2013-2014 CDE Results
Ag Sales
The Ag Sales recently competed in the District CDE held at Lancaster High School. The team members had to prepare a sales board ahead of the contest and then participate in a sales presentation at the contest. Contestants also had to participate in a customer relations practicum. The team of Caitlyn Rhoads, Megan Karshner, Daija Joseph, and Taylor Romine placed 5th.
Job Interview
Rhiannon Hood recently competed in the district Job Interview CDE. She had to prepare a resume and cover letter for a job that she selected. At the contest she participated in a job interview, filled out a job application and composed a follow-up letter.
2012-2013 CDE Results
Ag Mechanic Skills
Chris Harding, Jake Topping and Cole Clark competed in the District Ag Mech Skills CDE held at Teays Valley. They placed 2nd which qualified them to advance to the State competition.
Wilmington Contest
Several FFA members attended the Wilmington Livestock and Equine Evaluation Contest.
Public Speaking
Logan Elm hosted the County Public SPeaking CDE. Contestants from Logan Elm, Teays Valley and Westfall competed in four public speaking divisions. The top two speakers from each division qualified to compete at the District competition.
Carlee Stewart competed in the Creed division, which is open to freshman. She advanced from the county competition and placed 1st at the district competition which qualified her to compete at the State level where she placed 8th in her preliminary heat.
Rhiannon Hood also competed at the County contest in the Extemporaneous division where she placed 3rd.
Carlee Stewart competed in the Creed division, which is open to freshman. She advanced from the county competition and placed 1st at the district competition which qualified her to compete at the State level where she placed 8th in her preliminary heat.
Rhiannon Hood also competed at the County contest in the Extemporaneous division where she placed 3rd.
District Ag Sales
The team of Mackenzie Simpson, Kristin Elliott, Cole Clark and Kaitee Neufarth selected a product that they wanted to sell. After creating a sales summary sheet and product display board they competed in the district contest at Lancaster. Each member went through their sales presentation individually and then participated in a customer relations practicum. They also took an online quiz on Ag Sales.
The team placed 1st in the district, and 20th at the State Contest.
Kristin Elliott placed 3rd individually and Mackenzie placed 6th.
The team placed 1st in the district, and 20th at the State Contest.
Kristin Elliott placed 3rd individually and Mackenzie placed 6th.
District Job Interview
Contestants choose a job to apply for and then typed a cover letter and resume. They then competed in the district contest held at Lancaster HS. While at the contest, members filled out an application, participated in an interview and then wrote a follow-up letter.
Rhiannon Hood (middle) competed in the sophomore division.
Taylor Romine (left) competed in the junior division.
Jake Topping (right) competed in the senior division.
Rhiannon Hood (middle) competed in the sophomore division.
Taylor Romine (left) competed in the junior division.
Jake Topping (right) competed in the senior division.
District Agricultural & Industrial Diagnostics
Chris Harding and Jake Topping competed in the district Ag & Industrial Diagnostics CDE held at Franklin Equipment in Carroll. They had to work together to diagnosis and repair to different bugs in each of four pieces of equipment ranging from tractors to skid loaders. The team placed 6th in the district, scoring the highest of all teams in one of the stations.
State Greenhand Quiz
Drayah Johnston, Dustin Miller and Jacob Parker competed in the State Greenhand Quiz CDE. This consisted of an online test of their knowledge of the FFA organization.
State Forestry
Dylan Holzschuh, Neal Dameron and River Kidder competed in the State Forestry CDE held at Hocking College. Team members identified trees, products, tools, and equipment, timber cruised, participated in a compass practicum, and completed an online knowledge test prior to the contest.
District Urban Soils
Kristin Elliott, Caitlyn Rhoades, Taylor Romine, and Kyle Thum competed in the District Urban SOils CDE and placed 7th. Taylor Romine placed 14th overall individually. The team evaluated 4 soil pits and made recommendations for how to effectively manage the sites for urban development.
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District Rural Soils
Jake Topping, Cole Clark, Tyler Snyder, and Drew Dickerson competed in the District Rural Soils CDE and placed 9th. Cole Clark placed 8th overall individually. The team evaluated 4 soil pits and make recommendations for how to effectively manage the soil for agricultural purposes.
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Click here to see all pictures from the soils competition.
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2011-2012 CDE Results
State Animal Health
Haley Welsh, Lindsay Goeglein, Tiffany Pontius, Allie Pontius and Sierra Golden all competed in the State Animal Health CDE and placed 16th. After taking an online test prior to the event, members attended the onsite event where they participated in four different hands-on practicums and also identified equipment.
State Equine Management
Caitlyn Rhoads, Kirsten Lewis, and Meleah Brumfield competed in the State Equine CDE and placed 52nd. They evaluated halter and performance classes, identified tack and equipment, evaluated classes of hay and took a heavily science based test.
State Dairy Cattle Evaluation
Shae Jordan, Logan Keeton, Tyler Whitt, and Neal Dameron competed in the Stat Dairy Cattle CDE and placed 46th. They had to evaluate several classes of Dairy Cattle, score animals using linear evaluation and make management decisions using pedigrees.
Highland County Invitational
Shae Jordan, Neal Dameron, Tyler Snyder, Clint Riffel and Drew Dickerson competed in the General Livestock Evaluation contest at the Highland County Invitational. Members evaluated classes of market and breeding cattle, swine and sheep.
Ag Mechanic Skills
Cole Clark, David Dresbach and Jake Topping competed at the District Ag Mech Skills CDE held at Teays Valley. Members participated in 9 different stations where they were scored on their ability to perform different Ag Mechanic abilities. Kyle Thum served as an alternate. The team placed 5th.
District Public Speaking
Bree Salsbury competed in the Creed Public Speaking CDE where she presented the 5 paragraph FFA Creed. Zoe Turner competed in the Beginning Prepared Public Speaking CDE where she prepared and presented a 5-7 minute speech on an Ag related topic. Both of the members had advanced to the District CDE after competing at the County contest with Westfall and Teays Valley. Meleah Brumfield and Megan Dresbach also competed at the County CDE.
District Job Interview
Three FFA members competed in the District Job Interview CDE held at Lancaster High School. Members had to prepare a cover letter and resume prior to the contest. At the contest, members completed a job application, took part in an interview and then composed a follow-up letter. Rhiannon Hood competed in the freshman division, Taylor Rhomine competed in the sophomore division and Megan Ooten competed in the senior division.
District Ag Sales
Megan and David Dresbach, Cole Clark and Jake Topping competed at the District Ag Sales Competition held at Lancaster High School. After selecting an Ag service to sell, members individually presented their sales pitch to a judge and then participated in a customer relations practicum.
State Greenhand Quiz
Bree Salsbury, Drew Dickerson, Megan Karshner, Shae Jordan, Katherine Edgington, Rhiannon Hood, Hannah Frost, Logan Keeton and Evan Kackley particpated in the State Greenhand Quiz, placing 80th. Members were tested on their knowledge of the FFA
Sub-District Parliamentary Procedure
"It has been properly moved by Jake and seconded by Kristin that we amend this motion by striking out ... and adding in ... This is debatable and amendable and requires a majority vote. Is there any discussion?"This is just one example of the abilities that FFA members learn when studying Parliamentary Procedure. FFA members competed at the sub-district Parli Pro contest on Tuesday, November 29 held at Westfall. The Parliamentary Procedure Contest gives students a chance to learn the rules and procedures used to govern congressional and public meetings alike. These members have been practicing three times a week for the past month. Team members included Meleah Brumfield (president), Kristin Elliott (Vice President), Megan Karshner (Reporter), Megan Dresbach (Treasurer), Rhiannon Hood (Secretary), Jake Topping (Student Advisor), and Cole Clark (Sentinel).
State Forestry
7 FFA members attended the State Forsetry Competition on Saturday, October 1st. This is the first forestry team from Logan Elm. Pictured are team members Tyler Synder, Lee Binkley, Dylan Holzschuh, Neal Dameron, Shae Jordan, Drew Dickerson and Evan Kackley. The team placed 27th.
District Rural Soils
Megan Dresbach, Cole Clark and Kristin Elliot competed in the District Rural Soils Contest and placed 7th.
District Urban Soils
Megan Ooten, Jake Topping and David Dresbach competed in the District Urban Soils contest and placed 12th.