Smithville FFA competes in parliamentary procedure, state food science contests
On Nov. 24, 10 members of the Smithville FFA traveled to Triway High School to compete in the FFA Subdistrict Parliamentary Procedures Contest. The team placed third overall and only missed second place by 60 points.As the team practiced for many weeks they took on the roles of: president, Marie Arnold; vice president, Wayne Stoller; secretary, Abby Kauffman; treasurer, Katelyn Thut; reporter, Samantha Steiner; sentinel, Jill Hollenbaugh; junior advisor, Sean Davis; and the other members were Carrie Howland, Richard Reynolds, and Donnie Mercer. As they started with opening ceremonies, old business, new business, committee and officer reports, moved motions, seconded them, and preformed the other abilities that were on their card that they had to perform, the team ran a fantastic meeting for the judges.
The contest was a success and the team received a Gold rating for their performance.
On Dec. 5, the team of Samantha Steiner, Marie Arnold, Jill Hollenbaugh, and Abby Kauffman, all Smithville FFA members, traveled to Ohio State University Parker Food Science Building to compete in the Ohio FFA Food Science and Technologies Contest. The team placed 16th overall in the state contest.
The contest consisted of an aroma test where they where given a list of 30 aromas and 12 tubes and had to determine which tube was which scent. Another part of the contest involved the contestants being given 10 pictures of factories and having to determine what was wrong with them. They were given five taste triangles and they had to determine which one was different. Also they had to take a test and write a letter back to a complaining costumer. The last part of the contest was a team project where they had to make calculations of calories answer questions and create a product label in an hour.