Friday, October 21, 2011

National FFA Convention


The 84th National Convention! The countdown for Southern Wells had finally ended at 6:30 on Wednesday night. Officers Jayde Sills, Sadie Herr, and Ryan Steiner; along with members, Levi Sherman, Zack Binegar, and Breanna Hinshaw, Kendra Mounsey, Aly Zoda, Devin Price and James Klopfenstein all climbed onto the white bus to head to Indianapolis. If you think that it is bad at Street Fair, this is at least three times worse. As the paper stated earlier in the week, “National Convention is the test for Super Bowl. If Indianapolis can handle the sea of blue jackets, it can handle the super bowl.
At convention we were able to watch two sessions which included three inspiring motivational speakers, shop, and of course EAT! Wednesday night, we were fortunate enough to go to an Italian restaurant in Indy named Buca di Beppo. After this we went to the hotel and played games until we were tired. Thursday morning, dark and rainy (instead of bright and shiny) we headed to Conseco Fieldhouse where we attended the first general session. After that our day was filled with visiting with agriculture colleges across the country, shopping, and getting free stuff. At the end of the day we attended the night session and headed home. Thank you to Mr. Stauffer, Mr. Yencer, and our teachers for allowing us to go to the 84th National Convention in Indianapolis.






By Kendra Mounsey

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