South Central FFA Chapter Attends National FFA Convention

The week of October 18 through the 22, 2011 was one of the most important weeks for the FFA; National Convention! Thirteen of our FFA members including Devin Maynard, Amy Gannett, LeeAnn Montgomery, Cameron Lloyd, Karlie Conaway, Carrie Lortcher, Sara Gannett, Quincey Patterson, Rebeka Mickalaki, David Seidel, Chris Didion, Madison Ott, and Zeb Burton. On the 18^th we drove down to Jungle Jim’s in Cincinnati. Then we went to our hotel to change into our Sunday best to attend the play Death by Fatal Murder. On October 19^th, we went on a shopping spree at Bass Pro Shop and took a tour of Schimpff’s Confectionary Candy shop. We then went and learned about genetically modified corn at Beck’s Hybrid seed plant. After settling down from our sugar high, we changed into scarlet and grey to dance it up at the Buckeye Bash. On October 20^th, we attended the opening session of the 84^th National FFA Convention with key speaker Dave Roever. We changed into more casual clothes to see Blake Shelton in concert. On 21^st, we attended the fourth session. That afternoon, we drove to Indiana Downs racetrack and got the V.I.P. treatment at the clubhouse. The morning of October 22^rd we attended the final convention session to watch Robert Gannett, Peyton Oney, and Justin Twary receive their American FFA Degrees. We are proud of all of them for achieving this prestigious award. Only 0.2% of all FFA members receive this award. We are very delighted to have so many outstanding members. National Convention is one of our favorite memories as South Central FFA members!

Pictured: Back Row (l-r) Cameron Lloyd, Chris Didion, Rebeka Mickalaki, Quincey Patterson, David Seidel, Zeb Burton, Madison Ott, LeeAnn Montgomery, Devin Maynard; Front Row: Sara Gannett; (American Degree Recipients) Peyton Oney, Robert Gannett, Justin Twary; Amy Gannett, Karlie Conaway, Carrie Lortcher