District Leadership Conference

workshops including SMART

Goals, Communication, Build-

ing Leaders, FFA Foundation,

and Words of Wisdom each

led by a state and district offi-

cer. The chapter leaders

watched motivating video

clips, created individual goals,

learned how to raise money

for the Iowa FFA Foundation,

shared public relation ideas

from their chapters, and iden-

tified the qualities of leader-

ship which an FFA member

should possess.

Chapters created

SMART Goals for the upcom-

ing year. Each chapter kept a

copy of their goals for them-

selves and gave one to the

district officer team. The

district officer team will be

emailing each individual mem-

ber in October to check on

the progress of their goals.

Chapter leaders

from all across the South-

west FFA District gathered

at Griswold High School

on June 11, 2010, for Dis-

trict Leadership Confer-

ence. The conference is

one of six throughout the

state put on by the state

and district officers.

Ninety-two mem-

bers attended from Adair,

Anita, Audubon, Bedford,

Clarinda, College Springs,

Corning, Denison, Glen-

wood, Glidden, Griswold,

Guthrie Center, Harlan,

Shenandoah, Stanton, and

Villisca.

Registration began

at 8:00 a.m. with the con-

ference beginning at 9:00

a.m. Members kept busy

during the registration

hour looking through

treasurer, secretary, and

reporter books from previ-

ous years. FFA facts were

posted on the walls

throughout the school.

Members who found all the

facts and completed the

worksheet had their name

in a drawing for a chance to

win a prize.

The conference

consisted of five 30 minute

Members register for Dis-

trict Leadership Conference

held June 11 in Griswold

District Leadership Conference

O C T O B E R 7 , 2 0 1 0

UPCOMING

EVENTS

Greenhand Fire-

Up Oct. 13th

National FFA

Convention Oct.

20-23rd

Iowa FFA Association

Southwest Corner News

Left: members look

at National Chapter

awards during reg-

istration.

Right: There were

92 participants at

DLC from 16 chap-

ters

Add Southwest District

FFA to your Facebook Visit us on the new website

www.iowaffa.com

Content

1 District Leader-

ship Conference

2 Stine Seed Com-

pany

2 District Live-

stock Judging

2 Monsanto Field

Day

3 SLCDO

3 District Soil

Judging

3 Chapter High-

lights

P A G E 2

FFA makes a positive

difference in the lives

of students by

developing their

potential for premier

leadership, personal

growth, and career

success.

District Livestock Judging

Monsanto Field Day

Stine Seed Program Stine Seed Company, is gra-

ciously allowing the Iowa FFA

to continue the Stine Seed

program, which is designed to

help pay for the FFA Enrich-

ment Center, a 57,000 sq. foot

building that enhances the

learning opportunities for agri-

culture students across Iowa.

If each chapter sold 70 bags

in their community, we

would reach our goal and com-

plete this multi-million dollar

building.

What’s in it for me?

Help complete

a 15 year dream

Raise money for your

chapter

Win a scholarship

How can my chapter get in-

volved?

Talk to your local farm-

ers and get them to plant

6-12 bags.

Place the news release in

your local paper.

Start Early! Orders be-

fore Dec. 1, 2010, will

receive a 6% discount.

For more information:

Visit our website, or contact

the Program Coordinator,

Dan Hansen.

712-249-7277

weeds and insects.

A representative from the

Natural Resource Conserva-

tion Service (NRCS) informed

members of the career oppor-

tunities within the conserva-

tion field.

Monsanto served pizza and

handed out free t-shirts after

Fifty members attended FFA

Field Day hosted and spon-

sored by Monsanto on July 7 in

Atlantic, Iowa.

Members toured Monsanto’s

research plots . Iowa State

University Extension agrono-

mists talked about insect and

weed identification. Members

then got to practice identifying

the informational sessions.

They plan to make this a yearly

event in the Southwest district.

Top Teams:

1. Guthrie Center

2. Carroll

3. IKM-Manning

4. Atlantic

5. Orient– Macksburg

Top Individuals:

1. Greg Sporrer….IKM-Manning

2.) Seth Wilson...Guthrie Center

3. Rich Nichols………. ..Atlantic

4. Tayler Assmann……….Harlan

5. Jared Gillespie………..Villisca

Southwest District Livestock

Judging was held Aug. 4, in

Atlantic, Iowa, in conjunction

with the Cass County Fair.

There were six classes

judged: breeding ewes,

market lambs, breeding

beef, market beef, commer-

cial gilt, and market swine.

S O U T H W E S T C O R N E R N E W S

Volunteer judge explains

market ewe class placing

Support Ag Ed

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Plant Stine Seed

State Leadership Conference for District Officers

P A G E 3

State Leadership Conference for

District Officers was held at the

FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny

on Sept. 27-28.

The theme of the two-day confer-

ence was “Making a REEL Impact.”

State officers presented five

different workshops on the

first day centered around

how to properly facilitate a

workshop. The day ended

with team building and re-

flections where district

officers read the letter they

wrote to themselves during

the spring SLCDO.

On the second day, the district

officers learned the Greenhand-Fire

-up curriculum to present at the fall

conferences around the state.

If you answered yes to any of these

questions, we want to see you in

this newsletter.

We would like each chapter to

submit at least one article to put in

“Southwest Corner News.” The

articles can be about anything or

anyone in your local chapter. The

articles don’t have to be very long,

anywhere from 50-300 words is

Ask yourself…

Do you have a banquet coming

up?

Do you have an outstanding

member in your chapter?

Does your chapter do a com-

munity service project?

Is there a special event your

chapter participates in?

sufficient.

We ask that you email a

picture with your article.

This newsletter will be

emailed to sponsors so they

can see what is going on in

the Southwest FFA District.

Articles and questions can

be emailed to lcal-

vert.ffa@gmail.com.

Top 10 Teams:

1. Denison

2. Griswold

3. Adair-Casey

4. Clarinda

5. Greenfield

6. Orient-Macksburg

7. Carroll

8. Guthrie Center

9. Charter Oak-Ute

10. College Springs

District Soil Judging was held on

Sept. 28 at Iowa Western Com-

munity College in Council

District Soil Judging

Chapter Highlights We want you here!

Learning to Do

Doing to Learn

Earning to Live

Living to Serve

Front row (L to R): Andrew Schnebly, Secretary; Mitchell Borkowski–

Vice President; Marshall Dolch-Treasurer; Mr. Kevin Blair-Advisor. Back row (L to R): Jayce Esslinger-Reporter; Lindsay Calvert-President, Shelby Spratte-Sentinel

2010-2011 SW District Officers

Top Team: Denison FFA Chapter

Top 10 Individuals:

1.Derek Roth…..…...….Denison

2.Gunnar Dinkla…...Adair Casey

3. Caleb Schroeder….....Denison

4. Adam Nahnsen……...Denison

5. Rob Mensing……...Greenfield

6. Alex Freund………..Griswold

7. Katharina Wigg….….Denison

8. Anna Mardesen…....Griswold

9. Jasmine Linn…….Adair-Casey

10. Jeremiah Haug……..Clarinda