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Bureau Valley FFA named national finalist for Flags on 40 project · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Bureau Valley FFA named national finalists for Flags on Forty Project. Written
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  by Michael Urbanek. This article is being read by an automated voice,
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  brought to you by Everlet. Bureau Valley FFA of Manlius was named
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  one of ten national finalists for the 2026 Premier Chapter Award in
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  Building Communities, recognized for Flags on 40 the chapter program that displays
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  American flags along Illinois Highway 40.CR.102726.
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  The chapter received the recognition at the 99th National FFA Convention and
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  Expo held October 21, 24 in Indianapolis, according to a chapter news
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  release. Highway 40 connects communities throughout the Bureau Valley District. Flags
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  On 40 began as a chapter effort to line that road with
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  flags and has grown over several years through the work of FFA
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  members, Communities supporters, and committee members, the release said. Bureau Valley members
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  presented the project at the convention. The National FFA organization selects ten
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  finalists in each of five National Chapter Award areas. National High School
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  Model of Excellence, National Middle School Model of Excellence, and The Premier
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  Chapter Awards in Growing Leaders, Building Communities, and Strengthening Agriculture. The program
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  recognizes chapters that use the organization's chapter standards and a program of
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  activities built around those three premier chapter areas. Three Bureau Valley members
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  also receive the American FFA degree at the convention. Aiden Andrade, Toby
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  Berens, and Ella Thacker. The degree is the highest the National FFA
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  organization awards. According to the release, it goes to the top 0.5
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  of members and recognizes their supervised agricultural experience projects, leadership, and community
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  involvement. The National FFA organization reports more than 1 million student members
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  in nearly 9,600 chapters across all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the
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  U.S. Virgin Islands.