Local Chapter Banquet

The annual Rock Creek FFA Chapter Banquet was held on April 24, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. at the Rock Creek Jr./Sr. High School. Following a potluck meal, the meeting was called to order by President Chyann Ebert. After Opening Ceremonies, Pake Ebert recognized special guests. Patrick O'Connor announced Chyann Ebert and Rusty Renner as the FFA Alumni winners for 2008. Next William Trieb announced the Greenhand Degree recipients. Star Greenhand for 2008 was T.J. Minihan. Proficiency Awards were then passed out. Distinguished Service Award and Honorary Degree were presented. Advisor, Mr. David Holliday, gave the Advisors report. We preceded with the installation of new officers. 2008-2009 officers are: President Monica Ebert; Vice President William Trieb; Secretary Pake Ebert; Treasurer George Dille; Reporter Chelsea Ebert; Sentinel Skylar O'Shea; Stucco Rep. Nate Plummer and Student Advisor T.J. Minihan. The new officers proceeded with closing ceremonies and invited everyone to the open house in the new Ag building.

FFA Nursery Landscape & Entomology at Holton

On September 24, 2008, at 9:00-12:00 kids from the Rock Creek FFA went to judge Nursery Landscape and Entomology at Holton. Danielle Duncan, Bridget Hoover, and William Trieb were at team for the Nursery Landscape. There was a test, Plant ID, Tool ID, Drawing, and Diseases that they had to do. They had to identify types of grasses and plants. There were tools that you use for landscaping that they also had to identify. The kids had to draw and identify a type of landscape around a typical house. There were different plant diseases that they had to identify and know also. They placed 5th out of 9 teams overall. Jordan Borth and Brandy Nelson judged Entomology. They had to identify lots of different kinds of insects. They also had a test to see how much they knew about insects. The day ended with eating lunch at Subway.

FFA Speech Contest

On January 19, 2009, members of the Rock Creek FFA traveled to Wamego for the Speech Contest and Ag Mechanics Contest. The van arrived at 8:30 and members signed up for a time to present their speech. When the day was over and everyone got done, we learned that everyone had done very well. Chase and T.J. Minihan competed in Ag Mechanics and were both in Division B. They had to do some welding and wiring. Chase placed 27th and T.J. placed 3rd. Monica Ebert participated in Extemporaneous Speaking. She placed 9th. William Trieb was in the Senior Speech Division and placed 10th. George Dille was in the Junior Division and placed 9th. In the Sophomore Division was Chelsea Ebert and she recieved 9th. Shane Schaake and Shaunee Hulbert were in the Freshmen Division. Shane placed 8th and Shaunee placed 24th. Good Job Contestants!

Rock Creek FFA Labor Auction

On February 23, 2009, at 7:00, in the Rock Creek Agricultural Shop Building, the Rock Creek FFA members sat down and were auctioned off. Bruce Kocher attended as the auctioneer. He called each member up and auctioned them off while people bid on them and they were quickly sold. The floor bid was $30. Once they were bought they had to give a slip with their name and number on it to the buyer and had to agree to work eight hours for the buyer. We had about 38 members that were there out of 40 and our FFA Advisor David Holliday, so it was great that so many of them came. There was also some cookies and brownies that some members brought. When everyone was sold William Trieb auctioned off a variety of items including a rabbit, cakes, gift cards, and several different items. The money from the items are going towards his Washington Leadership Conference in the summer. When it was over the officers collected the money from everyone and we came up with over $2000. Rock Creek FFA would like to thank all the people who bought FFA members to support our club.

Barnyard Day

On Wednesday May 13, 2009, at Rock Creek the FFA members hosted the 3rd and 4th graders from Westmoreland Elementary at 9:00. In the afternoon the St. George Elementary kids came. The kids broke up into several different groups and went with their FFA group leader to all of the different stations. There were alpacas, cows, chickens, horses, pigs, sheep, a turkey, and rabbits. There was also a tour of the ag shop and greenhouse, a new and old tractor, a hayrack ride, and fish. There was also ag olympic games. When everyone got done, they enjoyed Call Hall ice cream.