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Ruston High School October 21, 2010 Page 16
FBLA Officers Attend 5 th
Annual Marbury Lecture Series
submitted by Jared Spiller
FBLA Reporter
On September 28, 2010, Cedar Creek School hosted the fifth annual Marbury
Lecture Series. Once again, the officers of the Future Business Leaders of America
(FBLA) had the privilege of attending. This lecture series was founded in 2006 and
takes its name from William Ardis Marbury, Jr. and his wife Virginia. Both Marbury
and his wife graduated from Louisiana Tech and went on to start William A.
Marbury and Company, Inc.; an insurance agency. At its peak, this company was
the largest insurance agency in the state of Louisiana. Commercial Union bought
the company in the 1950‘s, and in that same decade, Marbury founded Bankers
Life of Louisiana, a credit life insurance writer. Both of these companies are still
thriving in Ruston. The purpose of this lecture series is to honor the Marburys‘
significant contributions to the Ruston community and to present an opportunity
for citizens to hear a lecture on the business ethics that the Marburys‘ applied to
their everyday lives.
The speaker for the 5 th annual Marbury Lecture was Mr. Bobby J. Conville, Jr.
Mr. Conville is the Vice President of Investments at Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC.
Mr. Conville reminded the audience that you should always be ethical whether the
situation is business or life. He also explained how to decide if something was ethical
or not, and informed listeners that your conscience was your best moral compass
and that you should always follow it. In line with his beliefs, he also warned
students that if they decided not to follow their moral compass, karma would eventually
catch up with them. Mr. Conville‘s speech was very interesting and informative.
Ruston High FBLA officers appreciate and send a special thanks to Cedar
Creek for the invitation.
FBLA Chapter 617 Aims for Orlando
submitted by Amber Brown
FBLA Vice-President
Last year, Chapter 617 of Ruston High‘s FBLA captured seven State Championships and
qualified twenty-seven members for Nationals, far passing any other chapter in the state.
This year, members are already preparing to repeat that success as they aim for Orlando,
location of the National Leadership Conference next summer. With the bar set higher every
year for RHS, members will have to start early and practice often to repeat as top dog, or
should I say, Top Cat!
For the first time, RHS will place members into all four of the top individual honors competition.
Brittany White will represent RHS for the Richard D. Clanton Memorial Scholarship;
Natasha Alva will compete for Who‘s Who in FBLA for Louisiana; Jared Spiller will
test and interview for Mr. FBL; and Amber Brown will test and interview for Ms. FBL.
Winning any of these events will be tough as RHS tries to break into areas respectively won
by more established FBLA chapters in the state with years of experience in these events.
However, each of these represents our best chances yet. In addition to competing for Mr.
FBL, Jared Spiller will also be running for District Vice-President, hoping to bring RHS a
state office for the first time in about six years.
This year, Chapter 617 has a record membership of 165. Most of these members are busy
trying to decide on the event that they think will lead them to district and state championship,
from individual to team events. Chapter officers are putting their teams together for
chapter projects and working hard on their Business Achievement Awards (BAA). With the
largest group of our members being freshman students, many chapters around the state are
probably assuming (and hoping) that this is a rebuilding year for us after last year‘s success.
Only time will tell, but the word on the street (well, Room 318), is that this year may be the
best year yet. Chapter 617 aims for Orlando this academic year, and after state, hopes to
have many members say the same thing that the Super Bowl Champion Saints said last year:
―We‘re going to Disney World‖.
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