February 26, 2015
Section C
Feb. 21-28, 2015
New leadership; new chapter By James Hughey Hart-West Shore FFA Student
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Hart-West Shore FFA Parliamentary Procedure team members include, in front, left to right, Kayla Dean, Brooke Loudermilk and Lauren Hegedus; second row, Lars Mattson, Lane Stotler and Caleb Fuehring.
Bringing home the gold By Lauren Hegedus Hart-West Shore FFA Student
Hart-West Shore FFA Chapter members traveled to Coopersville to compete in the district leadership contests Feb. 4. Shelby junior, Gavin Porter competed in the Extemporaneous Speech contest and earned a silver medal. Hart-West Shore FFA also had a Parliamentary Procedure team compete as well. Team members included, Hart seniors, Lauren Hegedus, Kayla Dean and Brooke Loudermilk; Shelby senior, Lane Stotler; Hart junior, Caleb Fuehring; and Ludington junior, Lars Mattson. The Parliamentary Procedure team earned a gold medal at the contest.
Porter
The Hart - West Shore FFA Chapter was chartered in 2013 under the leadership of Hart High School teacher Elizabeth Krhovsky. Originally from Corunna, Mich., Krhovsky was raised on a registered holstein dairy and 1,200 acre cash crop farm. Growing-up she was an active member of the Corunna FFA Chapter and later served as a State Officer for the Michigan FFA Association. Krhovsky is a 2012 graduate of Michigan State University where she majored in Environmental Studies and Agriscience; with minors in Agriculture Education, biology, and science and policy. This is Krhovsky’s second year at Hart High School where she founded the Hart - West Shore FFA Chapter. When asked why she chose to teach in Hart Krhovsky explained that she was excited to take on the challenge of starting an FFA chapter from scratch. Krhovsky is described by her students as, “Someone who strives to take her teams to higher levels of competition with her competitive attitude.” She constantly pushes her students to go the extra mile in ev-
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Hart-West Shore FFA Advisor Elizabeth Krhovsky feeds the chapter’s goats in one of the recently constructed barns located behind Hart High School.
erything, whether it’s a state competition or something as simple as their homework. “Krhovsky is an excellent teacher because of her capability to connect with her students socially. She knows
what its like to be in a high school experience similar to her students. She has experiences that prove to be more similar to ours than the majority of the teachers at Hart.”