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Versailles FFA’s Color Run & Health Fair VERSAILLES – The Versailles FFA officer Team and Healthy Lifestyle Committee proudly present the third annual Color Run/Walk 5K and Health Fair sponsored by the Versailles FFA on Oct. 7 with proceeds to benefit Making Strides Against Breast Cancer-American Cancer Society. The Color Run/ Walk will officially kick off and start the clock at 9 a.m. on the track behind Versailles Exempted Village School Board Office (old high school). Registration for the Color Run/ Walk will open at 8 a.m. and will continue until the race starts at 9 a.m., registration will take place
near the track area. Colored chalk power will be thrown in the air to land on participants’ shirts to signify the beginning of the race and also near each mile marker. In order to participate in the Color Run each participant will be required to fill out and turn in an entry form and waiver. Pre-entry fees for the race will be $17 with a shirt or $10 without a shirt. All pre-entry registration forms and fees are due by Sept. 25. Participants can pay fees the day of the race, or after Sept. 25, for $22 with a shirt (limited supply after pre-entry date) or $15 without a shirt. The race and
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Chapter has three proďŹ ciency ďŹ nalists VERSAILLES – On Aug. 3, the National FFA announced its proďŹ ciency ďŹ nalist and Versailles FFA is proud to have Clair Schmitmeyer, Kayla Bruns and Andrew Harshbarger as National FFA ProďŹ ciency ďŹ nalists. Schmitmeyer is a 2017 graduate of Versailles High School and is a National FFA ProďŹ ciency Finalist in Dairy Placement. Clair is the daughter of Doug and Brenda Schmitmeyer and her SAE has included job placement on the Line View Farms which is the family dairy farm. Clair has worked over 4,000 hours in the past three years on the family farm and she plans an instrumental role with calf care, record keeping/ data entry, vaccinating animals, milking, managing animals, animal health and equipment operation. She earned the opportunity to have her application sent to
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FFA members wash teachers’ cars ANSONIA – On Aug. 30, the Ansonia FFA Chapter performed their second annual staff car wash at the Ansonia Local Schools. This event was a great opportunity for FFA members to serve their hardworking teachers.
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lucky he was not paralyzed.” He spent time at Miami Valley until Jan. 1 when he was transferred to Versailles Health Care Center for rehabilitation on his broken pelvis and remained there until his dismissal on June 22. He got home, where he was anxious to be back with family. Son Jessie got a scooter out which made his father happy. Somebody even put a ramp out so Bob could get his sheep fed. “As soon as Bob could get up on the Gator, he got on it and went down the road and checked crops in the field,” Donna said. Last Sunday, he got back on a horse, but not the same one that threw him. He doesn’t blame the colt for that incident. “He just had a bad moment,” Bob said of the animal. He now has two horses and a pony for the grandchildren and 50 brood ewes, raising market lambs for his family and other 4-Hers who want to show them. A die-hard Darke County Fair enthusiast, Bob was to stay off his right leg for eight weeks. His goal, however, was to be up and around for the fair. He didn’t think he could do it this year, but he did. He even went to the Ohio State Fair with the help of a walker and got to see son Scott show and receive the top Premier Breeder Award in Corriedales. Bob’s work in therapy enabled him to do his usual thing at the local fair this year, where he and Daryl Goodwin are superintendents of
Bob Peters is shown in a family file photo riding a horse; one of the many things that keep him going. (Submitted photo)
the sheep department. Good family, friends and neighbors helped with his crops. “I had so much hay out and our kids and friends came and
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Essay contest honors August Zumbrink GREENVILLE – This year’s Darke County Farmers Union Scholarship Essay Contest was a tribute to an active, lifetime member of the Farmers Union, the late August “Gus” Zumbrink. August served with the Darke County A.S.C.S. Office (now the F.S.A.) as the director for 15-years, from January 1963 to January 1978. Mr. Zumbrink was also very active in his church and community, served in all the offices of the Darke County Farmers Union and was also a member of the Executive Committee. He, along with his wife, Mary, attended many state conventions and also traveled to the national convention to fight for the rights and interests of family farmers. Gus, as he was known, was very well respected among the farmers of this county and was an excellent administrator as he worked with the sometimes very complicated federal farm programs. To his credit, he was consulted by the Kennedy administration in the early 1960s to develop
the “feed grains farm programs” that helped many family farmers survive during the 1960s and 1970s. Gus also farmed with his family in York and Wabash Townships in northern Darke County and was a true believer in the economic importance of the small family farmer. He helped his two sons, James and John Zumbrink, both lifetime members of Farmers Union, get started in farming. The two brothers continued to farm together until John passed away in May of 2012 and Jim took over the operation with the help of his wife, Diana, and his children, Scott Zumbrink and Dawn Muhlenkamp. Darke County high school seniors or college freshman who have a membership in the Farmers Union (or have parents or grandparents who are members) are eligible to compete in the local county chapter’s essay contests. This year’s first place winner is Brenna Loxley, daughter of Katrina (Craig) Unger and Shawn Loxley, and granddaughter of
Jed and Penny Smith. Brenna will be attending The Ohio State University and majoring in Agriscience Education. Other winners this year were: Audrey Aslinger, daughter of Jason and
Karin Aslinger and granddaughter of Bill and Carol Funderburg; John Fischer, son of John and Amanda Fischer and Tom Schmitz, son of Don and Tina Schmitz.
Winners of the August Zumbrink Scholarship awards are (front row) Audrey Aslinger, Brenna Loxley, Tom Schmitz, (back row) Jim Zumbrink, August’s son and member of the Darke County Farmers Union Executive Committee; John Fischer and Todd Rhoades, Darke County Farmers Union President.
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Versailles FFA has success at the fair VERSAILLES – Versailles FFA members were busy over the summer getting ready to participate and compete in the Great Darke County Fair. The Versailles FFA had 113 members bring in shop and crop, which was the most of any FFA Chapter in Darke County. The following members placed in various areas - Makayla Berger, Luke Billenstein, Kayla Bohman, Caden Buschur, Brad Didier, Nicholas Didier, Greg Dirksen, Ben Gehret, Ian Gehret, Jon Gehret, Elliot George, Emma George, Isaac Gilmore, Noah Gilmore, Sam Gilmore, Isaac Grilliot, Xavier Grilliot, Nathan Grogean, Philip Grogean, Andrew Heckman, Maggie Hedrick, Dean Heitkamp, Jacob Heitkamp, Maddy Henry, Danielle Hesson, Kennedy Hughes, Evan Keller, Katelyn Knapke, Gavin Lawrence, Carter Luthman, Jessica Lyme, Lizzy May, Troy May, Autumn Petitjean, Renea Schmitmeyer, Lindsay Schultz, Austin Timmerman, Taylor Tyo, Tessa Tyo, Faith Wilker, Kimberly Winner, Lewis Winner, Laura Wuebker, Natalie Wuebker, and
Victoria Wuebker. In the area of poultry, the following earned awards – Jon Gehret, Justin Bescker, Sean Besecker, Grant Keller, Evan Keller, and Ben Gehret. In the area of beef, the following earned awards – Lizzy May, Austin Nerderman, Issac Gehret, and Ian Gehret. In the area of dairy cattle and dairy steers, the following earned awards – Jason Mescher, Shelbie Schmitmeyer, Jacob Wuebker, Renea Schmitmeyer, Laura Wuebker, Tori Wuebker, Caleb Heitkamp, Kyle Dirksen, Gregory Bohman, and Jacob Heitkamp. In the area of goats, the following earned awards – David Barlage, Cory Timmerman, Anna Barlage, Deanna Hesson, and Brad Pohlman. In the area of rabbits, the following earned awards – Hallie Mills, Dalton Hesson, and Evan Rammel. Kennedy Hughes earned awards in the area of dogs. In the area of sheep, the following earned awards – Cassie Parsons, Caleb Kaiser, Clay Bergman, Taran
Tyo, Emma Peters, Isaac Gehret, and Alex Kaiser. In the area of swine, the following earned awards – Ben Albers, Andrew Heckman, Ian Gehret, Emma Peters, and Garrett Toops. Also at the fair, the Versailles FFA had two judging teams, dairy judging and general livestock judging. The 1st place dairy judging team included Renea Schmitmeyer, Caden Buschur, Shelbie Schmitmeyer, and Kyle Dirksen. As individuals, Shelbie placed 2nd, Renea placed 3rd, Kyle placed 4th, and Caden placed 5th. The general
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Williams, Fessler head up Ansonia ag program BY LINDA MOODY CORRESPONDENT lmoody@earlybirdpaper.com
ANSONIA – Emily Williams and Zane Fessler are at the helm of the Ansonia Ag Education Department as co-ag education instructors and FFA advisers. Williams, this semester, is teaching food science and ag food and natural resources, and next semester will be teaching ag business and animal health to high schoolers and she has eighthgraders all year long in ag classes. Fessler, a 2007 Franklin Monroe High School graduate, teaches horticulture and mechanics. Williams has been at Ansonia for three years and Fessler for two. “The FFA is an intricate part of our curriculum,” Williams said. “Because Zane is so busy, I do most of the FFA stuff.” Formerly of Florida, she is the first in her family to branch out into the agricultural area and went to college to study animal health. There are 70 students,
including 20 eighth-graders, in ag education this semester. And, they keep busy. On Thursday afternoon this week, they worked on a community service activity, packing food to send home with Ansonia students who don’t have food for the weekend. The FFA mum sale is on now as a fundraiser, and next week will be the county and district soil judging contests, with Ansonia to be represented by a team of eight for rural soil and a team of four for urban soil. The National FFA Convention is set for Oct. 25-27 and, their biggest fundraiser, the fall fruit sale, is also in October. “There will be a whole new group of students next semester,” she said. “We have block scheduling (in the high school). I just started eighth-graders last year. It was the first time it was opened up to them.” The FFA program takes up a lot of her time. “It requires evenings and weekend,” she said. “It’s what you do; it’s a lifestyle. We’re a rare breed. It only works
Emily Williams and Zane Fessler head up the ag education program in Ansonia, both as educators and FFA advisers. Williams has been with the school for three years and Fessler for two years. (Linda Moody photo)
if you embrace it as a lifestyle. You dedicate yourself to what you do.” She is married to Mike Williams of Versailles, and they reside in Versailles, having moved back here from Florida four years ago, with their two sons, Cody 14, and Conner, 9. Williams had worked in animal health for three years, and while in Florida for 13 years was a veterinary nurse and went into the field of teaching when they moved back to Ohio four years ago. Her husband, she said, is supportive of her career. They met and had the same majors in college at Murray State in Kentucky. He is now a train conductor. Fessler, who hails from Pleasant Hill, went, via open enrollment, to Franklin Monroe
School for its ag program. “I didn’t know I wanted to be a teacher until I was a senior,” he said. “I had wanted to be a farmer and police officer. It wasn’t until I went to nationals for the county soil contest that I decided to get a degree in agronomy from Wilmington College.” After he graduated from college in 2011, he spent two years in Richmond, Va., as a horticulture and mechanics teacher and FFA adviser. He then spent a year in Illinois as an ag teacher and two years with Cleveland City Schools where he was head horticulture teacher before coming to Ansonia. The son of Carol Fessler and the late Tony Fessler, he and wife Dana (Roskey) have two children, Dean, 4, and Zoey, 4 months.
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MANGEN IS FAIR WINNER
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GREENVILLE – Leis Realty congratulates Kay Mangen, of Versailles, for being the winner of the give-a-way at the Great Darke County Fair. Mangen won a Lake Erie fishing excursion for four from Noah Genda.
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