H-BC FFA recognizes members' achievements at annual banquet

Hills-Beaver Creek senior Donavon Leenderts was selected as the local FFA chapter’s 2022 Star Farmer at the annual banquet May 20 at the Reformed Church of Steen.
Alan Baker was selected as Star Placement in Ag.
The banquet celebrates members’ accomplishments, such as greenhand and chapter degrees, plus members’ work with their supervised agricultural experiences (SAE).
Greenhand degrees are given to first-year members who have demonstrated they have a thorough understanding of the history and purpose of FFA by completing various chapter activities. They have also developed an SAE plan and have enrolled in ag education classes.
Greenhand degree recipients include Taylor Spykerboer, Jack Moser, Jamesyn Klosterbuer, Sawyer Bosch, Michael Martinyuk, Beau Bakken, Lukas Hubbard, Gracie Fagerness, Cameron Allen, Amber Wiersema, Bailey Spykerboer, Gus Jacobson, Emma Deelstra, Johnathan Tiesler and Blake Leenderts.
Chapter degrees are given to members who have greenhand degrees and have continued expanding their ag education experiences, been active in chapter activitie,s and have expanded their SAE experiences.
Chapter degree recipients for 2022 are Taryn Birger, Alexis Gardner Swenson, Megan Vis, Lanae Elbers, Layla Deelstra, Brynn Rauk, Sylvia Fick, Riley Tatge, Cooper Gehrke, Logan Susie, Amallia Ternus and Tyrae Goodface.
SAE awards were given according to category.
Category and recipient include dairy placement, Olivia Bork; sheep entrepreneurship, Sawyer Bosch; grain and crops, Amallia Ternus; equine placement, Gus Jacobson; repair and maintenance placement, Donavon Leenderts; beef placement, Josh Wiersema; beef entrepreneurship, Danette Leenderts; food service, Jenifer Martinyuk; natural resources, Cooper Gehrke; ag communications, Samantha Moser; and fiber and oil crops, Carter Hartz.
S & S Locker of Hills and the Rock-Nobles Cattlemen’s Association were named honorary chapter members.