FFA students from around the county and area kicked off their competition season this week.

Pleasantville FFA hosted 13 other chapters–including Pella, Knoxville, Twin Cedars, and Melcher-Dallas at the subdistrict contest at Vermeer Corporation. FFA members participated and competed in Career Development Events.

Knoxville and Pleasantville each earned gold in Chapter FFA Exam, Chapter Program, Parliamentary Procedure, and Conduct of Meetings. Knoxville also had individuals earn top prize in Public Speaking and Ag Sales; Pleasantville had a first-place medalist in Ag Broadcasting. Pella had the top welding team and individual, as well as a gold in Extemporaneous and Creed Speaking.

Full results:
East Subdistrict FFA Career Development Event results
Monday, February 20th, 2017
Location Vermeer Global Pavilion
Host School: Pleasantville FFA Chapter

Greenhand FFA Exam:
Gold Teams: Albia
Silver teams: Centerville, Wayne of Corydon, Moulton-Udell, Pella
Bronze team: Pleasantville

Chapter FFA Exam:
Gold: Albia, Corydon, Knoxville, Pleasantville
Silver: South-East Warren, Moulton-Udell
Bronze: Centerville, Moravia, Pella

Welding
Top 3 Individuals:
Nathan Bolt of Pella, Joe Morris of Centerville, Clay Collins of Pleasantville

Top Welding Teams
Pella – 258
Centerville- 247
Pleasantville-246
Southeast Warren- 244
Chariton- 234
Twin Cedars- 228
Wayne- 216
Lynville Sully- 214
Moravia- 207
Moulton-Udell- 199
Seymour- 197
Albia- 180

Job Interview:
Alicin Leager of Moulton-Udell
Riley Brown of Wayne
Josie Houser of Pleasantville
Jenae Kaster of Knoxville
Natalie Baird of Chariton
Ben Thomas of Pella
Danielle Furlin of Seymour
Joe Beary of Albia
Kaylee Van Maanen Lynnville- Sully
Payton Kelderman of Twin Cedars
Taylor Brauman of Centerville
Lane Arter of Moravia
Connor Bregar of Southeast-Warren

Chapter Program:
Gold teams
Wayne
Twin Cedars
Knoxville
Pleasantville
Silver teams
Chariton
Moutlon-Udell
Seymour

Bronze teams
Southeast Warren

Public Speaking:
Gold Mariah Vos Lynnville-Sully
Gold Macey Goretska- Wayne
Gold Mickayla McGill- Knoxville
Gold Franchesca DeVore- Seymour

Silver Micaleah Stewart- Albia
Silver Mason Ohnemus- Southeast Warren

Bronze Clay Garretson Centerville
Bronze Brooke Mead – Pleasantville

Creed Speaking:
Gold, Pella – Alexandrea DeArmond, Seymour – Kaitlyn Couchman, Knoxville – Claire Fay, Twin Cedars – Kate Coalbank
Silvers: Chariton – Ian Beener, SEW – Koby Clary,
Bronze:
Mallory Loftus- Lynnville-Sully
Bailey Johnson- Melcher Dallas
Moulton Udell Malorie Probasco
Luke Carpenter Wayne

Parliamentary Procedure:
Gold
Chariton
Knoxville
Pleasantville

Silver
LS
Seymour

Bronze
Moravia
Pella

Ag Sales
Gold
Pleasantville – Madyson Thill
Moulton-Udell – Luke Neher
Knoxville – Megan Moore-

Silver
McKinley Conover – Lynnville-Sully
Kaleb Miller – SE Warren
Cameron Arkema – Twin Cedars

Bronze
Layne Kadenberg – Albia
Zack De Bruin – Pella
Shelby Dooley – Seymour
Hunter Clark – Wayne

Ag Broadcasting
Golds:
Lynnville-Sully – Kaylee Maasdam
Wayne – Seth Sheriff
Twin Cedars – Kelli Spaur
Pleasantville – Noah Paeth

Silvers:
Albia – Tyler Dyson
Chariton – Ty White
Pella – Kent Beyer

Bronze:
Centerville- Colton Cowan
Moulton-Udell John Davis
Seymour Brody Lawson

Extemporaneous Speaking:

Gold Pella Chandler Jahner
Silver Moravia Jordan Howe
Silver Pleasantville Ryland Mc Cormick
Bronze Wayne Spencer Buban
Lynnville-Sully Haley Breeden

Conduct of Meetings:
Gold
Chariton
Seymour
Knoxville
Pleasantville
Albia

Silver
Moravia
Twin Cedars

Bronze
Wayne