On April 12, 2018 the Fairbury SkillsUSA students traveled to Grand Island Nebraska for the annual State Leadership Conference. Skills USA for those that don’t know is a national organization who’s goal is to provide people with Skills to keep America’s workforce strong. People who can fix things, figure out how things tick and to fill a never ending demand for trained service people. This year’s participants were: Dalton Buxton, Josh Robertson, Hailie Nicholson, Traislynn Nicholson, Keely Schramm, Taylor Gustafson, Taylea Mills, and Andrew Novotny. Students from all over the state competed in over 250 different contests some of which were going on at the same time. The following students competed in these events:
Annual Agribusiness Banquet Successful
This year’s Jefferson County Agribusiness Banquet held on Friday, March 16, at Fairbury Junior-Senior High School was successful. The Jefferson County Agribusiness Banquet is an annual event organized by the Jefferson County FFA Alumni to give an opportunity for agriculturalists and business people to meet for an evening including a meal, awards and entertainment. The FFA is very involved – setting up for the banquet, serving the drinks, and cleaning up afterwards.
“The Fairbury FFA is proud to be a part of this annual event,” said Thomas Dux, Fairbury FFA Advisor. “It’s great experience and exposure for our chapter, and an enjoyable evening.”
This year’s banquet served about 325 guests, and had 35 local businesses serve as table sponsors and additional businesses as speaker sponsors.
The event is not designed to be a fund-raiser, but rather is a community service of the FFA Alumni. The ticket price assists with expenses.
“We are pleased to see this long-time tradition in Jefferson County,” said Lana Likens, Fairbury FFA Alumni secretary. “We are very appreciative of all of the work of our local FFA chapter to make it possible, as well as of the area businesses who serve as table sponsors and speaker sponsors.
The evening included Fairbury Public Schools Superintendent Steven Grizzle providing information on the Farm 2 School program, which provides locally raised beef and pork for the Fairbury School lunch program. He also honored donors to the program so far, and accepted a donation from the Fairbury FFA Alumni.
The Fairbury FFA Alumni Scholarship of $500 was presented to Ashley Griffey, who will be attending Southeast Community College-Milford.
Entertainment was provided by Dave Thorell, member of the Nebraska Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Thorell retired from dedicated service to rural listeners in 2016 after 42 years of service on KRVN in Lexington. Thorell speaks of agriculture and rural Nebraska with authenticity and humor.
The meal was catered by Ricky’s of Hanover, Kan.
Students Break Out and Learn About Earth Day
Fairbury High School juniors in Mrs. Julie Petersen’s standards math class shouted expressions of success on Wednesday, April 25th, as they worked together to solve math questions and unlock their team box. Working with data involving Earth Day and recycling, students completed research, answered numerous questions and opened four locks. After opening the directional lock, Mrs. Karen Dux told Olivia, Jade and Paige that “Collaboration is one of the most important skills of the 21st century.” When you think out loud, the ideas start to flow and connect, directing you to success.
Fairbury Job Fair
Please see the flyer for all details! We encourage you to spread the word! Employers enjoy having students attend and are looking to hire them, especially for summer jobs!
TeamMates Attend Spring Game
15 TeamMates in Fairbury helped set the school’s the spring game attendance record on Saturday, April 21st. A total of 86,818 people gathered to watch the Red and White game, making Nebraska number one nationally in attendance for spring games this year. Before the game, they honored seniors in TeamMates at a special ceremony at Haymarket Park, where graduating seniors and their mentors walked across home plate together.
Top, Left to Right: Mark Schoenrock, Deb Ebke, Dannie Gasper, Natalie Julin-McCleary, Alex, and Lexi.
Bottom, Left to Right: Jordan, Aidan, Makena, Megan, Sophie, Shelby, and Jayleigh. Not Pictured: Chad Sprunk & Tiffany Ebke
Students Attend State FBLA Leadership Conference
Jacob Johnson, Macy Ohlde, Isaac Robertson- 6th Place American Enterprise
Macy Ohlde- 7th Place Health Care Administration
Jacob Johnson- Honorable Mention Sports Entertainment and Management
Josh Robertson- Honorable Mention Intro to Financial Math & Middle Level Bus. Math
Isaac Robertson- Honorable Mention Community Service Project
Mikasa Lierman- Honorable Mention Journalism
Kacy Starck- Honorable Mention Middle Level Career Exploration
Jayson Klaumann Honorable Mention Business Communications
Fairbury FFA Members Compete for the District Gold
The Fairbury FFA Chapter had 35 members compete at the 2018 District 5 Career Development Events (CDE) Contest on Tuesday, March 6th at Southeast Community College in Beatrice. These 35 members represented Fairbury FFA well by competing in a variety of contests but came up against some stiff competition in the district. Fairbury FFA did have some individual success as Sara Huss placed 1st in Ag Biotechnology, Ashlee Griffee placed 3rd in Agronomy and Jared Engelman received a 3rd place medal in Nursery and Landscape. Below is a complete list of all the team and individual results for the Fairbury FFA Chapter members that competed in the District 5 CDE contests.
The welding contest consists of a team of three members where one member has to Oxygen-Acetylene (O/A) weld, one member has to Shielded Metal Arc Weld (SMAW), and one member has to Gas Metal Arc Weld (GMAW). Fairbury had two welding teams compete in the district contest with team one consisting of Brock Barton who received a purple ribbon in the O/A division, Jacob Maschmann who received a red ribbon in the GMAW division, and Jesse Graves who received a purple ribbon in the SMAW division. The second team consisted of Trevin Arnold who received a red ribbon in the O/A division, Dalton Peterson who received a red ribbon in the SMAW division and John Kerwood received a purple ribbon in the GMAW division. The Fairbury welding team placed 4th overall in the district 5 welding competition. John Kerwood, Jesse Graves and Brock Barton will represent Fairbury FFA at the 2018 Nebraska State FFA Convention.
The Agronomy team placed 2nd overall and consisted of Ashlee Griffee who recieved a Purple ribbon, Micheala Buchli who received a purple ribbon, Delaney Miller who received a red ribbon, and Tori Likens who received a blue ribbon. They will represent Fairbury at the state FFA convention.
The Agriscience team two consisted of Harlie Blas and Cashe Kroll who received a blue ribbon and Sarah Engelman who received a red ribbon. The Agriscience one team consisted of Riley Wood, Taylor Gustafson, Konnor Hasselbring, and Brooklen Bear who all received a red ribbon.
The Ag Sales team placed 4th and qualified for the state FFA convention. The team consisted of John Kerwood and Devin Wanamaker who received blue ribbons and Kennedy DeBoer and Dalton Peterson who received red ribbons.
Fairbury FFA was represented by one Meats team that consisted of Taylor Runge receiving a Blue Ribbon and Kane Hasselbring, Jared Engelman, and Colton Starck receiving a red ribbon.
The Floriculture team placed 3rd overall and qualified for the state FFA convention. Team members include Jordan Ruhnke and Shavara Kroeker who received a purple ribbons and Brooklen Bear and Paige Livingston who received a blue ribbon.
The Livestock Management team one finished with a red ribbon. Team one consisted of Delaney Miller, Tori Likens, Trevin Arnold, Sarah McCown, Kane Hasselbring . Team two also received a red ribbon and consisted of Taylor Runge, Josie Junker, Colton Starck, Zach Holes, and Logan Slater.
Fairbury was represented by a Vet Science team that placed 5th overall with the team consisting of Paige Livingston who received a purple ribbon, Miranda Heidemann and Sarah McCown receiving a blue ribbon and Jordan Ruhnke receiving a red ribbon.
Fairbury FFA had one Natural Resource team. This team consisted of Trevin Arnold who placed who received a purple ribbon, Jesse Graves and Jacob Maschmann who received a blue ribbon, and Brock Barton who received a red ribbon.
Fairbury FFA was represented by one Nursery and Landscape team who placed 3rd overall. The team consisted of Jared Engelman who received a purple ribbon and Riley Wood, Harlie Blas and Autumn Branson who received a blue ribbon.
The Fairbury FFA was represented by one Ag Biotech team that placed 3rd overall. The team consisted of Sara Huss placing 1st and receiving a purple ribbon, Autumn Branson and Devin Wanamaker receiving blue ribbons, and Bret Cole receiving a red ribbon.
It was a great day for the Fairbury FFA Chapter and all members had a great experience in developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success.
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Freshmen Attend Hastings College
The Freshmen Class was able to visit Hastings College yesterday as part of the EducationQuest College Access Grant that Fairbury High School was awarded a year ago. Students were able to tour the campus facilities, dorms, classrooms, and even eat lunch in the cafeteria. The visit allows students to see what different types of college campuses have to offer.