Sutherlin FFA

    This year District Sales were held at Glide High School on Friday, December 2nd.In this CDE all the participants were working their sales skills by taking orders, convincing customers to buy their product, and creating advertisments.In a fantastic effort Sutherlin was able to place 1st in both beginning and advanced!

Placing in the Top 10 for advanced:  2)Tiffani Rosemeyer, 3) Lana Chamberlain, 6) Kacie McKracken, 7) Anjelica Badillo, 9) Caylin Hobgood, 10) Colton Leatherwood     Placing in the Top 10 for beginning:1) Nicole Leatherwood, 2) Alex Stanley, 3) Sandra Cox, 4) Cheyenne Cunningham, 5) Brianna Coleman

Amazing Job to all participants! Way to represent our chapter!

District Rituals were held at Myrtle Point on Wednesday, November 9th. Sutherlin made a great showing bringing home a red and a blue banner. The Sutherlin beginning team took first while the advanced team took second. 

The top individuals for beginning were:  Nicole Leatherwood (1st place president), Gabby Cornelia (1st place vice president), Cheyenne Cunningham (1st place secretary), Kelsey Maillet (1st place reporter), and Evelyn Beattie (1st place sentinel).

Advanced: Jerry Risk (3rd place president), Lana Chamberlain (3rd place vice president), Tiffany Rosemeyer (1st place secretary), Kaylee Terry (2nd place treasurer), Kylee Carson (3rd place reporter), and Andrew Beattie (3rd place sentinel).

Congrats to all participants!

The State FFA Soils Career Development Event was held in Sutherlin October 11, with 23 teams from across the state participating.  Sutherlin FFA teams placed 5th in the A Division and 4th in the B Division - a very good showing.  Well done to Jerry Risk (10th High Individual), Chris Clark, Aaron Davis, Juan Vazquez, Brianna Kats, Christina Moody, Ambrose Brower, and Trevor Taylor.  Also, congrats to Oakland for their 4th Place state finish!

Just the week before the Umpqua District Soils CDE was held in Elkton, with nearly 100 students and 6 schools participating. Sutherlin FFA results are below (students in bold); Sutherlin had 19 total students competing, with 16 of them placing in their respective top ten individual results.

Advanced Teams:
1) Sutherlin
2) Oakland
3) Roseburg

Many Sutherlin FFA members volunteered to help with the Umpqua Half-Iron over Labor Day Weekend.  Good job to Andrew Beattie, Jerry Risk, Carlos Vazquez, Lana Chamberlain, Christy Chamberlain, and Caylin Hobgood for serving dinner Friday, and to Cody Ferguson, Alex Stanley, Lindsay Needham, Anjelica Badillo, Tiffani Rosemeyer, Becca Mack, Bethany Spelgatti, Caylin Hobgood, and all the Alumni who helped during the race on Saturday.  Well done!

Sutherlin FFA was awarded the premier chapter award at the 2011 Douglas County Fair - a result of numerous successes from the 20 members who participated and competed throughout the week.

Results - Reserve Grand Champion Steer - Andrew Beattie
 - Reserve Grand Champion Market Hog - Adam Powell
 - Grand Champion FFA Swine Showman - Adam Powell
 - Reserve Grand Champion FFA Swine Showman - Shelby Henrikson
 - Champion FFA Dairy Showman - Jessica Freeman
 - Champion FFA Female Dairy - Jessica Freeman
 - Reserve Grand Champion Master Showman - Adam Powell
 - Market Steer Conformation Class Winners - Tessa Franklin, Jerry Risk; other participants - Austin Powell, Trevor Taylor, Caylin Hobgood, Andrew Beattie
 - Market Hog Class Winners - Kaylee Terry, Adam Powell; second place hogs - Lucas Erickson, Natasha Russell, Colleen O'Meara; other participants – Amy Goulart, Jessica Woodward, Priscilla Medina, Juan Vazquez, Aurora Vazquez, Kiana Gorla
 - Breeding Swine participants - Austin Powell, Colleen O'Meara, Shelby Henrikson, Amy Goulart
 - Champion FFA Novice Beef Showman - Andrew Beattie; Reserve Champion Novice Beef Showman - Jerry Risk
 - Champion FFA Novice Swine Showman – Kiana Gorla; Reserve Champion Novice Swine Shomwan - Aurora Vazquez
 - Landscape Exhibit - 1st place chapter (tie)
 - Crops - Premier Chapter Exhibit, Shelby Henrikson for Premier Exhibitor; other partcipants - Bethany Spelgatti
 - Mechanics - champion Large Construction, Kaylee Terry 1st in class for small metal construction; Jessica Woodward 2nd
 - Presentations - champion Colleen O'Meara; 3rd advanced Lana Chamberlain, 1st beginning Caylin Hobgood