Daniel Miles-Top Individual Scores at State!
