Siegel Middle, Siegel High and Stewarts Creek High Beta Club members place at national competition Aug 02, 2021 at 06:03 pm by WGNS
By AMANDA CHEUVRONT and KEITH RYAN CARTWRIGHT
All their springtime work paid off for the Beta club members from Siegel Middle with a pair of top five finishes at the National Beta Convention, including first place in the performing arts solo, duo, trio category.
The first-place team included McKenna Elliott, Samantha Festervand and Reese Lynam and they beat out more than 30 schools competing in-person and even more virtual entries.
Fellow eighth-grader Noah Wright took third in social studies.
This was the second year in a row Wright placed at the National Convention. He was third in the seventh grade competition last year.
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BY RRN Staff | April 6, 2021
The 93rd Nebraska FFA Virtual State Convention kicks off Wednesday, April 7 and runs through Friday, April 9.
Sessions will be streamed on the Nebraska Agriculture Education website, neaged.org, and can be watched live during the scheduled time or watched later in archived sessions.
Leadership Development Event (LDE) finals will also be streamed live on neaged.org Tuesday, April 6 and Wednesday, April 7.
Convention Schedule:
Keynote Speaker
Retiring AddressâHannah Moseman
State FFA Degree Ceremony
Top 20 Chapters (Premier Chapters & Models of Excellence)
FFA Foundation Recognition
Gary Scharf Helping Hand Award
Retiring AddressâRebecca Wulf
Keynote Speaker
Honorary State Degrees
December 16, 2020 at 6:00 pm CST
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INDIANAPOLIS â Nathan Bush, Johnson County, is the winner of the 2020 Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ag Professionals Discussion Meet.
The competition, which was held Dec. 11 as part of the INFB Virtual State Convention, is one of the three major awards presented to Farm Bureau members age 35 and younger.
During the competition, contestants participated in a virtual group discussion that simulates a committee meeting. Bush and the other finalists discussed common dilemmas and potential problems facing farmers in America, such as:
⢠How can we enhance existing and establish new and diverse foreign trading partners?
By Erica Quinlan
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Randy Kron, president of Indiana Farm Bureau, speaks during the INFB Virtual State Convention. (INFB photo)
INDIANAPOLIS â Expanding broadband to rural areas will be the No.1 priority for Indiana Farm Bureau in 2021.
âExpanding broadband to the last mile has been a priority of Farm Bureau for several years, but when the pandemic came, everyone understood just how important it was to be able to connect to the internet,â said INFB President Randy Kron during the INFB Virtual State Convention.
âSo, for the 2021 legislative session, we will focus on expanding broadband to the unserved and underserved in order to support education, remote work, telehealth and ag technology.â