Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
The Kimball FFA chapter’s Senior Parliamentary Procedure team that won top honors at the District 12 Leadership Contests last week was comprised of these students. Front row (L to R): Kayla Lukkassen, Emily Poss and Dalton Luppen. Back row (L to R): Colton Snyder, Tessa Shaw and Brian Everson. They will advance to State Convention in April. This was the 11th consecutive year that Kimball has won the district championship in the event.
These Kimball High School FFA members made up the Junior Parliamentary Procedure team that earned a purple ribbon at the District 12 Leadership Contests at Chadron State College last week. Front row (L to R): Monica Wasielewski, Ben Tussing and Kaylee Schoenemann. Back row (L to R): Madie Snyder, Trent Rutledge, Dakota Randles and Kailey Dickerson. All are freshmen. They have earned the right to participate in the event at the State Convention.
Michael Ferguson won the top purple ribbon in Junior Public Speaking at the District 12 FFA Leadership Contest.
The beat goes on.
The Kimball High School Future Farmers of American chapter won top honors in Senior Parliamentary Procedure for the 11th year in a row at the District 12 Leadership Contests on Wednesday.
The competition was hosted by Chadron State College.
Members of the winning team were Brian Evertson, Kayla Lukkassean, Dalton Luppen, Emily Poss, Tessa Shaw and Colton Schneider.
Alan Held is the chapter’s advisor.
The Kimball Junior Parliamentary Procedure team also earned a purple ribbon, although the committee awarded top honors in that category went to Scottsbluff, which generally is the primary challenger in parliamentary procedure.
Kimball’s junior team was comprised of Kailey Dickerson, Dakota Randles, Trent Rutledge, Kaylee Schoeneman, Madie Snyder, Ben Tussing and Monica Wasielewski.
The purple ribbon winners in all ten district contests are eligible to advance to the competition at the State Convention, which will be in Lincoln in April.
Besides the parliamentary procedure teams, another state qualifier from Kimball was Michael Ferguson, who won the top purple ribbon in Junior Public Speaking.
Ferguson is eligible to advance to the competition at the state convention in April.
Numerous Kimball FFA members earned blue ribbons at the district contests.
They included a second Senior Parliamentary Procedure team along with Madie Snyder and Dakota Randles, Creed Speaking; Jessica Fossand, Extemporaneous Speaking; and Tessa Shaw and Brian Evertson, Job Interview.
The State FFA president, Alix Mashino of Spencer, and one of the state vice presidents, Andrew Ambriz of West Point, helped with the contests and awarded the prizes.
The purple and blue ribbon winners in each contest:
Creed Speaking:
Purples—1, Grace Ford, Cody-Kilgore; 2, Cole Retchless, Bridgeport.
Blues—J.T. Adamson, Cody-Kilgore; Robin Ferguson, Gordon-Rushville; Colin Fellhoelter, Bridgeport; Madie Snyder, Kimball; Dakota Randles, Kimball; and Erika Derr, Morrill.
Cooperative Speaking:
Purples—1, Cody Trump, Cody-Kilgore; 2, Tylii Muncie, Scottsbluff.
Blues—Jalen Grant, Cody-Kilgore, and Katherine MacIntosh, Garden County.
Natural Resources Speaking:
Purples—1, Tyler O’Neill, Cody-Kilgore; 2, Amanda Lower, Alliance.
Blues—Kate Orr, Gordon-Rushville, and Leah Seymour, Garden County.
Junior Public Speaking:
Purples—1, Michael Ferguson, Kimball; 2, Gillian Cheney, Cody-Kilgore.
Blues—Melissa Jech, Gordon; Rebekah Wade, Cody-Kilgore; Matt Davis, Hemingford; and Katie Ramos, Bridgeport.
Senior Public Speaking:
Purples—1, JaLee Pilkington, Bayard; 2, Kristen Fellhoelter, Bridgeport.
Blues—Shelby Anderson, Gordon-Rushville; Conner Zimmer, Bridgeport; Taryn Thayer, Sioux County; Shannon Schneider, Cody-Kilgore; and Charmayne Strong, Gordon.
Extemporaneous Speaking:
Purples—1, Janelle Kesterson, Bridgeport; 2, Cole Kayton, Gordon-Rushville.
Blues—Ashtyn Shrewsbury, Alliance; Austin Wobig, Cody-Kilgore; Beth Turbiville, Sioux County; Jessica Fossand, Kimball; McCaleb Hasse, Morrill; and Tyler Koke, Minatare.
Job Interview:
Purples—1, Kayellyn Hall, Bayard; 2, Chance McAllister, Minatare.
Blues—Olyvia Barnes, Cody-Kilgore; Amanda Kaufman, Morrill; Tessa Gale, Cody-Kilgore; Alisha Heelan, Garden County; Courtney Beyers, Bridgeport; Krista Carter, Alliance; Emily Elwood, Gordon-Rushville; Brian Evertson, Kimball; and Tessa Shaw, Kimball.
Junior Parliamentary Procedure:
Purples—1, Scottsbluff (Jacelyn Bruner, Jaime Carlson, Mikayla Fulk, Bailey Imel, Sam McQuistan, Kaldon Meininger, Jarrett Ratliff and Levi Shope), 2, Kimball (Kailey Dickerson, Dakota Randles, Trent Rutledge, Kaylee Schoeneman, Madie Snyder, Ben Tussing and Monica Wasielewski).
Blues—Cody Kilgore, Creek Valley A and Creek Valley B.
Senior Parliamentary Procedure:
Purples—1, Kimball 1, (Brian Evertson, Kayla Lukassen, Dalton Luppen, Emily Poss, Tessa Shaw and Colton Snyder); 2, Scottsbluff (Alexis Aragon, Tevyn Baldwin, Tylii Muncie, Katey Myers, Chrissy Peters and Taylor Russell).
Blue—Kimball 2.
Ag Demonstration:
Purples—1, Gordon-Rushville (Emilee Elwood, Sara Marlatt and Charmayne Strong); 2, Alliance (Krista Carter, Chase Dye, Roy Kesterson and Ashtyn Shrewsbury).
Blues—Cody-Kilgore, Bridgeport 1 and Bridgeport 2, Morrill and Hemingford.
The state convention will take place in April.