Centralia Missouri FFA Chapter - Somethin' To Be Proud Of

We have finished tallying the last of our soils results! They can be found here. (I promise the website won't die this year.)

This year's contest was a definate success; With nearly 400 participants from 20 schools we are very pleased with the outcome. The Centralia FFA and Alumni would like to extend a thank you to all who participated and especially to those who devoted their time to make this event happen. See everyone next year!

The Centralia FFA Alumni meeting was held, Thursday, December 13 at the CHS Ag.
Building.

A question was raised about the November meeting notes being published in the Guard. Sara Brown was to check past issues for the notes and report back to Kathy Curtis
A judge has been identified for the livestock jackpot show May 25. Cody Runft graduated with a bachelors degree in animal science from Texas A&M and was a member of the livestock judging team. The donor list will be distributed at the next meeting. The show will remain a market show only but was voted to break the hogs and steers into breeds to open the possibility of having the steer show a MCA sanctioned point show. It was also approved to add Boer goats to the show this year. The start time is pushed back to 10:00 AM to allow exhibitors to have more travel and set up time as well as possibly increasing the lunch crowd. The jackpot show entry form will be modified to accommodate changes in the show as well as add information with regard to the limited availability of stall space and the availability of bedding for purchase on site.
In new business Darren Reynolds of the Young Farmer's announced plans for a tractor parade December 20th. Arrival of tractors for lineup will be between 6 and 6:30 at the MFA. Start time for the parade is 7pm. Anyone with a tractor is welcome to participate. Karla McBride, Andrew Stanton and Penny Brown judged the door displays for Mr. Stone following the meeting.

The next meeting will be Thursday, January 10th at 7pm at the CHS Ag Building. Anyone interested in supporting youth in agriculture is invited and encouraged to attend. Previous FFA affiliation is not required. For more information contact Scott Stone at 682-3512 or visit the website at http://centraliaffa.com/pages/alumni.

The FFA Alumni Meeting was held Thursday, November 8th 7 pm, at the Centralia High School Ag Building. In old business, Alumni brochures have been distributed to various business in the Centralia area. Mr. Stone is also including the brochures in the orders of fruit as well as having them placed at the Farmers/Merchants banquet. The brochure is now a part of the website. Additional information to be added to the website are officers and meeting notes. Member were reminded that dues are now being collected. A complete member list is being generated and will be distributed for use when recruiting volunteers. In new business, Sunday May 25th 2008 was confirmed as the date for the jackpot show at the Audrain County 4-H fairgrounds. Set up is planned for May 17. Details will be discussed in upcoming meetings. Mr. Stone reported that the livestock judging team is raising money for the upcoming contest to be held in conjunction with the National Western Livestock Show in Denver Colorado. The Alumni voted to give a donation, up to 200.00, to match what the team raises. Mr. Stone announced that Elaine Martin placed first in pork and Shari Brunner first in sheep in the speaking contest. The FFA received a mini grant to place agriculture books in the public library and the Chance Elementary School library. Upcoming events inlcude Ag Bldg open house November 19th with poinsettia sales beginning that night; Farmers/Merchants Banquet November 20th at 6pm; canned food drive currently being held with distribution the week of Thanksgiving. Notable dates for 2008 are: January 19th Audrain County steer weigh-in; February 16th Boone County steer weigh-in; April 25th FFA banquet; April 30th Area FFA banquet; May 27th awards float trip.

The next meeting will be Thursday, December 13th at 7pm at the CHS Ag Building. Anyone interested in supporting youth in agriculture is invited and encouraged to attend. Previous FFA affiliation is not required. For more information contact Scott Stone at 682-3512 or visit the website at http://centraliaffa.com/pages/alumni.

The Centralia FFA Alumni page is up and running. Steer to the right half of this page, along the side, and click on the "Centralia FFA Alumni" link and learn how you can get involved!

THURSDAY night at 7:00 PM there will be an FFA Alumni meeting. Anyone who wants to help with the FFA Chapter and FFA Alumni float may come and work on it at or after that meeting. This will be a great way to help out the alumni and the chapter as well as get an early start on your spot for the flashlight parade at 8:30 PM ! FRIDAY the Homecoming parade is at 1:00 PM. If you want to ride in the parade on the FFA Chapter and FFA Alumni float, you may! Be sure to be there or you'll be square. SATURDAY morning the chapter will be working the concession stand for the Auction. If you can bring any baked goods it would be greatly appreciated. Bring them to school on Friday so they can be accounted for and organized Saturday. Be at Miles Street at 9:00 AM. If you work and/or bake you will get extra credit for class AND FFA points! SATURDAY NIGHT there will be a hayride starting at 7:00 PM at Casey Crow's house. It will last until 9:30, or until the Crow's kick us out. There will be food and drinks provided. It is Audrain Road 319 and the 1st house on your right. It'll be an awesomely fun time, we hope to see you there!

School has started and our FFA chapter is in full swing!

On April 27, 2007 the Centralia FFA will be having their annual Year End Banquet. Members, family, and guest will have a sit- down dinner starting at 6:30 in the High School Cafeteria. Members will be receiving awards and senior officers will be retiring. The new 2007-2008 officers will then be installed. At the banquet, the FFA Alumni will be holding a silent auction to raise funds for the Centralia FFA Chapter. Some things that will be included are: 3 in 1 Breakfast To-Go Toaster Oven, a cookie basket kit, a movie basket kit, a trap shooting supply basket, some Home & Garden Party items, and some scale model John Deere and International tractors. Everyone is welcome to come; we just request that you bring two covered dishes since the FFA Chapter is providing the meat and the drinks and table settings. Hope to see you there!

After districts six of your chapter's contest teams have qualified for state contest this next week. Those teams were:

• Ag Mech - 10th
• Agronomy - 10th
• Entomology - 4th
• Livestock - 3rd
• Poultry - 6th
• Ag Sales - 3rd

Also qualifing is the chapter trap shooting team which will compete on April 14.

Results are availiable through the links below on Google Docs.

• Entomology
• Meats
• Nursery Landscaping
• Poultry!
• Agronomy
• Florticulture
• Soils
• Livestock

Hello Everyone,

This is Nathan typing and I thought it would be nice to update you all on what is happening to the site right now. In the past week it had a heart attack, bringing my host's server to its knees and with it, all the websites that share this server (more than just mine). For that reason we have been forced to change applications. During this transition I will have to grab all the old content from our database and add it here, as well as patch up all the old links. This process is not completed but has begun, and the site is visible in case it is still needed.

To the alumni, your page has been restored, the location is different but it can be altered in basically the same manner. Feel free to use it.

Thanks for your patience, I am just glad this happened before contest.