The Alabama

FFA EP RTER OFFICL4.L PUBLIATIOI ! OF THE ALABAMA FFA ASSOCIA no! ·

Vol. II SLMMER 1984 No. 3

"KEEPING AMERICA ON THE GROW" Convention Issue * Montgomery Civic Center * June 12-14, 1984

Convention Time­Never To Be Forgotten!

Jayrue Feary President

Al ter I a ttended m y first A la bama Sta te FFA Co nve nti o n a, a fre~h man, t h ings rea lly sta r ted ha p pe ning fo r me . It motiva ted me so tha t I wo rked hard e nough to sec so me drea ms come t ru . T hi s can ha ppen for yo u also.

T he "getti ng Icad) " is a l mo~ t t hro ug h . Whe n t hi s year 's 55t h Annual Co nve ntio n. wi th its theme or"K eep ing ;'\me ri e,! on t he G ro w," begins to u nro ld . it wil l present ma ny de ligh tful mo ments wh ich wil l never be lo rgolle n. I would ha te to see a nyone m i" su.:h a n Llnfo rgettable ex pe rience.

The Siote C Oln en tio n is a l ime whe n FFA me mbers from e w ry co rne r at [he sta te come toge the r to put theil sk il ls to wo rk in t he Sta le

rin a l~ 0 1 all area, 0 1 FFA com pe ti tion. It i. a lso a time to be mot i\'ated a nd to t hin k seri o usly 0 1 0 11 1'

a b ilit ie . . talent s, and I"ha t we ca n cont ri bu te to t he future 0 1 o u r live~ a nd the tj vc. of ot ht: r5 arou nd us .

Experience Through

Competition

Tom Whitehead Treasurer

The t ime ha. come fo r us to highlight our ycar'~ activit ie_ through friendly co m pet ition. Th is year awa rds will be earned by hard work ing ind i, id ua ls in 39 conte~t an:a ·. I si nct:n:ly hope that each of yo u will be challenged by the many oppo rt u n ities yo u will encounter. By YOllr use of these oppo tu n­it ies . yo u wili have thc: chancc: t meet new fnends. tes t your un ique abi lities , and add to yo u r expe­r iences . By using these va luable exp rie nces , you wil l begin paving Ihe road of YOLir fUlun:. My pe rso nal "experiences through com petit ion" will be long- remt' lD bered a n treasu red t h rougho ut my life . I hope that these se ntime nts will app ly to each of you .

Montgomery ... A City

of Decisions

Jess Drummond Vice President

As ma ny of yo u p repa re to co me to t he S ta te C o nvent ion, I'm su re yo u are wo nd eri ng a bo Llt t he c ity in v. hich it will be held . M ont gomery is a cit y r ich with cult u re , histo ry, a nd importa nt peo ­ple. T he St ute Ca p ito l is located here, as we ll a s Ihe first White Ho use of l he C o nfederac). At tile State Ca p it ol la \\ ma ke rs, rer resent ing eve ry pa ri o f A la ba ma, make deci si o ns t ha t in flu e nce o ur Way o f life . If you ha ve l ime. a lour o f t he St te Ca pitol ca n b a very educati ona l tr ip . . '\I so, in Mo ntgomer\ you could vis it the 700 , go to one of several rnu~eums. o r take a ride o n a r iv rboa t al o ng the A labama R iver. T here a re also va ri o us ot her <ltl ract io ns . t oo nu mero us to nam e.

FFA-Keytothe Future of

Agriculture

Steve Martin Reporter

It is time to retleet on a .'"ar of conteS[5, awa rds, fun and most importantly, LEA RNI NG . '\5 each of 11, sits dail\' in l1ur Agribu.i ness Ed ucatio n cJa~scs . WI: gat her the kno wledge necessa ry t v fu l­fil l the obl igations that will be laid o n us in lu ture year,. We are t he fu tu e of A meri~,w a griculture; and in being that future, we ha VI! a grave respo nsi­bil ity to perform with excellence the task ma rked out for us .

Thro ugh our Superv ised O ccupat iona l Exper­ience Programs, I"FA contests. and everyday classwork , we are prepar ing and learn ing the skills t hat not only can be a pplied to o ur conte,ts of today, but also to our careers o f tomor row. The FF is develo ping potent ial in each of us. and we a re then sent out to lead and guide o ur agri cul tural world of tomo rrow.

FFA-A Way of Life

Wayne Wootten Secretary

Ha ve yo u, as a mem ber, eve r t hought abo ut wha t you r life wo u ld be li ke with out the F FA" I ha ve g iven t his a great deal of th ought , a nd I don 't think I co uld survi ve wit hou t t he FFA. T he FF/\ has provid ed me the oppo rt uniti es wh ich would not ha ve bee n a v ilable a ny where else. Let's co n­sid er wha t 's ava il a ba le to u, a, members of th is grca t orga ni n ti on . It offcT'\ de. e!o r ment of leader­Sll ll' , coope rat io n, and Cllll'ens l1 lp. Loo k a t a ll tile frie nd s you wo uld m iss if it were not ro r t he FFA . Wha l abo ut Ihe enj oymem you would have missed ; s1Ic h as sh o wi ng stee rs, wo rk ing in t he chic ken ho u,e , trawling, or writ ing speec hes . If yo u foll o w the FFA pa th , yo u' ll have a n op po rt un ity to ach ieve a nything yo u wa nt to achieve . Without t he FFA , these t hings ma y not be avai lable to us.

The Door of Opportunities

Terry Holder Sentinel

" The Se nli nel. ""Sta tione:d by t he d oor. .... You r d ut ies t he:re?" "Thro ugh lh is door pass many friends o f the f-FA ."

E veryo ne drea ms of the Door of Opportun ities and how the FFA can help ),ou ga in lead ers h ip ex perience and stre ng then \'o ur goa ls for fu ture succe,s.

In t he: FFA the Door of Opportunities is open fo r anyone who wan ts lO take the first ste p. Yo ur S uperv ised Occupat iona l Experie nce Program i o ne of the biggest steps ' n gain ing hand$-on expe­rie nce fo r your future career.

There a re fo ur th ings that do nOt come back: t he spoken word , the sped a rrow, t he past li fe , and t he neglected op po rt un ity. FFA me mbers, whe ll you see a n o pport unit y, gra b it and take it to real he ights . D o n 't be a fraid to be a d rea mer, because the Door of Opp ortun ities is the re fo r yo u.

Summer 198" Ed itor .................. '/iol' n. ,V" \I'/un Sel-rcW,ry ...... . ......... He/ p ' L. Wr;glll

Slate Offirers 198.1-84 Prl" ilic nt ........... . .. J II I' !!II' IV Felli'."

hallo. I'il k Chapler Rl. I. A, ~ I ~5 , Fa lkl ille 35(>22

Vice Pr~siJcnt ......... .less l.. Drummond Wa.lk.:r Bigh Chapter

l. 2. Bo, 215. Nall VOI'l 3557l\ Secretary ... . .. . .. ... . /. H "(/) Ilc '1 "o o f fen

Sylvaniil Chapte r Rt. .. . Bo x -(OJ.;. Henagar J597lS

I n:asurc:r .. . .......... C. To m " hitC'lieat/ Bran t l~\ Chapt<!1'

RL 2. 110:0. 99<\ . 1"1' 0 \ 36!J~ I K':l'o rtc:r . • . . . . . . . SIt" 'e / ). Marlill

\ nburn Chapter 41 I Bla\,:.c 'il ., .<\ uburTI ~h,,3t1

'icntind. . . . .... liHI'J in, U II /de!'

West Blo cton ChapLe r Rl. I. R o ~ 23(\. West BI(KKlon 351114

S tate Adv isor ............... . . C. tr. Rrl'iI M ontgomC:l) . . 16\3\)

Executive Secre tary ....... . . r i o.I' S e ll'/O II

Montgo mery. 36]}O

DEDICATION

Frank B. KiUough

The 1983-84 Slate F FA O fficers p ro udly d dicale this edi t i() n of tlle A labama FFA Reporter to F ran k B. Ki llough, who served as Ed itor of THE REPORTE R for the past ten years. We salute Mr. Killough for his d ed ication and loya lty to Agribusiness Ed u­cation, the Alaba ma FF A Association. a nd his duties as Editor of this publication. We extend congratulations to him upon retire­ment and wish him many years to enjoy the time he has earned and deserves.

PROGRAM 55th Annual F F A Convention

June 12, 13, 14, 1984

MlIndal' , June II PM

100 Fo restry JUdgi ng Co ntest (Montgornery) Li ves tock Judging Contest (.<\uburn) Dair)" Catt le J udging Contest (E. V.Smith Re·

sea rc h Center. Mi lstead ) La nd JUdging Contest (Mo nl gome r) )

2:00 Fi n~1 Inten 'iew of Office r Candidat es (Cil'i e Cente r )

Tuesdal' June 12 .".. M

~:OO 12 011 Regi strati. )\l (Cilic Center)

8:00 '!Igricu ltura l Mechanics Co li te,! (.".uburn) Buildi ng Co m truclion Conte ,1 (M ontgornery )

g:JO S I11 ,;:; " ' I~ines Contest (Montgomery)

9:00 Nurser)" , La ndscape Coni "" (Civic Center) f lor icult ure Contest (:=- " ic :=-ente r) Public Speaking Co ntest Pre li minar )" (Ci vic

Center) Quartet Contest Pre lirn inan (Civic Cen te r) String Ha nd Contest Pre )irnina r)" (C ivic

Center)

P.M. 1:00

Delegate Orientation

1:30

OpenIng Ceremony Invocation,- Morris Baker. Eutaw. AI. Posting of Col o rs ' ationa l ;\ nthem Official Scating of Del ega tes Greeti ngs- Chuck Dugga r. Na tiona l F FA Vic e

President Business Se,;,; io n

.'\ ppoin tment o f C m mittecs Ret iri ng . ddrcss T rry Holder. Sentinel St ring Band Co nt est f inal5 Profic iency Award. ~Crop Prod uction. Dai ry

Prod uct ion. Horse Proficiency. Heel Prod uc­ti o n. S wi ne P roducti on. Po uitr)' Prod uc t ion. Agric ultural Mec h a nit~. !\gritultu ra l Elect ri· fi cat ion. Fruit and or Vegetahle Productio n Nurser) Ope ratio ns. F lor icu lture . So il il nd Wa te r Ma nage ment, Home and , o r farmstead Im pro vement. Fish a nd Wild li fe Manageme nt

!\ warus Stri ng Band Contest G reet ing, and Ann o uncements C. W. Reed .

Sta le FF," Ad viso r Closing Cere mo ny Meelin g of a ll Loca l Ad\ i~ors (Civic Ccnte r) Courtesy Corps Meeting following Advisors

Meet ing Tuesday Evening

P. M. 7:30

FI S1 GENERAL SESSION Opening Cerem ony Re t iring Address- Steve Ma rtin. Reporter F uture Fa rmer of the Yea r Award Honor Parents and Advisors of 1983·84 State

FFA Offi cers Public Speaking Contest Finals

:\ddress Chuck Duggar. Nationa l FF.". Vice President

.I\ wards Forestrl' JUdging. Champi on Corn Gl'Ow ing. Nursery l.andscape JUdging. Fl o ri· culture .Judging. l.and Judging. Public Spea king

Vespe rs Program State H''A Officers .'1 nn o uncements Closi ng Cercmon)

Wednesda)', June 13 .l1.M

8:30 M lI sic·- Co nl'ention Organist

900 SECO:\[) G Ei'<ERA L S FSS ION Ope ning Ceremonl' State ' ' .A Office r" Annua) Re port S tel'e

\1 ar tin. Re po rter

AII'aI'ds Dairy JUdging, l.i l cs tock .I ud gi Ig. M. K . Heath Animal Hea lth and San itati on Awa rd. Safet), A I\'ards

Retiring A.ddress - T om Whitehead. I'rea surer Cha pter AlI'a rds 'v!iss Alabama Agriculture. Kristi Euba nk s Crime P revention .".ct il'it )' Programs Retiring Address- Wa yne Woo tten. Secretary Building Our American Communities .".wards Computers in Agriculture .". wards Awards - , Building Construction. Agr icult u ra l

Mecha ni cs . Sma \I Engines ;\ nno uncements C los ing Ceremon y

PM 1:00

Tour,

Wednesday [ "ening PM

6:00 Foundation Hoard of Director , Meet ing (C ilie

Center) 730

T H I RD (j E ~E R.'\ L SE 'SION Openi ng Ceremon y Conferring of Honorary Stale Farmer Deg rees R etiring Addre » .1 s , D r u m mond . Vice

President

Q ua rtd Contesl F inal> Proficiency Awa rds P lacement in Agricult u r·

al P rodu cti on. Agricu lt ura l Sales a nd o r Se rv ice . Agric ultu ral Pro ee"ing, Fo r st Management

.'1 ward: Qua rte t Cont est An nounceme nt s Cl osing Ceremony

lllUrsdl)', June 14 A. M .

9:00 L. AS l GE NER.".L. SESS ION Opening Ceremo ny Star Fa rmer Ceremony Re tiring Ad dress - .l ay me Fear),. President Speaker- Jerry C lower State Fa rmer Degree Ceremony Install a t io n of ew State Officers Prese nta tion o r Past Orficer Pins Presenta tion o r Gavel to Past Pres id ent Announcements C losing Cere mony New Officers and their Local Ad visors

Meeting (Civic Center)

To appear on Convention Program

CHUCK DUGGAR National Vice President

Ch uck D ugga r of Ma rianna, F lo rida , is the S outhern Regio n Vice P residen t of the Future Fa rme rs of A me rica. In t his posi t io n he se rves nea rl y o ne- ha lf million FFA mem­bers thro ug ho ut the nited S tates.

As a membe r of the Marianna F FA C ha p­ter , C huc k pa rt ic ipated in ma ny facets o f the FF A lea de rship, speaking, jUdgin g contes t programs a nd ac tiv iti es. He se rved as C hap­te r. D istri ct , a nd Sta te P resid ent and pa rtic­

ipated in the Nation al Agricultura l Mecha n­ics C o ntest in 1979. C huck 's SOE program star ted wi th two hi ves of b e~ a nd gre \~ to 50 hi ves o ve r a S- yea r pe riod . C hu c k will a dd ress th e co nve nti o n on T ues day eve ning .

Chapter News ­

KRISTI EUBANKS Miss Alabama Agricultures

Kristi Lynn Eubank s, 20-year-old beaut y from S nead , A la ba ma, was cro wned M iss Alabam a Agricul tu re a t the a nnua l mee tin g of the A labam a Fa rm Bu re u Federa ti o n in Birmingham. Kr ist i will a ppea r on the pro­g ra m Wed nesda y mo rning, June 13.

Krist i is a j un io r a t Auburn Uni versit y, majoring in Fa shio n Me rc handising. S he e njo ys slalom skiing, p ian o, a nd tenn is. Kristi is a member of De lt a Zeta S oro rit y. Si gma P i Little S ister , a nd Fas hio n In co rpo­ra ted C lub .

W hile att end ingju nio r co llege , Kris ti was na med Miss Gadsde n S ta te a nd served as Gadsd en State host ess.

West Jefferson

WEST JEFFERSON FFA QUARTET also kno wn as "The Dix ie Boys" is unde r the d irection of Ad visor Mic hael Grissom. The gro up has sung around t he state fo r the pas t o ne and a ha lf years . They ha ve appea red with "The Cat hed rals, " "The Ambassad rs ," a nd "Harmo ny Fou r" a nd have made loca l TV appearan ces in the Birm ingha m area . Qua rtet me mbers from left are Bo A nd rews, Greg Terry, Da ryl S hack lefo rd. and Kennet h Swi ney. T he gro up cut its first album in March. T hey will co m pete fo r D ist rict honors in Ap ril.

JERRY CLOWER Humorist

G rand O le Opry Sta r J erry Cl o wer is a hum o rist with a lbums whi ch t ickle the na­tion 's fu nnybo ne. He's ma de guest appea r­ances on to p sho ws in tele visi o n a nd rad io . C lower is a sa les ma n. li e sells the good life-·· la ugh ter. re me mberin g the fun yo u've had . th e fri e nd s. th e simple thin gs yo u e nj oyed. th e hu mo ro us si de of eve n th e bad ti mes . C lo we r will speak durin g th e Thursda y mo rning sessio n .

WHEN YOU LOOK GOOD, FFA LOOKS GREAT

Whe n yo u beca me an F F A me mber, yo u agreed to abide by the F FA Cod e of Et hics. The Cod e simply states t hat "Yo u will con­duct you rself at all t imes in o rd er to be a credi t 1.0 yo ur o rga ni1a tio n, c ha pter. sc hoo l, and co mmu nit y. " We ca n have a grea t con­ve n tio n if FFA members will keep the po ints of t he C ode of Et hics in mi nd d uring the Co nven t ion . Th is means Iha t all members will dress ap propriate ly [or the occasion, either lh official jack. lOr offici,11 FFA T ­: hi ..!. S horts nd other s uch dres .. a rc not a part of the offic ia l dress for the Conven t ion . We ho uld a lso respec t th rights and pro p­ert y o f ot hers , dem onst rate good sports­manship, a nd take PRJDE in o u r organ iza­tio n. Togethe r. we can I ave a grea t co nven­tion and do ou r part in " Keeping Ame rica o n the G row."

"NEVER HAD AN ENTR Y THAT DIDN'T WIN"

MICHA EL PATTERS ON, left a nd Robert Wright, both Red L!.!ve l H igh Scho ol FFA membe rs wi th the ir a wa rd-winning ent ries in the

Linco ln Fo undation Arc Weld ing J\ wa rd s.

For twel ve years t he James F. Linco ln F ou nda­ \l a ti o nal G ra nd W inne rs. A ll thi s wo rk over t he past twelve yea rs repres­

ti o n has sponsored the A rc We ldi ng Awa rds fo r Michael Pat ters o n and Ro bert Wright. 1983 ents a great deal of hig h qua lity c raft sma nship .

School Shop Students. For th ose sa me twe lve

years, FFA members at Red Level High School have been entering th e Agricu ltura l phase of the

gradua tes 0 1 Red Level H igh School, placed first

and third rc' r cctiveh in the National G ra nd Awards las t year .

" lfit 's not ljua lit)' wo rk, it ju st d oes n 't go to th e

Co ntest ," agribusi ness teache r Se ll exp lains.

co ntest. Under th e supcnision of Mr. Willis Be ll. f or h i, fi rst -place e ntrv, a 16-foot tand em li ves­ This Illust be some type of reco rd to ha ve this agribusiness teach er, F F .'\ members have sent 32 toc k trail er, Michael won $500 a nd Red Le ve l many entries and all be j udged winners. A mora l e nt ries to the Linco ln Fo undation and all 32 H ig h Sch oo l rece ived $~5 0. Robert , wi h a tan ­ to th is stor), could be if you have a good pro­e nt ries have been win ne rs . T here have been 28 de m goosenec k f'i a lbcd tca ile r, wo n S300 and th g ra m a nd fill out t he a pp licati o n for a contest, Reg io nal Winn e rs, 2 H onorable Men ti o ns, and 2 sc hoo l $ 150, there is a good chance for it to be named a winner'

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. SPONSORS LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS

JOE BETHEA (center), Pub li c Affairs Manager, Ala ba ma, Ch.:, ron U.S .A. Inc. , pre~en t s a check fo r $8,000 to C. W . Reed , Slate FFA Advisor. Loo king on is Tro y Ne wto n, FF.<\ E.\ecu tivc Sec retary. Th~ m one y will be used to cond uc t leaders hip wor kshops lor cha pter FF-,\ otTice r> dllring the summer m o nths, The Alabama FFA .'-'ssoc ia tion has 370 chartered c ha pters wi th ove r 2,200 chapter officers hav ing t he o ppo ltu nity [(\ gain l eader~hir e)(periencc t h ro ugh these wo rk ­sho ps , sponso red by Chevron . Upo n retu rnin g to t he 10cal chapte r, the offie r5 are able t o pro vide mo re ca pable leadersh ip to their Ind iv idual chapte rs.

1983-84 FFA SWEETHEART SELECTIONS

Micbelle Grace Jasper FFA Sweetheart

Natalie Newman MiDtown FFA Sweetheart

Beverly Stevens Troy FFA Sweetheart