May 05, 2008 12:38 pm
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From staff reports
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CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Brad McWilliams, of the Carl Junction FFA Chapter, was named State Star Farmer at the 80th annual FFA Convention held April 17-18 at Columbia. He is the son of Elmer and Brenda McWilliams. His FFA advisers are Kelli Nolting and Travis Wait.
McWilliams is a senior at Carl Junction High School. His Supervised Agriculture Enterprise (SAE) started with four show pigs and has expanded to 10 sows bred to produce show pigs, 12 registered Gelbvieh cows and 16 commercial cows.
Other area FFA members who earned honors were:
Brandon Hays, McDonald County, Area 11 Star Farmer.
Dalton Coberley, Neosho, State Star in Placement. He works at Christy Dairy, Neosho, where he has taken on more responsibilities in recent years.
Daniel Kahre, Miller, Area 9 Star in Placement.
Dustin Miller, Aurora, second in Agricultural Mechanics Energy Systems Proficiency Award.
Trent Manning, McDonald County, Area 11 Star in Agribusiness.
David Berry, Everton, Area 9 Star in Agribusiness.
Stephanie Morgan, Lamar, second in Prepared Public Speaking-Advanced.
Samantha Whittaker, Miller, state winner in Prepared Public Speaking-Division 1.
Rebecca Neill, Purdy, third in Prepared Public Speaking-Division 1.
Schools
The Miller FFA placed eighth in the state in the Top Chapter Awards competition. Aurora placed 11th, McDonald County 17th and East Newton placed 23rd.
Agricultural Mechanics: Miller, state winner.
Agronomy: Neosho, third.
Dairy Foods: Northeast Vernon County, second.
Entomology: Aurora, second.
Farm Management: Aurora, second.
FFA Knowledge: Mount Vernon, fourth.
Forestry: Mount Vernon, state winner.
Horse Evaluation: Aurora, second.
Livestock: Aurora, second.
Nursery/Landscape: Mount Vernon, third.
Parliamentary Procedure: Mount Vernon, fourth.
Proficiency Award Winners
Agricultural Communications: Daniel Kyle Giddings, Everton, state winner.
Agricultural Mechanics Energy Systems: Dustin Miller, Aurora, second place.
Agricultural Processing: Ashley Tanelle West, Golden City, state winner.
Agricultural Sales/Entrepreneurship: Trent Manning, McDonald County, second.
Agricultural Sales/Placement: Chasity Vangunda, McDonald County, state winner.
Agricultural Services: Brice Holloway, McDonald County, state winner.
Beef Production: Jacob Danliegh Duncan, Northeast Vernon County, state winner; Brandon Keeling, Neosho, second.
Dairy Production/Entrepreneurship: Brandon Hays, McDonald County, state winner.
Dairy Production/Placement: Dalton Coberley, Neosho, second.
Diversified Agricultural Production: Landon Eggerman, Lockwood, second.
Diversified Crop Production: Nick Rapp, Northeast Vernon County, second.
Emerging Agricultural Technology: G. Seagan Chapman, Sarcoxie, second.
Food Science and Technology: Kathy Kleeman, Miller, second.
Fruit Production: Justin L. Turley, Mount Vernon, state winner.
Grain Production/Placement: Corey Braker, Liberal, second.
Outdoor Recreation: Blake Ash, Aurora, second.
FFA degrees
Area FFA members receiving FFA state degrees:
Aurora: Blake Ash, John Boatwright, Brad Cook, Tiffany Evans, Seth Hall, Kevin Kennedy, Cassidy Maples, Jacob McCully and Lauryn Williams.
Bronaugh: Jason Agee and Morgan Hinkle.
Carl Junction: Desi Hickman and Brad McWilliams.
Carthage: Trista D. Ingle, Amanda Sheets, Alicia Stark and Samantha White.
Cassville: Tracy N. Anders, Brittney Gatley, Whitney Elyse Harrison and Katherine Periman.
Dadeville: Randall Grishman and Ben Vanhooser.
Diamond: Cody Harris, Kelsey Henson, Curtis I. Russell, Tanner Seward, Sarah Sweet and Courtney Sweet.
East Newton: Seth Alford, Jason Lee Clark, Keely Ranee Crook, Kellie Haase, Devon Kelley, Matt McCully, Thomas H. Patterson, Jeffrey Austin Speak and Emily Marie Wilson.
Everton: Levi Dunn and Danny Giddings.
Exeter: Chase Higgs and Jennifer Malicoat.
Golden City: Brett William Todd and Ashley Tanelle West.
Jasper: Emily Bauer, Ashley Greenlee, Kristen Greene and Rachael Pierce.
Joplin: Brianne Leitch.
Lamar: Aaron Michael Barnes, Justin Michael Ehrsam, Austin Roy Johnson, Melanie Brooke Morey, Joel Saling, Jessica M. Wagner and Rachel E. Wood.
Liberal: Corey Braker, Austin Gilmartin and Rebekah Lanz.
Lockwood: Landon Eggerman, Micah McGuire and Micah Parker.
McDonald County: Ethan Griffin, Megan Hamilton, Karrie Hanger, Brandon Hays and Trent Manning.
Miller: David Berry, Lacy Blevins, Daniel Kahre, Ben Logan and Lynetta Wood.
Mount Vernon: Whitley E. Bailey, Tyler Cheek, Lauren E. Eagles, Kaley A. Harmon, Brett Jones, Ivan Mareth, Jarrett Middleton, Michael C. Moore, Breanna Walrath and Takisha Wethington.
Neosho: Courtney Barbee, Dalton Coberley, Brandon Keeling, Jacob Pim, Hannah Sloan, Logan Snow and Scott Wilson.
Nevada: Ethan Baldwin, Kim Haner and Trevor Hinkle.
Northeast Vernon County: Ashley Nichole Harms and Darcy Delray Scotten.
Pierce City: Rebecka Blackburn, Adam Boursheski, Katie Mae Kelley, Brittany D. Lindner, Kylee Peetz and Kelly F. Rust.
Purdy: Ali Nicole Henderson, Stephanie Heston and BreAnn Proctor.
Sarcoxie: Cory Baker.
Seneca: Tabitha Butler, Seth Higginbotham and Heather J. Spears.
Verona: Miguel A. Martinez, Zach Smith and Teresa Welters.
Wheaton: Dalton Brown, T.J. McCracken, Jon Pendergraft, Linda Xiong and See Yang.
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