Future farmers rake in awards

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

As the 2001-2002 school year nears an end, the local chapter of the FFA celebrated it with the 33rd annual Warren County Awards Ceremony held Monday night at the high school.

The ceremony honored club members, their parents, and the club’s business sponsors. This year’s ceremony was dedicated to the memory of Billy Rhody, long-time FFA advisor at the former Central High School.

Awards distributed Monday included club Star awards, given to the best students in each category. This year’s Star Greenhands are Lynn Cannon and Kayla Parsley. Star Farmer is Danielle Conner. Star in Agriculture Placement is Josh Morton. Star in Agribusiness is Brandon Savage.

Savage, a senior, also was honored for having the highest GPA in agriculture classes of all FFA seniors during his four years of high school. Kasey Smith was honored as the Outstanding Member of the Year.

Honored for their loyal dedication to the local FFA program were Keith and Kathy Bouldin, who received the Outstanding Service Award. Keith was president of the local club in 1976-77.

Those members bringing in proficiency awards were Jacob Smith, Conner, Blake Parker, Savage and Dale Sneed.

Those receiving their Greenhand Degrees were Angela Black, Danielle Burrows, Hollie Butcher, Ben Cannon, Lynn Cannon, Erica Cosminsky, Miguel Cota, Matt Durham, Lucas Foutch, Candice Gann, Heather Grieves, Eric Hildreth, Caleb Hillis, Craig Jaco, Tisha Jones, Brandon Kester, Larry Lawson, Noberto Luis, Shandra Madewell, Kevin McCormick, Kayla Parsley, Meagan Pennington, Ashley Rhea, Chris Sims, Stephanie Tate, Britta Trail, Sheena Truong, Bo Waggoner, Whitney Wray, Lindsay Wright and Amanda Young.

Receiving their Chapter Degrees were Valorie Altman, T.J. Boyd, Nic Cline, Jordan Elkins, Christina Farley, Eric Frazier, Clint Garrett, Kelly Goolsby, Mike Goralski, Nathan Harrell, Krystle Herrin, Nicholas Hickerson, Justin King, Hal Laws, Courtney Martin, Michael Moore, Chris Oakes, Cassandra Paris, Brandt Prater, Kenny Ritchey, Cassandra Scott, Jonathan Spurlock, Nicholas Self, Sarah Simons, Kyle Stuart, Erica Warren, Bruce White, Wendy Williams and Tara Wood.

State FFA Degree winners were Danielle Conner, Josh Morton and Brandon Savage.

Results of the elections for club officers for the 2002-2003 school year were also announced. They are: Brandt Prater, sentinel; Hal Laws, reporter; Erica Cosminsky, treasurer; Sarah Simons, secretary; Jordan Elkins, second vice president; Randy Evans, first vice president; and Cory Brown, president.