Elgin FFA Competes at District CDE's
by Phil Simpson
March 17, 2008
Monday, February 25th, found the Elgin FFA Chapter at the 2008 District 10 Career Development Events. Northeast Community College hosted the event. The Elgin FFA Chapter had members compete in a variety of events. The members spent many hours working hard, preparing for their event.
The Meats Judging team of Jared Scholl, Bryan Bode, Austin Kerkman and Curtis Childers won the Meats contest, qualifying them for State.
The team of Tyler Reestman, Jessica Morrison, Sam Janssen, & Ashley Dittrich placed 5th in the Livestock Management contest and the team of Jake Schindler, Macaib Hoefer, Josh Beckman, and Austin Mitchell finished 8th overall.
The Ag Sales team of Linsey Bode, Nathan Niewohner, Matt Anderson, and Chris Dewald, placed 4th overall.
The Welding team of Kyle Childers, Michael Miller, and Jonathan Gunderson placed 2nd, and will represent District 10 at the State FFA Contest.
In Floriculture the team of Allie Schiltmeyer, Carlie Redding, Jennifer Bush and Amanda Hemenway, placed 2nd and qualified for State.
The Nursery and Landscape team of Becki Schindler, Jenna Schindler, and Alisha Anderson received 4th place.
The Agriscience team of Anthony Hemenway, Brieann Grosserode, and Nathan Anderson placed 8th and the team of Jessica Heithoff, Breanna Bode, Michelle Bauer and Allen Miller received 10th.
The Envirothon team of A.J. Braband, Justin Reestman, Tyson Lodge, Sebastian Janssen and Nathan Wabs finished 15th overall.
Individually Jared Scholl was the overall Champion in the Meat Judging contest. Anthony Hemenway finished 4th on the Agriscience test. Amanda Hemenway finished 4th individually in the Floriculture Contest. Jonathan Gunderson finished second overall in the Mig (wire) Welding Contest, Michael Miller finished second in Oxy-Acetylene welding, and Kyle Childers was the District Champion in the Arc Welding event.
The next Major event for the Elgin FFA Chapter is the State FFA Convention to be held in Lincoln April 2-5, 2008. The chapter has several teams and individuals qualified for contest and are hoping to have a great showing at this years State FFA Convention.
