A Busy November and December

Wow!! It has been a while since I last posted! So much has happened since National FFA Convention.

About a week after, we held the blood drive here at the high school. Thank you to all you gave blood to help others in need. We hope you feel just as good about giving as we do about planning and host the drive. Hopefully, we can get even more people to give in the spring!

The next weekend a short bus load of FFA members got a chance to grow as leaders at the F.I.R.E. Conference in Trafalgar, IN, at the Indiana FFA Leadership Center. The state FFA Officers put on fun and engaging conference for the members in the "Jungles" of Trafalgar!! Reike and Geraldine, our foreign exchange students from Germany and Belgium, got to attend and really enjoyed their time at the Leadership Center.

Then, the day before Thanksgiving Break, a full bus load of students went to Purdue to compete in the C.H.E.F. (Crops, Horticulture, Entomology, and Forestry) CDE's. We were pleased to announce many in the top of the rankings were from Tri-County. The top two teams and three out of the top four individuals in the junior Horticulture CDE were Tri-County FFA members. Also, the Tri-County took home top honors in the Entomology CDE and the Crops team placed fifth which awarded both teams a trip to the state competition.

The first weekend in December brought the Remington Christmas parade in which the Tri-County FFA had a float. A number of FFA members braved the cold temperatures and high winds to ride the float again this year. Thanks to all who attended and a special thanks to Sarah Dobson and Erin Klaus for designing the float this year!!

That Tuesday, the FFA chapter also had its annual Christmas party at Katie Demerly's house! Everyone had a lot of fun and a lot of us got some "interesting" presents in the gift exchange!!

Saturday the 12th brought the State Crops and Entomology CDE's. We are happy to announce that both teams finished 5th in state competition!! Way to go teams!! We also had a first for Tri-County FFA. Alisha Bahler, Sarah Bruce, Robin Foutch, and Heather Lehe represented Tri-County for the first time in the State Food Science CDE. They had a lot of fun trying out this new competition and are excited to go at it again next year, now that they are familiar with the format of the CDE.

Well, fruit will be in tomorrow and we will have a lot to do to get it all delivered, so until I write again, Stay safe and warm this holiday season!!!