WATERLOO â The DeKalb FFA Chapter competed in the 2021 Practical Forestry competition on April 24.
Practical Forestry puts many different skills to the test. During the competition, the members must take an exam, understand timber cruising and TSI, memorize tree and equipment identification and know map interpretation.
DeKalb entered two junior teams and three senior teams in the competition. Senior teams placed second, fourth and seventh. Junior teams placed first and third.
The first-place junior team consisted of Cord Akey, Carson Carpenter, Kate Engelberth and Evan VanAuken. Their individual placements were fifth, sixth, second and fourth, respectively. The other junior team of Brady Long and Owen Long individually placed seventh and eighth.
WATERLOO â More than 100 students will put their talents on display in DeKalb High Schoolâs production of âMamma Mia!â this weekend.
Staging the smash-hit Broadway musical takes 32 performers on stage, 60 students in the technical crew and an 11-member band.
âItâs way more kids than weâve ever had involved,â said director and theater instructor Jed Freels.
The show revolves around the hit songs of Swedish pop group ABBA, and DeKalbâs auditorium has never been better equipped to showcase the schoolâs vocalists.
This marks the second year for a new digital sound system purchased with a donation from The James Foundation, but the pandemic has limited chances to show it off until now.