October 2010 Chatterbox - Ruston High School - Lincoln Parish ...
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<strong>Ruston</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>October</strong> 21, <strong>2010</strong> Page 15<br />
FFA Forestry Qualifies<br />
for State Competition<br />
submitted by Robert Gilbert<br />
FFA Reporter<br />
The <strong>Ruston</strong> FFA chapter has been training hard for the<br />
annual Forestry competitions. With the first competition approaching,<br />
the team put in many hours of hard work. For a practice<br />
event the team entered Zwolle's invitational competition.<br />
With over 70 teams present, <strong>Ruston</strong> wanted to make a good showing. Though it was just<br />
a practice competition, <strong>Ruston</strong> did well by taking ninth place. Now the team had to look<br />
toward District.<br />
Working hard to get better in their performance, <strong>Ruston</strong> went off campus for<br />
some practice. Also the team brought in the help of a friend, Toby Hammons, an actual<br />
forester, to help teach and give advice. When District competition finally arrived <strong>Ruston</strong><br />
went down to Caney Lake in Jackson <strong>Parish</strong> to compete with 11 other local schools in<br />
our District. After the three hour competition <strong>Ruston</strong> came away with District Runnerup.<br />
Also two students were awarded high individual awards for the day: Layton Richard<br />
in Map Reading and Savannah Best in Sawlogs.<br />
After District the team looked to the first qualifying competition at Area. This<br />
competition was held at Louisiana Tech University where two of <strong>Ruston</strong>'s teams participated.<br />
The Blue team consisted of Savannah Best, Will Edmiston, Zach Hannibal, and<br />
Layton Richard. The Gold team was Chris Calhoun, Travis Morrow, Daniel Kimrey,<br />
and Dusty Thomas. Again <strong>Ruston</strong> did well winning third and fifth places. This ranking<br />
qualified the teams for State competition on November 3, <strong>2010</strong>. Also Layton Richard<br />
was named <strong>High</strong> Individual in Pulpwood. Good luck to both teams at State!<br />
4-H Club Reminders<br />
submitted by Mrs. Thomason<br />
Club Advisor<br />
November Club Meeting: Don’t forget our next 4-H Meeting<br />
is on Thursday, November 4 th during Advisory.<br />
Enrollment Forms: 4-H Members, if you have not turned in an enrollment<br />
form to Mrs. Thomason or Mrs. Tinsley, please do so. These forms let us know your<br />
chosen project area and how to contact you. This form also must be signed by a parent.<br />
We need to have these forms ready to submit at our meeting next week so that<br />
you can get your project book as soon as possible. If you have misplaced your form<br />
or need a new one, please come see Mrs. Thomason (Rm 307) or Mrs. Tinsley (Rm<br />
332) to get a new one.<br />
Bulletin Board: Near Mrs. Tinsley‘s room on the 3 rd floor is the 4-H Club<br />
Bulletin Board. For 4-H news and upcoming events, please take a look here. Also,<br />
at the beginning of each month, a new Clover Chat is placed on the bulletin board so<br />
you can plan for the month‘s events.<br />
Jr. Leader Meeting: Would you like to get more involved with the 4-H<br />
Club? The 4-H Jr. Leaders, known as Sigma Lambda Chi, meet once a month at<br />
various locations around town with high school students from other clubs in our parish<br />
and the 4-H agents. These students help plan and participate in parish 4-H events<br />
in our area. The next Jr. Leader Meeting is November 8 th .<br />
4-H Year at a Glance Calendar<br />
OCTOBER <strong>2010</strong><br />
21- Nov.7- State Fair of Louisiana<br />
23 – State Fair Talent Show/Quiz Bowls<br />
27- State Fair Livestock Sale<br />
30 – Club Officer Training<br />
TBA – Volunteer Leader Training<br />
NOVEMBER <strong>2010</strong><br />
3-5- AgMagic<br />
8 – State Fair Items Pick-Up<br />
Junior Leader Meeting<br />
13 – LSU Football Game<br />
25-26 Thanksgiving Holidays<br />
(See our bulletin board for the rest of the 4-H calendar)<br />
See You at the Pole<br />
by Whitney Durrett<br />
Photographer<br />
<strong>2010</strong> District II Runner-up Forestry Team<br />
Standing (from left to right): Savannah Best, Antonio Wilson (State Vice President),<br />
Adam Bryant, Layton Richard, Haley Grey, Will Edmiston, Zach Hannibal, and<br />
Travis Morrow.<br />
Kneeling: Daniel Kimrey, Dusty Thomas, Robert Gilbert, Chris Calhoun, Jacques<br />
Mathews.<br />
Advisors/Coaches: Mr. Mark Milstead (left), Mr. James Sandifer (right)<br />
―See You at the Pole‖ is a nationwide gathering in which students from schools<br />
across the nation gather at their school‘s flagpole and pray for their school. Many<br />
students at <strong>Ruston</strong> <strong>High</strong> attended ―See You at the Pole‖ in the front of the school on<br />
Wednesday, September 22 at 7 A.M. to pray for the school and the students in it.<br />
―See You at the Pole‖ was lead by FCA and the student leaders of this club.<br />
Over thirty students gathered around the flag pole sang Christian songs, prayed as a<br />
group, and then broke up into small groups to pray about unsaved students and other<br />
things within the school.
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