Nevada News February 15, 2023

54 Feed & Seed

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Ant Oak Chair & Matching Sautee W/Claw Feet, Ant Oak Roll Top Desk, Ant Oak Organ Stool, Ant C.A.

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Pictures, Dress Maker Portable Sewing Machine, Magic

Chef Apartment Size Refrigerator, Less Than 2Yr Old

25 Cu Ft Chest Deep Freeze, Washer & Electric Dryer, Microwave, Ventless Propane Heater, Other Items

Antiques, Collectibles & Households

Rare Ant Sail Thimble, Rare Ant Calvary Spurs Inc AB,

WL, & Mississippi Continental, Rare Ant Traps Inc

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Conabar Bear Trap, Rare Ant Lye Soap Counter Store

Top Soap Cutter, Rare Ant Pharmacy Cork Press, Rare

Ant 4 Hole Cherry Pitter, Rare Fold Up Ice Skates, 1 Qt

Presto Glass Butter Churn, Half Gallon Premier Glass

Butter Churn, Ant Glass Wall Coffee Grinder, Ant

Enterprise Store Counter Top Coffee Grinder, Ant

Wood Box Table Top Coffee Grinder, Ant Brass

Military Back Warmer, Rare Brass Civil War Calvary

Bugle, Ant Cast Iron Store String Holder, Ant Cast Iron

Gypsy Pot, Ant Lg Cast Kettle & Other Sm Kettles, Ant

Feed Store Gunny Sack Holder, Ant Ice Saw & Other

Ant Saws, Ant Sm Cast Iron Jumbo Brand Caboose

Heat Stove & Another Sm Cast Heat Stove, Ant 5 Gal

Mammoth Canning Crock W/Lid, Several Unusual Ant

Prim Tools, Ant Cast Iron Dog Nut Cracker, Ant Adv

Thermometers, Ant Store Jars, Ant Vintage Christmas

Items, Ant Books, Games, Manuals & Other Paper

Goods, Old Wood Ladders, Ant Wood Showbox, Delft

Pcs, Corningware Dishes, Roasters, Griddle, Crock Pots,

Keyboard Synthesizer, Electric Guitar Pedals, Stereo, Other Household Items Not Listed Tractors, Equipment, 4-Wheeler, Pecan Shaker, & Farm Related Items

NH Work Master 33 Diesel 4x4 Tractor W/Hydraulics & Front Tow Bar Has Only 35 Hours, JD 4600 Diesel Tractor W/Hydraulics, Wide Front End & 460 Loader Has Approx 2300 Hours, Can-am 2 Seater 4 -Wheeler, Bush Hog Brand 307 Pull Type Brush Hog, 3 Pt Heavy Duty Reversible Blade, Case 8 Ft Sickle Bar Mower On Wheels, Ford 3 Pt Sickle Bar Mower, Side Delivery Rake, 2 Hydraulic Tractor Seeders, 3 Pt Dearborn 2 Bottom Plow, Three 100 Gal Truck Fuel Tanks 1 W/ Electric Pump, 3 Pt Wire Roller, Sm Field Sprayer, Bowie Hydraulic Pecan Shaker, ATV Winch, Calf Head Gate, Farm Gates, Metal Feeders, Plastic Feed Pallets, Rubbermaid Water Tanks, Ant Feed Box, Feed Buckets, Approx 200 Steel Posts, Rolls Of Barb & Welded Wire, Hedge Posts, Lg Lot Of Rubber Stall Mats, Ant Metal Chicken Laying Nest Box, 2 Chicken Cages, Chick Heat Lamps, Riding Saddle, Ant Child ’s Black W/ Silver Show Saddle, Other Items Not Listed Boat, Mower, Tools & Outdoor Items Landay 16 Ft Alum Boat, Boat Trailer, Mercury 3.5

Four Stroke Boat Motor Only Has 10 Minutes In Water, Rare 2 HP Evinrude Boat Motor, 2 Trolling Motors, JD X360 Riding Lawn Mower, Yard Utility Cart, 2 Air Compressors, 2 Ton Press, Torch Set W/Bottles & Cart, Lg & Sm Drill Presses, Table Saw, Router & Table, Dual Grinder On Stand, Sm Sandblaster, Alum Loading Ramps, Lg Vise, Portable Squirrel Cage Fan, 100 Lb Propane Tank, Lg Bull Float, Lg Lot Of Sm Hand Tools, Socket Sets, Sm Electric Tools, Electric Limb Saw, Wheelbarrow, Long Handle Tools, Car Ramps, 10 Concrete Culverts, Some Lumber, Used Tin, Several Live Traps, Sm Windmill, Picnic Table, Concrete Yard Décor, Dog Houses & Feeders, Other Items Not Listed

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DINNER

Sat., Feb 25, 2023 5:00-7:00PM

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Pulled Pork, Potatoes, Beans, Smoked Cabbage, Smoked Sausage, Desserts and Drinks

Donations will be accepted and appreciated. Fire Helmet drawing for half a hog, load of rock and much more

Fire Dues for 2023 may be paid then or mailed to 647 N. Ash, Bronaugh, MO Thank you for your Support.

SHELDON FFA

Sheldon FFA kicked off the school year with the annual Sheldon Picnic Tractor pull concession stand. Next came Fruit and Meat sales to help fund our yearly trip to National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ms. Compton and six of our members traveled with Nevada FFA to the convention.

Several industry tours took place along the way. Our chapter barnwarming was held in December and members also attended Area Barnwarming. Other fall events included Area Greenhand Conference, Joplin Ag Expo, and Mt. Vernon Career Exploration Day.

Three of our members have had the oppor-

SHELDON FFA CHAPTER

tunity to be involved in the Show Me Youth Ag Academy this year. Show Me Youth Ag Academy was founded in August of 2021 and operates through a 501c3 foundation to provide extended learning opportunities in beef production, financial management, sales and marketing. Students are engaged in the experiences of running an actual beef enterprise that includes a cow/ calf operation on a 169 acre farm owned by the Academy near Milford. Students are involved in the procurement of young Akaushi sired cattle which are all vaccinated and weighed by the students and placed in a leased 400 head

grower to finisher feedlot. Members involved are Kinder Standley, Britain Korsi, and Ella Kleeman.

Since the spring semester has started, our freshman have attended District Greenhand Motivational Conference in Springfield. Members have been diligently working on end of the year SAE records, FFA American, State, and Area Degrees and Proficiency Applications.

To celebrate FFA Week our schedule is as follows: Sunday- FFA Sunday, Monday-No School, Tuesday- Camo Day, Wednesday- Hat Day, Thursday- Teacher Pie Day & Dress Like a Farmer Day, FridayBlue & Gold Day.

2022-2023 Sheldon FFA Officer Team

Left to right: Left to right: Morgan Compton-Advisor, Jimmy Rodarmel-President, Kim Colbert, Kinder Standley- Vice President, Rebel Govoro-Secretary, Lane Nuding-Treasurer, John King-Reporter, Bronson Daulton-Chaplain

2022-2023 Chapter Members

Freshman members attending District Greenhand Conference in Springfield. Front row: State FFA Officers. Back Row: (Left-Right) Baylee Thogmartin, Zacie Starbuck, Rylee Goodwin

Kinder Standley, Britain Korsi, and Ella Kleeman and other Show Me Youth Ag Academy students from Lamar, Liberal, Jasper, and Greenfield during the academy open house this fall.

State FFA Officers Colton Roy and Katie Fredrickson gave presentations to our Ag Science I and Food Science classes.

Officers attending Area officer training at Carl Junction.

Sheldon FFA members Abby Lame, Jenna Kohn, Kinder Standley, Jacob Kohn, Baylee Thogmartin, and Lane Nuding attending the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis.

Throughout this year the Bronaugh FFA Chapter has been involved in

and outside of school activities, their devotion to their SAE is impeccable.

There are 11 Freshman FFA members at Bronaugh this year. (Left to Right; Baelie Griffiths, Jana Brundridge, Kaitlyn Rives, Ethan Starne, Luke Bowling, Wynsdae Connelly, Colton Jones, Ariana Solis, Sabryna Smith, James Morris, Ari Troupe.

The Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center has job openings for Correctional Officer Applications can be picked up at 293 East 20th Street Fort Scott, Ks Monday through Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Applications can also be downloaded at www.bourboncountysheriffks.org. If you have any questions please feel free to call Major Bobby Reed at (620) 223-2380.

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Landin Brown enjoying the trip to Johnson Shut Ins for officer retreat.

The NEVC FFA worked very hard on their float for the Schell City Fall Festival. All their hard work paid off, they earned 2nd place.

Landin Brown and Jesse Trytsman learn about the dangers of foodborne illnesses at Mt. Vernon Aggie Days.

Noah Hansell networking at the 2022 National FFA Convention.

The Nursery and Landscaping Team placed 6th at State competition.

Jesse Trytsman learning about a cow’s digestive system with hands on activities that were offered at the University of Missouri Ag field day

Barnwarming King and Queen, Weston Prough and Brooklyn Foreman

NEVC FFA officers learn leadership skills from the National Vice President at the Rich Hill Leadership Workshop

NEVC FFA is ready to work for their community by cleaning up the sides of 54 highway

National Convention attendees enjoy the beautiful sight at Big Spring

Noelle currently serves as the Area VII Sentinel and the Rich Hill FFA Chapter President. She has held the position of reporter. Abend has competed in Entomology and Meats Judging teams, which both advanced to the state level. In addition to those contests, Noelle competed in the Missouri Farm Bureau Fall Speech contest and advanced to the state contest. She also received a bronze rating at the National Agriscience Fair. She was selected for the 2021 National FFA Band. Noelle won the Area VII Integrated AgriScience Proficiency in 2021. She will be recognized as the Area 7 Star in Agriscience at State Convention.

RICH HILL FFA

Hayden currently serves as the Rich Hill FFA Chapter Parliamentarian. He has held the position of parliamentarian for two years and was the chapter chaplain before that. Schapeler has competed in Dairy Cattle judging and has also competed in Livestock judging. In addition to those contests, Hayden also was selected for the National FFA Band for two years; then, during COVID-19, he was invited to do a virtual recording. He was also selected twice to be in the State FFA Choir. He will be recognized as the Area 7 Star Farmer at State Convention.

Rich Hill FFA Chapter at 2022 Fall Corn Maze in Lowery, City.

TRAPSHOOTING RESULTS: Gold Team placed 2nd out of 16 teams. Members included Garren Steuck, Daniel Bridgewater, Hayden Schapeler, Isaac Brooks, Zane Becker, Remington Turner, and Ty Talbott. Isaac placed 2nd, Garren 7th, Daniel 11th, and Remington 22nd. There were 93 individuals.

Blue team placed 8th. Members of this team were Magal Chol-Case, Carter Bell, Morgan Steuck, Grant Steuck, Cooper Gillis, Preston Turner, Daylan Black. Magal placed 24th.

The Rich Hill FFA Chapter received a 3 Star Gold Rating as an FFA Chapter at the National FFA Convention. This award is based on activities and applications students filled out.

NEVADA FFA CHAPTER

The Nevada FFA Chapter will be kicking off FFA week on Sunday, February 20th. That Sunday is FFA Sunday, the Nevada FFA chapter will be going to breakfast at 54 Cafe and then attending a church service at Rinehart Christian Church.

On Monday the 21st there is no school, but the FFA chapter is going to Kansas City to Top golf. On Tuesday, students at the High school are encouraged to participate in our spirit days. Tuesday’s spirit day is hawaiian, we are also having Ag Lit with the

2nd graders. We will be playing bingo with them. Wednesday is pajama day. We are having a teacher’s appreciation breakfast, with cinnamon rolls and fruit. Wednesday afternoon we are hosting a Businessmen’s luncheon, for the people and businesses in

our community that support us. Thursday is Americana, and Friday is flannel Friday! After school on Friday, the FFA chapter will be going to Joplin to eat a family meal together at Texas Roadhouse. We are excited to celebrate FFA Week!

Nevada FFA freshmen members took trips to Joplin for the Area 9 Greenhand Conference on September 21, 2022, and to Springfield for the District Greenhand Conference on January 11, 2023. Students learned various leadership skills from state FFA and area officers. This was a time for them to meet other FFA members their age as well as get to know each other better and learn what the FFA organization is all about.

BARNWARMING

Nevada FFA Chapter

Barnwarming was held November 18, 2022 at the Vernon County Fairgrounds. It was a fun-filled night of dancing, games, and eating pizza for over 60 FFA members. There were several candidates running for barn warming King and Queen including freshman Addi Dilly, Rhett Forkner, sophomores Kallie Hardman, Tommy Peery, seniors Cole Burch and Caiden Blake. Crowned king and queen were juniors Brayden Gast and Lailee Chadd.

FFA

THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE IS OUR YOUTH

We salute our local FFA chapters for all of their hard work and dedication in the field of agriculture. FFA, an organization committed to making a positive difference in the lives of students, teaches young adults discipline, responsibility and leadership both on and off the farm. During National FFA Week, we salute the agricultural leaders of tomorrow for their many contributions to the growth of our community.

Several members of the Nevada FFA chapter this year participated in Missouri fall speaking contests. During the Prepared Public Speaking Leadership Development Event, students choose a current agriculture-related topic to write about and deliver to a panel of judges. The speech was to be six to eight minutes in length and memorized. Judges scored based on the speech’s content, composition, and delivery. The first destination for the Nevada FFA was the Area 9 contest in Miller Missouri. The top students from this contest went to the

district contest. They were Mason Forker (MO Pork Producers), Natalie Neil (MO Sheep Producers), Cole Birch (MO Cattlemens), Allison Balk (Forest Products), Wade Hartman ( Farm Bureau), and Mariska Buehler (Quarter Horses). These six members continued on to Springfield to compete against top speakers from each area of Missouri. Mason Forkner and Natalie Neil qualified for the final round and Natalie Neil placed first, while Mason placed at the top for Pork, but was just shy of making it to state. A few weeks later, Natalie Neil was

awarded a plaque and cash prize as she spoke against the best of the best at the Margaritaville Resort in Missouri, and won the Sheep Producers State Speaking Competition. Fall speaking is an excellent opportunity for these students to grow into young leaders and to become great public speakers. So much hard work was put into these speeches and it really showed this year for the Nevada FFA chapter!

From the fall of 2022 to the fall of 2023 Cole Burch, Mason Forkner, Arianna Franklin and I competed in the Livestock Judging CDE in FFA. Our team went to the Missouri FFA state contest and we were in second place by one point. With being second the team qualified to go to the historical National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. In January of 2023, the team went to compete in the NWSS and placed 8th out of some of the team and most competitive teams in the nation.

FFA Reporter

Students from the Nevada FFA chapter traveled to Indianapolis Indiana for the National FFA Convention on the 25th of October and returned home on the 29th. The trip consisted of agricultural tours, shopping, good food, and leadership sessions at the National FFA Convention. Students toured the St. Louis Arch, Anheuser Busch factory, St. James winery and vineyard, and a plastics factory that made drainage tile for farm land all over the United States. They enjoyed listening to speakers and gaining new life experiences. This trip was a great opportunity for students to meet with other members from FFA chapters from across the United States. They gained friendships and exchanged knowledge about SAE projects and chapter activities.

FALL LIVESTOCK JUDGING Brayden Gast

NEVADA FFA FALL SPEAKING/ FFA WEEK

Nevada FFA Members JD Wingate and Tommy Peery presenting about Tractor Safety

FAMILY TRADITION

By: Tackett Arnold

I know for a fact that I have gained more real life knowledge in FFA than in any other classes. I have learned all about how to do books and how to run a business and keep it afloat. And how to write speeches to do job interviews to get you the job. And how to speak in front of people the correct way and to not bore them with whatever you are talking about. I know I have gained a lot of practical knowledge that will help me later on in life like, welding, wiring, plumbing and fabricating which I know I will use later. My Dad was very involved in FFA and was the chapter president, but my mom on the other hand was not in FFA at all. It is nice to be able to tell her what we are doing, and be able to explain something to her that she has never

done before. I always try my best to inform them about any activities that are coming up or trips that I am going on. Because I feel like it is important to keep your family involved in what you are doing for activities especially in FFA because there is a lot going on. It is just amazing to me all the skills that I have learned through the FFA, and all the things that it will help me with. Just like I have said before it is nice to tell my parents about all the activities that we have going on so that way they are never behind, and It is nice to talk about the things that Dad did when he was president vs. the things that we do now. It is kind of nice to be able to compare the things we do now vs. back when he was in school.

SOCIETY WITHOUT AGRICULTURE

By: Kade Fast

Agriculture is very important to my life and this world that we live in today. If there wasn’t agriculture then how would we live? The people that make all of the food for us go unrecognized and it is just sad. If it wasn’t for these people that work day in and day out, sometimes through the night, then there wouldn’t be food for the world to eat. These people are so important that they should have something done for them to recognize their work. It would be nice to at least invite a handful of your local farmers and throw them a party. I mean, after all, that is the least we could do for the people that keep us alive with the work that they do. So much just goes unseen on how food gets to our table. Most people probably don’t even know the process. A lot takes place

with the farmer, they have to work the ground and plant the seeds. They then have to maintain the crop until it is ready to harvest. After maintaining the crop they have a lot of long days of harvesting everything that they planted. They then take this to market and it gets put on trucks to be shipped to the processing plant. Once it is done there it has to be packaged and shipped to the stores. Then it sits there waiting for us to buy it. That is how food gets to the people. All along people just think that it just appears on the self, like magic happened or something. So if you think that agriculture is not important then maybe you should sit down for a minute and really think about it because once you do you will realize just how important it is.

Greenhand Ceremony - Ag Science I students had just received their Greenhand Degree pin.

Chapter Degree - Ag Science II students had just received their Chapter Degree pin.

Barnwarming- Students had the opportunity to dance the night away and play games. Here is the royalty from each class.

JUST ONE ORGANIZATION

By: Hannah Klaiber

FFA has simply meant my past, present and future. In most cases that would seem to be an extremely generic answer, but that’s the best way I can possibly explain it. My entire life has revolved around agriculture. I think of the times as a little kid I carried baby goats inside to warm them up in the harsh winter, watching calves frolic through the pasture on cool spring mornings, racing my siblings across the tops of hay bales, and the many times I sat on Dad’s lap driving the tractor in the blazing summer heat.

My childhood memories are built upon agriculture.

I carry those memories with me to this day as I find myself asking questions and expanding my knowledge in 3 different Ag classes this year. I walk into the ag building where I find a place that I most definitely desire to be in. I find a sense of belonging and in a weird way, a

sense of home. This year, I have had the honor of holding an office for our FFA chapter. It has been a wonderful experience and has become a big part of who I am. The most joyous times I have had throughout my high school career have been held behind the ag building doors.

Being in FFA has also impacted my future decisions dramatically. The first time I walked into the ag building my 8th grade year, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to be an ag teacher. Before that moment I was clueless in what I wanted to do. Then going into my freshman year and fully being a part of FFA simply wrote my career path in stone. I plan to make agriculture a part of my everyday life, (just as I have been) for the rest of my life. Now I look to my future with solid goals and confidence, all because of the impact of one organization.

Area Fall Speaking - Students wrote a 6 to 8-minute speech, memorized it, and then gave it to judges.

National Convention - We took 13 FFA members to Indianapolis, IN for National FFA Convention.

Gereenhand Conference - Greenhands had the opportunity to attend an FFA conference where they learned about the opportunities in FFA.

Officer teamBack (Left to right)Tag Gurley, Garrett Klaiber, Ryland Brower, T ackett Arnold, Kolten Norman Front (Left to right)Reese Schiereeck, Gracie Mead, Hannah Klaiber, Macy Stauffer, Truman Ledbetter

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