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  Speaker 1: Newark FFA chapter earns eleven major awards at state convention.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Marcus Jackson, this article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Eleven members
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  Speaker 1: and the Newark FFA Chapter itself earned top honors at
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  Speaker 1: the ninety eighth annual Illinois State FFA Convention in June,
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  Speaker 1: capping a year of leadership, agricultural enterprise and community service.
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  Speaker 1: The Newark FFA Chapter attended the three day event June ninth, eleven,
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  Speaker 1: alongside more than five thousand other FFA members, advisors, and guests.
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  Speaker 1: The convention, themed Sparking Your Future, recognizes achievement across Illinois
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  Speaker 1: agriculture and elects the state's major Officer team. Three Newark students,
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  Speaker 1: Isabella Creps, Emma Salado and Trevor Westfall, earned the American
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  Speaker 1: FA Degree, the highest honor in the National FA organization.
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  Speaker 1: The degree recognizes members who have demonstrated excellence in supervised
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  Speaker 1: agricultural experience, leadership, community service, and academics. They will be
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  Speaker 1: officially conferred the degree at the National FFA Convention in
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  Speaker 1: Indianapolis in October. Eight Chapter members received Illinois State FFA
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  Speaker 1: degrees Logan bowls analyzed craps Medalandeers and Connor Fitzgerald, Grett Snyder,
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  Speaker 1: Toby Stephen, Gavin Story, and Avery Wickens. Less than two
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  Speaker 1: percent of FFA members statewide earned this recognition, which requires
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  Speaker 1: productive financial investments in agricultural experience and demonstrated leadership and
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  Speaker 1: academic excellence. Toby Stephan, a Senior, earned two additional honors,
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  Speaker 1: recognition as one of ten Outstanding Chapter Presidents in Illinois
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  Speaker 1: and selection as the District two State Star Farmer finalists.
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  Speaker 1: His supervised agricultural experience spans seven crops, chrysanthemums, pumpkins, gourds, broomcorn,
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  Speaker 1: cut flowers, gladiolis, and vegetables which he plants, harvests and
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  Speaker 1: markets at local farmers markets and craft shows. He also
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  Speaker 1: manages employees and is developing his own gladiolis varieties for
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  Speaker 1: commercial sale. Ty Steffan was selected as one of twelve
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  Speaker 1: recipients of the Sam Taylor Scholarship, a statewide memorial award
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  Speaker 1: for FFA members pursuing agriculture. TIE is enrolled at Illinois
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  Speaker 1: State University. The chapter also earned recognition for fighting food
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  Speaker 1: insecurity through the Harvest for All, which ward honors, dollars raised,
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  Speaker 1: food donated, and volunteer hours. The chapter raised at least
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  Speaker 1: nine thousand dollars for the Illinois Foundation FFA, earning the
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  Speaker 1: Foundation nine thousand dollars Club Award. Joe Stephen, the chapter's
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  Speaker 1: advisor for thirty three years, was recognized as a retiring
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  Speaker 1: agricultural educator. He was also named a district two finalists
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  Speaker 1: for the Golden Owl Award, which honors outstanding agricultural educators.
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  Speaker 1: Five district finalists will compete for the statewide twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: six Illinois ag Educator of the Year title. The award
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  Speaker 1: drew four hundred and eighty six nominations from one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and thirty three Illinois teachers