Norris FFA members competed well at this year’s State FFA Convention! 

 

Congratulate the following FFA members when you see them!
Results are as follows:

 

• The Farm Business Management Team of Brandon Lesoing, Kyle Lococo, JD Meints, and Jordan Hardin received first place and will participate at the National FFA Convention this fall.  Brandon placed 1st, and Kyle placed 2nd.  Brandon won a $500 scholarship to attend UNL for his efforts!

 

• Lindsay Damkroger placed first in Junior Public Speaking for her speech on Initiative 300.  She received a $100 check and a very large trophy?!

 

• The Junior Parliamentary Procedure Team of Lindsay Damkroger, Emily Rice, Elise Edgar, Madison Lee, Sarah Wieskamp, Natalie Nason, and Lindsey Egger received 3rd place!

 

• The Senior Parliamentary Procedure Team of Kelsey Ankerson, Megan Rice, Garret Schrock, Gatlin Schlake, Jill Docter, and Kyle Lococo received 2nd place!

 

• The Nursery Landscape Team of Ellen Norton, Lindy Dauber, Kayla Fink, and Alyx Lingenfelter placed 2nd.  Ellen received an individual 2nd place medal!

 

• The Floriculture Team of Paulina Kuznetsov, Kaylean Poskochil, Raina Keel, and Cara Peters placed 4th!

 

• The Norris FFA Chapter was recognized as a Premier Chapter (top 10% in Nebraska) and will represent Nebraska at the National FFA Convention in October.  This is the 29th out of the past 30 years receiving this top award!

 

• The Norris FFA Chapter was awarded a Governor’s Excellence Award in the form of a $1000 grant, sponsored by NIFA!

 

• Brandon Lesoing and Kyle Lococo each received their State FFA Degrees!

 

• The Norris FFA Chapter was awarded plaques for work in Natural Resources and Community Development!
Norris FFA
40th Anniversary Celebration

 

On March 20th the Norris FFA Chapter celebrated 40 years of hard work and success. It was a fun filled evening full of reminiscing of old time and even looking to the future of Norris FFA. It was a gathering of current and former Norris FFA members in the multipurpose room. The founding fathers or first members and first advisor, Leon Deunk, were honored. They told stories of the old times, good and bad, of their experiences during the initial years of the Norris FFA Chapter. There were several speakers which included three past, highly successful members; they were Craig Gana, Lana Steinhausen, and Lee Thurber. Among this group success ranges from starting their own business to being State Officers and even a National FFA President. They talked about their years in FFA and the experiences they got out of it. They talked about what is important going through FFA careers. You get out of FFA what you put into it. The Chapter and Greenhand Degree Ceremonies were held as well. Melissa Siefert and Madison Lee gave the FFA creed to practice for their appearance in the State FFA CDE contest. Towards the end, state qualifying Parli. Pro. Teams had demonstrations and tours were given of the facilities. The official FFA scrapbooks from the past years were out so others could remember their glory days as well. Overall the night full of cake and fun, remembering and even looking forward to the next great 40 years of Norris FFA.