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 BUILDING TOMORROWS
TODAY
More than 23,000 FFA members, advisors and guests demonstrated how the FFA is
Building Tomorrows Today at the 53rd National FFA Convention. The convention in
Kansas City, Missouri, November 12-14, seta new attendance record and saw award
presentations, speakers, contests and business culminate a year of work.
But the work began at the local chapter level That's where the concept of binding
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together hands-on experience, leadership development and classroom instruction

really proves itself. Whether it's competing in the chapter public speaking contest,
starting an agricultural proficiency project or running for a Creenhand office, FFA
members are building skills useful to America and its agriculture.
The 53rd National FFA Convention was a climax for some —
the finale of an FFA
career. For others, it was just a beginning —
the motivational force to do and
achieve. This proceedings booklet is a record of those past achievements and an
inspiration to future ones. We hope you find encouragement in its use.

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Byron F. Rawls C. Coleman Harris
National Advisor National Executive Secretary

TABLE OF CONTENTS
HIGHLIGHTS 3
National Officers' Retiring Addresses 6
Agricultural Career Show 21

COMPETITION AND RECOGNITION 23

Starts Over America 23
Public Speaking Contests 24
National Contests and Awards , 28
American Farmers 38
Special Awards 41

BUSINESS 44
Approved Amendments 44
Committee Reports 45

PEOPLE 60
OfficialDelegates 60
National Band, Chorus, Talent, WEA 62
National Di rectory 65

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Editors: Roni Horan, Becky Vining and Rich Bennett. Photographers: Gary Bye, L.J. Emerson, Jeff Tennant
and Bill Stagg
 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS
Building Tomorrows Today
They came to honor the hear inspirational speakers, demonstrate
FFA's best,
agricultural skills in contestsand conduct business of the nearly half-million mem-
ber organization. It was all part of the 53rd National FFA Convention, November 12
to 14, in Kansas City, Missouri. More than 23,000 FFA members, advisors and guests
attended and demonstrated how the FFA is Building Tomorrows Today.

AND THE WINNER IS . . .

The competition and recognition throughout convention week involved FFA

members from all 50 states and Puerto Rico. In total, more than 2,500 awards were

presented to members for their outstanding accomplishments. Building Our

American Communities awards were presented to 166 chapters with the Monroe-
ville, Ohio, chapter topping the competition. Gold, silver and bronze emblem
rankings were given to 365 chapters in the National Chapter Award Program and to
128 chapters in the Safety Award Program. Nearly 1,500 FFA members competed in
the nine national contests which ranged from milk quality and dairy foods to
floriculture and livestock judging to ag mechanics.
Steve Vaughan and Jack Baber, Jr., were the 1980 Stars Over America. Vaughan, a
21-year-old dairy farmer from Hartville, Ohio, was named Star Farmer of America,
and Baber, a19-year-old Colusa, California, native who cooperates in the family rice
drying and storage operation, was named Star Agribusinessman. These two were
selected as the best of the 783 American Farmer degree recipients.
Proficiency awards were presented to 22 FFA members for their outstanding
competencies, and the two public speaking contests continued to be a convention
highpoint. David Steakley, 18, of the Grandview, Texas, FFA chapter spoke about
world starvation and malnutrition in "The Challenge of Our Age" to win the 50th
annual prepared public speaking contest. Ron Wineinger, 17, of Marion, Kansas,
won the extemporaneous public speaking contest with the topic "Effective
Management in Agribusiness."
 Top to bottom: Linkletter, Bergland, Aaron,
Devaney, McDowell, Sokolosky

PEOPLE MAKE IT HAPPEN

The Honorary American Farmer degree, VIP Citation and Dis-

tinguished Service Citation were awarded to individuals and groups
who continually support the FFA. Don McDowell, who served as
executive director of the National FFA Foundation Sponsoring
Committee from 1969 to 1979, was honored for his decade of out-
standing service. The Sponsoring Committee leadership was passed
to 1981 chairman Dr. Owen J. Newlin, vice president of Pioneer
Hi-Bred International, Incorporated. He succeeds R.M. Hendrick-
son, president of the Agricultural Division of Pfizer Inc. who led the
drive which brought more than $1 million into the Foundation's fund
for incentive awards and programs. A slide program recognized
groups that donated in 1980.

TV/radio personality and author Art Linkletter keynoted the con-

vention encouraging members to make the most of their lives.
Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland challenged them to continue
making agriculture and America strong. Addresses by baseball's
home run king Hank Aaron and University of Nebraska athletic
director Bob Devaney also highlighted convention sessions. Some
of the best speaking was displayed by the 1979-80 national officers
when they delivered their retiring addresses.
The Veterans Day performance by the U.S. Air Force Band and the
Singing Sergeants set the mood for convention week as did the
patriotic vespers program "Our America." On the lighter side, the
Firestone Show provided comical and musical entertainment. The
National FFA Chorus, Band and Talent added spice to every session.
The National FFA Alumni Association again held its convention in
conjunction with the FFA meeting and sponsored nine leadership
workshops for the high school members. The announcement of a
record membership of 18,412 FFA Alumni members and the premier
showing of the slide program "It's Working" highlighted the Alumni
convention. New Lexington, Ohio, was named Outstanding Affiliate
with Denmark, Wisconsin, as runner-up. Outstanding Alumni
Achievement Awards were presented to Lamar Branch of Georgia
and Tom Stine of Missouri. Phyllis Sokolosky of Oklahoma was
selected president for 1980-81 with Harold Lineberry of Tennessee as
president-elect.
 NEW LEADERS
After Friday morning's national officer report and international activities pro-
gram, the 1980-81 national officers were elected. They are: (front, left to right) Mark
Herndon, 20, President from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Bob Quick, 20,
Secretary from Bement, Illinois; (back, left to right) David Pearce, 20, Central
Region Vice President from Warrensburg, Missouri; Glenn Caves, 20, Southern
Region Vice President from Laurel, Mississippi; Susie Barrett, 20, Eastern Region
Vice President from Vincent, Ohio; and David Alders, 19, Western Region Vice
President from Nacogdoches, Texas.
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. . . ALWAYS TRIED
Doug Rinker, National President

". .you are a winner when you're always tried

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and always given your best.

"One of the rarest things that man ever does is to do the best he can." Josh Billings
wrote that in the19th Century. At times it still applies today —
maybe it is the answer
to decreased productivity in our industrial sector, self-centeredness in our lifestyles
or possibly it is the answer to America's decline in favoritism among our neighbors
throughout the world. It may be . but can tell you after the thousands of miles
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and hundreds of visits that these assumed answers to America's few problems do
not and will not apply to the people have been blessed to meet this year.
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Sure, our nation has her problems, but I've been to other countries and know I

she is still strong and will become stronger because of the generation am proud to I

be a part of. It is because of this "Future for America", a group have shared my year I

with, that I choose to remember this year not by places visited, engagements
spoken at, or pictures taken, but I'll remember these past 364 days by the time spent
with you.
 You are the reason six of us started our journey a year ago filled with excitement,
yet afraid of what the future held for us. It is because of our belief in you and the
qualities you have shared with your six retiring officers, that every time we zip up
these jackets with no lettering on the back, we feel a deep pride and lasting respect
for the organization you play such a vital role in.

Yes my friends, this year has made me realize more than ever, the strength of our
future lies in the youth of America. Many times this year have challenged members I

and asked, "What will you do with the role you are about to serve in your nation?" I

didn't need an answer, for deeds speak louder than words. Your deeds have served
millions through community service programs such as Building Our American
Communities and Food For America. Our members have developed themselves
through participation in proficiency award programs, leadership conferences and
many other opportunities that await those that will but try in this organization of
blue and gold.
Ihave also seen what role you have served in my eight years of FFA. Advisors,
stateand national staffs, sponsors, my fellow members and officers, plus many
more have given so much by simply being themselves. Many of you have given so
much by being an example for me to follow during this year and throughout life.
There was an example of hope and enthusiasm that was an answer to my prayer of
needed exuberance. The answer was presented to me by a nine-year-old named
Jason who would tackle EVERYTHING with equal zeal and equal belief that the best
would always come about. Jason, without even realizing it, gave me hope and
enthusiasm because he always tried.
There was an example of dedication and perseverance that was an answer to my
prayer of needed strength to overcome problems. The answer was there ever since
we had served as chapter officers and had worked together on his family's farm.
This person that has always been an example for me to try and follow received his
American Farmer Degree just yesterday. My friend Wayne will overcome any prob-
lem or obstacle that ever faces him because he, like many of you, has faith in his
own no matter what faces him.
ability to try

My former advisors have always been examples for me to follow, but the words of
one, Mr. Sutphin, will always serve me and think you, too, for in effect he said, "As
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long as you've always tried and always given your best, then we'll be proud of you,
no matter what the results are."
People have made my years in the FFA the memorable ones that they are. But a
quote from Dale Carnegie best sums up something else I've learned this year.
Carnegie once wrote:
Oneof the most tragic things know about human nature is
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that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of

some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of —
enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows
today.
I've learned to appreciate my family and friends this year and praise the Good
Lord for them. But must apologize to all of you for not having always tried and not
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always given my best. Those were the times was a failure. "Learning experiences,"
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we call them. Even with those times, consider myself a success because of the
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affiliation have had with all of you. Many of you are winners due to your genuinely
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sincere attitude and if can only pattern myself after many of the hopeful, enthu-
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siastic and truly sincere Greenhands have met, then I'll always call myself a
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success.
These past few days we have declared many winners, yet many more were never
named. Many never realize they are winners. But can say it is my honest belief that
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you are a winner when you've always tried and always given your best. Success is
not measured by dollars or acres or numbers, as most people believe, but instead
success is an attitude that each person eventually comes to. You never reach
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complete success but can come close through sincere efforts and by reaching your
full potential of your God given abilities.

As retire from this organization that has provided so many opportunities and
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leave the year of being with you, make a special request: ask that you please join
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me in a moment of silent prayer of thanksgiving for what each of us has shared,

what we have and what our dreams are . . .

. Dee, Don, Phil, Elin, Jeff, all of you have given so much and have set
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examples for me to dream about until my time is upon this world thank you. My —
friends, all of you have been such an inspiration because you are who you are —
examples of our country's tremendous future. am indebted to all of you for what I

you have given me, yet leave here tonight the richest man in the world. The prayer
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I leave you with is this . . .

May you have

Enough happiness to keep you sweet
Enough trialsto keep you strong
Enough sorrow to keep you human
Enough hope to keep you happy
Enough failure to keep you humble
Enough success to keep you eager
Enough friends to give you comfort
Enough wealth to meet your needs
Enough enthusiasm to banish all depression
Enough determination to make each day
better than yesterday.
Take care, my friends, and may God bless you always!

THIS ONE'S FOR YOU

Phil Benson, National FFA Secretary

"Satisfaction is . . . the gut feeling

that . . . you have achieved all that you are
capable of achieving.

Every officer in this organization dreams of someday delivering his retiring

address. Actually, it's much more frightening than you might think. When first I

began to think about this presentation several months ago, tried to analyze just I

exactly what was at stake. You see, this is the last opportunity will have to share my I

thoughts with you. When you consider that you have to incorporate everything you
want to say in one speech, it becomes extremely challenging.
Of course, must thank each of you for what you have contributed to this
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fantastic experience. Likewise, thechance to work with educators, FFA staff, Foun-
dation staff and sponsors has been highly rewarding. And serving with five people,
whose belief and dedication to this organization is unparalleled, has provided an
abundance of life-long memories. But this time is too precious to devote it merely
to thank yous.

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 Ihave had the opportunity to observe FFA members in all parts of the country
these past 12 months and in many different situations. One common setting has
been FFA members being recognized for their efforts. Awards of all shapes and
sizes have been presented in 1980. There were many winners but even more losers.
Being called on to congratulate winners, console losers and challenge both groups
to do even better next time has led me to revise my own perception of success.
Being successful is something we all look forward to. However, each of us is greeted
by success differently.
Let me paint a picture of two FFA members to show you why have changed my
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opinion of success. Neitherof these members has done without much in life. There
were always nice clothes, more than enough food, better than average shelter to
live under and a warm, loving family to share with. In fact, there are no elements in
this account to make it a horror story. Sure, they suffered their share of cuts and
bruises as youngsters. And each managed to encounter a fair amount of trouble at
home and at school. Yet these two FFA members grew up with essentially the same
love, the same support and the same encouragement.
But they were different! They looked different, they thought different, they acted
different and they talked different. And they were interested in different things.
One liked horses, the other liked cows. One wanted to play Little League, while the
other wanted to ride his pony in the parade. Butthat was okay. It was okay with their
parents, and it was okay with them. Each pursued his own interests, and each was
happy. However, as they grew older, these two FFA members became aware of
something, slowly at first but later it became obvious. They were being rewarded
for their efforts differently and in a rather confusing manner. Normally you would
expect that someone who works harder at something would receive a greater
reward. Not true in this case. And it had nothing to do with the family life because
that love, support and encouragement remained constant. It became evident to
these two that something far more powerful was dictating when and how much
each should be rewarded. The problem was that this power evidently did not
subscribe to the old "the harder you work, the more you get" theory. This appeared
to be making it easy for one while periodically testing the courage of the other. For
example: one could virtually not study and still manage good grades while the other
could beat his brains out and do no better than average.
Their participation in FFA made the injustices even more obvious. One, whose
interest in FFA had been secondary, rose to high acclaim with what seemed like
relative ease. The other member, whose first love had always been the Future
Farmers of America, became further confused as he watched time and again as his
successes were dampened by bitter disappointments —
disappointments which
were not the result of inadequate enthusiasm or effort but ones which could only
be attributed to this power which calculates the dividends each of us receives in
life.

Of course, each of us realizes the different ability levels we possess. And we tend
to accept, with time, that we must be satisfied with what each of us alone can
achieve. Yet we still compare ourselves with others. And the competitive atmo-
sphere which we live sometimes makes it difficult to swallow the fact that life is so
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easy for some and so challenging for others.
We all desire to win, some more intensely than others. However, winning asks
different things of different people. The price is different for each of us. To win, for
some of us, requires great sacrifice. Yet we forge ahead attempting to fill our souls
with the pride and jubilation that is success. Success. Can a person experience
anything more gratifying? Success. Can there be another feeling more desirable to
mankind?
Yes! There is a feeling which more completely warms the soul. There is another
feeling which, in a much more powerful way, creates a sense of self-worth more
than does success. And there is a feeling that, in many cases, is far more difficult to
achieve than success. The feeling speak of is satisfaction
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self-satisfaction. It's
knowing that the effort you put forth is the very best you are capable of. It's the gut
feeling that, despite what those around you have done, you have achieved all that
you are capable of achieving.
In the movie "Ten for Gold/' Bruce Jenner stressed his goal of scoring a "personal
best" each time he competed. Of course, Jenner felt the pressure and expectations
that sports fans the world over had placed on him by making him the favorite to win
the decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games. He felt the pressure of the
competitors who had traveled from all overthe world to challenge him in Montreal.
However, the greatest expectations of all came from Jenner himself. His demand
was simple yet exceedingly challenging: run faster, jump higher and throw farther
than you ever have before. Bruce Jenner's success on the 1976 Olympic decathlon
was rewarded by a gold medal. But true personal satisfaction came in a string of
"personal bests" which will not tarnish with time, will not fluctuate in value nor will
they ever lose their ability to fulfill human desire in a way which is second only to
true love.
Each of us possesses a unique ability to achieve, but we all play by different rules.
None of us does it exactly the same, nor are we required to put forth the same
amount of effort. These differences appear to be grave injustices at times, par-
ticularly when we habitually compare our progress with the achievements of
others. This is what eventually happened in the case of the two FFA members have I

cited. One member began to measure his own successes based on ground rules
which applied only to the other.
It is impossible to know the tremendous pain this individual has suffered. His

string of disappointments include the loss of thousands of dollars worth of live-

stock, the disappointment of not being elected to state office and, most recently,
denial of the American Farmer Degree. Most painful has been the fact that extra-
ordinary effort has seemingly failed to pay off. These instances have left deep scars
on this person's self-confidence. But he's a winner. He has never accepted defeat,
and don't expect him to do so in the future. There is no doubt in my mind that as
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this person begins to overcome personal challenges rather than those which are
competitions with others, he will compile a record which will be regarded as highly
successful. What is more certain to me, however, is because of this member's
uncompromising quest to be the best at what he does combined with unequalled
energy and now the ability to channel that energy into areas in which he can
succeed, this member will live a life of even greater satisfaction than will. For I I

know he will achieve every ounce of that which he is capable of.

When this member ran for state office he told me that, if elected, he hoped to
share some of his experiences with others. He hoped that if others could identify
with what he had gone through that they might be inspired to get back up and carry
on, that they might also begin to measure success in terms of "personal bests." His
message was simple —
be what you can be. Your own standards are the ones that
count most. The only person who needs to be satisfied is YOU.
Well, he never got to give that speech. And as traveled across the country this
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year saw FFA members who have suffered similar failures. realize there is little
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can do about such fate. But to those of you whom this story describe and especially
to this FFA member who means so very much to me, say I —
this is not my retiring
address, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU.
It's been a fantastic year. Thank you.

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 THE TIME IS NOW
Dee James, National Vice President
Central Region

"If you want to be successful, you work to

make ithappen."

Growing up on a farm has made a significant impact on my life. Among other

things, it has enabled me to decide on a life's work in the industry of agriculture.

When was I yet too young to drive a tractor myself, Iused to spend hours in the
field, riding on the tractor with my grandfather. I was content to see the fresh,
exposed soil with each pass of the disk or harrow, to observe how straight he could
plant therow crops and wheat and at the same time explain to me how you could
probably plant more in a crooked row. enjoyed also how he made it through the I

rows of crops with the cultivator and, then best of all, harvested the product of a
year's effort and expense with an excitement and enthusiasm that can only be
exhibited by a farmer at harvest time. And after a day's riding in the field, most often
I would be rewarded by getting to steer a few rounds before we quit for the
evening. And all the while, kept dreaming and thinking that couldn't wait for the
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day when would be driving that tractor myself, harvesting crops that had planted
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on ground that had tilled. I

So in riding on that tractor or combine, wanted to learn, wanted to be I I

prepared. would like to think that recognized back then that the time is nowtobe
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preparing for the future, and the future was getting closer with each passing day.
In looking to the future, think it is often helpful to look also at the past. We often
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see history repeating itself. Today's fashions certainly exhibit that trend and so do
many other seemingly modern trends such as harnessing the power of the sun and
wind. The process by which we learn is also repeated each time we are introduced
to something new. It seems to make sense to me, therefore, that in all we do, we
must walk before we run, we practice before we become proficient and we must
plan before we can build and we learn quickly that it is always best to build
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from a strong foundation.

These same ideals became clear again when was first introduced to the FFA. As a I

Greenhand was overwhelmed, excited and greatly enthused at what the FFA
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offered. That momentum got me through the first year, and then started to see all I

those awards, contests and offices being won by older, more experienced mem-
bers. Ibecame a little confused, frustrated, defeated and discouraged with the
system. was confused until remembered all the acres that had plowed while
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riding on Grandpa's tractor, frustrated until recalled the small steps had to take I I

before could run and discouraged until

I recognized and appreciated all the I

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practice and experience that was needed if was ever going to be successful. I I

realized in my first years of membership the need for a strong foundation on which
to build,and always had to hear myself think
I the time . . . is now. . . to be
preparing for what the future held for me in this organization.
This year have found history repeating itself and the same learning process
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being generated again and again. The history of our organization is enabling us to
continue to build and to grow based on the foundation of success.
Our organization was founded on the need which was exhibited by students of
vocational agriculture for an organization of national scope to provide students an
opportunity and the incentives to expand on their classroom education and to
share and to grow with other students on the basis of their common belief in
agricultural leadership, citizenship and cooperation as stated in our primary aim.
FFA members, that need is still alive, and we must continue to strengthen that vital
aim to continue to strengthen the vital industry of agriculture.
Today in fact, the need for more trained young people in agriculture is perhaps
even greater than it was 53 years ago. The cry for our talents echoes from Alaska to
Puerto Rico and from Maine to Hawaii. The time is now for us to hear that cry, to
accept the challenges and the opportunities, to see the incentives and to prepare
ourselves for the future that is awaiting each of us.
This year have seen the history and the success of the FFA personified in former
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members who are now great contributors to our industry of agriculture. This year I

have met leaders in agriculture business who without hesitation credit the FFA for
training them in financial responsibility. have met many successful farmers and
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ranchers who recall their first projects as the means of developing their current
farming programs. And have met leaders in agricultural organizations as well as
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elected officials from the local to the national level who acknowledge their leader-
ship training and their desire to serve as a result of their membership in the Future
Farmers of America.
In all of these people, as well as in us, there are three common denominators:
membership the FFA, agriculture interests and success, if we recognize that the
in
time is now to begin and if we understand the significance of the learning process
and to build from a strong foundation.
Success is in our reach because success in our past as well as the future. And
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the formula for success is a simple one you want to be successful, you decide
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you want to be successful, and you work to make it happen. It can be as simple as
that! Success is the opposite of failure, and that formula is rather simple, too. If you
are a failure, you decide to be successful, but you only wish that it will happen.
As see it, each of us has two choices that we can make as members of the Future
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Farmers of America: one, we can live off of the success of the members of the past
and the present or, two, we can set out to improve on what has been given to us by
the opportunities we have as members of this organization. The time is now to
make that decision to continue on the course of success knowing that success
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is not a destination, it is a journey.

Success can be a common denominator, but it is important, feel, to recognize I

that we all have different measures for success. Ester York Burkholder wrote, "We
all want to be a success in life. Some achieve heights of fame in their fields; others

live quiet lives. Yet who can say that they are not equally successful?"

I think Burkholder has an important message saying that success cannot be

measured by a title or by a certain level of achievement. Success is a measure of
one's self.
It is my wish that you continue on the journey of success for the rest of your
lives . . . the time is now to begin.
It is my desire thatyou acceptwith patience the learning process of watchingand

learning, practicingfor proficiency and buildingthestrongfoundation andthe . . .

time is now to begin.

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 And it is my desire that you acknowledge with pride the responsibility that we all

have in representing America's two greatest resources: agriculture and young

people and the time is now to begin.
. . .

Yes, the time is now to begin, because our journey to tomorrow and to success is
always just beginning.
Gladys Taber shares the feeling that have in thinking about the future and
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on the past while living in the present.

reflecting
"Don't you ever get bored in the country in winter?" a city friend asked me.
My feeling is that boredom comes from within and has nothing to do with place
or circumstances. There is always something to experience if we have the per-
ception to sense it.
So as a new year begins, take out my memories and sort them, the rough-cut
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jewels of my life. relive them all and then put them away in my special box, laying
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the dark ones on the bottom and covering them over with the shining ones.
For now have new experiences coming, new sorrows perhaps, but new hopes,
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also. I have fresh opportunities to help someone who needs it, more love and
understanding to give and a renewed faith in Cod.
My journey to tomorrow is always just beginning.

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WHERE ARE WE GOING?

Don Trimmer, National Vice President
Eastern Region

".. partake of a
. new road and a new
beginning.

November 9, 1979, was the beginning of a year that brought with it many new
places, people and experiences into my life. It has been a year of adventure and
excitement, of challenges and disappointments. But this past year has taken me far.
From the fields of Central Maryland to the heartland of Dixie, from the plains of the
Midwest to the foreign cities of Japan, I've been given the opportunity to grow and
understand the complex industry of agriculture. It has been an inspiration to be in a
lifestyle that love and a profession that
I firmly believe in. Agriculture is ever
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present in our world, and am proud to be a part of it. But more so, am excited
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about what the future holds for us. Agriculture needs us, you and I, as the Future
Farmers of our land if it is to survive. The role that we will play is far more important
than any other in our future, for it is we who have in our power the control over all
of destiny as the producers of food for a hungry world. There is a big challenge
ahead for all of us, and I, for one, am ready to accept it.
From my "Smalltown, U.S.A." of Woodsboro to New York City and Tokyo, I have
traveled thousands of miles, and have seen many cities and towns. But of all my
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experiences this past year, the greatest realization of all is that have only just begun I

to see my world. A world not just from Alaska to Puerto Rico, Maine to Hawaii, but a
world composed of many very special places and unique people. A world that
me a new beginning.
offers to
My year as a national officer has gone by fast, but today does not mark an end.
Today instead marks a new beginning, a new excitement in my life.

I tomorrow!
can't wait for
I have seen yesterday, and
I love today!
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into tomorrow alone. want to go with you, together. have seen too much this year
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that attitudes of "I" and not enough of the "we." have not only seen this in people
I

but also in chapters and states. This is an attitude that concerns me the most about
the years to come. If we are to endu re another 53 years with the same grandeur and
achievements of the past, then we must combine our efforts together in a sense of
unity throughout the Future Farmers of America to keep this the greatest organi-
zation in the world. We must look forward to a new beginning, a new freshness with
our world.
Reach out in the early morning mist.
As the day's sun
Breaks the calmness of night
And rises to the new day,
A new awareness of being.

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 Shake hands with the world
And smile.
It is great to be alive.
— jonivan —
No one knows what the future holds for each of us. There is a new day coming,
and the course that we will follow down our road in life depends on the signs and
directions left by those travelers before us, those leaders who have left their marks
for all of us to follow.
Itwas a new day, and the sun rose proudly off of the ocean's
horizon. As he was walking along the beach that morning,
he noticed the footsteps of the people gone by. There were
so many different sizes and shapes in the sand. Many were
walking, some running, others just standing still, and a few
going in circles. The ocean's waves, like the tides of time,
pounded the beach in a steady rhythm. He could see that
the lower footsteps soon lost all distinction and returned to
the vastness of the sand. But it was the marks left high on
the beaches, those imprints being untouched, that with-
stood waves and showed a new direction to the travelers
yet to come along the vast beach.
So as we begin our new day, we partake of a new road and a new beginning. The
road that each of us must travel is long, and no one really knows where it will lead
us. But if we go the road together, each of us can help one another through the
difficult times.

We must go on forward, for if the Future Farmers of America are to advance and
lead our nation, there must be a renewed sense of concern for all men to face the
future united. And if we all work together, there will never beany burden too heavy
to carry even through the hardest of times.
As we travel down our roads in life
With all of the struggles and all of the strifes,
Take the time to ask the Lord today
If he will give you the strength to find your way.

We have grown so much in the past few years

From the times of laughter and the times of tears.
But now we are ready to face the road,
To stand up strong and assume our load.
Because the future of America depends on you and me
To be the leaders and make others see
That ours is the land of opportunity
The home of the brave and the land of the free.
In these final hours, the world is mine,
So I'll make the most of my precious time.
Take care, my friends, as you go on your way
To meet the futures of tomorrow as the hours of today!

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 THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
Jeff Kirby, National FFA Vice President
Southern Region

". . . yours is the power and force of the mind,

the heart and the spirit/'

One night earlier this year, I arrived in a town where I didn't know anyone so I

decided to see a movie. Without any second guesses, you can probably predict
what saw. As sat in the theatre watching "Star Wars," began to see a deeper
I I I

meaning that the movie was trying to project. began to ask myself about those I

people of the future: my children and grandchildren. Would they live in a society of
great machines and equipment and highly technical computers? And what about
the traveling machines? But the question that puzzled me most was, "What was the
force these people of the future were searching for?" looked at myself and my past I

years in this organization, and if there was but one sad moment it is now, because it
has taken me six years to find out what the "force" is to me.
You see, wasn't until this year you gave me the chance to find out
my friends, it

where the force was. Some men will spend a life time trying to discover this magical
splendor, but finally found it after serving this year. But it took people like
I

yourselves to help me find it. found this force every time went to your local
I I

chapters, your state conventions and the leadership camps where met an FFA I

member. You see, my friends, the "force" is "you."

You possess the force because you hold the power that man can never match
all

with the discoveries of energy, science, or medicine. Oh, yours is so much more
all

powerful because yours is the power and force of the mind, the heart and the spirit.
This being the final few days that will serve you as an officer, decided wanted
I I I

to leave withall of you money, wealth and all the riches of the world. But knowing I

don't have any of these things, the only thing can give you is my thoughts and I

beliefs as have done all year long. want to share a few thoughts which mean a lot
I I

to me.
Fellowmembers and friends, this year you have shown me that the force of your
minds one of the most powerful things that an individual can possess. While was
is I

at Louisiana State Convention, experienced something there that brought back a

I

lot of memories. Ayoung FFA member named Robbie was sitting out in the delegate
section while discussion was going on about an item of business. A motion came up
and the state president called for a second. All of a sudden, Robbie jumped up, and
the president recognized him. don't know exactly what it was, butyou would have
I

thought lightning had struck Robbie. You could see the fear in his eyes. He
suddenly realized he had to second it. He made his way to the microphone where I

was sitting. With fear in his voice, he said, "Mr. President, second the motion." I

To many of you sound like such a big deal, but the look of confidence
that doesn't
that replaced the scared look on Robbie's face was priceless. That may have been
the first milestone on his life to gaining the confidence he needed to get up before
people. His mind told him to stand up, and he did. Upon realizing what happened,
he metthe challenge just like all of you meetyoursand meet mine: with a little fear I

and anxiety, but the mind doesn't quit.

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 The mind is the seed of all dreams; plant and nurture them wisely. This poem
depicts all so well what dreams are all about.
What would we do in this world of ours
Were it not for the dreams ahead?
For thorns are mixed with blooming flowers
No matter which path we tread.
And each of us has this golden goal,
Stretching far into the years;
And ever he climbs with a hopeful soul,
With alternate smiles and tears.
That dream ahead is what holds him up
Through the storms of ceaseless fright;
When his lips are pursed to warm wood's cup
And clouds shut out the light.
To some it's a dream of high estate;
To some it's a dream of wealth;
To some it's a dream of truce with Fate
In a constant search for health.
To some it's a dream of home and wife;
To some it's a crown above;
The dreams are what make each life —
The dreams — and faith — and love!
Edwin Carlile Litsey

So many times this year you have taken six different individuals into your homes,
chapters and states. You gave my fellow officers and myself all the warmth and
hospitality anyone could ask for. You have proven the power of the heart. By giving
to us your kindness you have proven to me that the heart is a very vital organ. Aside
from pumping blood through our bodies and supplying us with the necessary life
fluid, it is vital for your happiness and all others around you. Once dreams are
formed in the mind, they are moved to the heart.
A few weeks ago while was in Jacksonville, Illinois, was speaking to an FFA
I I

chapter and after the speech a few members and myself were talking to one
another. A young lady who was an FFA member came up and introduced herself.
Her name was Sharon. Sharon said, "You know the part of your speech you talked
about being what you want to be? Well, am working to be able to ride my horse in
I

the1984 Olympics." You know, my friends, won't be surprised if we all see Sharon I

in the Olympics. She dreamed a dream in her mind and then transplanted it to her
heart and now has made it a goal in her life.
I get excited every time think about all of you met this year who have shared
I I

your dreams and goals with me. am also very thankful to all of you who shared
I

your lives with me. was asked once what thought the best gift in the whole world
I I

was, and replied, "Sharing One's Life." That wasn't a profound statement made
I I

this year. It was a statement made in an English paper wrote my ninth grade year in
I I

high school. And you know what? still believe that. I

If I were to ask one it would simply be for you to reach out to

favor of all of you,
someone in you reached out to the six of us this year when we were in
need just as
need of a place to sleep or a friend to talk with. Reach out to those who don't have a
title on their jackets or a sign upon their door, for those are the most important
individuals because they may need your help more than someone else.
I hope you remember the third ingredient, and that is the force of the spirit. You
see, feel as human beings we have as much spirit as a wild stallion on the open
I

plains. We will all have heartaches, and most of us already have. But when our
dreams are crushed and goals are destroyed, we must use the force of the spirit to
hang in there and ride it out. But the spirit that is most important is the spirit of Cod.

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 "

For He gives the almighty power and force no one will ever replace. Through the
force of God's spirit, all things are possible.
shown me a star and helped me find my plans in life, and for
This year you have
this you" to my parents and my advisor, Mr. Marcantel, and all of those
I say "thank
very special people back home who have helped me more than words can say. But
most importantly say "thank you" to the FFA members and God because without
I

the two of you, would not have had anything to serve.

I

Now it is your challenge to find your star, and someone will show you that plan.
Prepare yourself and others for the future, because it's just around the corner.
Once again, "thank you" and may God be with you and may the "force" be with you.

LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE

Elin Duckworth, National Vice President
Western Region

". . . our failures give us new insight to begin

again.

Please don't let this feeling end.

everything am, everything want to be.
It's I I

can see what's mine now.

I

Finding out what's true,

Since I've found you
Looking through the eyes of love.
This year has meant being able to look through the eyes of love, and what have I

seen has been all of you —

your kind words, smiles and actions have been an
inspiration to me. The feeling that now have inside of me shall remain forever as
I I

look forward realizing that it was you —

as members, as teachers, as sponsors, as
parents, and my new found brothers: Doug, Dee, Don, Jeff and Phil. It was all of
you who made this year worthwhile.
The time has come for me to say thank you. Thank you to individuals and an entire
organization that has been the most important thing in my life the past seven years.
As have seen you through the eyes of love this year, it has become clear to me that
I

what have seen in each of you that inspired me has been your faith in yourselves,
I

hopes in your highest dreams and your love for each other and this organization.
As sit upon this three-legged stool
I can realize how simply it stands solidI

beneath me, and also see how simply faith, hope and love must work together
I

throughout our lives. Not only to work toward making us happy, but to strengthen
us to be the very best, whoever we are.
The first leg on the stool is that of faith. We must all have faith in ourselves, in our
God and in our fellow man. Faith in ourselves does not come easy, but, FFA
members, we must truly believe in the richness of talent that God has given us. He
placed each of us individually on this earth to accomplish something very special or
we would not be here at all. He wants us to be happy, but many times we may be
confused and have setbacks of failure in our lives. We must have determination to

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keep trying, our failures give us new insight to begin again. The
knowing that
strength to not only comes from the faith in ourselves but in Cod and
move forward
those around us. It may be a kind word from your advisor or a fellow chapter
member, just enough to make us try again.
I saw faith in a chapter in Washington. Faith that they would raise $24,000 this
year. Their chapter president, Fred Beeler, had begun the work toward this goal. He
had faith in all the members, but this past summer coming home from work one
afternoon, he was killed in an automobile accident. He had always been an inspira-
tion to his entire chapter because he did have faith in them and they in him. When I

visited their chapter this fall, although Fred was gone, saw his inspiration still I

ringing true. Right now, the chapter is working harder than ever toward their goal.
And with their faith, know they will be successful.
I

You are lookingatan individual that had hopes a hope to have the opportunity —
to stand simply and humbly before you today. People told me that it couldn't be
done — a city girl with no agricultural background at all. But proved to myself that I

it was possible. More importantly, realized that it is true that you can be anything
I

you really want to be, because you would not dream any dream or hope that God
didn't give you the talent to obtain. It is true that you do have the talents to obtain
your highest dreams, hopes and aspirations.
Each of us at this convention has a dream, a goal. never realized how important a I

goal in life actually was until was elected to office last year. This had been my dream
I

for six years. should have been the happiest person in the world, but really
I I

wasn't. couldn't understand why, but finally realized that it was because hadn't
I I I

set another goal —

something more to dream about. Once took the time to sit I

down and set those new goals for tomorrow, was happy. Each of us must find I

happiness by giving our lives direction through our goals, our hopes and our
dreams.
Lastly, thinking about this three-legged stool, look across this convention hall I

and can sense a feeling, a feeling which is not found elsewhere. This feeling is the
love of our organization, love of our America and all the people in it. St. Paul said,
"And though have the gift of prophecy and understand all
I

mysteries and all knowledge, and though have all faith so I

that could move mountains, and have not love,

I am I

nothing."
This organization gives us so much, and we can give it back through our own love
and devotion. After meeting a girl named Vicki in Connecticut, she wrote to me
September 20th saying:
knowyou must hear so many stories of how important the
I

FFA has been in people's lives. have a story would like to I I

share with you. You see, didn't enter into a vo-ag program
I

until my sophomore year. was an "out-of-towner" soI I

didn't know anyone at school. It wasn't so bad going to a

new school and not knowing that my second day of school
my dad was going into surgery for a serious brain oper-
ation. He had a cerebral hemorrhage, and the doctors said
that there wasn't much hope. wanted so badly to go to the I

hospital, but Mom wanted me to stay in school. can't tell I

you howalone felt and how helpless felt not beingableto

I I

be with my dad. That day went to my regular classes, but

I

when got to vo-ag, the kids were just great. They knew
I

something was wrong and that wasn't just feeling out of I

place. They were so friendly and comforting that they

helped raise my hopes. Well, Dad made it through the
operation safely. His left side is weak and it will never be as
strong as the right, but he has his life and that is most
important of all.

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 Yes, Vicki is a very special individual, but so are the students who with just their
kind words helped Vicki. guess that's what makes FFA members so very special
I
—
they take the time to care. Hopefully, we, as leaders, can always have that special
strength of love to help each other.
There are so many places in even these United States where it is easier for people
to hate and judge each other harshly than to take that time to care. In Los Ange-
les .. .(pause) Right now, have been on this stage alone, but really wasn't alone.
I I

You have all been with me. felt a tension in this room, a tension because you felt
I I

was in trouble and had forgotten what was going to say. Although you don't know
I

me well, sensed that all of you wished you could help me. This is the feeling we
I

should have for everyone. In order to lead, we must love. can't go on without I

finishing the story was about to tell you.

I

In Los Angeles the uncaring is so extreme that you can pay someone $7.50 an hour
to stay with you while you are dying. No one should die alone, and no one should
ever stand alone.
"And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three, but the
greatest of these is love."
This three-legged stool would not stand if one of the legs of faith, hope or love is
missing. We, as individuals, cannot stand if we take away one of these feelings in
our lives.

Throughout my years in the FFA, have built my own three-legged stool

I the —
foundation of my life. The time has now come to take the stool have built and I

travel new paths with the love of all of you in my memories, faith in myself and hope
that new dreams shall be fulfilled. Because as that stool stands alone, know that it I

is going to be filled with individuals like all of you whose talents and feelings of faith

and hope and ability to look through the eyes of love far surpass my own. This
thought gives me the strength to say my final thanks and good-bye to all of you.
Now can take the time.
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Reaching out to touch you,
Ican feel so much, since I've found you —
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 National Agricultural Career
Show
For the 15th year, the National Agricultural Career Show provided FFA members
and advisors the latest information about careers in agriculture and agribusiness.
The show had more than 150 exhibitors in H. Roe Bartle Exhibition Hall repre-
senting agribusinesses, federal agencies, professional associations and edu-
cational institutions.Honored for exhibiting all 15 years of the show's existence
were the National Vocational Agricultural Teachers' Association, American Fish-
eries Society, American Society of Nurserymen and the Farm and Industrial Equip-
ment Institute.

CAREER SHOW EXHIBITORS

ACTION: Peace Corps/VISTA American Quarter Horse Association
Agri- Educator Magazine American Soybean Association
American Agricultural Editor's Association American Veterinary Medical Association
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
Agricultural Communicators in Education Bio-Zyme Enterprises, Inc.
American Angus Association Briggs & Stratton Corporation
American Association of Nurserymen Bureau of the Census
American Association for Vocational Butler Mfg. Co., Agri-Products Division
Instructional Materials (AAVIM) Chevron Chemical Company
American Cyanamid Company Colby Community College
American Farm Bureau Federation — Young John Deere
Farmers and Ranchers Activities DEKALB AgResearch, Inc.
American Fisheries Society, Missouri DuPage Horticultural School, Inc.
Chapter Dyer Distributing Co. — AgroPlus
American Hoechst Corporation, Animal Employment and Training Administration,
Health Division U.S. Department of Labor
American Morgan Horse Foundation Entomological Society of America
American Phytopathological Society Estech General Chemicals Corporation

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Farm and IndustrialEquipment Institute Pennsylvania State University College of
Farm and Ranch Management (Southeast Agriculture
Kansas Area Vo-Tech) Pfizer Agricultural Division
Farmland Industries Inc. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
FederalCrop Insurance Corporation, USDA Poultry Science Association
Food and Energy Council, Inc. Reston Publishing Company, Inc.
Gregg Division/McGraw-Hill Book Company R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.
Hesston Corporation Santa Gertrudis Breeders International
Hobar Publications Seald-Sweet Growers, Inc.
The Hunger Project Shell Chemical Company, Agricultural
International Brangus Breeder's Association Chemicals
International Harvester A.O. Smith Harvestore Products Inc.
Jackson Area Vocational Technical Institute Smith Equipment, Div. of Tescom
Colleges and Universities of the Kansas City Corporation
Regional Council for Higher Education Society of American Florists
Kansas State University College of Society of American Foresters
Agriculture Society for Range Management
Kawasaki Motors Corporation Stone Manufacturing and Supply Co.
Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company Student Conservation Association, Inc.
The Lee Company SURGE— Babson Bros. Co.
University of Maryland Texas A & M
University College of
M as sey- Ferguson, Inc. Agriculture
Midwest Breeders Cooperative Breeders Cooperative
Tri-State
University of Minnesota United States Air Force
Missouri Department of Conservation and US Army Recruiting Command
The Wildlife Society —
Missouri Chapter US Coast Guard Opportunities
Missouri Valley College, Department of US Department of Agriculture — Farmers
Business Home Administration
Mobay Chemical Corporation, Agricultural US Department of Agriculture — Federal
Chemicals Division Grain Inspection Service, Training Branch
National Alcohol Fuels Information Center US Department of Agriculture — Soil
National Association of Animal Breeders Conservation Service
National Farmers Organizatiom US Environmental Protection Agency
National Grain and Feed Association Consumer Products Safety Commission
National Guard Bureau Food and Drug Administration
National High School Rodeo Association Occupational Safety and Health
National Rifle Association Administration
National Society of Livestock Record Food Safety and Quality Service
Associations US Department of Education — Bureau of
National Vocational Agricultural Teachers' Student Financial Assistance
Association, Inc. US Department of the Interior — Fish and
National Weather Service Wildlife Service
Navy Recruiting Command US Department of the Interior — Office of
North American Limousin Foundation Surface Mining
Northrup King Company US Marine Corps
Northwest Missouri State University The Upjohn Company, Agricultural Division
The Ohio State University College of Versatile Manufacturing Company
Agriculture and Home Economics Virginia Tech, Agricultural Education
Oklahoma State Department of Vocational Program Area
Education Water and Wastewater Technical School
Park College Wiley Enterprises
Youth for Understanding

HALL OF STATES
Alaska Kentucky Oklahoma
Arkansas Maryland Pennsylvania
Colorado Mississippi Puerto Rico
Connecticut Missouri Rhode Island
Delaware Montana South Carolina
Florida Nebraska South Dakota
Georgia Nevada Tennessee
Hawaii New Hampshire Texas
Idaho New Jersey Utah
Illinois New York Vermont
Indiana North Carolina Virginia
Iowa North Dakota West Virginia
Kansas Ohio Wisconsin
Wyoming

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 COMPETITION
AND RECOGNITION

STARS OVER AMERICA

The 1980 Stars Over America are the best of the 783 American Farmer degree
recipients. They have a general proficiency in production agriculture or agri-
business, community service and leadership activities. The Star Farmer of America
award was created in 1929 to honor the member with the best farming program and
,

the Star Agribusinessman of America award was started in 1969 to recognize the
growing importance of farming's support industry. Each Star receives $1,000 while
the Regional Stars each receive $500.
Star Farmer of America — Steve Vaughan, Hartville, Ohio
Western Region Star Farmer — Bill Britain, Yuma, Arizona

Central Region Star Farmer — Joe Mattingly, Toledo, Iowa

Southern Region Star Farmer — William Foster, Jr., Bellevue, Tennessee
Star Agribusinessman of America — Jack Baber, Jr., Colusa, California
Central Region Star Agribusinessman —
Andrew May, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Eastern Region Star Agribusinessman —
Henry Goodnight, China Grove, North
Carolina
Southern Region Star Agribusinessman —
Mike Tillman, Marianna, Florida

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 PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTESTS
The national public speaking contests may be the most sought-after and highly-
regarded competitions in the FFA organization. The 53rd National Convention
celebrated the 50th anniversary of the prepared public speaking contest. Each
contestant spoke six to eight minutes about an agricultural subject then answered
the judges' questions five minutes.
In the extemporaneous public speaking contest, FFA members drew two cate-
gories from production agriculture, agribusiness and leadership. They then drew
one topic from each of the two categories and chose the one they wanted to speak
about. Each contestant was given 30 minutes to prepare the four to six minute
speech. After the presentation to the convention audience, each contestant an-
swered the judges' questions for five minutes.

EXTEMPORANEOUS PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST

First Place — Ron Wineinger, Marion, Kansas
"EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN AGRIBUSINESS"
Second Place — Price Marshall, Jonesboro, Arkansas
"WHY BE AN OFFICER"
Third Place — Doug Heins, Rupert, Idaho
"THE FARMER'S ROLE IN CONSUMER EDUCATION"
Fourth Place — Marion Jepson, Middletown, Connecticut
"SELECTING A CAREER IN AGRIBUSINESS"

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT
IN AGRIBUSINESS
Ron Wineinger, Marion, Kansas

If you like a challenge, if you're an optimist, if you're an unrealistic person, it's

great to be alive! Why? Because in the 1980s, we will face technological and
economic challenges unparalleled since the depths of the Great Depression.
When I said, "If you're got your attention. I'm reminded
an unrealistic person," I

of George Bernard Shaw's reasoning. "The man adapts himself to the

realistic
world, while the unrealistic man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself." All
progress therefore depends upon the unrealistic person. Unrealistic people will be
needed in agribusiness in the next decade to serve as effective managers.
There is curently a shortage of people in agribusiness serving as managers. To be
an effective manager in agribusiness, you need certain tools. would like to share
I

with you a plan of action reflecting five guideposts to equip people with the tools
needed to be effective managers in agribusiness.
The first guidepost would like to share with you is performance. To be an
I

effective agribusiness manager, you must be able to perform. Productivity per

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worker on the farm is 3.5 times higher than it was 20 years ago, 350 percent!

Agricultural productivity has increased at nearly twice the rate of all other U.S.
industry.
In 1953, one farmer fed 16 people. Today he feeds approximately 65, and to-
morrow he may feed twice that number. It could be the greatest challenge America
will face in the next 25 years. It is this type of performance that one needs to be an
effective manager in agribusiness.
The second guidepost would like to share with you is observance. If drugs,
I

violence and energy are our nation's most pressing physical problems, then not
being observant enough could be our number one emotional problem. For the
American public to be unobservant to agricultural problems is to court national
decline. Conversely, for agriculture to be unobservant to consumer reaction could
be equally disastrous. To be an effective manager in agribusiness, you have to be
observant to work for the needs and wants of the people you serve.
In my third guidepost, would like to emphasize work. This is the most important
I

of all the five guideposts. For without work, nothing can be accomplished. Yet in
agriculture, for all the farmer's work, he receives only a 3.9 percent return on his
farm investment. The farmer has long lagged behind in general prosperity. While
the prices of industrial goods have steadily risen, in nine of the past 20 years, farm
prices have fallen. Problems of agriculture, however, will not be solved by slogans,
strikes,bumper stickers or sit-ins, but by proud people dedicated to work and
technology who will continue to improve the nutritional value of plants, make more
effective use of our natural resources and work on those skills to be more effective
agribusiness managers.
The fourth guidepost would like to share with you is enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo
I

Emerson once said, "Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm."
Being an effective agribusiness manager is no exception.
My final guidepost is responsibility. If we are to become effective agribusiness
managers, then we have to be responsible for the people and for the products we
sell and for the people whom we serve. Daniel Webster once said, "Let us not forget
that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. Unstable is the
future of that country which has lost its taste for agriculture." If there is one lesson
in history that is unmistakable, it is that national strength lies very near the soil.
Webster also said, "Where tillage begins, other arts follow." The farmer therefore is
the founder of human civilization.
To be an effective agribusiness manager, you have to be responsible for the
people you serve. To be an effective agribusiness manager, you must be able to
perform. You must be observant. You have to have a love for work. You must be
enthusiastic.
As we work toward solving the for agribusiness managers, may we prepare
need
for progression the principle that not what we absorb that makes us educated,
it's

it's not the facts, but the thinking that gives us wisdom, and it's not what we intend

to do, but it's our actions that make us useful —

useful to ourselves, useful to
others, to the FFA, to our respective states and to America. With this philosophy, the
need for effective agribusiness managers shall be met.
JUDGES
Morton I. Sosland, Editor, Milling and Baking News, Kansas City, Missouri
E. Clinton Stokes, Associate Director, Business Government, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Daniel B. Taylor, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education,
Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
TIMEKEEPERS
John Leslie, Program Coordinator, FHA-USDA, Washington, D.C.
Wayne Liles, KWTV-TV, Farm Service Director, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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PREPARED PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST
Place
First — Dave Steakley, Grandview, Texas
"THE CHALLENGE OF OUR AGE"
Second Place —Chris Ragland, Hodgenville, Kentucky
"AFGHANISTAN — WHO'S PAYING THE BILL?"
Third Place— Suzi Sojack, Dunnellon, Florida
"IWANT A JOB"
Fourth Place — Maria Jasper, Hudson, New Hampshire
"FFA — THE ROLE PLAYS IN AMERICA'S FUTURE"
IT

THE CHALLENGE OF OUR AGE

Dave Steakley, Grandview, Texas

Every day, 40,000 human —

beings die of starvation and malnutrition needlessly.
Last year, 15 million people starved to death. More people have died as a con-
sequence of hunger in the past five years than have been killed in all the wars,
revolutions and murders in the past 100 years. The global slaughter of children by
hunger is the statistical equivalent of detonating a Hiroshima-sized nuclearweapon
every three days.
Two billion acres — —
less than one half the area of land under present cultivation
could supply enough food to feed everyone in the world. Agricultural sciences and
technology hold the potential to provide an abundance of food for the world, but
people continue to starve to death. To change this situation, it is necessary for the
entire world, especially the agriculturally rich countries, to develop an awareness
and understanding of the problems involved. Present trends indicate that the
underdeveloped countries of the world are gradually losing the ability to feed
themselves. Unless such trends are reversed, much of the food needed to sustain
the world's population will have to come from countries with an abundance of
food. But the task of providing even minimum diets for the people of these
underdeveloped countries is a large one, and it is further complicated because the
world population is increasing at a rate far exceeding that of any other period in
world history.
American agriculture is envied by informed people throughout the world. Every
day Americans enjoy an abundance of food and are protected by large reserves
stored in our grain elevators. And it is the question of reserves which has become of
prime concern to agricultural leaders — having enough grain here and abroad to
absorb the impact of shortages.
If Americans are truly interested in helping these countries, our reserves can

help, but not everyone and not forever. We must also instill in them an under-
standing of the sources of energy and drive that have pushed our own agricultural
production so high. It doesn't happen very often in the course of human affairs that
ordinary men and women have an opportunity to change the world. But Americans
have now been given such an opportunity through the submission of a report by

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the Presidential Commission on World Hunger. President Carter appointed this
commission to study all aspects of the problems of hunger and to report to him

their findings and recommendations for action. Our elected representatives can-
not be asked to act responsively on these recommendations without receiving a
strong, clear signal from the people they govern. That's where you and come in.lt
I

is our choice, our opportunity, to determine whether we shall continue to accept

things as they are ... or whether we shall change the world situation.
The Commission's analysis of the problem lists three reasons why the United
States should be concerned about world hunger. First, the United States has a
moral obligation. Capability to meet another's basic human needs brings with it the
responsibility to help meet these needs, especially when the person or country in
question is incapable of doing so. The U.S. has a special capability in food tech-
nology and hence a special responsibility to lead the campaign against world
hunger. Second, overcoming hunger is essential to our national security. The most
potentially explosive force in the world today is the frustrated desire of poor people

to attain a decent standard of living. The late President John F. Kennedy said, "The
war against hunger is truly mankind's war of liberation . . There is no battle on
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earth or in space more important, for peace and progress cannot be maintained in a
world half-fed and half-hungry." Through eliminating hunger, the American people
could contribute significantly toward raising living standards of poor people
throughout the world. Third, the U.S. can maintain its own economic vitality only
within a healthy international economy. International economic strength will in-
crease as each of its component parts becomes more productive, more equitable
and more internationally competitive.
The Future Farmers of America organization is assuming a responsible role in this
tremendously important issue by its continuing efforts to help improve agriculture
and the quality of life throughout the world. By close cooperation, the national
organization, state associations and local chapters have developed an expanding
international program which provides members with an opportunity to learn about
agriculture and people in other lands. The program also places young people from
other countries in work and learning situations in this country where they can learn
about American agriculture and people. In 1968, the FFA sponsored a two-year
Peace Corps project in West Pakistan to improve their rural agriculture. Since 1970,
our organization has established a Future Farmers organization in South Vietnam,
sponsored a swine improvement program in Jamaica and reconditioned farm
equipment on farms in Ecuador.
The Work Experience Abroad program was established in 1969 with the FFA
working directly with the European Committee of Young Farmers Clubs which
represents countries. This program continued to expand, and in 1978 the FFA was
working with more than 25 countries around the world.
Technologically, man has solved the problems of providing food for all the world.
However, the economic, social, political and cultural differences which impede the
flow of this advanced technology from one country to another are still with us.
Increasing food production needs to become a cooperative worldwide venture.
This is, of course, a dream of the future. But the spirit behind the American
people, as well as the Future Farmers of America, has always been one of faith in the
future. The outcome of the war on hunger will be determined not by forces beyond
human control, but by decisions and actions well within the capability of nations
and people working individually and together.
Critics may claim that every human being born on this earth before us lived and
died in a hungry world. They may ask, who are we to have the audacity to say that we
can end it? And why now? The answer to the questions lies in the words of Victor
Hugo, who said, "All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose
time has come." The end of hunger can happen in our world because its time has
come, and the FFA, by recognizing its ability to participate in and support this
universally beneficial project, can become a major link in the process. What a

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wonderful opportunity we have to help better mankind on the most fundamental
level —
eliminating hunger!

JUDGES
Maynard Dolloff, Soil Conservation Service, USDA, Washington, D.C.
F.A.D. Kelsey, Public Relations Director, North American Operations, Massey-
Ferguson, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa
Stanley Poe, Manager, National Accounts, Elanco Division — Eli Lilly, Indiana-
polis, Indiana

TIMEKEEPERS
Ray Bernhardt, Regional Director, MFA Membership Services, Columbia, Mis-
* souri
Milton F. Wright, Superintendent, Frederick County Schools, Winchester, Vir-
ginia

AGRICULTURAL PROFICIENCY AWARDS

National awards were presented to members who have demonstrated outstand-
ing proficiency in 22 areas of agricultural production and agribusiness. Each na-
tional winner receives $250, a plaque and an expense-paid European travel seminar.

AGRICULTURAL ELECTRIFICATION
Sponsored by the Food and Energy Council, Inc., and Winpower Corporation
PHILLIP JENKINS Milan, Tennessee National Winner
DAVID STUVA Greenfield, Iowa Central Region Winner
JOHN WEESE Fisher, West Virginia Eastern Region Winner
DONALD EDWARDS Worland, Wyoming Western Region Winner

AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS
Sponsored by International Harvester
BOB ROOKS Perrysville, Ohio National Winner
EDWARD STUMP Kimmell, Indiana Central Region Winner
EDWARD CUPIT Oak Grove, Louisiana Southern Region Winner
DAVID HOWEM Everson, Washington Western Region Winner

AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING
Sponsored by Cargill, Inc.

ROY WAGNER Jonesboro, Tennessee National Winner

CAREY PRINK Dennison, Minnesota Central Region Winner
DONALD GOOD Ephrata, Pennsylvania Eastern Region Winner
SPENCE KILLIAN Othello, Washington Western Region Winner

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 AGRICULTURAL SALES AND/OR SERVICE
Sponsored by Allis-Chalmers Corporation
CLAY CHRISTENSEN Thomas, Oklahoma National Winner
HARLAN PUNDT Donnellson, Iowa Central Region Winner
RANDY HANING Athens, Ohio Eastern Region Winner
RANDY COBBLER Scottsboro, Alabama Southern Region Winner

BEEF PRODUCTION
Sponsored by NASCO and Sperry New Holland
SCOT LENHARD Deer Washington
Park, National Winner
JAMES BAKER St. Louis, Michigan Central Region Winner
CORD HAYES Kingwood, West Virginia Eastern Region Winner
GEORGE CLEMMER Mosheim, Tennessee Southern Region Winner

CROP PRODUCTION
Sponsored by Massey-Ferguson
KEVIN ROBINSON Eskridge, Kansas NationalWinner
FARLEY STRICKLAND, |R. Tabor City, North Carolina Eastern RegionWinner
BURIE ELLISON Robertsdale, Alabama Southern Region Winner
RODNEY DAVISON Guthrie, Oklahoma Western Region Winner

DAIRY PRODUCTION
Sponsored by Avco New Idea and DeLaval Separator Co.
GREGORY KRUSH Kersey, Colorado National Winner
ROGER HAUTH Springfield, Minnesota Central Region Winner
KENNARD HENLEY III Cochranville, Pennsylvania Eastern Region Winner
MARY SHULL Mountain City, Tennessee Southern Region Winner

DIVERSIFIED LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

Sponsored by A.O. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc., and Wayne Feeds, Division of Allied Mills
TED LITT Lexington, Ohio National Winner
ROD MURPHY Eddyville, Kentucky Central Region Winner
JOHN SIMS III Oak Grove, Louisiana Southern Region Winner
JASON WENDLER Bryan, Texas Western Region Winner

FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Sponsored by Philip Morris Incorporated
RICK SCHMIDT Hutchinson, Minnesota National Winner
ANTHONY CHANDLER Yanceyville, North Carolina Eastern Region Winner
SAM CURTIS Rogersville, Tennessee Southern Region Winner
RUTH SONNICHSEN Petaluma, California Western Region Winner

FLORICULTURE
Sponsored by the National FFA Foundation General Fund
CLINT ALBIN Bush, Louisiana NationalWinner
DAVID GRAPER Clintonville, Wisconsin Central RegionWinner
FRANK HEINLEN Nevada, Ohio Eastern RegionWinner
KELLY PARKINSON Hyrum, Utah Western Region Winner

FOREST MANAGEMENT
Sponsored by Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation
SCOTT SULLIVAN Northport, Alabama National Winner
LOUIS HENKEL III South Ossineke, Michigan Central Region Winner
ROHRS KEITH Glen Allen, Virginia Eastern Region Winner
STEVE STINSON Toledo, Washington Western Region Winner

FRUIT AND/OR VEGETABLE PRODUCTION

Sponsored by Briggs and Stratton Corporation
KENNETH DALTON Meadows of Dan, Virginia National Winner
DAVID MILES Bowling Green, Kentucky Central Region Winner
SUSAN WILLIAMS White House, Tennessee Southern Region Winner
RONALD COSIMATI Las Cruces, New Mexico Western Region Winner

HOME AND/OR FARMSTEAD IMPROVEMENT

Sponsored by The Upjohn Company
STEVEN HASPER Montrose, Iowa NationalWinner
DUANE ADAMS Randolph, New York Eastern RegionWinner
SCOTT WILLIAMS Friendship, Tennessee Southern Region Winner
ERIC SEELIGER Perry, Oklahoma Western Region Winner

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 HORSE PROFICIENCY
Sponsored by The American Morgan Horse Foundation
MARK LANDGAARD Nielsville, Minnesota National Winner
CARROLL HETRICK Frederick, Maryland Eastern Region Winner
DWAINE ROWE Paris, Tennessee Southern Region Winner
KENNY SCOTT Elko, Nevada Western Region Winner

NURSERY OPERATIONS
Sponsored by Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation
JEFF SIBLEY Mt. Hope, Alabama National Winner
TRACY SHROYER Hillsboro, Illinois Central Region Winner
TODD CASPER Bridgeton, New Jersey Eastern Region Winner
ERIK BRIONES Santa Fe, New Mexico Western Region Winner

OUTDOOR RECREATION
Sponsored by White Farm Equipment Company
JOHN GARWOOD Marion, Ohio National Winner
RICHARD ERAAS Sycamore, Illinois Central Region Winner
JUDY ELLENBURG Midway, Tennessee Southern Region Winner
DWAYNE OLDHAM Lander, Wyoming Western Region Winner

PLACEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

Sponsored by Hesston Corporation and Shell Chemical Company

JEFF SCHNIPKOWEIT Stanwood, Iowa NationalWinner

ARLEN KEENER Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Eastern RegionWinner
BRUCE TILLMAN Wauchula, Florida Southern Region Winner
JOHN DARNELL Elma, Washington Western Region Winner

POULTRY PRODUCTION
Sponsored by the National FFA Foundation General Fund
KENT CHRISTENSEN Moroni, Utah National Winner
TAMMY LENIG Rolling Prairie, Indiana Central Region Winner
JOHN SEE Criders, Virginia Eastern Region Winner
ROGER HURTT Fort Payne, Alabama Southern Region Winner

SHEEP PRODUCTION
Sponsored by American Sheep Producers Council, Inc.;
Carnation Company —Milling Division; and Y-Tex Corporation

SCHLICHTER
JILL Washington C.H., Ohio National Winner
MICHAEL WEISS Vinton, Iowa Central Region Winner
KIMBERLY WILLIE Folsom, Louisiana Southern Region Winner
LYLE ROGGOW Garber, Oklahoma Western Region Winner

SOIL AND WATER MANAGEMENT

Sponsored by Ford Motor Company Fund
JOEY CALDWELL Sharon, Tennessee National Winner
JIM WERTJES Buffalo Center, Iowa Central Region Winner
BOBBY PETERSON Washington C.H., Ohio Eastern Region Winner
DAVID SCHNAITHMAN Billings, Oklahoma Western Region Winner

SWINE PRODUCTION
Sponsored by Pfizer, Inc., Agricultural Division

JONATHAN HELVIG Truman, Minnesota National Winner

DARYL BEILER Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania Eastern Region Winner
ALBERT ADAMS Clayton, Alabama Southern Region Winner
NEAL SAXTON Yuma, Colorado Western Region Winner

TURF AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT

Sponsored by O.M. Scott and Sons Company
BART DAVIS Frankfort, Kentucky Winner
National
RANDALL HARPER Pink Hill, North Carolina Eastern RegionWinner
ANTHONY VAVASSEUR Belle Rose, Louisiana Southern Region Winner
LARRY HAUDE Spring, Texas Western Region Winner

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 NATIONAL FFA CONTESTS
The National FFA Contests are educational activities that complement classroom
instruction.They test the students' skills and knowledge in a particular area of
agriculture.

AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS
Sponsored by The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
The Leroy, Minnesota, team of Mark King, Bob Bunne and Mike Fjetland and coached by Richard
Schaufler placed first against 43 teams. The five high scoring individuals were:
1. Mark King, Leroy, Minnesota, 2. Bob Bunne, Leroy, Minnesota, 3. Mike Fjetland, Leroy, Minnesota, 4.
Tim Seaboch, China Grove, North Carolina, 5. Bill Swanson, Stanwood, Washington.
DAIRY CATTLE
Sponsored by Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
The Northampton, Massachusetts, team of Wendy Sherman, Jim Pomeroy and Robbie Wenthworth and
coached by Edward Peckham placed first against 46 teams. The five high scoring individuals were:
1. Sherry Siemers, Kiel, Wisconsin, 2. Brenda Wright, Cushing, Oklahoma, 3. Tony Schrag, Moundridge,
Kansas, 4. Tom Scheller, Eaton, Colorado, 5. Wendy Sherman, Northhampton, Massachusetts.

FARM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Sponsored by John Deere
The Riceville, Iowa, team of Mark Christian son, Quintin Franke and Dean Isaacson and coached by James
J. Green placed first against 35 teams. The five high scoring individuals were:

1. Dean Isaacson, Riceville, Iowa, 2. Scott Warren, Conajoharie, New York, 3. Mike Juilerate, South

Whitley, Indiana, 4. Jim Kramer, Adams, Minnesota, 5. Peggy Lempe, Genoa, Nebraska.

FLORICULTURE
Sponsored by Vitality Seed Company and the National FFA Foundation, Inc.
The Washington team of Mike Loundagin, Ron Spickler and Craig Birklid and coached by Pat Freeman
placed first against 36 teams. The five high scoring individuals were:
I.Cathy Best, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, 2. Mike Loundagin, Spokane, Washington, 3. Lori Edsill, Cresco,
Iowa, 4. Ron Spickler, Everett, Washington, 5. Linda Hornberger, Cresco, Iowa.

LIVESTOCK
Sponsored by Ralston Purina Company
The Tracy, Minnesota, team of Ann Cameron, Eric Nelson and Matt Surprenant and coached by Jere
Rambow placed first against 47 teams. The five high scoring individuals were:
1. Ron Hastie, Atascadero, California, 2. Matt Surprenant, Tracy, Minnesota, 3. Ann Cameron, Tracy,
Minnesota, 4. (tie) Eric Nelson, Tracy, Minnesota and Lane Grau, Grady, New Mexico.

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 MEATS
Sponsored by Farmland Foods, Inc.; Jones Dairy Farm;
Oscar Mayer and Company; and George A. Hormel and Company
The Perkins, Oklahoma, team of David Sassar, jeanene Dodson and David Chaney and coached by Paul
Evans placed first against 34 teams. The five high scoring individuals were:
1. Andrew Oehler, Fredericksburg, Texas, 2. David Chaney, Perkins, Oklahoma, 3. Lena Crabtree,
Williston, Florida, 4. Jeanene Dodson, Perkins, Oklahoma, 5. Karen Kunz, Fredericksburg, Texas.
MILK QUALITY AND DAIRY FOODS
Sponsored by Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., and Patz Company
The Fruitland, Idaho, team of Tony Tesnohlidek, Vicki Tesnohlidek and Kathy Olson and coached by
Dwaine Tesnohlidek placed first against 32 teams. The five high scoring individuals were:
1. Vicki Tesnohlidek, Fruitland, Idaho, 2. Mark Barker, Licking, Missouri, 3. Kathy Olson, Fruitland, Idaho,
4. Billy Lee, Jr., Delight, Arkansas, 5. Scott Stockton, Hanford, California.

NURSERY/LANDSCAPE
Sponsored by American Association of Nurserymen, Inc.,
Wholesale Nursery Growers of America, Inc., and the National FFA Foundation, Inc.
The Fresno, California, team of Robert Shawn, Bill Bailey and Brian Brentlinger and coached by David
Snoljan placed first against 38 teams. The five high scoring individuals were:
1. Leann Burnett, Battle Ground, Washington, 2. Robert Shawn, Fresno, California, 3. Brenda Wicken-

hauser, Chaska, Minnesota, 4. John McLaughlin, Bear Creek, North Carolina, 5. Ginny Whittington, Dallas,
Texas.

POULTRY
Sponsored by Victor F. Weaver, Inc., and Hubbard Farms
The Broadway, Virginia, team of Terry Armentrout, Vickie Keplinger and Nolan Biller and coached by
James E. Hively placed first against 35 teams. The five high scoring individuals were:
1. Scott Wilkinson, Springdale, Arkansas, 2. Chris Morgan, Santa Ynez, California, 3. Nolan Biller,

Broadway, Virginia, 4. Brian Delozier, Springdale, Arkansas, 5. Mike A. Anderson, Montevideo, Minnesota.

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 NATIONAL CHAPTER AWARD PROGRAM
The National FFA Chapter Award Program encourages and rewards overall chap-
ter activities.Awards are based on the chapter's performance in 11 areas: super-
vised agricultural experience programs, cooperative activities, community service,
leadership development, earnings and savings by members, state and national
activities, conduct of meetings, scholarship, public relations, alumni relations and
recreation.
The Gold Emblem (G) rating was awarded to 107 chapters this year. Silver Emblem
(S) ratingswent to 178 chapters, and Bronze Emblem (B) ratings went to 80.

Alabama S Grant, Russellville, North Linn, South

Valley,
Scottsboro A Hamilton, Starmont
B Crossville S Crestwood,
Arizona S Kofa Dysart-Geneseo, Estherville,
B Amphitheater, Westwood Vinton, Waverly-Shell Rock
Arkansas B Mansfield, Marshall Kansas G Hill City, Wamego
California S Mt. Whitney, Redwood S Altamont, Arkansas City,
B Morro Bay Cherryvale, Columbus,
Colorado G Holyoke, St. Vrain Marion, Marysville, South
Valley, Barber
S Eaton-Highland, Larimer Kentucky S Farmington, Johnson
County, McClave, Wiley Central, Lyon County,
Connecticut G Housatonic Valley Oldham County, Reidland,
S Rockville Spencer County, Trigg
Delaware B Middletown, Smyrna County
Florida G Bartow Senior, Bronson, B Barren County, Caldwell
Orlando Colonial, Santa Fe County
Senior, South Sumter Sr., Louisiana G Assumption Sr., Oak Grove
Trenton, Williston Senior High
S Chiefland Sr., Newberry Sr., S Crowley, Provencal, Slidell,
Santa Fe Jr., Tate Sr. Zwolle
B Brahman, Gainesville B Comeaux High, Jena,
Agribusiness, Lafayette Ringgold, South Lafourche
Georgia S Colquitt, Effingham County, Maine S Limestone, Presque Isle
Jeff Davis, Patterson B Easton
B Gilmer County, Peach Maryland G Clear Spring, Damascus
County, Perry Senior, Massachusetts . . . B Essex
Southeast Bulloch, Michigan G Corunna
Whigham S Cassopolis, Marshall, Ubly,
Hawaii S Waialua Unionville-Sebewaing
B Kaneohe, Kohala B Lakers, Owosso
Idaho G Kuna Minnesota G Bertha-Hewitt, Cannon
S Meridian Falls, Eagle Bend, New Ulm,
B Twin Falls Springfield, St. James,
Illinois G Bismarck-Henning, Stillwater v.

Georgetown, Newman, S Elk River, Fairfax, Forest

Roanoke-Benson, Salem , Lake, Lewiston,
Sycamore Montevideo, Parker Prairie,
S Ashland, Avon, Sherburn, Truman, Willmar
Bushnell-Prairie City, Erie, B Worth ington
Franklin Center, Galesburg, Mississippi S Carthage, Pine Grove
Jacksonville, LeRoy, Mt. Missouri G Aurora, Carl Junction,
Carroll, Normal, Carthage, Mexico, Mount
Pinckneyville, Shabbona, Vernon, Mountain Grove,
Southwestern, Sparland, Southwest R-5, Trenton
Teutopolis, Tuscola S Albany, Alton, Ava,
Indiana G Blue River, Clinton Central, Chillicothe, Lathrop, Salem,
Clinton Prairie, Columbia Warrenton
City, Connersville, Montana G Flathead
Northfield, Prairie Heights, B Columbus
Reitz, Western Boone, Nebraska G East Butler, Howells, Leigh,
Wood Ian Norris, Waverly, West Holt,
S Carroll, Owen Valley Wilber-Clatonia
Iowa G Anamosa, Buffalo Center S Clarkson, Kimball
Bison, Central of Argyle, Nevada S Ruby Mountain
Manchester, Maquoketa B Maopa Valley

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New Hampshire . .S Colebrook Tennessee G Rhea Co.,
Bradley,
B Much -To- Do White House
Riverside,
New Jersey B Allentown, Hunterdon Hills S Cherokee, Meigs County,
New Mexico S Clovis, Coronado Sevierian, tVestview
B Ft.Sumner, Las Cruces B Daniel Bone
New York S Barker, Greenville, Sidney Texas G Katy, Klein, Nacogdoches,
North Carolina . . .G Bartlett Yancey, West Sulphur Springs
Columbus S Cedar Hill, Cleburne, East
S Princeton, South Lenoir, Central, Frisco, Hamlin,
South Rowan Lamar, Lanier-Austin,
B North Iredell Livingston, Lorena,
North Dakota G Rugby, Walhalla Pleasanton, Quanah,
S Carrington, Jamestown Warren
B Elgin, Rolette B Agua Dulce, Blum, Booker,
Ohio G Big Walnut, Blanchester, Boys Ranch, DeKalb,
Bowling Green, Buckeye Floydada, Garland, Gorman,
Valley, Montgomery County Hereford, Loop, Marlin,
JVS, River View, Upper McKinney, Midway, New
Valley JVS Caney, Raymondville, Rider,
S Anna, Bellevue, Benjamin Rio Vista, Royse City, Santa
Logan, Columbiana County Fe, Tatum, Valley View,
JVS, Cory-Rawson, Eastern Weatherford, Ysleta
Brown, Fairfield Union, Utah G Millard Eagle
Greenville, Hillsdale, S Tooele
Loudonville, Maumee Valley B Payson, Springville
J.A.S., Northwestern-Clark, Vermont B Lamoille Union
Oak Harbor, Ohio Valley Virginia G Broadway, Caroline, Carroll
Vocational, Ross, County, James Wood, Turner
Southeastern-Clark, West Ashby
Chester S Appomattox Senior, Essex,
Oklahoma G Altus, Alva, Central, Prague, Gretna Jr. High, Jefferson
Skiatook, Thomas Forest, Montevideo
S Blackwell, Collinsville, Intermediate, Patrick Henry,
Holdenville, Konawa, Lone Pulaski County, Stonewall
Grove, Moss, Wellston Jackson Jr., Tunstall, William
B Cushing, Empire, Fort Campbell
Gibson, Hooker, Jet-Nash, Washington G Eatonville, Elma, Enumclaw,
Webbers Falls Evergreen, Zillah
Oregon G Cascade West Virginia S Marion County, Mason
S Sandy County Vocational
B Oakland, Wallowa B Ripley
Pennsylvania G Northern Lebanon Wisconsin G Janesville-Parker, Monroe,
S Cedar Crest, New Holstein
Cloister,Curwensville, S Belleville, Black Hawk,
Grassland, H.G. Parkinson, Bloomer, Cadott,
Lehigh County, Mifflinburg, Delavan-Darien, Denmark,
Twin Valley, Evan svi lie, Green Bay East,
Rhode Island B Davies Voc-Tech, Scituate Highland, New Richmond,
South Carolina S Dorman Viroqua, Westby
B James F. Brynes Wyoming S Douglas, Pinedale
South Dakota ....G Lennox-Sundstrom
S DeSmet
B Huron

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 NATIONAL CHAPTER SAFETY AWARDS
Sponsored by Dow Chemical and the Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute
The National Chapter Safety Awards Program reduces the lives, time and prop-
erty lost each year from preventable farm accidents and fires. Chemical, machinery,
bicycle, grain storage, household and electrical safety are just a few of the projects
undertaken by this year's winning chapters.
Gold Emblem (C) ratings were awarded to 30 chapters, Silver Emblem (S) to 47
and Bronze Emblem (B) to 51.
Alabama B Excel, Jackson Gold, Montana B Columbus, Flathead
Scottsboro C Nebraska G Howells
Arizona S Chandler, Duncan S Leigh,Seward
Arkansas S Mansfield Nevada B Ruby Mountain
B Cedarville New Jersey B Hunterdon Central, West
California S Morro Bay Essex
B Visalia-Mt. Whitney New Mexico B Clovis, Coronado
Colorado S Caliche, Flagler New York S Alexandria Bay, Barker
Connecticut B Rockville, Suffield Regional North Carolina . . .G Southern Wayne
Florida C South Sumter Senior S Forest Hills, Princeton High
S Santa Fe North Dakota S Drake
B Bartow Senior B Elgin, Larimore, Walhalla
Georgia B Effingham County, Ohio G Big Walnut, Marysville
Jonesboro Senior, Paulding S Bowling Green, Miami
Hawaii S Waialua Trace, Ridgedale, River
Idaho B Meridian, Troy Valley
Illinois G Georgetown, Highland, Oklahoma S Altus, Springer
Moweaqua Community, Mt. Oregon B Sand, Wallowa
Carroll, Newman, Pennsylvania S Curwensville, Northern
Sycamore, Waterman, Lebanon
Winchester B Elizabethtown
S Bluffs, Pinckneyville South Carolina . . .B Dorman, Loris
B Brimfield South Dakota . . . .G Huron
Indiana S East Noble, Prairie Heights S Flandreau
Iowa G Central Lee, Tennessee G Bradley
Dysart-Geneseo S Daniel Boone
S Reinbeck Texas G Cleburne
Kansas G Hill City S Loop
B Labette County, Wamego Utah B Millard Eagle, Richfield
Kentucky G Lyon County, Oldham Virginia S Caroline, Gretna Jr. High,
County Patrick Henry
Louisiana S Provencal B Carroll County, Essex,
B Assumption Senior Tunstall
Maryland S Damascus Washington G Elma
B Clear Spring S Zillah
Massachusetts B Essex West Virginia B Mason County Vocational,
Michigan B Cassopolis, Hastings Moorefield
Minnesota G Eagle Bend, New Ulm Wisconsin G Denmark, Monroe
S Bertha-Hewitt, Sherburn S Beaver Dam, Cadott,
B Blue Earth, Cannon Falls, Green Bay
Evansville, East,
Kasson-Mantorville Janesville-Parker, New
Mississippi S Falkner Holstein
B Hatley B Mauston, Mt. Horeb,
Missouri G Aurora, Ava Oregon
S Mountain Grove Wyoming G Gillette, Pinedale
B North Platte

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BUILDING OUR AMERICAN COMMUNITIES

Sponsored by R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.

The Building Our American Communities program encourages FFA chapters to

make their communities better places to live and work. Gold Emblem (G) ratings
were awarded to 51 chapters this year. Silver Emblems (S) went to 65, and Bronze
Emblems (B) went to 50.
National Winner —
Monroeville, Ohio
Southern Region Winner —
Franklin Senior, Louisiana
Western Region Winner Elma, Washington —
Central Region Winner Denmark, Wisconsin—
Alabama . ...B Opp Blue, Scottsboro B, S Bluffs, Clinton, N.W.
Semmes Suburban Dist. #214,
Arizona ...G Mayer, Tolleson Tri-Point
Arkansas . ...S Berryville B Georgetown, Harvard,
B Lavaca LeRoy, Morrison, Mt.
California .... ...G Morro Bay, Mt. Whitney Carroll, Waterman
S Visalia Indiana .G Prairie Heights
Colorado . ...s Holyoke, St. Vrain Valley S Delta, Waldron
Connecticut . ...G Suffield Regional Iowa .G Central of Argyle
B Rockville S Buffalo Center Bison,
Delaware . ...S Smyrna Decorah, Reinbeck,
B Caesar Rodney Starmont
Florida r. Beasley Middle, Seabreeze B Exira, Riceville, Rolfe Pilot
Jr. High Creek, Vinton
s South Sumter Senior Kansas G Arkansas City, Hill City,
Georgia . ...B DeKalb O.E.C. -North, Marion, South Barber,
Jonesboro Warn ego
Hawaii B Kohala, Waialua S Marysville
Idaho s Madison Kentucky .G Barren County, Lyon County,
Illinois c, Atwood-Hammond, Oldham County
Newman, Sycamore

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Louisiana G Franklin Senior High Ohio G Big Walnut, Bowling Creen,
S Assumption Senior, Monroeville, Ridgedale
Crowley, Provencal High S Ashland County-West
Maine S Limestone Holmes JVS, Elgin,
B Caribou, Easton Marysville, Wau
Maryland C Frederick County Vo-Tech Oklahoma G Billings, Chickasha,
Center Springer
S Howard Vo-Tech Oregon S St. Paul
Massachusetts . . . .C Martha's Vineyard B Cascade
B Smith Pennsylvania S Apple City, Northern
Michigan C Alcona, Cassopolis Lebanon
B Hamilton B Penns Manor Area
Minnesota G Cannon Falls, Truman South Carolina . . . .S Dorman, James F. Byrnes
S Elk River, Marshall, South Dakota . . . G Lincoln
Montevideo S Chamberlain
B Fairmont, Lewiston B Letcher, Willow Lake
Mississippi S Southeast Lauderdale Tennessee S Bradley
B Pine Grove B Cherokee
Missouri G Mountain Grove, Southwest Texas G Cleburne, Katy
R-5 S Valley View, West
S Carthage, Lamar, Salisbury Utah G Payson
B El Dorado Springs S Tooele
Montana S Ruby Valley Virginia G Montevideo, Nottoway
B Park City Senior
Nebraska G Howells S Blackstone, Leslie H.
B Leigh, Stanton Walton, Jr., Nelson Junior,
Nevada B Diamond Mountain, Moapa W.R. Legge
Valley Washington G Elma, Zillah
New Hampshire . .B Coe-Brown
Alvirne, S Capital
New Jersey B Cumberland Regional, B Warden
Oakcrest West Virginia S Mason County Vocational
New Mexico S Albuquerque Cibola, Santa B Ripley
Fe Wisconsin G Denmark
New York S BOCES Young Foresters S Arkansaw, Belleville,
B Chemung-Tioga Future Bloomer, Cadott, Green Bay
Conservationists #412 East, Janesville-Parker, Lake
North Carolina . . .G Yancey
Bartlett Holcombe, Monroe
S North Iredell, Southern B Mineral Point, Oshkosh
Wayne West, Southern Door,
B Mountain Heritage Verona
North Dakota . . . .G Carrington, Jamestown, Wyoming G Pinedale
Rolette
S Westhope

BUILDING TOMORROWS
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 AMERICAN FARMER DEGREE
The highest degree of FFA membership, the American Farmer, was conferred
upon 783 members in 1980. The American Farmer keys and cash awards were
sponsored by Amoco Oil Company; Case Co.; the Chevrolet Motor Division,
J I

General Motors Corporation; Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; Production

Credit Associations throughout the U.S.; and the 12 Federal Land Banks of the
United States.
ALABAMA John Slankard Craig Mikell Terry Henschen
Rodney Muril Abbott Roger Wayne Thompson James L. Miller Michael Lane Higgerson
Ronald Lee Akridge Rod Titsworth Harrell Phillips, Jr. Bryan Joseph Kitzmiller
Donald R. Bailey Bobby Kent Trigg Mark William Randell Sue Lenschow
Issac C Barrett, Jr. James Franklin Ward Thomas M. Reynolds David Lindgren
Keith Glenn Berry Brent A. Wellman Donnie C. Robertson Doug Lindgren
Stephen Abb Cobb Mitchell E. Sands Bradley A. Lindskog
Andy Clark Elkins CALIFORNIA Kenneth W. Thompson Mark L. Phillipson
Keith Elrod Estevan Albert Andrade Mike Tillman Robert L. Quick
Franklin Ryan Graham Jack William Baber, Jr. Johnny W. Welch Louis M. Rhodes
Jonathan Grigsby John Bayer Clinton G. Wilson Thomas C. Rogers
Lonnie H. Grigsby Gregory Dee Beard Joe Wood, Jr. Allen Schultz
Charles Lance Hammond Carol Bruce Larry E. Suess
Randall Helms Scott E. Hunt GEORGIA Gerald J.Voss
Charles Allen Hendrix James C. Hyer, Jr. Pamela M. Anderson
Hal Howard Randy Jones Charles Clifford Bailey INDIANA
John Preston Huggins Harmon Mitchell Kaslow Douglas Ray Bailey Kevin R. Cobb
John Dewayne Kittle Kathryn Louise Kells John P. Bell, Jr. Scott Dawes
Bob Kleinschmidt Suzanne Ketcherside William Amos Bell David Esteb
Patrick N. Lane Randall Wayne Kuntz Darryl C.Fordham John Lee Felger
Arcoia B. Lashley, Jr. Leo Andrew LaGrande Danny Lee Hammontree James A. Gerardot II
Alan Milam George H. Markos Harold Len Jones Brent Alan Gilliland
Kenneth E. Neel Eugene Massa, Jr. Stanley Lee London James Thomas Hedrick
Perry Newton Brian L. McCabe Dennie Lee Metcalf Stephen K. Herrmann
Clarence Norris Sandra Lee McGuire Troy Jeffery O'Neal Cindy D. Jeffrey
Mark Anthony Phillips John A. Mendes William Donald Patten, Jr. David Alan Koeneman
Randy Ray Jim Mickelson Roy L. Pollock, Jr. John A. Lehman
John Reeves Dave John Milanesio Roy Edward Powell, Jr. Randy Leonard
Guy Ryan Paul A. Miquel David Purcell William J. Mathers
James Stroud Dale Normal Pollard Benjamin David Reeves Bill Pursell
Randall Thomas Stubbs Andi D. Rexroth Brantley Ricks Larry Skiles
Murray Terrell Anthony B. Washington TerrellRoberson Larry Elliot Stoller
Terry Dean Tumlin Robert Weinstock Johnny Ray Rustin Tucker
Jay L.
Keith Turberville Laurie Welch Frankie Sapp David Wilson
Mark S. Vernon Laurel Williams Wayne E. Shannon
Larry R. Warden Timothy Hollis Sizemore IOWA
Tim Watts COLORADO Keith Story Juern W. Akkermann
Coleman Alien White Kenneth L. Carlson James William Sumner David Wayne Ball
Lester John Woerner Brian Lee Field Ricky Wayne Tucker Randy Merritt Caviness
Mark Frasier William Robert Vandiver Kenneth Garetson, Jr.
ARIZONA Bryan Edward Frihauf Dean A. Hankins
Bill Britain Lawrence J. Lempka HAWAII Dan Eugene Hazen
Kelly Virginia Glenn James Stephen Mertens Paul A. Mello Jerry W. Jeffrey
Douglas Gray Warren E. Sidwell Joy S. Oyama Craig Eugene Kaisand
Glenn Morrison David F. Klein
Loren C. Pratt CONNECTICUT IDAHO Stephen D. Koering
Stewart A. Wilson Joel Harmon Maurine Allen R. Douglas Kofoed
Kathleen A. Peterson Randy Flaming Kirk Langmaid
ARKANSAS Donald George Smith Glen Jemmett James Morgan Luckstead
Nancy H. Adams A. Glen Staebner FlipFrank W. Phillips III Joe L. Mattingly
Timmy Ray Anderson Louis E. Weingart Ronald D. Piatt Marc A. Mills
Donald Roy Austin Paul A. Rasgorshek Tom Paris
Carl Eugene Birkner DELAWARE Clark CyrilRoland Michael J. Schmidt
Ferrell E. Dodson Daniel Earl Bishop Cathy Tesnohlidek Bradley Dean Taylor
Robert Earl Gill II Donald Bullock Debra Lynn Tellinghuisen
Mike J. Harris Jerry Dale Moore ILLINOIS Marvin R. Van Wyk
Joe David Helms Mark Akers Curtis I. Williams
Steve Holt FLORIDA D. Anthony Antonacci, Jr. Mark J. Ziniel
Ricky Lace Maurice F. Coman, Jr. Bradley N. Bremer
Mark Montgomery Darryl H. Crawford David L. Butterfield
John Robert Dance
KANSAS
Glen H. Moore David L. Conrady Rodney D. Hughes
Randy Morrison Virgil Deloach David Dehlinger Brenda Fay Hundley
Raymon B. Nance William Craig Fugate George Diedrich Sandra Louise Hundley
Dawaine Nix Robert Edward Hirt, Jr. Daniel Charles Froelich Chuck Kunshek
Edward Broward Larkin, Lorena G. Croucher LaRue
Ricky Phillips Jr. Kenneth D. Gibson
George B. Lastinger Duane Meier
Thomas Kelton Presley Todd R. Graham N. Terry Nelson
Eddie Randolph David H. Melvin Gary Lamoyne Hamand Steven K. Ohlde
Robin Ray Russell Richard LeRoy Metzger Roy Harbecke Tim Rogers
Steven Shaver Alan Ray McLane James A. Hardy Michael E. Smith

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Barbara K. Stich Charles T. Linthicum, Jr. Stan Childs Roger L Nei
Patrick Wiederholt Donald David Smith Tim W. Cooper Dale Edward Novak
F.

Gerald W. York Tommy R. Willard Gary Don Crouch Vernon SO

Ronnie Duncan David J. Setlik
KENTUCKY MASSACHUSETTS Jeffery Allen Ford Kim D Sieben
Kenneth Douglas Adams John R. Miller Rodney Allen Hopper Anthony W. Tvrdy
Janet R. Mitchell Joey Jennings Patrick G. Tvrdy
Gussey Lee Allen
Thomas Coomes Suzanne M. Veaudry Anthony Johnston Mark Wegner
Jeffrey
Robert J. Wendell Julian Stanley Knight
Michael L. Corey
Timothy Lee Cottingham MICHIGAN Keith Mauney NEVADA
John Timothy Chapman Stafford Myrick Jeremy Branscomb
Dale A. Augustine
John W. Denton Peter H. Bailey
Mason Sands Smith Sue Howell
Joe Clifton Estes Hal Swann David Anton landolt
Homer E. Bennett, II

Dewayne Fishburn Douglas Ray Wiskus

Mark E. Byrne
TeddyL. Hughes Bruce Richard Carls Steven W. Young NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rodney Jeffiers Randall J. Dhyse MISSOURI Doni Angell
Barry Joe Johnson Dennis Engelhard Cheryle L. Ballenger
Dennis K. Jones Aaron J. Jorgensen David Milton Bentley NEW JERSEY
James Kent Major Michael Kreger Dale A. Brinker
Michael Anema
Marty Bruce Moore Arthur Wesley McClintic Larry Bunnell
Ralph A. Anema, Jr.
Kenneth C. Paschall Gregory W. Mohr Douglas Carpenter Margaret E. Fineran
Richard Kevin Penick PaulK. Stecker Keith H. Coble David Carroll Harlowe
Garry K. Reese David R. Specca
VictorJ. Verchereau Carl Eugene Crabtree
Allen C. Summers, Jr. Dennis Keith Wooden Brad Duff
Terry Wayne Trowbridge Ken Timmerman
J.
Tim Ewing NEW MEXICO
James Brady Walton Charles Clay Fries Melissa Calhoun
Mike Westerfield MINNESOTA David Kirby Hunziker Wesley Davis
Douglas Leroy Williams Randy Harlan Bauer Barry Donald Kagay Janelle Demchek
JeffWilliamson Gary Engelby Ernest F. Koehler Robert William Marley
Richard W.Fellows Dennis Eugene Kueker Margaret Riggs
LOUISIANA B. James Griebel Bill Leimkuehler
James L. Widner
Thomas D. Ashcraft Richard L. Haler Terry Lee Lindsey Jo Wiggins
Robert Warren Boone Mark O. Heggedahl David B. Pearce
Barry Gene Brantley Bill Hose
Lindall Alan Perry
NEW YORK
Zachary Taylor Cart Timothy E. Kornder Peter F. Beach
Alan Ray Shaw
Ray A. Crochet, Jr. Randy Robert Kramer Bruce L. Shisler James J. Button
Keith Paul Dugas Lynn A. Krenz Rick Steinbeck
Randy C. Horton
Thomas A. Faulk Richard K. Laska Thomas Michael Strubberg Linda J. Lamouret
Charles Wayne Gifford, Curt Luing Summers Clay D. Oeser
Thomas J.Hubbell
Jr.

Argene W
Matthees
Terry Allen
David W. Whitener Scott Eugene Shaw
Fred K. Lingo Edward H. McNamara John Mark Williams Daniel A. Utter
Mack Magee Steven Nibbe Gary Lee Woolard
Charles Miller Mark Schaefer NORTH CAROLINA
Jeffrey Ray Waites Robert John Schneider MONTANA James Darnay Barefoot
William Gregory Wall Joel J. Sloan Daniel D. Grove J.G. Baker, Jr.

Mervin V. Speckman James L. Moodie John Ashley Bullock, Jr.

MAINE Scott Luther Stuckey Richard L. Sarrazin George Michael Dagenhart
Larry Gene Cote Robert Paul Thell Frank Edward Witt, Jr. Scott Goodman
Thomas K. Weber Fritz V. Zook Henry Lee Goodnight
MARYLAND Duane Weisensel Eric W.
Hasty
Robert Wayne Bender Jim Westman NEBRASKA Dexter Jerone Hill
John Robert Doody Kelly Ray Zimmerman Ronald Bolte
E. Barry Alan Houser
Terry Lee Cornett Martin J. Costello Anthony Alan Howell
Deborah L. Flanigan MISSISSIPPI Dale Anthony Large Jimmy Lewis Martin
Brenda LaRue Keilholtz Jeffrey Lance Chancellor Mark W. Lemke Joel Keith Matthews

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Douglas Edward Maxwell Michaei C. Thorp Lisa Marie Butler VIRGINIA
Bobby McLamb Leigh Alan Todd John Randall Cain Barry Wayne Allen
Frederick Junior McPherson Ronnie Campbell Robert Pearson Bailey
Ray Lucas Medlin OREGON Thomas Gene Cannon William Michael Beale
George L. Pless, DarrellM. Carr James Clark Castellaw
Jr. D. Stanley Carpenter
John Michael Pope Donald Norman Coon Rob Chachere Mark Douglas Coleman
Gregory Scott Rudd Michael Vernon Coon Dale Wayne Chegwidden Bob Collie
Charles J. Sutton, Kyle Hurd Lisa G. Chernosky
Jr. Kevin Crist Craun
Frank M. Tew, Jr. Donald W. McNiel Danny Ray Christenberry Dale Douglas Dick
Edward Darrell Thigpen Coleen Marie Patrick Stephen Auther Clontz Richard Wade Eacho
Joseph U. Thompson, Jr. Mark Lowell Westwood Gary Alton Coe Jacklyn Estep
Frederick Christopher White Darcy Cryer Jeannette Estep
Marguerite Fields PENNSYLVANIA Larry Franklin Curry Jody G. Harris
Joseph Keith Gordon Timothy R. Beardslee James Barry Dillard Ronnie D. Green
Jay Wade
Marshall Michael J. Beatty Russell Erwin David Gale Gish
William Steven Slade Jay L. Bomgardner Gregory E. Fagan Kenneth Jeffery Heath
Elizabeth Ann Smith Cnris Hamilton Annette Fielden Dan Jeffery Lonr
Curtis Hamilton Keith Gilbert Ronald Hugh Messick
NORTH DAKOTA Steven B. Hershey Tommy Gillespie Roderick Kent Miller
David W. Bird Kirby L. Horst Lonnie Joe Gregorcyk Patrick A. Newchok
Larry M. Carter Ronald Maurice Juftes John Russell Hall Wayne Leslie Paulett
Joana Kaye Engelter David E. Keller Don Allen Heller Kevin Harper Phillips
Mark Giedd Gary W. Kwisnek Rob Hendricks Michael Gene Phillips
Michael Dean Haugen Curtis L. Martin William J. Henton Michael D. Quesinberry
Kay Johnston Ellis P. Martin II Cliff Heyen
Julie Bryan Keith Shields
Douglas James Lemieux Dwight L. Mickey Gus Ralph Hoff III
Milton Trent Showalter
Jeffrey Martin Larry E. Miller Wayne Hubert
L. Nathan S. Smith
Ronald G. Mueller Russell Charles Redding Lee Hundley Robert Wayne Snapp
Curtis James Richard Kevin Risser James Irlbeck, Jr. Larry Alan Wittig
Thomas B. Stanley Steven L. Ritchey Stephanie Ann Irwin
Kenneth D. Sanner Ricky Glenn Johnston WASHINGTON
OHIO Philip Lee Shertzer John Dudley Jones Carrie Dean Armstrong
Nathan L. Andre
Vickie L
Warfel Randy Katcsmorak Arlyn B. Boatsman
Dan Batdorf David C. Williams Mark W. Kokemor Kathryn L. Brown
Engelina Susanne Barrett Darryl Wayne Kolojaco James W. Cummins
G. Kevin Beatty PUERTO RICO Stephen Kruse
E. Douglas Lee Dickson
Jim L. Bernath Felix Ramos Perez Danny Wayne LaPrade Gary P. Gasseling
Rodney D. Buehrer Lance L. Laurie Brad Haberman
Todd Channell RHODE ISLAND Leslie Gordon Liere Justin J. Hafer
Rusty L. Coe Dana Keith Millar Henry F. Lippe Larry Hoctor
Jeffrey Scott Crull Lila K. Norris Glenn Walt Lubke Michael Scott Keating
James Douglas Fiebiger Sheila Mathis Kurt William Kingman
Steven Jon Gratz SOUTH CAROLINA David McDaniel Lenny Van Pelt
Timothy G. Hein Doug Berry Steven Joseph Miculek Edward E. Samuelson
Samuel John Jackson James W. Cox, Jr. James O. Miller Bill J. Schultheis
Kevin Larcom Phil D. Dobbins Royce Wayne Miller Ronald G. Wesen
Donald J. Klein James Scott Hughes Ronald Muennink
Paul Lininger Delano Ricky Kneece Barry Nabours
WEST VIRGINIA
David M. Bigley
Michael D. Lugibihl Joel Patterson Charles Edward Oberrender
Robert Wayne Boring
Fred Main Randel Gene Parker
L.
Roy Mennell
SOUTH DAKOTA Felix Michael Parmley
Steven Echols
Scot Eckmann Jim Eisentrout
Todd W. Michael
Lynn Alan Hartenhoff
Don Parrish
Pat Foley
Bradford James Montgomery Jay Dean Pfeiffer
Kenneth Arthur Mann
Kent Niederman
Larry Joseph Rahm Charles A. Phillip
William James Schoenfish Charles Roy Pursley
Emily Kay Nitschke John W. Ragland
Gene William Stapleton Bruce Erwin Somerville
Terry L. Obermyer Jon Mark Rector Robert Frank Wade
Lowell R. Swanson
Debbie Lou Peters Robert E. Richarz
Loren Wieting
Gregory William Powell Kelly Ricks WISCONSIN
John Edward Rausch Justin R. Roach Richard Scott Adams
TENNESSEE Robert Donald Belling
Ronald E. Rethmel Darrell Ruffin
Walter Allen Barham
Tim Schaefer Ronnie Allen Russell William A. Beyrer
Richard Brent Boreing
Kevin Schmucker Steve Schmidt Yvonne E. Bohnhoff
Keith Anderson Bouldin
Allen B. Shaw Scotty Self Paul M. Burk
Johnny Brady Michael Shearrer John T Buske
David A. Shephard
Van Bringle
Richard K. Strow Trent Stephens Arlen Butts
Paul Randall Byrd
Steve Vaughan Tom Stewart Vernon P. Dougherty
Benny Dewain Cannon Slate Havens
Michael Allen Stolte
Ennis James Carmack, Jr.
OKLAHOMA John Randall Crowder
Terry Strempel Scott M. Heeg
Boyd Ray Anthony, Jr. Jay Sturgess David M. Hischke
John H. Dodson, Jr. Daniel J. Hoffmann
Alvin D. Baker Alan Swart s
Duane Floyd Matt Tarpley Randy Holthaus
Michael Lee Blaylock
William S. Foster, Jr.
Danny I. Jameson Randy Davis Tatum Rodney D. Johnson
Gary Hicks Mark John Kuhn
Jon D. Brown Calvin Elton Tiemann
Warren Austin Hornburger Ronald J. Kurschner
J. Alan Campbell Cynthia Eileen Traweek
Robert E. King, Jr.
Perry Castonquay Monty Lee Vesper Jerry G. Larsen
Kenneth Randal Lamb Mark Lelle
Fredrick Ross Chitwood Jeff Watts
Donald A. Massengale Andrew Thomas May
Randy Gene Dupree Nicholas Weatherston
James Russell Milstead McFarland
Dale A. Edwards Emmitt Wayne Wiegreefe Peter E.
Mark Nichols Mark J. Mitchell
Harold Dean Hasel Douglas W. Williams
Robert T. Ottinger Neil Anthony Papendorf
Mark Allan Herndon Glenn Winsauer
Steven Finley Richardson Terrance
Eric Jensen Douglas K. Winters Pfaff
Kent A. Jeter
Wm. Danny Rochelle Greg York Timothy Rehbein
John Carl Schultz Michelle R. Riddlestine
John Joseph Koscelny
John Scott Taylor Robert L. Sipiorski
Rodney Kramer
Breck Preston Lewis
Greg Webster UTAH Trent A. Temperly
Ky Layne Luddington
Donald E. Williams Morgan V Andrews Monte W. Tollefson
Dave Lloyd Long Jeff R.Brooks Daniel Weber
TEXAS David M. Burton
T.

Kirk D. Miller David Alders David J. Weber

Bart Lee Mark Weigel
Kyndell J. Nichols Jeffrey Glenn Anthony E.
Corine Dawn Phillips Allen Francis Wysocki
Alan Dale Nusser Davi<3 L. Bishop
Patty Warburton
Jeff W. Schenk James Blackwell WYOMING
Cary J. Wise
James C. Schlecht Stephen Boyd Blezinger Pat Hoopengarner
Johnny Mack Shepard Gary Bowdoin Tom May
F. LeRoy Stotts David Wayne Brannon VERMONT Craig C. Spatz
Jack Otto Sherry Tracy Lynn Brown Martha Rae Edwards Shane Deane Sutton

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 VIP CITATIONS
The VIP Citation recognizes individuals who continually and faithfully serve the
FFA.

Dr. Harold Binkley, Retired Chairman, College of Education, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
The Honorable Frank Carlson, Retired U.S. Senator, Concordia, Kansas
Al Haukom, Retired President, Nasco Division, Nasco International, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
Clarke A. Nelson, Senior Vice President, The Carnation Company, Los Angeles, California

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CITATIONS

Organizations that serve the FFA by contributing time, money and personnel are
recognized with the Distinguished Service Citation.

The American Hereford Association

General Motors Corporation
Lilly Endowment, Inc.

25 YEAR SPONSORS
Four groups that have contributed to the National FFA Foundation, Inc., for 25
continuous years were recognized.

American Cyanamid Company

California Farmer Publishing Company
National Milk Producers Federation
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

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 HONORARY AMERICAN FARMER DEGREE
Local advisors are often the motivating force behind FFA members who achieve
high goals in the organization. Less than one percent of the nation's chapter
advisors receive this honor each year.

ALABAMA MICHIGAN OREGON

O.R. Dennis, Arab Stanley Knopf, Marlette Richard Boucher, Enterprise
Troy D. Newton, Huntsville William S. Wheeler, Webberville
W. Calvin Parmer, Russellville PENNSYLVANIA
MINNESOTA Charles E. Ackley, Jr., Ephrata
COLORADO Lannis W. Bergsgaard, Crookston G. Lowell Morton, Annville
Andrew E. Bassel, Gunnison Larry J. Klingbeil, New Ulm Donald W. Reinert, Kutztown
Ronald L. Preston, Eaton John McCracken, Springfield Frederic H. Stillwagen, Schnecksville

CONNECTICUT MISSISSIPPI SOUTH DAKOTA

Philip A. Hoyt, Danielson Randall Houston Coker, Laurel James C. Pollmann, Dell Rapids
Monte Carle Ladner, Carthage
HAWAII Keble W. Luter, Laurel TEXAS
Roy R. Yonahara, Wailuku Donald B. Booth, Huntsville
MONTANA Stanley Dixon, Brownfield
IDAHO John R. Nauck, Choteau W.A. Fielden, McKinney
Larry J. Church, Caldwell Wayne Forrest, Hawley
NEBRASKA James D. Harris, Edna
ILLINOIS Stanley J. Elsen, Grant Dorwin D. Hill, El Campo
Richard F. Dunn, Seneca Myron R. Schoch, Lyons Giles A. Horn, Kirbyville
James H. Litchfield, Knoxville Vernie C. Marshall, Bartlett
Robert O. Polley, Hartsburg NEW MEXICO Ray Seale, Shiner
Samuel James Robb, Pickneyville B.W. Duncan, Tatum Patrick W. Wallace, Hallettsville

INDIANA NEW YORK VIRGINIA

Dale Butcher, Oxford George W. Keller, Canajoharie A. Hylton Clark, Jr., Winchester

Leon A. Dean, Elkhart Harold H. Higgins, Amherst

Charles J. Wolf, Tipton NORTH CAROLINA James E. Hively, Broadway
Herbert D. Allen, Burnsville Herbert E. Maxey, Sr., Buckingham
IOWA Marvin J. Rountree, Nashville
Ross E. James, Elgin WASHINGTON
Harold E. Woodard, Hartley NORTH DAKOTA Mike Blakely, Quincy
Joseph W. Yedlik, Coggon Curtis L. Jordan, Walhalla Walter M. Schuh, Burlington

KANSAS OHIO WEST VIRGINIA

Jack E. McClaskey, Cirard Philip W. Keener, New Philadelphi William B. Roomsburg, Romney
Robert McBride, Dola
KENTUCKY Richard D. Mills, Wooster WISCONSIN
James W. Bailey, Glasgow Warren L. Reed, Convoy Archie N. Abbott, Menomonie
Robert L. Rogers, Orwell Robert G. Heebink, New Richmond
MAINE Everett W. Roberts, Sturgeon Bay
Paul R. Lynch, Presque Isle OKLAHOMA Harold Strassburg, Elkhorn
Marshall E. Gamble, Boley
MARYLAND Garland R. Howell, Arapaho WYOMING
Larry Riggs, Frederick Leonard Hunter, Kingfisher James W. Facinelli, Cody
Jim Yokum, Weatherford

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 The Honorary American Farmer Degree is also awarded to adults who have
helped advance agriculture and the FFA, giving outstanding service on
the national
education and agriculture leaders, plus the parents of
level. This year 89 business,
the Stars Over America and national officers, received the
degree.
Farres A. Harrison, Verona, John C. Phillips, Austin, Mini
Louis Ahalt, Frederick, Maryland
Wisconsin W.H. Pittard, Jr., Austin, Texas
Don Basden, Marshall, Arkansas PhillipEdmondPlumart, Brookings,
Bob Bergland, Washington, D.C. Jasper A. Hayles, Jr., State
University, Arkansas South Dakota
Raymond Bernhardt, Columbia,
Marcus E. Herrold, Mifflinburg, Stanley E. Poe, Indianapolis,
Missouri
Pennsylvania Indiana
Robert Berry, Dayton, Ohio
Carroll V. Hess, Manhattan, Kansas Roy D. Porter, College Park,
CO. (Connie) Borsting, Tacoma, Maryland
Washington John Hillison, Blacksburg, Virginia
Delbert L. Hodgkins, North Jack Pritchard, Stillwater,
John Bottum, Washington, D.C.
Mankato, Minnesota Oklahoma
Robert Lee Brinson, Michigantown,
William E. Hohenhaus, St. Paul, David Pryor, Washington, D.C.
Indiana
Minnesota William J. (Bill) Redmond, Atlanta,
J.W. (Pete) Carpenter, Gainesville,
Thomas J. Honeycutt, Huntsville, Georgia
Florida
Texas Jim Buck Ross, Jackson, Mississippi
Elmer L. Cooper, College Park,
Tony Hoyt, Alexandria, Virginia Roland Rutz, Morristown,
Maryland
William B. James, Winston-Salem, Minnesota
David Courtney (Sgt.), Kansas City,
North Carolina Robert A. Sailors, Atlanta, Georgia
Missouri
G. Edwin Johnson, Columbus, William B. Schreck, Springfield,
S.D. (Dave) Craig, Jackson,
Mississippi Ohio Illinois

Des Moines, Iowa

F.A.D. Kelsey, Glenn See, Jackson, Mississippi
Ronald Crawford, Olympia,
Walter Kennon, Independence, Gladys Shaw, Raytown, Missouri
Washington
Missouri Glen C. Shinn, Mississippi State,
C.A. Cromer, Lincoln, Nebraska
Viva Kibler, Kansas City, Missouri Mississippi
J.M. Disberger, Hutchinson, Kansas
Alfred Sich, Jr., Waterloo, Nebraska
Maynard C. Dolloff, Washington, John T Leeman, Nashville,
Tennessee Ralph E. Smith, Morris, Minnesota
D.C.
Ealy, Manhattan, Kansas John Leslie, Washington, D.C. Dwight M. Stevens, Madison,
Robert P.
Edwards, Birmingham, Wayne Liles, Oklahoma City, Wisconsin
James R.
Oklahoma E. Clinton Stokes, Washington,
Alabama
Sam Love, Gainesville, Florida D.C.
Dennis Engelke, Austin Texas
Richard L. McNall, Janesville, Marvin M. Stokes, Boise, Idaho
Wendell O. Erickson, St. Paul,
Wisconsin D. Ross Sullivan, San Francisco,
Minnesota
C.P. McVea, St. Francisville, California
Marion D. Fletcher, Little Rock,
Louisiana Deane A. Turner, St. Paul,
Arkansas
Alex Mercure, Washington, D.C. Minnesota
C. Rozalyn Foris, Juneau, Alaska
Grove Miller, Randallstown, Richard Welton, Manhattan, Kansas
James Gary Futrell, Columbia, F.

Maryland Robert C. Whaley, Sherman Oaks,

South Carolina
Roland Golden, Washington, D.C. Robert Gus Miller, Ville Platte, California
Louisiana Phillip Wharton, Lakeland, Florida
Jack D. Granger, Montgomery,
Alabama demon L. Montgomery, Austin, Tony Wilson, Nashville, Tennessee
David H. Green, Attleboro, Texas G. Kyle Wittier, Champaign, Illinois
Massachusetts C. Rodman Myers, Thurmont, Ronald Woods, Detroit, Michigan
Maryland Melton F. Wright, Winchester,
Joe A. Gregory, Raleigh, North
Curtis D. Norenberg, St. Paul, Virginia
Carolina
Minnesota B.J. York,Montgomery, Alabama
C. Neilson Griffith, Columbus,
Harold Parady, Athens, Georgia Jack Zimmer, Pullman, Washington
Ohio
Gilbert S. Guiler, Columbus, Ohio Kenneth A. Parker, Amherst,
Glen E. Hamilton, Akron, Ohio Massachusetts

PARENTS OF STAR PARENTS OF

PARENTS OF STAR
ACRIBUSINESSMEN NATIONAL OFFICERS
FARMERS Charles Rinker, Winchester,
Lois Britain,Yuma, Arizona Judith Baber, Colusa, California
Virginia
Bill Yuma, Arizona
Britain, Jack Baber, Colusa, California
Ruth Tillman, Marianna, Florida Florence Rinker, Winchester,
Sarah Mattingly, Toledo, Iowa
Delmer Tillman, Marianna, Florida Virginia
Sam Mattingly, Toledo, Iowa
Hilda Goodnight, China Grove, John Benson, Winters, California
Donna Vaughan, Hartville, Ohio
North Carolina Darlene Benson, Winters,
Kay Howard Vaughan, Hartville,
California
Ohio Lee Goodnight, China Grove,
North Carolina Bill James, Abilene, Kansas
Celia Foster, Bellevue, Tennessee
Virginia May, Green Bay, Wisconsin LeAnn Killman, Clay Center, Kansas
W. Sparky Foster, Sr., Bellevue,
Thomas May, Green Bay, Wisconsin Donald L. Trimmer, Sr.,
Tennessee
Woodsboro, Maryland
Thenational officers recognized their high schools Margaret Trimmer, Woodsboro,
Maryland
by presenting plaques for the schools to their admin- Raymond Kirby, Gassville, Arkansas
istrators. The national officers' advisors also received Leona Kirby, Gassville, Arkansas
David Duckworth, Mesa, Arizona
special commendations. Helen Duckworth, Mesa, Arizona
Daniel Shenk, Winchester, Virginia Maurice Catlin, Clay Center, Kansas
Roger Crosen, Winchester, Virginia Vernon Marshall, Walkersville,
James Streckhise, Winchester, Maryland
Virginia Charles Cramer, Walkersville,
Robert Sutphin, Winchester, Virginia Maryland
Hylton Clark, Winchester, Virginia David Marcantel, Mountain Home,
Robert Harper, Winchester, Virginia Arkansas
Richard Sawyer, Mesa, Arizona
Joseph Aguiar, Winters, California
Paul Young, Clay Center, Kansas
Nathan Moore, Mesa, Arizona
Leo Peterson, Mesa, Arizona

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 BUSINESS
numbering 121, conducted business sessions and
Official voting delegates,
committee meetings concerns and suggest improvements for the FFA. Four
to voice
constitutional amendments were passed, and the modifications are indicated in
bold type.
Article III ORGANIZATION
Section B Active chapters of the FFA for students enrolled in public sec-
ondary school programs shall be chartered only in such schools
where recognized systematic instruction in vocational education
for agricultural occupations is offered underthe provisions of the
National Vocational Education Acts. Such chapters shall operate
as an integral part of the instructional program of vocational
agriculture under the responsibility of the local school system.
Article VI ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP DEGREES AND PRIVILEGES
Section D Have received the Chapter Farmer Degree and have been an
active FFA member for at least two years (24 months) at the time of
receiving the degree.

While in high school, must have completed two years of instruc-

tion in a vocational course for an agricultural occupation; . . .

Article VI ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP DEGREES AND PRIVILEGES

Section D Have earned and productively invested at least $500 net income
by the member's own efforts from their supervised occupational
experience program or worked other than scheduled class time
at least 600 hours in a supervised occupational experience pro-
gram or a combination thereof.
Article XII MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS
Section A A national convention of Future Farmers of America shall be held
annually, except in case of an extreme emergency declared by the
National Board of Directors. The purpose of the national con-
vention shall be to conduct the business of the national organi-
zation and to recognize outstanding achievements of FFA mem-
bers and chapters. The time and place of meeting shall be deter-
mined by the National Board of Directors.

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 COMMITTEE REPORTS
NOMINATING
We, the Nominating Committee, have given careful and deliberate consideration
to applicants running for National Office. The Committee nominates the fol-
all

lowing slate of candidates to the delegates of the 53rd National Convention to serve
as National Officers for the year 1980-81.
President Mark Herndon, Oklahoma
Secretary Bob Quick, Illinois
Vice President, Central Region David Pearce, Missouri
Vice President, Eastern Region Susie Barrett, Ohio
Vice President, Southern Region Glenn Caves, Mississippi
Vice President, Western Region David Alders, Texas
National Treasurer J.M. Campbell, Richmond, Virginia
National Executive Secretary C. Coleman Harris,Washington, D.C.
National Advisor Byron F. Rawls, Washington, D.C.

Respectfully submitted,
Mark Chapman, Kentucky (Chairman) Anthony West Virginia
Potorti,
Mark McBride, Tennessee (Co-Chairman) Marilyn Ann North Dakota
Artz,
Patricia A. Hall, New Hampshire (Secretary) Brian Ketelhut, South Dakota
Allen Stewart, Arizona Advisors: James W. Warren, Washington, D.C.
Leland Tiegs, Idaho John Hillison, Virginia
Frank Parker, Jr., South Carolina

NATIONAL FFA SUPPLY SERVICE

We, the members of the National FFA Supply Service Committee, offer the
following recommendations:

1. That a page be provided in the Supply Service catalog for the purpose of evaluating merchandise and
service received from the National FFA Supply Service.
2. The National FFA Supply Service should include a statement in the catalog and invoice stating that
unsatisfactory merchandise be promptly returned so that the supplier may be notified, the Supply
Service credited and the problem resolved.
3. Further investigate the possibility of offering a durable outdoor FFA emblem for display and/or identifi-
cation purposes.
4. That the Supply Service continue to develop a variety of small, low cost items to be used as give-away
items for promotion of the FFA.
5. The Supply Service offer a District Star Agribusiness plaque.
6. The Supply Service provide a page in the catalog giving statistics regarding sales trends and ideas to
speed orders.
7. The Supply Service examine possibilities of offering T-shirts with the yearly theme.
8. The sale of the official jacket shall be limited to official dues paying student members only. (To be
inserted in the catalog where it specifies the limits of the sale of the official FFA jacket.)
9. The Supply Service examine the feasibility of providing a supplementary guide to parliamentary
procedure.

On
behalf of nearly one-half million FFA members across the nation, we, the
members of the National FFA Supply Service Committee, express our gratitude and
appreciation to Mr. Harry Andrews and his excellent staff for the outstanding
service which they provide throughout the year.

Respectfully submitted,
Jay Bohnenblust, Kansas (Chairman) Juanita Sanchez, New Mexico
Jean Marcey, Alaska (Co-chairman) Mike Phillips, Florida
Phil Holland, Alabama Enoch Gonzales, Puerto Rico
Jean Marcey, Alaska David A. Smith, Jr., Rhode Island
Kenny Raines, West Virginia

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NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES

We, the members of the National Leadership Conference Committee, have
reviewed and evaluated all aspects of the Washington Conference Program and
State Presidents' Conference for the summer, 1981, and hereby submit the fol-
lowing recommendations and proposals.

Chapter Conference Program

1. Increase the participation of the National Officers at the Washington Conference Program, and if

possible, have a National Officer present during each conference session.

2. Encourage participation in the promotion of the Washington Conference Program by
a. Providing materials to the State Advisor and State Associations to act as promoters of the Wash-
ington Conference Program.
b. Development of a promotional slide show and encourage its usage at State and District Con-
ventions and FFA activities.
3. Help alleviate the cost of the Washington Conference Program by
a. Providing the chapters with various fund raising ideas and encouraging their sponsorship of their
delegates to the conference.
b. Encouraging chapters and/or states to band together in travelling to the Washington Conference
Program to help defer the high cost of transportation.
4. To encourage the development of a National Leadership Conference located in the western portion of
the United States, in order to provide more feasible access to leadership training on the national level.
5. That an advisor's program be developed within the Washington Conference Program, with Advisor
participation encouraged.
State Presidents Conference
1 Due to the nature and importance of the congressional visitations, we recommend that more time be
given to the Congressmen.
visit
2. Due to the busy nature of the congressional leaders' schedules, we recommend limitation of the
number of speakers at the Congressional Breakfast.
3. Due to the importance of the Congressional Breakfast, we recommend that State Officers be given 4
weeks prior notice as to the time and place of the Congressional Breakfast to allow time to contact their
individual Congressmen.
4. We recommend that more conference time be given for the development of actual state officer
techniques and leadership skills.
5. That a summary be prepared on current agricultural issues and legislation, and this summary be
presented to participants in the State Presidents Conference 4 weeks prior to the conference date.

To follow up the 1980 National Leadership Conference, we recommend the

following resolutions go on record at the 53rd National FFA Convention:
Beresolved that the National FFA Organization sincerely appreciates the effort
it

of certainpeople and at this time we would like to issue a very special thanks to
President Carter, former FFA member and Lifetime Alumni member, for taking time
to meet with the State Officers and reemphasizing the importance of his Energy
Challenge. Special thanks to the White House staff for their hospitality and coop-
eration.
Be it resolved that the National FFA Organization sincerely appreciates the effort
and cooperation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with special thanks to the
Secretary of Agriculture, Robert S. Bergland.
Beresolved that the National FFA Organization sincerely appreciates the coop-
it

eration and sincere interests of the U.S. Department of Education, with special
appreciation to Secretary of the Department of Education, Shirley M. Hufstedler.
Be it resolved that the National FFA Organization sincerely appreciates the efforts
of John Stevenson, Vice President of the Alexandria Management Company, and
Bill Williams, Manager of the Olde Town Ramada Inn, for their cooperation and
service to theWashington Leadership Conference.
Be it resolved that the National FFA Organization commends the work and
guidance of the National Conference staff: Director Dee Sokolosky, Shirley Jones,
Teresa Tesnohlidek, Shawn Skiles, Jeff Rudd, Director Bruce Maloch, Kim Beck,
Gini Simpson, Randy Ranck and Dean Norton, and Secretary for both conferences,
Martha Maloch.

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 Special thanks goes out to the bus drivers and town guides, Bill Johnson, Virgil
Cline, Bob Cantrell, Tom Rutherford and J.D. Moppet, who made the National
Conferences so warm, personable, informative and fun.
A very sincere thanks goes out to all individuals involved in the Washington
Conference Program who made it a success.
Respectfully submitted,
Rick Davis, Oklahoma (Chairman) Dennis Wagner, Montana
Dave Mendes, California Roger N. Hansen, South Dakota
Fred Garrett, Nevada J.R. Shinkle, Kentucky
Jimmy White, Georgia

NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES

We, the members of the 1980 National Information Committee, make the fol-
lowing recommendations to improve and further develop informational services
on the National, State, Regional, and Local levels.
1. That the National Information Service's Department provide instructional reference materials based on
various audio visuals, pamphlets and brochures, literature, reference books, and items of general
interest, which will be available through the "Future Farmer Magazine." This information locator will be
established to inform chapters on:
a. FFA programs
b. FFA awards & contests
c. General agricultural materials
d. Purposes and goals of Vo-Ag Program and FFA
2. That Collegiate FFA and Ag-Ed Societies become more informed and aware of their role in Vo-Ag, by
familiarizing them with the existing FFA program areas and activities. Means of accomplishing this goal
are:
a. Make more available the "Update" and "Between Issues" publications to be used as an additional
source of information.
b. Developing a quarterly newsletter to inform Vo-Ag students and educators on current Ag-Ed issues
and FFA developments.
c. To keep Collegiate and Ag-Ed Societies actively involved with FFA Alumni and State Associations.
3. That the FFA manual include more facts and history of the FFA and vocational agriculture developments
for the purpose of reeducating and informing the readers. This will be accomplished by including:
a. Numerous facts about FFA
b. History and development of the FFA
4. That an effort be exerted to increase and improve public relations existing within the general interest of
the community and prospective Vo-Ag members, stressing and explaining essential information about
Vo-Ag and FFA. This goal will be accomplished by:
a. Continuing the distribution of National Convention theme leaflets, and stamping chapter name and
message on them.
b. Establishing a day during National FFA Week to inform prospective students and their parents about
available opportunities in vocational agriculture and FFA.
c. Produce informational pamphlets geared towards Vo-Ag instruction, career goals through agri-
culture, and FFA. These will be available through Extension Services, school guidance offices,
agricultural departments, and in the community.
5. We encourage the use of the following recommendations for chapter, regional, and state levels.
a. To make the community more aware of FFA involvement through developing and distributing
public relation materials.
b. Place more emphasis on the Food for America program.
c. Inform members of all possible awards and various activities available to them.
d. Encourage use of the "Future Farmer Magazine," Guide to FFA Activities, and FFA Activity Hand-
book, as a public relations tool.
e. Encourage members and advisors to use all available resources through the National Supply
Service.

We submit these recommendations after carefully evaluating the present na-

tional informational services.

Respectfully submitted,
Paul Jeannotte, North Dakota (Chairman) Doug Barnard, Indiana
Bonnie Bianchi, Minnesota Patti Bale, Arkansas
Kevin Lintelman, Alaska Lori von Seydewitz, New York
Pat Kahler, Maryland Wendy Tingley, Rhode Island

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 NATIONAL CONTESTS
We, the members Committee, sincerely appreciate the
of the National Contests
interest and support that we have
received from the National Contests' sponsors. A
special word of thanks is given to the American Hereford Association for the

computer processing of contests and the American Royal Livestock and Horse
Show for providing the dairy cattle and livestock. Also, a special thanks is extended
to the following sponsors:
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
John Deere
Vitality Seed Company
Ralston Purina Company
George A. Hormel and Co.
Jones Dairy Farm
Oscar Mayer & Company
Farmland Foods, Inc.
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc.
Patz Company
American Association of Nurserymen, Inc.
Wholesale Nursery Growers of America, Inc.
Victor F. Weaver, Inc.
Hubbard Farms
American Farm Bureau Federation
National FFA Foundation General Fund
Wewish to express our gratitude to Howard Downer, Gordon Hall, Paul Peter-
son, Richard Carter, Ted Amick, Les Thompson, and to all contest superintendents
for their outstanding performance in conducting the 1980 National Contests.
We submit the following:
1. New Contests.
a. That a National FFA Creed Speaking Contest be held (limited to the first year students in the 9th and
10th grades) with a question and answer period following the presentation and implemented as a
National Contest in 1982. Rationale:
(1) To involve younger FFA members with incentive to succeed and accomplish a goal.

(2) To provide state winners the chance to continue on to a higher objective.

b. That the National Board of Directors develop a special committee to study the feasibility of
developing a National Forestry Contest. Rationale:
(1) Considering the generality of forests across the nation.

(2) To provide state winners the chance to continue on to a higher objective.

c. That a National Horse Judging Contest be held and that it consist of judging the physical con-
formation of the horse and judging the animal on performance. Rationale:
(1) Since every state has the opportunity to judge horses, it would be feasible.

(2) To provide state winners the chance to continue on to a higher objective.

2. Suggested Improvements.
a. That any contest which has less than 25 states participating in two out of three years would be
presented to the National Board of Directors for possible elimination.
b. That the national high point individual winners of each contest should be included in the Inter-
national Tour, which is presently for the National Proficiency Award winners.
c. The medal is preferred for individual winners in National Contests as opposed to a paperweight,
with the stipulation that the medal be supplemented by a certificate of accomplishment for the
winners of the National Contest. Rationale:
(1) Would provide winners with a token of accomplishment to supplement his/her jacket.

(2) Would provide for a token of lasting value.

d. That the National Board of Directors appoint a special committee to review the Meats Identification
Score Card and make additions or deletions as needed. Rationale:
(1) Due to changes in the meat industry since the cuts presently used were determined, there have
been major changes.
3. Recommendations.
a. That the present quota in Bulletin No. 4, providing that 80% of all contest contestants receive either
the gold, silver, or bronze award, stay the same, providing the remaining 20% of the contestants
receive certificates of honorable mention.
b. That the contest contestants be reminded of the importance of the sponsorship of their respective
contests, and that "thank you" letters are in order.

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 c. The alternate who travels with the official state judging team be allowed to judge in the National
Contest on an equal basis with the other team members, and the lowest score of each team
discarded. Rationale:
(1) Alternate would receive practical experience.
(2) Would involve more interest and participation in National Contests.
d. The 1980 National Contests Committee strongly recommends to the National Board of Directors
that a report of the action taken on the previous year's recommendations be presented to all
committees for use by the convention delegates. Rationale:
(1) Would advise the various committee delegations of the action taken on the previous year's

suggestions.
(2) Would provide for future direction and assistance.

Respectfully submitted,
Bryan Stamps, Mississippi (Chairman) Scott Martin, Arizona
David Maddox, Connecticut Eduardo Ragasa, Hawaii
Ed Barnett, Tennessee Richard Hogan, Nevada
Julie Capps, North Carolina Chuck Littlefield, Texas

NATIONAL AWARDS PROGRAMS

We, the members of the 1980 National Awards Program Committee, wish to
extend our sincere appreciation to Mr. Glenn Luedke and Mr. Gerald Barton for
their genuine concern and expertise concerning the National Awards Programs.
We acknowledge the USDA for their grant which was used to conduct four com-
munity development/BOAC workshops in 1980. We commend the National Board
of Directors, National Officers and others involved for initiating the 10 plus club and
100% membership programs.
The Committee presents the following recommendations:
1. That the present award applications (especially the one for the National Chapter Award) be revised in
order to provide more space for information and explanations.
2. That the study be continued in the development of a program designed to recognize the top superior
Chapters on a Regional and National basis.
3. That State Associations develop special recognition programs for newly formed and vastly improved
Chapters.
4. That students with specialty livestock projects be reinstated in the Diversified Livestock Production
Proficiency Award Program.
5. We strongly encourage State Associations to recognize, through the use of State Initiated Program
funds, those members in specialty proficiency areas, both animals and crops.
6. That the State Initiated Program funds remain high as they are very important in the recognition of
those students whose agricultural programs don't apply to the National Awards Programs.
7. That a detailed study be conducted as to the feasibility of a "Specialty Programs" recognition system.
8. Achievement Awards Program
a. We would like to re-emphasize the importance of the Achievement Awards Program which is
designed for the beginning FFA member. Details of program are in the Activity Handbook.
b. We recommend that regional agriculture teacher conferences include information and discussion
as to the curriculum that can be used in the different areas for promotion of the Achievement Award
Program.
c. That state agriculture teacher conferences also discuss this vital program.
9. That the National Board of Directors encourage agriculture teacher education institutions to initiate
financial aid, scholarships and other incentive programs in order to increase enrollment in agriculture
education.
10. That state associations develop special awards programs to recognize Creenhand and junior members.
Some examples are a farm skills contest, an FFA quiz, and junior chapter officers available to Creenhand
and junior members.
11. That the National Future Farmer Magazine re-emphasize the importance and availability of the present
awards programs and that they remind FFA members of the deadlines for applications.
12. Suggested Amendments (Appendix K) which concern State and American Farmer Degrees.
a. The Committee is in favor of the suggested change in Article VI, Section D, Item 3 and in Article VI,
Section E, Item 3.
b. The Committee is opposed to the suggested change in Item 8 of Article VI, Section D and also
opposed to suggestions on Article VII, Section A, Paragraphs 1, 2, and 4.

Respectfully submitted,
Glenys Nichol, Oregon (Chairman) Warner Smith, Alabama
John Sheeley, New York Greg Withers, Arkansas
Charlie Phillip, Texas Gary Wheeler, Maine
Lynn Koontz, Virginia

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 NATIONAL FFA CONVENTION

We, the members of the 1980 National Convention Committee, after careful
evaluation of the National FFA Convention, submit the following items for your
consideration. First of all, we would like to commend the following for their
unselfish contributions to the National FFA Convention.

1. Our National Officers — Doug, Phil, Dee, Jeff, Elin,and Don for their part in preparing nearly one-half
million FFA members to "Build Tomorrows Today."
2. To the National Advisor, Mr. Byron Rawls; National Executive Secretary, Mr. Coleman Harris; and
National Treasurer, Mr. Julian Campbell, for their service to the FFA.
3. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company for providing special entertainment at the final convention
session.
4. To Robert S. Devaney for sharing his inspiration and enthusiasm while speaking to the convention.
5. To The Joint Armed Services Color Guard, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
6. To Roland Hendrickson and Owen Newlin, for their continuing support of the National FFA Foundation.
7. We commend the great home run king Hank Aaron for his challenging remarks.
8. The Honorable Richard L. Berkley, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.
9. The Alumni for their outstanding workshops.
10. The convention organist Kevan Brooks; Stan Kingma, Roger Heath, the National Chorus and Band, and
a special salute to the late Mr. Marvin Myers, who unselfishly devoted 25 years to the FFA Chorus.
11. A special thank-you to FFA sponsors, National Staff, and consultants.
12. The Courtesy Corps, under the leadership of Mr. Jack Pitzer.
13. The Honorable Bob Bergland, Secretary of Agriculture.
14. A special commendation to Donald N. McDowell for his life-long support of Vocational Agriculture and
the FFA, and for serving 10 years as Executive Director of the National FFA Foundation Sponsoring
Committee.
15. Mr. Art Linkletter for his inspiring and motivating remarks to the 53rd National Convention.
16. Congratulations to the convention award winners and a special thank you to the judges, timekeepers,
and sponsors involved in the contests and awards areas.
17. The National FFA Talent under the direction of Don Erickson.
18. To all exhibitors and participants in the career show and the hall of states.
19. The National Board of Directors and Board of Trustees.
20. We also would like to commend the Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants for their beautiful music.

The following are suggestions for improvement:

A. Official Convention Program
1. List the names and addresses of companies where members can purchase tapes, slides, and

pictures about different programs and activities in the FFA.

2. include a note in the program to emphasize the need to write thank you notes. Also, emphasize that
members shou Id show their proper appreciation to all FFA Convention participants by giving them
their full attention and applause.
3. List the lengths of the different educational tours.
B. National Convention Proceedings
1. Use the Proceedings as a resource material and encourage using it as a teachers aid.

2. Compile a list of the names and addresses where convention tapes, pictures and slides may be
ordered that pertain to the convention.
C. The National Convention
1. Recommend that attention be given to special needs of FFA members with physical or language
limitations in order to give them equal opportunities for participation in all convention activities.
2. Schedule another business session to offset too-lengthy present business sessions.
3. That the delegates march in and be seated as part of the ceremony to open the convention at the
first session.
4. We realize that the audio visuals play a very important part in the convention and we hope they can
be better organized in the future.
5. The curtains beneath the screen that are very important in the decorating of the hall should be
secured at the bottom to prevent fluttering and therefore distraction.
6. Improve the sound system to provide an even sound level throughout the convention hall.
7. Allow much more space for delegates with spaces in the rows to permit quicker access to the
microphones.
8. Increase the number of microphones with better placement for the use of the delegates to save
time.
9. Announce the length of the educational tours during the convention sessions.
10. Everyone receiving awards wear official dress to promote the pride we have in the FFA.
11. We recommend that the closed circuit television be viewed on the big screen behind the stage so
that people seated high in the auditorium may see the convention close up.

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would like to extend my personal thanks to the members of the National

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Convention Committee for their time, advice, and excellent suggestions. We

would like to thank David Vasquez, Walter Upton, Delmer Dalton, and Dr. Duane
Nielsen for serving as our consultants and our advisors.

Respectfully submitted,
Marty Chitwood, Missouri, Chairman Darla Hackman, Indiana
Maria Jasper, New Hampshire, Co-Chairman Phil Arnold, Maryland
Frank Duranti, Arizona Ann Lust, Washington
Chuck Brannan, Florida Dan Thomas, Texas

INTERNATIONAL
We, the International Committee of the 53rd National Convention of the Future
Farmers of America, in hopes of promoting and expanding participation in the
international program submit the following suggestions and recommendations.
1. Recommend that the National FFA Organization investigate the possibility of establishing a 2-2V2 month
exchange program and that they report their findings at the next convention.
for high school students
2. Recommend that a one month exchange program be established with Puerto Rico. We also recommend
using Puerto Rico as a stepping stone for those students who are outbound for Spanish speaking
countries.
3. Recommend that an audiovisual be made that will encourage more families to participate as host
families.
4. We strongly encourage that the state associations and local chapters use past WEA participants as
personal contacts between members, state officers, possible host families and other people.
5. Recommend that state officers promote the WEA program while on chapter visits and while speaking at
various other functions.
6. Recommend that all state associations and local chapters involve inbound students in their activities.
7. Recommend that the state and chapters be notified earlier as to the names and addresses of the
inbound students.
8. We endorse and encourage the use and development of programs similar to the US-AlD program in
Panama.
9. We recommend that International materials be available at the sub-regional conferences and that
participants be involved in these programs.
10. We recommend that pre-taped radio tapes be available that explain both the inbound and outbound
programs.
11. Recommend that the state associations promote the WEA program in state publications.
12. We recommend that the FFA cooperate with organizations to better promote the WEA program through
their publications.
13. We recommend that a WEA pin be designed and presented to all inbound and outbound participants
completion of their programs.
after the
14. Recommend that the states give special recognition to all host families.
15. We discussed the possibility of a domestic exchange and submit the following proposals:
Domestic Exchange
Purpose: To allow FFA members to learn of various cultures and agricultural techniques
throughout the country.
Guidelines:
1 That it be a work experience program with an option that they be allowed to attend school
2. That the emphasis be on the work experience program.
3. That it be a 3, 6, or 12 month program.
4. That the UPDATE '81 program be used to get out information to investigate whether there are
chapters interested in this program.

We, the International Committee, wish to extend our sincere thanks and ap-
preciation to Mr. Lennie Gamage, Mr. Arnold Cordes, Brenda Bennehoff and
Ronelle Guest.

Respectfully submitted,
Glyn Boone, Pennsylvania (Chairman) Tamy Wood, Ohio
Juan Perez, Puerto Rico John Ragland, Texas
Janet LaGrande, California Martha Edwards, Vermont
Steve Phillips, Georgia Alan Wolff, Wisconsin

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 NATIONAL FFA CALENDAR
We, the official Calendar Committee, submit the following recommendations for
consideration to encourage participation in the FFA Calendar Program.

1. Letters to be addressed from State Presidents directly to Chapter Presidents concerning the use of the
Calendar Program.
2. Make available a display for use at Leadership Training, State Conventions, and other functions.
3. Send notices to Chapters who have not participated in Calendar Program for three (3) years.
4. All Chapters receive pictures of National Officers for their participation in the Calendar Program.
5. Recognize Chapters at State Conventions and in State Newsletter who participate in Calendar Program.
6. FFA members send in pictures of their Chapter activities for use in Calendar Program.
7. State Officers receive materials and be prepared to promote Calendar Program during Chapter visits.
8. Suggest the following new calendar styles be considered.
A. Desk calendar (18" x 24")
B. Daily note pad
C. Pens
D. Personalized calendar (Chapter picture)
E. Combine home and office and wall calendar to reduce expense
F. Pocket size date book
9. Calendar Program provide an incentive award for Chapters who have participated for a certain period
of time.

The Calendar Committee would like to congratulate Mr. Jack Pitzer and his staff
for their continued fine efforts towards the growth of the Calendar Program.

Respectfully submitted,
Mark Davis, Ohio (Chairman) James Dupree, Louisiana
Calvin Crandell, Utah Tim Gano, Virginia
William Kinsey, Delaware Mike Chapman, Alabama
Janette Kawamoto, Hawaii Brenda Richey, Oklahoma
Joe Maher, Illinois

NATIONAL ALUMNI
We, the members
of the 1980 National Alumni Committee, realize the vital role
that the NationalAlumni Association plays in our FFA organization. We thank the
National and State Alumni for their continuing support of our organization. With
the helpful guidance of Mr. Robert Cox, Mr. Floyd Doering, Mrs. Phyllis Sokolosky
and Mr. Odell Miller, we offer the following recommendations in order to help
them achieve their goals:
1. Have the National Alumni Association encourage State and Local affiliates to make it more publically
known that the FFA Alumni program is for ALL interested persons as well as former FFA members.
2. National organization contact the University Ag-Ed Departments to encourage them to establish local
affiliates which will help in the training and recruitment of prospective vocational agriculture teachers
and encourage Collegiate FFA members to become Alumni members.
3. Have the National Alumni Association encourage incentive programs, such as a "new ideas" contest.
4. Have chapters evaluate their community needs and build their Alumni program accordingly.
5. Feature detailed cover stories on Alumni in the National Future Farmer magazine and other major
agricultural publications.
6. Encourage State Associations to recognize outstanding Alumni affiliates and members at their State FFA
Conventions or on the State level.
7. Have the National Association encourage states to provide a list of resource persons throughout the
state to local affiliates to aid and assist the Alumni program.
8. The National Alumni develop audio visual presentations of the Alumni Leadership Workshops to be
funded by the National FFA Foundation.
9. Encourage all State and National Officers to become Alumni members in order to show their belief and
support of the organization.
10. The National Alumni Association send informational material to state officers about the Alumni so they
can use that information to encourage Alumni membership in their chapter addresses.
11. Encourage the use of local media, slide presentations, and National Alumni materials to provide better
public awareness and understanding of the Alumni organization.
12. Have National Officers stress the importance of the Alumni at leadership workshops and state con-
ventions.
13. National Alumni urge State Associations to develop a brochure suggesting fundraising and project
ideas and stories of successful Alumni programs.

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14. The National Alumni Council, in order to stay financially solvent, consider life membership and a raise
in dues if necessary.
15. Stress the importance of the State Associations and suggest that each state have a state Alumni
coordinator who will be responsible for communications between national, state, and local affiliates.
16. Have the National Alumni continue to expand the Washington scholarship program and to encourage
the local affiliates to establish their own Washington scholarships.

Respectfully submitted,
Tom McKittrick, Wisconsin (Chairman) David Robinson, Connecticut
Pam Proffitt, Missouri Ronnie Ansley, North Carolina
Morris Baker, Alabama James Brockman, Tennessee
Wes Ishmael, Colorado

COLLEGIATE AG ED DEVELOPMENT
We, the members of the 1980 Collegiate FFA Committee of the 53rd National FFA
Convention, wish to express the urgent need for a quality Collegiate FFA program
that shall be coordinated through and with the cooperation of the National FFA
Organization. After reviewingand interpreting lastyear's committee report and the
constitution, plus discussing new ideas from our committee, we feel that in order
to continue the Collegiate FFA as a viable part of this organization, some specific
changes and improvements are essential for its continued existence. The recom-
mendations are as follows:
A. Article III, 1, be amended as follows: Collegiate chapters may be established in
Section C, paragraph
two or four-year institutions where agriculture courses are taught. Membership shall be open to
students enrolled in agricultural courses or who are pursuing career objectives in the industry of
agriculture. Such chapters shall be primarily designed for training their members in the knowledge and
skill of (advising) assisting and maintaining local FFA chapters.
B. Collegiate chapter members shall pay national FFA dues. We
recommend that the national organization
develop a specialized collegiate membership roster and that the dues collected from these members be
set aside for use of supporting collegiate activities on the national level.
C. We recommend that the national organization develop an award program on the national level to
recognize the outstanding collegiate chapters at the national convention based on three criteria.
Scope and depth of Program of Work.
1.
Applications showing the ways and means goals were attained.
2.
How closely their chapter followed the purpose of a collegiate FFA chapter as set by the National
3.
Constitution in Article III, Section C, Article V, Section D.
D. We recommend that the National Organization sponsor collegiate FFA workshops at the national
convention as an incentive for collegiate FFA members to attend national convention.
E. We recommend that the national organization develop a slide show presentation designed to explain
the role of collegiate FFA and its programs, and in addition we recommend that a pamphlet be
developed to outline the purpose and role of collegiate chapters, suggested activities and the ways and
means of attaining their goals.
We further recommend that the national organization reserve a minimum of one page of the National
Future Farmer Magazine for collegiate FFA chapters and their activities.
We strongly recommend that the national organization delegate one existing staff member to coordi-
nate collegiate FFA activities, review and assist in the implementation of the above recommendations.
We encourage the national organization to continue the ag-ed seminars defining the role of collegiate
FFA as set by this committee. The content of these seminars shall be set up in cooperation with the
national organization and the hosting university.
Local chapters shall abide by the regulations mandated by the national FFA constitution.
After discussing the extent of the membership as defined by the national constitution, we feel that
membership shall be open to all agricultural majors at their respective two or four year institutions and
the name of this committee shall undoubtedly be the Collegiate FFA Committee.
We feel that our recommendations are valid and essential and will benefit all Collegiate FFA members in
the years to come. If our organization is truly "Building Tomorrows Today" we have to accept the
responsibility of post-secondary education. We urge that our recommendations be acted upon favor-
able to insure a strong Collegiate FFA program designed to benefit college students interested in the
future of agriculture in America.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Dr. Ted W. Ward, Les Thompson, Dr. Gilbertson and
Richard Hayes for sharing their knowledge and experiences with us and making ou r task an easier one.

Respectfully submitted,
Tim Ohlde, Kansas (Chairman) Bert Eickert, Montana
Doug Rund, Illinois Marty Gross, Texas
Brad Schloesser, Minnesota Kent Drake, Wyoming
Nancy Gentry, South Carolina Martha McGrail, Massachusetts

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 REGIONAL STATE OFFICER
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES

We, the members of the 1980 Regional State Officers Leadership Conferences
Committee, realize the primary objective of these conferences is to insure a
prepared and motivated state officer team for the coming year of service. While
striving for that objective, the committee submits the following secondary objec-
tives:

1. To get the state officers involved to achieve learning by doing.

all

2. To develop a state officer's ability to motivate members, chapter officers and others.
3. To involve state staff in regional conferences.
4. To provide an opportunity for states to exchange ideas and programs by intermingling of room
assignments and activities.
5. To update officers and staffs on issues and develop a plan of presenting the issues to the states and
members for future discussion.
6. To utilize resource materials essential to the function of a state officer.
7. To provide publicity for the regional leadership training conference and participants, and encourage
State Staff to make use of this material.
8. To utilize key leaders in business, industry, government and education to achieve objectives of
leadership conferences through training programs, keynote speakers and leadership sessions.
9. To prepare state officers and staff to inform chapter officers/members of FFA opportunities.
10. To continue impromptu and extemporaneous public speaking events as a high priority covered in all
conferences.

This committee also addressed the new proposal regarding regional confer-
ences. The new conferences are to be three days and three nights in duration, with
three national officers, a national staff person and a Board member in attendance at
each conference. The emphasis will be that of national instead of regional con-
ferences. Forty dollars per person in resource materials will be implemented to
achieve maximum leadership development. All funding will be handled through
the National FFA Foundation. These conferences while providing a more chal-
lenging atmosphere will insure a prepared and motivated state officer for his or her
upcoming responsibilities. The committee of state executive secretaries and con-
sultants are to be commended for their outstanding work.
The committee supports the new proposal with the following recommendations:

1. To purchase and use the "Increasing Human Effectiveness" training videocassette program and have
the national officers trained and qualified on any of the ten topic areas to be used at all state officer
subregional conferences. This professional leadership training program would cover the ten topic
areas:
a. Awareness: The Key to Success.
b. We are what our thoughts make us.
c. Attitudes and Self-image: The Achievement Regulators
d. Constructive Visualization: Seeing is Believing
e. Self-Esteem The key to total performance
:

f. Motivation: Leadership vs. Pushership

g. Effective Goal Setting Techniques
h. Developing a Plan of Action
i. Conserving Energy and Reducing Stress
j. Winning Thought Patterns
2. To add more emphasis on the importance of extemporaneous and public speaking and presenting a
speech during the sub-regional conference programs.
3. If at all possible, try conducting all subregional state officers conferences before the state presidents

conference.

Respectfully submitted,
Scotchie Davis, Mississippi (Chairman) Ron Crawford, Washington
Rudy Jacobs, New Mexico Brian Martindale, Michigan
Emery Tschetter, South Dakota Neal Schlautman, Nebraska
Robert Graham, New jersey Danny Broullette, Louisiana

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 NATIONAL FUTURE FARMER MAGAZINE
We, The National FUTURE FARMER Magazine Committee, view The National FU-
TURE FARMER Magazine as an outstanding and vital part of our organization. The
success of the magazine has not gone unnoticed. On behalf of the national organi-
zation, we wish to commend and extend our appreciation to Mr. Wilson Carnes,
Editor, the editorial staff and all persons connected with the publication and
distribution of a most informative and enjoyable publication. After careful delib-
eration and consideration, we submit the following recommendations and pro-
posals:

1. Suggest continuing to provide information on the progress of the President's Challenge on the chapter
level.
2. Encourage teachers to use the magazine as part of their class discussion.
3. Suggest that the magazine should conduct a reader survey.
4. Increase advertisement of the chapter award program in the magazine.
5. Encourage chapters to continue to obtain bulk order of the fall issues of The National FUTURE FARMER to
distribute to incoming freshman Greenhands, thereby overcoming the lag in circulation processing.
6. Encourage FFA members to donate Future Farmer magazines to local businessmen.
7. Encourage state and chapter input to The National FUTURE FARMER magazine by emphasizing where,
when and to whom to send articles for the magazine.
8. Make an effort to run various articles about famous or successful people such as professional speakers
at the National FFA Convention in the Future Farmer Magazine.
9. Suggest that the magazine write articles about the impact of FFA on citizens of various cities during
various conventions —
such as citizens of Kansas City concerning the National FFA Convention.
10. Suggest that chapter rosters be completed and sent to The National FUTURE FARMER by October 31, in
order to receive the December-January issue of The National FUTURE FARMER magazine.
11. Suggest the possibility of raising the non-FFA membership subscription from $2 to $3 to offset deficit
incurred by The National FUTURE FARMER magazine.
12. Encourage the writing of articles concerning the operation of the Future Farmer magazine and the
National FFA Organization.

Respectfully submitted,
Randy Smith, Arkansas (Chairman) Jim Lantz, Virginia
Brian Ward, Vermont Tim Shivers, Tennessee
Donny Forson, Texas David Wright, Missouri
Nancy Stevenson, Oklahoma

NATIONAL PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES

We, the members of the National Program of Activities Committee, realize the
importance of the National Program of Activities. Therefore we have carefully
examined the 1981 National Program of Activities and submit to the Board of
National FFA Officers and the National Board of Directors the following recom-
mendations and proposed programs for consideration.
1. Administration
a. Send the minutes of the National Board Meetings to the State Presidents and to State Executive
Secretary.
b. Makea budget breakdown and a cost effectiveness study available to delegates in the National
Convention Delegate packet and also to individual states by request.
c. Continuation of the National 10 Plus Chapter Program for 1982 and study the effectiveness.
d. Continue to recognize chapters with 100% membership.
2. Alumni
a. Recommend the Alumni be represented on the FFA Advisory Committee at the national, state and
local levels.
b. Encourage Alumni activities at the chapter level.
c. Encourage each local chapter to form an Alumni affiliate.
3. Calendar
Research the possibility of custom design calendar program.
4. Contests and Awards
Recommend a feasibility study for a standardized Parliamentary Procedure Contest.

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 5. Convention
a. Recommend development of an award to recognize states for outstanding achievement in com-
Program of Activities.
pleting the State
b. Recommend regional caucus meetings for regional vice presidents, delegates and interested state
officers to discuss issues.
6. Hall of Achievement
Develop an audio visual presentation to a) promote and b) to utilize the Hall of Achievement so that it is

available to state associations and interested persons.

7. Information
a. Publicize the use of the Reporters Handbook.
b. Display FFA booth or exhibit at National NVATA Convention.
8. International
a. Contact Puerto Rico on developing a "Sunny Winter Conference" for Spanish speaking members.
b. Require WEA people to have a satisfactory knowledge of the language that is used in the country
they are travelling to.
9. Leadership
a. Recommend that the State Presidents Conference be available to all National Convention Dele-
gates.
b. Recognize the needs and provide services for handicapped members at all FFA activities.
10. Magazine
Use the magazine to promote more FFA programs (i.e. Food for America, BOAC, etc.)

Finally, we
members of The National Program of Activities Committee rec-
the
ommend coming years this committee present its report at the end of the
that in
National Convention after they have viewed the reports of other national com-
mittees.
<

Respectfully submitted,
ScottNeasham, Iowa (Chairman) Christe Peterson, Wisconsin
Lawrence Shrowder, Pennsylvania Paul Bianchi, California
Kim Decker, Michigan Larry Cote, Maine
David Door, Washington

AUDITING
We, the auditing committee of the 53rd National FFA Convention, on this 11th day
of November, 1980, recommend:
1. Thatthe Auditing Report presented by Stoy, Malone and Company forthe Future

Farmers of America of the fiscal year of September 1, 1979, through August 31,
1980, be accepted as true and accurate.
2. That a consolidated statement of income and expenses, as well as a breakdown
of income and expenses by divisions, be supplied to each official delegate at
the National Convention.
least 10 days prior to
3. And be known that the National FFA Organization commends Mr. Julian
let it

Campbell, National FFA Treasurer; Mr. Edward J. Hawkins, FFA Administrative

Director; and the entire accounting staff for their dedicated services to the
Future Farmers of America.
Respectfully submitted,
Dean Koehler, Minnesota (Chairman) Carolyn Wolcott, Wyoming
Robert Harding, Oregon Harlan Nyhus, Iowa
Kenneth Sima, Massachusetts Glenn Howell, North Carolina
David Specca, New Jersey Mark H. Hansen, Idaho

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 MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
We, the Membership Development Commitee, having taken into consideration
the issues relating to the building of membership in vocational agriculture-FFA
submit that experiences gained in the Future Farmers of America are of benefit to all
vocational agriculture-FFA students and should be available to all. Therefore, we
urge the continuation of programs aimed at attaining 100% plus membership in the
FFA.
We believe that the national organization, state associations, and local chapters
must work together to stop the decline of membership: This is the first step toward
obtaining 100% membership —
the ultimate goal of our committee.
The1980 Membership Development Committee would like to express our appre-
ciation to Mr. C. Coleman Harris, Mr. Charles Lebo and Mr. James A. Shaeffer for
their assistance and their advice in helping us develop the following rec-
ommendations.

1. To continue and to develop the 10 plus club in the following ways:

a. By maintaining current procedures for awarding chapters.
b. Encourage promotion on the state level by familiarizing state officers with the program and
providing recognition at the state level.
c. Promotion on the chapter levels through the use of chapter visits and special audio visual materials.
d. Provide a concise informational sheet to each chapter explaining the program (in addition to the
poster).
2. Provide incentives on the national, state and local levels which encourage the attainment of 100%
membership in the following ways:
a. Encourage states to give recognition to local chapters that have achieved 100% plus membership
through award programs and articles in statewide FFA publications.
b. Have articles in The National FUTURE FARMER magazine concerning methods used by local chapters
100% plus membership.
to attain
c. Reach 100% membership by maintaining high school graduates and recruiting vo-ag students that
are not currently FFA members.
3. Instruction should be offered to state officers at sub-regional leadership conference concerning
methods which can be used to present membership development programs.
4. Publicize and utilize all available resources to promote membership and develop a slide set which
would instill an interest in and an understanding of the FFA and FFA opportunities that would be aimed
at junior high level students.
5. Continue emphasis on leadership programs and encourage the active involvement of first and second
year FFA members.
6. The FFA must assume a more active role in the development of vo-ag/FFA instructors. The committee
recognizes the fact that one of the most viable sources of vo-ag teachers are individuals who have been
in vo-ag and FFA themselves. We encourage the promotion of the new film "The Vocational Agriculture
Teacher."
7. We recommend a study for the utilization of a special needs program.
8. Due to the fact that currently only 69.8% of students enrolled in vo-ag are dues paying FFA members, we
support the study being conducted by the national FFA organization and the University of Maryland to
determine the characteristics of those vo-ag students who are not FFA members.

In conclusion we believe that a membership development program must be

maintained in order to keep our organization strong. We can build a stronger future
for our membrs who will become the agricultural leaders of our society.

Respectfully submitted,
Steve Crasz, Nebraska (Chairman) Dale Morton, Texas
David Maurer, Illinois George C. Denisen, Jr., Georgia
Ruth Miller, Kentucky Okey Woodard, Ohio
Terri L. Layton, Delaware

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 FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND RETAINED INCOME
Year Ended Year Ended
August 31, June 30,
1980 1979
REVENUE:
Sales $4,985,470 $4,674,032
Less cost of goods sold _3,630,594 3,400,994
Gross profit $1,354,876 $1,273,038
Magazine income:
—
Advertising income net of agency
commissions and discounts 523,318 513,459
Subscription income 467,272 404,804
—
Calendar income net of returns, allowances
and discounts 166,392 171,429
Membership dues FFA — 482,500 370,919
—
Membership dues Alumni Association .... 61,745 51,826
Convention income — 156,048
Registration 148,043 —
Career show 21,555 —
International program income 276,150 208,083
Summer conferences income 273,780 201,939
Service charge income 80,235 80,251
Grant income 56,809 —
Alumni contributions 10,521 —
Interest income 99,174 58,172
Discounts received 11,693 9,583
Gain on disposition of property
and equipment 471
Grant for remodeling NVATA — — 27,500
Emphasis registration income — 265
Miscellaneous 17,241 12,198
Total revenue $4,051,304 $3,539,985

EXPENSES:
Salaries 945,279 836,729
Magazine costs:
Production 658,206 560,540
Advertising 119,855 108,326
Editorial 40,216 34,275
Circulation 103,592 102,858
Calendar expenses 171,101 171,905
Freight and postage 160,248 151,152
Travel 126,502 114,857
National convention 132,830 112,187
Maintenance and utilities 111,188 103,266
Depreciation 59,049 56,374
Retirement expense 60,862 89,478
Printing, stationery and supplies 42,393 39,184
Payroll taxes 77,816 67,379
Advertising 46,914 36,575
Council member expense 5,717 4,790
Membership maintenance
list 3,989 2,136
Regional leadership conference 3,201 4,351
National meeting expense 671 1,957

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 Newsletter and membership cards 3,735 5,033
Public relations 30,323 46,373
Wrapping and shipping supplies . . 29,513 25,818
Archives 3,070 5,625
Awards 14,511 11,803
Legal and accounting 67,128 23,752
National leadership conference
scholarships 4,558 2,020
National leadership workshop 358 —
Payroll expense 2,126 2,029
Insurance:
Disability 32,234 36,469
Croup hospitalization 20,380 13,709
Other 21,221 16,232
Sponsor recognition program 3,574 4,196
International activities 7,662 10,896
International program expense . . . 278,169 206,489
Summer conferences expense 243,554 204,803
Grant expenses 50,284 —
Telephone and telegraph 31,965 30,736
Space plan feasibility plan 14,721 —
Computer study
feasibility 22,253 —
Discontinued and obsolete
merchandise 2,656 5,329
Merchandise losses 3,393 2,863
Office equipment repairs 9,457 8,120
Office expense 1,486 1,003
Subscriptions expense 2,113 1,390
Truck and auto expense 1,967 1,649
Miscellaneous 8,702 4,176
Clothing and equipment — national
officers 4,614 3,817
State life reimbursement expense . 2,521 1,933
Educational materials 9,416 7,610
Cash discounts —
advertisers 8,517 9,733
Discounts and allowances 11,739 6,168
Interest expense 3,866 8,351
Bad debts 791 1,017
Total expenses $3,822,206 $3,307,461
NET INCOME 229,098 232,524
BALANCE 2,894,056 2,871,830

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 PEOPLE
OFFICIAL DELEGATES
53rd National FFA Convention
Kansas City, Missouri —November 12-14, 1980

ALABAMA DELAWARE
WM. PHILLIP HOLLAND, Deatsville WILLIAM KINSEY, Clayton
MORRIS BAKER, Eutaw TERRI LAYTON, Harrington
WARNER SMITH, Collinsville FLORIDA
MICHAEL CHAPMAN, Newell MIKE PHILLIPS, Williston
ALASKA CHUCK BRANNAN, Macclenny
JEAN MARCEY, Palmer
KEVIN LINTELMAN, Delta Junction GEORGIA
STEVE PHILLIPS, Royston
ARIZONA JIMMY WHITE, Douglasville
ALLEN STEWART, Buckeye GEORGE DENISON, JR., Patterson
FRANK DURANTI, Mesa
HAWAII
ARKANSAS GINA GUALANO, Honolulu
RANDY SMITH, Melbourne EDUARDO RAGASA, Honolulu
PATTI BALE, Fayetteville
GREG WITHERS, Cedarville IDAHO
MARK HANSEN, Blackfoot
CALIFORNIA LELAND TIEGS, Nampa
DAVID MENDES, Oakdale
ILLINOIS
PAUL B IAN CHI, Tracy
JOE MAHER, Princeville
JANET LaGRANDE, Williams
DOUG RUND, Newman
COLORADO DAVID MAURER, Delavan
WES ISHMAEL, Longmont INDIANA
ALAN SAMBER, Sterling
DOUG BARNARD, Rossville
CONNECTICUT DARLA HACKMAN, Brownstown
DAVID ROBINSON, New Haven
DAVID MADDOX, Bethlehem IOWA
SCOTT NEASHAM, Newton
HARLAN NYHUS, Forest City

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KANSAS OHIO
TIMOTHY OHLDE, Linn OKEY WOODARD, Waterford
JAY BOHNENBLUST, Riley MARK DAVIS, Delaware
TAMY WOOD, Marion
KENTUCKY
MARK CHAPMAN, Bowling Green OKLAHOMA
RUTHI MILLER, Hardinsburg RICK DAVIS, Guthrie
NANCY STEVENSON, Owasso
LOUISIANA BRENDA RICKEY, Yukon
JAMES DUPREE, Provencal
DANNY BROUILLETTE, Napoleonville OREGON
ROBERT HARDING, JR., Dayton
MAINE GLENYS NICHOL, Aumsville
GARY WHEELER, Presque Isle
LARRY COTE, Limestone PENNSYLVANIA
LAWRENCE A. SHRAWDER, Kempton
MARYLAND GLYN R. BOONE, New Alexandria
PHILIP ARNOLD, Union Bridge
PATTY KAHLER, Key mar PUERTO RICO
JUAN PEREZ, Hato Rey
MASSACHUSETTS ANGEL GONZALEZ, Ciales
MARTHA McGRALL, Worcester
KENNETH SIMA, Worcester RHODE ISLAND
DAVID SMITH, JR., Hope Valley
MICHIGAN WENDY TINGLEY, Jamestown
KIM DECKER, Remus
BRIAN MARTINDALE, Corunna SOUTH CAROLINA
FRANK PARKER, St. Matthews
MINNESOTA NANCY GENTRY, Anderson
DEAN KOEHLER, Reading
BRAD SCHLOESSER, LeCenter SOUTH DAKOTA
BONNIE BIANCHI, Gibbon ROGER HANSEN, Sioux Falls
MISSISSIPPI
EMERY TSCHETTER, Huron
SCOTCHIE DAVIS, Pearl TENNESSEE
BRYAN STAMPS, Edwards MARK McBRIDE, Henry
MISSOURI TIMOTHY SHIVERS, McEwen
MARTY CHITWOOD, Hunnewell JAMES BROCKMAN, Scotts Hill
PAM PROFFITT, West Plains TEXAS
MARC DRYE, Ozark CHARLIE PHILLIP, Boerne
MONTANA CHUCK LITTLEFIELD, Mineola
BERT EICKERT, Kalispell
DAN THOMAS, Weatherford
DENNIS WAGNER, Baker JOHN RAGLAND, Brenham
DONNY FORSON, Greenville
NEBRASKA DALE MORTON, Woden
GREG KRIESER, Eagle MARTY GROSS, Van
STEVE GRASZ, Chappell
UTAH
NEVADA CALVIN CRANDALL, Springville
FRED GARRETT, Deeth TERRY GRAFT, Tooele
RICK HOGAN, Gardnerville
VERMONT
NEW HAMPSHIRE MARTHA EDWARDS, Jeffersonville
MARIA JASPER, Hudson BRIAN WARD, Jeffersonville
PATRICIA HALL, Hudson
VIRGINIA
NEW JERSEY TIM GANO, Whitacre
ROBERT J. GRAHAM, Mays Landing LYNN KOONTZ, Harrisonburg
DAVID R. SPECCA, Mt. Holly JIM LANTZ, Middletown
NEW MEXICO WASHINGTON
RUDY JACOBS, Albuquerque DAVID DOOR, Sunnyside
JUANITA SANCHEZ, Los Lunas ANN LUST, Endicott
NEW YORK WEST VIRGINIA
JOHN SHEELEY, Grahamsville ANTHONY POTORTI, Renick
LORIVON SEYDEWITZ, Ridgewood KENNY RAINES, Gay
NORTH CAROLINA WISCONSIN
GLENN HOWELL, Newport TOM McKITTRICK, Viola
RONNIE ANSLEY, Gaston ALAN D. WOLFF, Wittenberg
DIANA JOY SPRUILL, Roper CHRISTE PETERSON, Janesville
NORTH DAKOTA WYOMING
PAUL JEANNOTTE, Medina CAROLYN WOLCOTT, Kaycee
MARILYN ARTZ, Antler KENT DRAKE, Cheyenne

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 NATIONAL FFA BAND
Sponsored by The Carnation Company
The National FFA Band, featuring 106 musicians from 41 states, was under the
direction of Roger Heath, San Luis Obispo, California. He was assisted by James
Tibbs of Virginia and Roland Rutz of Minnesota. The band added to the pagentry
and spirit of the convention with a variety of musical selections.
ALABAMA KANSAS MONTANA OKLAHOMA
Jon Paul Campbell Roger Basher Kever Johnstone Yolanda Bower
ALASKA Teresa Chrisler Todd Woltermann Samuel McClure
Penny Roberts Rich Kiehl Monte Taylor
NEBRASKA
Danny Kyle OREGON
ARIZONA Rick Malir
Kathy Becker
Jackie Hare Ronald Rose Jeff Aebischer
Chris Jones KENTUCKY Brian Tomes Mark Balschweid
Jeff Rarden Rick Williams PENNSYLVANIA
ARKANSAS
John Eaton LOUISIANA NEVADA Mark Canan
Jimmy LeBlanc T.Wade George Richard Krout, Jr.
CALIFORNIA
Patti Smith Rhonda Henslee SOUTH DAKOTA
Ed Avila
David Olson MAINE NEW JERSEY Scott Christie
Dave Ribeiro Michael Cote Rebecca Jones Marlin Peterson

CONNECTICUT MARYLAND Lana Shymansky TENNESSEE

Michael Fappiano Shari Persinger NEW MEXICO Ron Calfee
FLORIDA MICHIGAN Tammy Jo King TEXAS
Tim Emens Charles Townsend Trent Ballew
Charles Calhoun
Myrna Grady Penny Mason NEW YORK John Mark Fulton
Charles Stegall Janice Meyer Robin Battles Stacy Stephens
Dale Rinke TinaDodge Belinda Thorp
IDAHO Richard Watson
Susan McHargue MINNESOTA Andy Van Nostrand
Kathy Olson Steve Goodrich NORTH CAROLINA UTAH
Keith Knutson
Douglas Dabbs
Tom Brown
ILLINOIS
Darrel Liebl II VIRGINIA
Tim King Ronald Daniel
Patsy Schmitt Todd D. Shenk
Don McMurtry Diana Spruill
Lorraine Uthke
Debra Stoll NORTH DAKOTA WASHINGTON
MISSISSIPPI BillEvans
INDIANA Eugene Holkup
James Egger Cynthia Leer
Jon Culbertson
Joey Gibbon OHIO Lisa Pirkkala
Rod Zeck
Peggy Harrell Brad Dellinger Ted Plumb
IOWA Martin Hillman Holly Downing Gene Robinson
Dan Cahoy John McMorraigh Dale Huston WEST VIRGINIA
Erik Craft
MISSOURI Doug Minter Jim Britton
Jeff Damman Kevin Dietzschold Linda Naginey
Janice Ebel WISCONSIN
Danny Enyeart Roger Rutledge
Jeff Godwin Mary K. Allen
David Hill Scott Scheiderer
Brian Hellman Debbie Strigun
Alan Lyman WYOMING
Arlyn Peters Diana Engelhaupt

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 NATIONAL FFA CHORUS
Sponsored by Hallmark Educational Foundation and Dr Pepper Company
New Jersey, directed the chorus for the first time in 1980.
Stan Kingma, Vineland,
Owen Robbins, Virginia, accompanied the group while Marilyn Kingma of New
Jersey, and Gail Cable and A.L. Carson, both of North Carolina, assisted. The 117
singers from 37 states added to the convention with musical toasts and a variety of
numbers.
ALABAMA KANSAS NEBRASKA OKLAHOMA
Cheryl Pace Wiley Alexander Karl Charron Dee Ann Blackmore
ARIZONA Tamara Finney Rick Focken Robert Campbell
Kimberly Bunts Gary Nelson Joni Kraemer Daniel Piekarsky
Clint Tate David Rocker Paul Snow
ARKANSAS
Leah Chaudoir KENTUCKY NEW JERSEY OREGON
Robert Hutchison Randolph Luttrell Dana Palmer David Althaus
Darren Kerry May Karen Preston Michele Velez Desiree Smith

CALIFORNIA MICHIGAN NEW MEXICO PENNSYLVANIA

Kimberly Leblo Lynnette Cruff Bubba Briney C. Harold Hawn II

Cristopher Wingeier NEW YORK Gordon Trimer

CONNECTICUT
John Brody MINNESOTA Richard Guarino RHODE ISLAND
Stuart Anderson Heidi Herting Donna Hammond
FLORIDA Lori Beth Twentyman
Jonel Anne Langenfeld SOUTH CAROLINA
Stephen Jordan
Marcie Mooneyham
Jeff Lyle NORTH CAROLINA Laura Maria Walker
Kathryn Lee Ray Kenneth Atkinson
GEORGIA Donna Schmidt SOUTH DAKOTA
Patrick Atkinson
James Harvey Randy Jespersen
MISSISSIPPI Kelly Langston
Melody Ladd
Raymond Hogan
Otilia Rena Fairley Kimberly Tart LaNae Maas
Catherine McKinnon
Larry Harvey NORTH DAKOTA
IDAHO TENNESSEE
Robin Kay Ralph Chase
Vicki Tesnohlidek Kimberly Susan Nicley
MISSOURI Perry Moll
ILLINOIS TEXAS
Timothy Bentch Kitty Schaan
Carol Bitter Brenda Bennett
Andrea Brinkhoff OHIO
Pat Busby Greg Swindle
Rick Burchell Tawnja (Peach ie) Cain
Mike Doolin Teresa Hansford VIRGINIA
Dana Cox
Ted Luckey Mark Holman Randy Orndorff
Todd Hanes
Troy Pettis Sharon Jones WASHINGTON
Brenda Hartschuh
INDIANA Blaine Means Beth Haws Debbie Bailey
Rodney Rhodes Darren Schilling Karen Hill Gary Moser
Phillip Smith Debbie Strickfaden Tim Larrick WISCONSIN
Paul Compton MONTANA Nicki Napier Debra Dawn Bauer
IOWA Jody Muller Anita Neff Dorothy Kay Farrell
Kurt Anderson Steve Nelson Joseph Podach James Moris
Dirk Bruns Steven Skelton Melody Poe Kathy Paffenroth
Kyle Grimes Bradley Ruffener WYOMING
Robert McHugh Jim Smith Jim Pontarolo
Jeff Ogren Deborah Suter Vivian Watkins
Jeff Palmer James Tugend
Jay Pudenz

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 NATIONAL FFA TALENT
Sponsored by Educational Communications, Inc.

The National FFA Talent featured country/western music, ventriloquism, comedy

and a variety of other acts. The group was directed by Don Erickson, Bismarck,
North Dakota, with assistance from Curt Stillwell, Minnesota.
ALABAMA Franklin County High MINNESOTA Pine Forest Chapter
Fairhope High Chapter Chapter Lamberton Chapter Bobby McLamb
Mrs. W.E. Baker Chan Cabe Craig Wetter
Franklin Pritchett Kim Willhite
NORTH DAKOTA
Cheryl Fagerstrom
Mandan Chapter
John Grace Dennis Bennett Russell Derickson
Joe Pfeiler
Byron Grant John Phillips
MISSOURI Adrian Pfeiler
Na-Na Robinson
HAWAII Hermann Chapter Carla Erhardt
ARIZONA Waialua Chapter Curtis Bohl Eugene Graner
Tempe Chapter Tymmie Keala Kenton Carlson
NEBRASKA
Katrina Stonoff
INDIANA West Holt Chapter OHIO
CONNECTICUT Linton Chapter Trudie Garwood Alexander Chapter
Lebanon Chapter Randy Goodman Tami Dougan
Mary Ella Welsh
NEW MEXICO Barnesville Chapter
IOWA Cloudcroft Chapter
Suffield Regional Chapter Jeff Mayhugh
Rockwell Chapter Bryan Fuller
Lisa R.T. Bazyk
Todd Liekweg PENNSYLVANIA
Terri Lynn Matthews
Thomas
NORTH CAROLINA
Jim West Perry Chapter
Southeast Guilford Chapter
GEORGIA Tim Nuehring
Kim McPherson
Kevin Dobbs
Murray County Chapter Terry Thomas
jim Pan key
Mark Tatum
Bobby Patterson
Robert Leonard

WORK EXPERIENCE ABROAD

HOST STATES INBOUND STUDENTS
California Nevada Austria Italy
Colorado New Jersey Australia Japan
Connecticut New York Belgium The Netherlands
Florida North Dakota Chili New Zealand
Idaho Ohio Colombia Norway
Illinois Oklahoma Denmark Sweden
Indiana Oregon England Switzerland
Iowa Texas Finland Taiwan
Kansas Vermont France West Germany
Kentucky Virginia Greece
Massachusetts Washington
Michigan West Virginia
Minnesota Wisconsin
Nebraska Wyoming

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 OUTBOUND WEA STUDENTS
Pat Duncanson, Minnesota Leonard Jackson Jr., Illinois Paul Anderes, Oregon
Jon Howard, Iowa Kenneth Niehus, Iowa Joel Franke, Wisconsin
Colleen Surbrook, Wisconsin Robin Barkman, Wisconsin Dave Johnson, Montana
Joel Kurtenbach, Iowa Nancy Jo Pieper, Wisconsin Kelvin Klassy, Wisconsin
Ronald Nay, Utah Barry Brantly, Louisiana Molly Mitchell, California
John Hennenfent, Illinois Brad Fleener, North Dakota Garee Earnest, West Virginia
James Cent, Iowa Edward Bagby, Wyoming Cynthia Ruggles, Indiana
Brian Siler, Ohio Jana Baxter, Missouri Kurt Krauss, New York
Sheldon Witt, Iowa Jennifer Courtney, Virginia Marilyn Tallman, Wisconsin
Becki Forrest, Wisconsin Mark Hieber, Indiana Lynn Stewart, Nebraska
William Goodwin, Ohio Billy Johnson, Wisconsin Peter Muschinske, Wisconsin
PhilipManning, Michigan Marjorie McRae Wisconsin Rebecca Trussell, Maryland
Daniel McCain, Oregon Ellis Reynolds, Connecticut Joe Armstrong, Indiana
James Nye, Michigan Pam Roy, New Mexico Steve Brandl, Wisconsin
Con O'Keefe, Oregon Gregg Wilcoxson, Wisconsin Sarah Warfield, Montana
Anthony Culp, Ohio Elizabeth Thompson, Florida Jerry Mau, Wisconsin
Jerome Magnuson, Oregon Andrew Johnson, Wisconsin Valerie Wildman, Indiana
Dean McClary, Washington Kerry Keller, Illinois Gary Butts, Idaho
Clennys Mudd, Oklahoma Suzanne McCauley, Connecticut Alan Brooks, Wisconsin
Doreen Parker, Oregon Mike Anderson, Minnesota Robert Proffitt, Oregon
Leon Bertschy II, Arkansas LeAnn Breitenfeldt, Minnesota Roger Shulka, Wisconsin
Thomas Connell, Georgia Mila Dittus, Illinois David Tepfer, Minnesota
Paul Ehrhardt, Wisconsin Michael Herbert, Missouri Becky Whitcomb, Minnesota

NATIONAL DIRECTORY
1979-80 NATIONAL FFA OFFICERS
President, DOUG
RINKER, Winchester, Virginia
Secretary, PHIL BENSON, Winters, California
Central Region Vice President, DEE JAMES, Clay Center, Kansas
Eastern Region Vice President, DON
TRIMMER, Woodsboro, Maryland
Southern Region Vice President, JEFF KIRBY, Gassville, Arkansas
Western Region Vice President, ELIN DUCKWORTH, Mesa, Arizona

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BYRON R. RAWLS, Chairman
C.COLEMAN HARRIS, Secretary
JULIAN M. CAMPBELL, Treasurer
JOHN W. BUNTEN, Chief of the Southern Branch, DSVPO, Office of Vocational and Adult
Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
J.C. HOLLIS, State Supervisor, Agribusiness Education, Montgomery, Alabama
SIDNEY KOON, State Supervisor, Agricultural Education, Denver, Colorado
LARRY NELSON, Sfafe Supervisor, Agricultural Education, Pierre, South Dakota
DUANE NIELSEN, Chief, Vocational Education Personnel Development Branch, Division of
Research and Demonstration, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department
of Education, Washington, D.C.
JAMES A. SHEAFFER, State Supervisor, Agricultural Education, Trenton, New Jersey
LES THOMPSON, Program Officer, Southern Branch, DSVPO, Office of Vocational and Adult
Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
J.W. WARREN, Education Program Specialist, DVTE, Office of Vocational and Adult Education,
U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.

Consultants
JOHN MUNDT, Past President, NVATA, Inc., Meridian, Idaho
ALBERT TIMMERMAN, Jr., President, NVATA, Inc., Rockdale, Texas
TOM JONES, Vice President, Region 1, NVATA, Inc., Marana, Arizona
HERMAN BROWN, Professor, Agricultural Education, Texas A& M University, College Station,
Texas
RICHARD I. CARTER, Associate Professor, Ames, Iowa
JOHN HILLISON, Associate Professor, Agricultural Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
RONALD J. SE BEL, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Extension Education, University of
I

Maryland, College Park, Maryland

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 BOARD OF FOUNDATION TRUSTEES
BYRON RAWLS, President
F.

C. COLEMAN HARRIS, Secretary

JULIAN M. CAMPBELL, Treasurer
RICHARD I. CARTE R, Associate Professor, Agricultural Education, Iowa State University, Ames,
Iowa
J.M. CAMPBELL, Stare Supervisor, Agricultural Education, Richmond, Virginia (National FFA ^--

Foundation Treasurer)
R.D. HAGAN, District Supervisor, Agricultural Education, Jefferson City, MO
C. COLEMAN HARRIS, National FFA Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of Education,
Washington, D.C. (National FFA Foundation Secretary)
R.M. HENDRICKSON, President, Pfizer, Agricultural Division, New York, New York
JOHN H I LLIS ON, Associate Professor, Agricultural Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
J.C. HOLLIS, Sfafe Supervisor, Agricultural Education, Montgomery, Alabama
EARL KANTNER, Supervisor, Agricultural Education Service, Columbus, Ohio
SIDNEY KOON, Sfafe Supervisor, Agricultural Education, Denver, Colorado
JOHN MUNDT, Past President, NVATA, Meridian, Idaho (Currently State Supervisor,
Agricultural Education, Idaho)
LARRY NELSON, State Supervisor, Agricultural Education, Pierre, South Dakota
OWEN J. NEWLIN, Vice President, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Des Moines, Iowa
DUANE NIELSEN, Chief, Vocational Education Personnel Development Branch, U.S.
Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
DOUGLAS C. RINKER, National FFA President, Winchester, Virginia
JAMES A. SHEAFFER, Sfafe Director, Agriculture/Agribusiness/National Resources Education,
Trenton, New Jersey
ALBERT TIMMERMAN, President, NVATA, Rockdale, Texas
LU ACHILLES WALL, Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Hesston Corporation, Hesston,
Kansas
J.W. WARREN, Eduation Program Specialist /DVTE, U.S. Department of Education,
Washington, D.C.

NATIONAL FFA STAFF

Program and Administration
C. COLEMAN HARRIS, Executive Secretary
J.M.CAMPBELL, National Treasurer
EDWARD J. HAWKINS, Administrative Director
LENNIE GAMAGE, Manager of International Programs
ROBERT SEEFELDT, Program Specialist (Awards)
TED AMICK, Program Specialist (Contests)
TONY HOYT, Program Specialist (Leadership Development)
K.ELLIOTT NOWELS, Director of Information
HARRY J. ANDREWS, Manager of FFA Supply Service

GEORGE VERZAGT, Chief Accountant

ROBERT W. COX, Executive Director, FFA Alumni Association

National FFA Foundation, Inc.

BERNIE STALLER, Executive Director, National FFA Foundation Sponsoring Committee
KIM HAVENS, Assistant Executive Director

National Future Farmer Magazine

WILSON W. CARNES, Editor
JOHN M. PITZER, Associate Editor
JEFFREY TENNANT, Associate Editor
GARY BYE, Field Editor
GLENN LUEDKE, Advertising Manager
ADRIANA L. STAGG, Circulation Fulfillment Manager

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 FFA AUDIO TAPES, FILMS, RECORDINGS AND PHOTOS
NATIONAL FFA SUPPLY SERVICE • • • PO BOX 15159 • • • ALEXANDRIA, VA
22309

# DESCRIPTION PRICE
1 Vespers Program
U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants 3.00

2 Opening Ceremonies
Address — Art Linkletter 5.00

3 National Extemporaneous Public Speaking Contest

Four Regional Winners 5.00

4 National Prepared Public Speaking Contest

Four Regional Winners 5.00

5 BOAC — Presentation of Winners

Address — Hank Aaron 5.00

6 Address — Bob Bergland

National FFA Band 5.00

7 Stars Over America Pageant

National FFA Band and Chorus 5.00

8 Address —
Bob Devaney
Election of 1980-81 Officers 5.00

9 Retiring Addresses
National FFA Officers — 1979-80 5.00

Above session tapes $5.00 each— Five for $22.50 — All nine for $39.00
FFA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SPONSORED LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS
10A "Watch, Wonder and Make"
Presented by Elvin Caraway & Kelly Grant 6.00

11A "Communicating To Win"

Presented by Mark Sanborn 6.00

12A "Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life"

Presented by David Thomas 6.00
13A "Putting Together"
It All
Presented by Peg Armstrong & Ken Johnson 6.00
14A "Go Power"
Presented by Dennis Sargent 6.00
15A "Fill It Up"
Presented by Philip Johnson & Mark Mayfield 6.00
Above Alumni tapes $6.00 each —
All six for $33.00

16 FILM —
Convention Time FFA (16mm) 27 minutes 125.00
The following slide shows will be available for shipment to you
17 Building Tomorrows Today (Theme) —
110 slides, 15 min, 20.50
18 The President's Challenge —
80 slides, 12 min, 17.00
19 Stars Over America-1980 —
140 slides, 20 min 22.50
20 Convention Sights & Sounds —
80 slides, 17 min 11.50
Stereo Tapes and Records (National FFA Band and Chorus)
21 National FFA Band Stereo Tape 5.00
Stereo 33-1/3 Record 8.00
22 National FFA Chorus Stereo Tape 5.00
Stereo 33-1/3 Record 8.00

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 23 National Talent Stereo Tape 5.00
Stereo 33-1/3 Record 8.00
Photographs 1-10 3.50
8 x 10 Black & White or Color 11-50 3.25
51 or more 3.00
Photographs 1-10 6.00
11 x 14 Black & White or Color 11-50 5.50
51 or more 5.00

Order these photos and audiovisuals using the order form in the Official FFA
Catalog. Be sure to include full payment (including handling charges) with orders.

CONVENTION PHOTOS
The following photos are available from the National FFA Supply Service.

National Chorus
National Band
National Talent
Arena A —
session shot
Arena B —
session shot
Arena C —
session shot
Aerialview of downtown Kansas City
Courtesy Corps
National officer candidates
Chorus, band and talent banquet
Official delegates

The photos are also available. If your group photo was taken by
state delegation
the photographer, it can be ordered. Please identify by state. (Oklahoma
official
had two photos taken —
one large group and one smaller group. The Supply
Service must know which is ordered.)
All other photos of groups are still available. Identify fully when ordering.

All 8x10s 1-10 $3.50 each 11-50 $3.25 each 51 or more $3 each
All 11 x14s 1-10 $6 each 11-50 $5.50 each 51 or more $5 each

(plus shipping and handling)

Specify black and white or color. Same prices for either.

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