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Awards night honors Luverne-Adrian FFA'ers

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By
Mavis Fodness

The Luverne-Adrian FFA Chapter conducted its annual awards night April 26 at the Luverne Elementary Commons.
Members earned pins and plaques and star chapter awards, and 2021-22 officers were installed.
 
Chapter awards
Four top awards are given each year to members who excel in one of four areas. This year’s awards and recipients were:
Star farmer: Shelby Kracht.
Star in ag placement: Leah Wynia.
Star in agribusiness: Destiny Matthiesen.
Star greenhand: Julia Hoogland.
 
2021-22 officers
Elected officers for next year are J.R. Remme, president; Lacy Sasker, vice president; Macie Swenson, secretary; Morgan Ahrendt, treasurer; Morgan Bonnett, reporter; and A.J. Ossefoort, sentinel.
 
Scholarship pins
Scholarship pins were given to the following chapter members who have earned a grade point average of 3.2 or higher for the first time.
Recipients were Morgan Ahrendt, Morgan Bonnett, Julia Hoogland and Sawyer Sasker.
FFA’ers who maintained the GPA standard were Ross Bergman, Tori Hemme, A.J. Ossefoort, J.T. Remme, Trista Baustian, Jacob Hansen, Chase Overgaard, Lacey Sasker, Macy Swenson, Peter Baustian, Cassie Flanagan, Camron Kopp, Shelby Kracht, Destiny Matthiesen, Jayson Rops, Hunter Sandbulte and Leah Wynia.
 
Leadership pins
Members who accumulate 100 or more points by participating and completing FFA activities receive leadership pins.
Earning pins and recognition for their leadership skills are Morgan Ahrendt, Morgan Bonnett, Julia Hoogland, Holden Overgaard, Sawyer Sasker, Rydell Uithoven, Ross Bergman, Luke Hansen, Nick Hansen, Cole Mann, D.J. Swenson, Claire Hoffman, Leah Kruse, J.T. Remme, Harrison Uithoven, A.J. Ossefoort, Jacob Henning, Cameron Wieneke, Karly Kruse, Lauren Madison, Hunter Ahrendt, Chase Overgaard, Lacey Sasker, Trista Baustian, Jacob Hansen, Connor Overgaard, Macie Swenson, Chris Anning, Drew Fick, Justin Mente, Ayden Bonnett, Hunter Baker, Justin Dohlmann, Austin Henning, Camron Kopp, Peter Baustian, Cassie Flanagan, Gretchen Jacobsma, Shelby Kracht, Hunter Sandbulte, Eric Somnis, Leah Wynia and Destiny Matthiesen.
 
Greenhand pins
First-year FFA’ers earn Greenhand pins for their first year of membership.
Greenhands for 2020-21 were Morgan Ahrendt, Morgan Bonnett, Julia Hoogland, Holden Overgaard, Sawyer Sasker, Rydell Uithoven and Jacob Hansen.
 
Chapter pins
Chapter pins were awarded to members completing their second year in FFA. The chapter pin is the highest chapter honor. Members must meet a variety of stipulations including earning a greenhand pin.
Chapter pins were awarded to Ross Bergman, Lucas Hansen, Nick Hansen, Jacob Henning, Tori Hemme, Claire Hoffman, Karly Kruse, Leah Kruse, Lauren Madison, Cole Mann, A.J. Ossefoort, J.T. Remme, Harrison Uithoven and Cameron Wieneke.
 
Proficiency awards
Proficiency award plaques are earned by members who have a supervised agriculture experience project and have kept records on the experience(s).
Category and recipients are as follows:
•Agricultural mechanics repair and maintenance - placement or entrepreneurship: Austin Henning, Camron Kopp, Shelby Kracht, Nicholas Hansen and Lucas Hansen.
•Agricultural mechanics design and fabrication - placement or fabrication: A.J. Ossefoort, Shelby Kracht, Justin Dohlmann, Cole Mann, J.T. Remme, Connor Overgaard and Leah Wynia.
•Agricultural services - placement: Destiny Matthiesen, Chase Overgaard, Cassie Flanagan, Hunter Sandbulte, Cole Mann, Peter Baustian, J.T. Remme, Tori Remme, Connor Overgaard, D.J. Swenson and Leah Wynia.
•Agricultural sales: Destiny Matthiesen and Justin Dohlmann.
•Beef cattle production - placement or entrepreneurship: Austin Henning, Jacob Henning, Karly Kruse, Leah Kruse, Macie Swenson, A.J. Ossefoort, Shelby Kracht, Julia Hoogland, Lacy Sasker, Justin Mente, Drew Fick, Hunter Ahrendt, Cameron Wieneke, Trista Baustian and Jayson Rops.
•Dairy production - placement or entrepreneurship: Cameron Wieneke, D.J. Swenson and Gretchen Jacobsma.
•Diversified agriculture production - placement or entrepreneurship: Jacob Hansen and Ross Bergman.
•Equine Science - placement or entrepreneurship: Gretchen Jacobsma.
•Fiber and oil crop production – placement: D.J. Swenson.
•Forage Production -placement: J.T. Remme.
•Fruit production -placement: Jacob Hansen, Lucas Hansen and Nick Hansen.
•Goat production - placement or entrepreneurship: Macie Swenson, Claire Hoffman and Lauren Madison.
•Poultry production -placement or Entrepreneurship- Karly Kruse, Leah Kruse, and Lucas Hansen.
•Service learning -placement: Karly Kruse, Leah Kruse and Lacy Sasker.
•Sheep production - placement or entrepreneurship: Lauren Madison and Gretchen Jacobsma.
•Small animal production and care: Destiny Matthiesen.
•Specialty crop production - placement and entrepreneurship: Destiny Matthiesen.
•Swine production - placement and entrepreneurship: Chase Overgaard, A.J.
Ossefoort, Hunter Sandbulte, Peter Baustian, J.T. Remme, Connor Overgaard,and Leah Wynia.
•Vegetable production - placement and entrepreneurship: Macie Swenson and Nick Hansen.
•Veterinary Science - placement: Shelby Kracht.

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