{"id":132387,"date":"2023-01-24T19:49:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T00:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/?p=132387"},"modified":"2023-01-24T19:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T00:49:28","slug":"ffa-members-of-the-month-announced-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/ffa-members-of-the-month-announced-2\/","title":{"rendered":"FFA Members of the Month Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Members of the Month Announced<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By: Chapter Reporter,\u00a0Chloe Howe<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124Alex.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-132390\" title=\"20230124Alex\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124Alex.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124Alex.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124Alex-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Alex Confer\u00a0is in\u00a09th grade and has been in FFA for\u00a03 years.\u00a0She\u00a0joined FFA\u00a0because the meetings and activities are fun.\u00a0Her\u00a0CDE teams\u00a0are Meats and BIG team.\u00a0Alex\u2019s\u00a0favorite part of\u00a0her\u00a0CDE is\u00a0how easily she picked up the information.\u00a0Her\u00a0favorite activities so far\u00a0have been the drive-in movies.\u00a0She\u00a0is most\u00a0looking forward to State FFA Convention and presenting her Agri-science fair project to judges. From being in FFA and in Ag. classes, Alex\u00a0has learned teamwork skills, data collection, and multiple different skills.\u00a0Alex\u00a0is most proud of\u00a0winning 3rd place for Crops, 6 Star Leader trophy and a Crops Champion ribbon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124Jake-P.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-132391\" title=\"20230124Jake P\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124Jake-P.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124Jake-P.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124Jake-P-280x300.jpeg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Jake Price\u00a0is in\u00a012th\u00a0grade and has been in FFA for\u00a06\u00a0years. He joined FFA because he\u00a0wanted to learn new things and meet new people.\u00a0Jake\u2019s\u00a0CDE team is\u00a0Fish and Wildlife.\u00a0His favorite part of his CDE is\u00a0being able to identify different species that he was never able to before.\u00a0Jake\u2019s\u00a0SAE is owning his own business where he\u00a0mows 13 different lawns around Sleepy Eye. He\u2019s been doing this since he was in 6th grade.\u00a0For fun FFA activities, he likes going to the Trapshooting events in the fall.\u00a0Jake\u00a0is most looking forward to\u00a0the State Convention. From being in Ag. classes and FFA, he has learned to never be afraid to try new things. The award\u00a0Jake\u00a0is most proud\u00a0of is winning a State Proficiency award 3 times, and being Runner-up at the National Convention for Landscape Management.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124_Izzy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-132389\" title=\"20230124_Izzy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124_Izzy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124_Izzy.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230124_Izzy-245x300.jpeg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Izzy Kunkel is a sophomore at Sleepy Eye High School and this is her fourth year in FFA. Izzy joined FFA because she wanted to be included in a CDE team. She is currently one of the Historians on the chapter officer team. Izzy loves being an Historian because she likes to choose photos for the posters and she likes making them even more. Izzy is on the Food Science CDE team. Izzy likes to work and be around her friends on her CDE team. Izzy\u2019s favorite FFA activities are the lock-ins and drive-ins. Izzy is looking forward to all the fun summer activities. Izzy has learned all kinds of skills from being in FFA like leadership skills, communication and let\u2019s not forget about all the agriculture experience she\u2019s gained. Izzy\u2019s award that she is most proud of is winning 1st place in Food Science.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230123Adam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-132388\" title=\"20230123Adam\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230123Adam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230123Adam.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230123Adam-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Adam Johnson is a senior at Sleepy Eye High School and this is his sixth year in FFA. Adam joined FFA because he found the after school meetings fun and he thought he should join to be more involved. He is the President on the Chapter officer team. Adam loves being the President because he likes the increased responsibility and leadership that comes with presidency. Adam is on the Food Science CDE team. Adam likes food and science so he thought he should join the team. Adam\u2019s favorite FFA activity is the Crop Show we hold. He enjoys it because he can be seen as a leader. Adam is looking forward to the FFA week lock-in. Adam has learned all kinds of different ways to cook so he\u2019s set to go for college. Adam\u2019s awards that he is most proud of consist of 1st place Sr. High Crop Show and 12th place Individual at National Poultry CDE competition.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Month Announced By: Chapter Reporter,\u00a0Chloe Howe Alex Confer\u00a0is in\u00a09th grade and has been in FFA for\u00a03 years.\u00a0She\u00a0joined FFA\u00a0because the meetings and activities are fun.\u00a0Her\u00a0CDE teams\u00a0are Meats and BIG team.\u00a0Alex\u2019s\u00a0favorite part of\u00a0her\u00a0CDE is\u00a0how easily she picked up the information.\u00a0Her\u00a0favorite activities so far\u00a0have been the drive-in movies.\u00a0She\u00a0is most\u00a0looking forward to State FFA Convention and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-bag"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2028-01-31 19:43:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132392,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132387\/revisions\/132392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}