Cedar Rapids FFA

By Paige Hellbusch, Reporter

This has been a very exciting past few weeks for the Cedar Rapids FFA with CDE’s, Livestock judging, and also State FFA.

For those of you who don’t know what CDE’S is, it is Career Development Events. There we qualified for state in Nursery/Landscaping recieving 3^rd. With the team of Trey Mogensen 9^th, Jacob Ahlers 10^th, Evey Choat 12^th, and Allyson Rutten 17^th.

We also qualified in Food Science recieving 2^nd. With a team of Bella Christensen 3^rd, Amber Armatys a blue, Jacee Johnson a blue, and Ally Kennedy a blue also. 

Our last team to qualify for state from CDE’S is Welding recieving 6^th place. With Logan Young a blue in GMOA welding. Tyler Hellbusch a red in SMAW Welding, and Colton Hupp 4^th place in OA welding.

Not only did we have people make it to state at CDE’S we also had our senior Livestock Judging get 3^rd place and make it to state. With a team of Trey Mogensen 6^th, Colton Hupp 12^th, Evey Choat 16^th, Paige Hellbusch 22^nd, and Trent Braun 31^st.

Trey Mogensen will be giving his Natural Resources speech while at state. Which is why he will not be participating in Livestock Judging. We also have our Jr. High Quiz Bowl going and competing on Friday morning. With a team of Joel Scott, Fina Choat, Nathan Choat, McKayla Mogensen, Jacob Kennedy.

We will also be having two of our seniors, Colton Hupp and Scott Belitz, receive their State Degrees, the highest award an FFA member can accomplish, at the State Convention.