Homecoming Royalty

Picture by Trevor Gill

Following the Homecoming Parade on Friday, September 15th, Logan Slater and Paige Livingston were crowned King and Queen.

Other candidates for king included Cayman DeBoer, Dawson DeBoer, Zach Holes, Jacob Johnson and Logan Slater.  Candidates for Queen included Macy Ohlde, Regan Schmidt, Jolie Scott and Sharava Kroeker.

If I Had a Hammer

Students in Mr. Scott’s Construction class had a lesson on using hammers correctly.  The students competed against each other to drive 5 nails into a 4 x 4 in the shortest time possible.  Students had to drive them accurately and without bending over the nails to win.  Safety was stressed as well as nails hit incorrectly can glance off and hit you.  The students are also making a set of sawhorses and plan on building a garage onto a house this fall.  If time permits, they may even be working on making some sheds as well.

Tom Blobaum Directs America’ Farmers Grow Communities Donation to Fairbury FFA Chapter

Fairbury Journal News Fairbury, Nebraska (Aug 24, 2017)– Jefferson County farmer Tom Blobaum has won the opportunity to direct a $2,500 dollar donation from the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, to the Fairbury FFA Chapter.
The Fairbury FFA Chapter will use the funds to help students pay for the state and national FFA conferences. They will also be using the funds to help students in their development of community service projects and their Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs.
“Everyday I am amazed at the support that our chapter receives from local farmers like Mr. Blobaum. Our FFA members are so appreciative of his kindness and generosity and will be putting these funds to good use as we continue building the next generation of agricultural leaders in our community and state,” said Thomas Dux, Fairbury FFA Advisor. 

State FFA Convention 2017

The Fairbury FFA Chapter members attended the 2017 Nebraska FFA State Convention, April 6-8 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Events were held at the Pinnacle Bank Arena, hotels in Lincoln’s Haymarket, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus.  It was the 89th year for the Nebraska State FFA Convention and a memorable one for the Fairbury FFA Chapter as the Agricultural Biotechnology Team were named State Champions.  FFA members, advisors and guests supported chapters and award recipients.  Attendees had the opportunity to listen to motivational speakers and retiring state officer addresses during convention sessions.  Students were engaged in leadership workshops, competed in Leadership Skills Events and attended the annual Career Fair.  Students also participated in the State Career Development Events on UNL’s East Campus.

Individual award winners for the Fairbury FFA Chapter include the Agricultural Biotechnology team that received a Purple Ribbon as a team and were Named State Champions.  The team consisted of Ashley Griffee who received a purple ribbon and was named the Individual State Champion, Taylor Runge who placed 5th and received a Purple Ribbon, Jordan Ruhnke who placed 6th received a Purple Ribbon, and Jared Engelman who received a Blue Ribbon.   

Agriscience team that received a Blue Ribbon as a team and consisted of Sara Huss who received a Blue Ribbon, Taylor Runge who received,  a Red Ribbon, Devin Wanamaker, and Bret Cole.  

The Agronomy team  received a Purple Ribbon as a team and consisted of Ashley Griffee who received a Purple Ribbon, Michaela Buchli who received a Blue Ribbon, Kaylee Sipek who received a Red Ribbon, and Delaney Miller.   

The Farm Management Team Received a Blue Ribbon as a team and consisted of Patrick Ondrak who received a Blue Ribbon, Bailey Taylor who received a Blue Ribbon, Madison Black, and Brent Hirsch.  

The Senior Livestock Evaluation Team consisted of Sara McCown who received a Blue Ribbon, Blake Bauer, Jordan Ruhnke, and Althea Esteller.  

The Meat Judging team consisted of Garret Ragland who received a Blue Ribbon, Zach Holes, Althea Esteller, and Jon Engelman.

The Natural Resources Team received a Red Ribbon and consisted of Jake Maschmann who received a blue ribbon, Brock Barton, and Trevin Arnold.  

The Welding team consisted of Brock Barton who competed in the Gas Metal Arc Welding event and received a white ribbon and Brandon Hinrichs who competed in the OxyAcetylene welding event.  

Michaela Buchli competed in the Junior Public Speaking Leadership Skills Event and received a Gold rating.  Come forward and receive your medal.

Carson Bohlmeyer, Patrick Ondrak, Blake Bauer, and Althea Esteller also received their State FFA Degrees.  This is the highest honor an FFA Member can receive at the state level.  

Fairbury Public Schools Superintendent Mr. Stephen Grizzle also received the Cornerstone Award.  This is awarded to school leaders who have a vision and support Career Education Programs within their school.    

The Fairbury FFA Chapter had a great time at state convention and will be looking to keep building in their experiences and contest results for next year.  Congratulations to all of the Fairbury FFA members who received ribbons at the state convention.  

The Class of 2021 Takes Their First College Visit to Southeast Community College in Beatrice

For the second year in a row, Fairbury Public Schools was awarded the 8th Grade Visit Grant through EducationQuest Foundation.  A $500 grant is awarded to participating schools to assist in funding a college visit to the school of their choice.  Fairbury Public Schools chose Southeast Community College for the second year partly due to proximity but also to get some exposure to a smaller college campus for their first visit.  The trip to SCC included information on financial aid, KnowHowToGo to College information, a campus tour of all the departments, as well as tour of the Ag Facility.  They were able to see how drones were used by the ag department as well as some real livestock.  It was a great experience for these students.

READING CLASSICS STATE CHAMPIONS!

Congratulations to Fairbury’s Division II Reading Classics Team!  The team of Aldo Ramos, Eliza Kroeker, Casidy Sipek, Cora Tatro, and Ellie Tucker competed Saturday March 25 at the State Competition here in Fairbury. They competed against nine other teams in the semi-final round, which was consisted of three 10 question rounds. They were four points ahead of their nearest competitors to win the semi finals and move on to the buzzer round. The buzzer round if a 15 question round with the team with the most points at the end of the 15 questions declared the winner. It was a close score of 5 to 4 with Fairbury maintaining a steady lead over the Beatrice team. These students have worked hard as a team to read all 75 books on their list. Congratulations team. WE ARE PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT!

Students Attend 24th Annual Freshmore Clinic

On February 28th, 11 Fairbury High School students attended the 24th Annual Freshmore Clinic at Johnson County Central Schools in Tecumseh, NE. They spent the day working with two wonderful clinicians, Kevin Boesiger and June Bowers, as well as 160 peers from around the state of Nebraska. They presented a concert that evening that was tribute to all the work they put in. Another way our students spread Jeff Pride through music!”
Click for youtube link of  theconcert: https://youtu.be/2ZDZW6Lu6rg
The students were Darby Paulsen, Marissa Rogers, Paige Smith, Sydney Dean, Jade Jones, Lauren Patton, Casey Nimmich, Devin Trimm, Taylor Runge, Jayson Klaumann, Dakota Gladson.

Jr. Sr. High School Band ~ Displaying Music Excellence

Three Fairbury High School Band Students have been selected to participate in the 2017 Class B All State Band on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 at Grand Island Northwest High School. Students representing Fairbury are Ashley Griffee, flute; Jerod Hughes, trombone; Jayson Klaumann, percussion. Jerod Hughes is a four-year member of the Class B All State Band.

23 Fairbury Junior High Band Students attended the York Middle School Honor Band Day on Saturday, February 25, 2017. Mr. Curtis Forsch, band director at York Public Schools, hosted the event, with Jim Kucera of Waverly Middle School and Becky Wilhelm of Norris Middle School conducting the eighth and seventh grade bands. There were over 300 students from 24 schools participating. Representing Fairbury were seventh graders: Steven Aden, Ashton Blobaum, Zane Grizzle, Aly Kuzelka, Makenzie Mills, Gavin Schramm, and Riley Vculek, and eighth graders Brooklen Bear, Mallonee Biehl, Konnor Hasselbring, Ethan Hintz, Shelby Klaumann, Briaunna Knothe, Leah Mach, Hailie Nicholson, Brynn Novotny, Jadyn Rasmussen, Josh Robertson, Keely Schramm, Jasmine Snyder, Jordan Tracy, Ty Tucker, and Brylee Yantz.

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