FFA Banquet awards members and community

Nathan Wheeler awards Keith Brake  with the Blue and Gold Award at the FFA Banquet on Thursday, March 15.

by Vincent Bushong

The Montezuma FFA wrapped up this year with the annual Parent-Member Banquet on Thursday, March 15.

 The events included presentation of awards for FFA members, parents and community members and scholarships for senior members, as well as the installation of the 2012-2013 officers. To end the banquet, the annual work auction fundraiser was held, bringing in $10,600. 

The awards presented to 9-12 grade members were the Scholarship Awards, the Leadership Awards and the Outstanding Service Awards. 

Awards for Career Development Events (CDE’s) were presented to the following teams: Business Management, Agriculture Sales, Agriculture Communications, Marketing Plan, Soil Judging and Conduct of Meetings. 

CDE awards for individual events were Radio Broadcasting, Job Interview, and Individual Agriculture Sales. 

Awards given to members of the community for their support for the FFA were the Outstanding Mom Award, presented to Shawn Doty; Outstanding Dad Award, presented to Kevin Osborn; Outstanding Parents Award, presented to Don and Betsy Cranston; and the Blue and Gold Award, presented to Keith Brake.

Scholarship Awards for the senior members were the Montezuma FFA Scholarship; the Rempp FFA Achievement Scholarship, awarded to Nathan Wheeler; and Matt Mann’s scholarship, awarded to Nathan Wheeler and Aly James. 

The Star Greenhand award was given to Vincent Bushong and Clara Johnson, and the Star Chapter award was given to Nathan Wheeler, Kendra Doty and Kendra Cranston. 

Members of the 2012-2013 officer team, as voted on by all members of the Montezuma FFA, are: President Tyler Swenson, Vice-President Halley Ogan, Secretary Norman Martin, Treasurer Courtney Petersen, Reporter Carly Steele, and Sentinel Colleen Johnston. Assistant officers include Vincent Bushong, Katelyn Gregory, Karah Hansen, Abbi Nelson, Steven Kopp and Jack Little.