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BLUE ‘N’ GOLD STANDARD Kingston FFA Newsletter
FFA News It’s finally January, and the new year is upon us! As we look forward to what the new year holds for us, we are pleased to report the success we had in December. During the Food Drive we collected over 300 canned food items. Congratulations to Tara’s small group who won the challenge by collecting 130 cans! We were able to provide Christmas trees to 12 families in our area through The Giving Tree. Congratulations to Mrs. Atteberry’s class and Mrs. Steve’s class for winning the competition. Thank you to all students and faculty who participated to make the project a success. Finally, eight members represented Kingston FFA at MFE, a leadership conference for 8th, 9th, and 10th grade FFA members, on Dec. 10 11 in Oklahoma City. Upcoming events in January include, the Scholarship Dinner which will be held on January 10 th . It is a fundraiser for three local scholarships, including the Joseph Harrison Memorial Scholarship, which benefits a senior FFA
member. The dinner will be held in the cafeteria before the Kingston vs. Madill High School basketball game. The cost of the dinner is $5 for adults and $2 for students. We will be serving at Bread of Life Ministries on January 19 th . Two adult volunteers are needed to help in the kitchen from 24 p.m., and five volunteer FFA members need to help serve from 3:306:00 p.m. Our chapter has committed to serve on the third Thursday of each month. Please make plans to help when you can. FFA members interested in giving a speech this spring will begin practicing each Monday afternoon. The chapter meeting will be held on January 18 th where we will discuss activities for FFA week. The Tishomingo Barrow Show is January 20 th and the Tishomingo Gilt & Barrow Show on the 21 st . For any other information regarding our upcoming events, please contact Mrs. Atteberry, (580) 5643376.
JANUARY 2011
UPCOMING EVENTS 1/10
Scholarship Dinner
1/11
Officer Meeting
1/18
Chapter Meeting
1/19
Bread Of Life
1/20
Tishomingo Barrow Show
1/21
Tishomingo Gilt & Barrow Show
“Men must have their minds not up in the clouds, but certainly much higher than the clods.” E.M. Tiffany
Hot Topics The U.S. Department of Labor has pro posed new regulations on child labor in agriculture. If put into effect, children un der the age of 16 could not perform what are considered to be the most dan gerous farming jobs. Activities that children will not be allowed to do include hauling hay, riding horses, sorting cattle, and driving tractors unless they have taken 90 hours of classroom instruction. It will also prohibit children younger than 18 from working in storing, marketing, and transporting of farm product raw materi als. Although, these rules will not apply to children who work on farms operated or owned by their parents they will be re
stricted from working on any family mem ber’s farm or incorporated family farms. Gov. Mary Fallin and state agriculture sec retary Jim Reese have urged the federal government to drop controversial proposals on what farm kids can do on the family farm but the DOL has the authority to adopt its proposals without congres sional approval. The Department closed the comment period on December 1st and have not re leased a final ruling on the matter. To find out more information concerning the new regulations go to http:// www.dol.gov/whd/CL/AG_NPRM.htm
Birthdays Addie Gorrell
7th
Daniel Reese
15th
Bradley Robertson
19th
Toby Goodbear
26th
FFA tshirts are still available for $11.
Member Spotlight Addison Johnson
Landen James
Addison is a sophomore and has been in FFA for three years. His favorite thing about FFA is bonding with his classmates and learning something new everyday. Addison enjoys welding and being a chapter member. His future plans are to attend college. Addison was part of the 5th place opening ceremonies team and has attended MFE for the past three years.
Landen is a sophomore and has been in FFA for three years. He loves everything about FFA. His future plans are to trick ride and become a veterinarian. The most unique thing about him is that he is a member of the Glory Riders, a trick riding team that travels the country performing at rodeos and parades. The craziest thing he has ever eaten is boiled peanuts and BBQ brisket nachos.
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Oklahoma’s top five agricultural commodities are beef cattle, poultry, hogs, winter wheat, and hay. Oklahoma beef cattle, swine, and sheep produce 3.22 billion pounds of meat per year. Almost 90% of U.S. farms are operated by individuals or family corporations. Today’s average farm is 417 acres compared to 147 acres in 1900. Today’s farmer feeds more than 130 people. In 1960 that number was 25.8. Oklahoma ranks 5 th nationally in cattle and calf production, 8 th in swine production, and 17 th in broiler production. 42% of U.S. total land area is farmland.
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ANGUS BRANGUS CHAROLAIS HEIFER POLLED SIMMENTAL
BOVINE BULL CHIANINA HEREFORD RED STEER
BRAHMAN CALF COW MAINEANJOU SHORTHORN
This has been a publication of the agricultural communications class . This newsletter will be published monthly, if you have any suggestions or questions leave a note with Mrs. Atteberry. Creators : Ashten Shelton, Taylor Henry, Amber King, and Mesa Newman Blue ‘N’ Gold Standard
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FFA News It’s finally January, and the new year is upon us! As we look forward to what the new year holds for us, we are pleased to report the success we had in December. During the Food Drive we collected over 300 canned food items. Congratulations to Tara’s small group who won the challenge by collecting 130 cans! We were able to provide Christmas trees to 12 families in our area through The Giving Tree. Congratulations to Mrs. Atteberry’s class and Mrs. Steve’s class for winning the competition. Thank you to all students and faculty who participated to make the project a success. Finally, eight members represented Kingston FFA at MFE, a leadership conference for 8th, 9th, and 10th grade FFA members, on Dec. 10 11 in Oklahoma City. Upcoming events in January include, the Scholarship Dinner which will be held on January 10 th . It is a fundraiser for three local scholarships, including the Joseph Harrison Memorial Scholarship, which benefits a senior FFA
member. The dinner will be held in the cafeteria before the Kingston vs. Madill High School basketball game. The cost of the dinner is $5 for adults and $2 for students. We will be serving at Bread of Life Ministries on January 19 th . Two adult volunteers are needed to help in the kitchen from 24 p.m., and five volunteer FFA members need to help serve from 3:306:00 p.m. Our chapter has committed to serve on the third Thursday of each month. Please make plans to help when you can. FFA members interested in giving a speech this spring will begin practicing each Monday afternoon. The chapter meeting will be held on January 18 th where we will discuss activities for FFA week. The Tishomingo Barrow Show is January 20 th and the Tishomingo Gilt & Barrow Show on the 21 st . For any other information regarding our upcoming events, please contact Mrs. Atteberry, (580) 5643376.
JANUARY 2011
UPCOMING EVENTS 1/10
Scholarship Dinner
1/11
Officer Meeting
1/18
Chapter Meeting
1/19
Bread Of Life
1/20
Tishomingo Barrow Show
1/21
Tishomingo Gilt & Barrow Show
“Men must have their minds not up in the clouds, but certainly much higher than the clods.” E.M. Tiffany
Hot Topics The U.S. Department of Labor has pro posed new regulations on child labor in agriculture. If put into effect, children un der the age of 16 could not perform what are considered to be the most dan gerous farming jobs. Activities that children will not be allowed to do include hauling hay, riding horses, sorting cattle, and driving tractors unless they have taken 90 hours of classroom instruction. It will also prohibit children younger than 18 from working in storing, marketing, and transporting of farm product raw materi als. Although, these rules will not apply to children who work on farms operated or owned by their parents they will be re
stricted from working on any family mem ber’s farm or incorporated family farms. Gov. Mary Fallin and state agriculture sec retary Jim Reese have urged the federal government to drop controversial proposals on what farm kids can do on the family farm but the DOL has the authority to adopt its proposals without congres sional approval. The Department closed the comment period on December 1st and have not re leased a final ruling on the matter. To find out more information concerning the new regulations go to http:// www.dol.gov/whd/CL/AG_NPRM.htm
Birthdays Addie Gorrell
7th
Daniel Reese
15th
Bradley Robertson
19th
Toby Goodbear
26th
FFA tshirts are still available for $11.
Member Spotlight Addison Johnson
Landen James
Addison is a sophomore and has been in FFA for three years. His favorite thing about FFA is bonding with his classmates and learning something new everyday. Addison enjoys welding and being a chapter member. His future plans are to attend college. Addison was part of the 5th place opening ceremonies team and has attended MFE for the past three years.
Landen is a sophomore and has been in FFA for three years. He loves everything about FFA. His future plans are to trick ride and become a veterinarian. The most unique thing about him is that he is a member of the Glory Riders, a trick riding team that travels the country performing at rodeos and parades. The craziest thing he has ever eaten is boiled peanuts and BBQ brisket nachos.
FUN FACTS ·
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Oklahoma’s top five agricultural commodities are beef cattle, poultry, hogs, winter wheat, and hay. Oklahoma beef cattle, swine, and sheep produce 3.22 billion pounds of meat per year. Almost 90% of U.S. farms are operated by individuals or family corporations. Today’s average farm is 417 acres compared to 147 acres in 1900. Today’s farmer feeds more than 130 people. In 1960 that number was 25.8. Oklahoma ranks 5 th nationally in cattle and calf production, 8 th in swine production, and 17 th in broiler production. 42% of U.S. total land area is farmland.
F F A B u z z
W E B D U A B R G M D I T S C A B N N E R C E W T G Q I D H K N Y I A R P F B V S A E P I J C G H V P Z I P V L L N O A B P M U U O G E E O L L R T N C A D M S O B H R O C B O Z I N H W E P U J A P A N J H X N S T E E R Q H N L E C B T V A O I H R W C F F A M N U R C Y S I M M E N T A L E I L O I B Z Q N M Z F Y T J V N L H F O G Q U I W Y O K W O C I S X A J A Z M E D E R S U G N A R B N N A C I N T T D Z Y T F M J U M K Q L K L T X A T G G R Z
ANGUS BRANGUS CHAROLAIS HEIFER POLLED SIMMENTAL
BOVINE BULL CHIANINA HEREFORD RED STEER
BRAHMAN CALF COW MAINEANJOU SHORTHORN
This has been a publication of the agricultural communications class . This newsletter will be published monthly, if you have any suggestions or questions leave a note with Mrs. Atteberry. Creators : Ashten Shelton, Taylor Henry, Amber King, and Mesa Newman Blue ‘N’ Gold Standard
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