Kiel FFA Alumni P.O. Box 254 Kiel, WI 53042 RETURN ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED UPCOMING DATES July 9-11 ~ WI Farm Technology Days-Barron County July 17-20 ~ 2013 Alumni Development Conference-Green Bay August 7 th ~Cheese sandwich making –Kiel Middle School kitchen-7p.m August 8-11 ~Kiel Picnic**be sure to visit the FFA Food Stand! ** November 8 th ~FFA Alumni Banquet-Millhome supper Club COMING SOON! Kiel FFA& FFA Alumni Web Site! ALUMNI MEETINGS 7:00 p.m. Everyone is Welcome! 1 st Monday of every Month @ Kiel High School MISSION STATEMENT To promote agricultural education, FFA & supervised agricultural experiences by creating an environment where individuals & communities can improve their potential for premier leadership, personal growth & career success.
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Kiel FFA Alumni
P.O. Box 254
Kiel, WI 53042
RETURN ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
UPCOMING DATES July 9-11 ~ WI Farm Technology Days-Barron County July 17-20 ~ 2013 Alumni Development Conference-Green Bay August 7th ~Cheese sandwich making –Kiel Middle School kitchen-7p.m August 8-11 ~Kiel Picnic**be sure to visit the FFA Food Stand! ** November 8th ~FFA Alumni Banquet-Millhome supper Club
COMING SOON! Kiel FFA& FFA Alumni Web Site!
ALUMNI MEETINGS 7:00 p.m. Everyone is Welcome! 1st Monday of every Month @ Kiel High School
MISSION STATEMENT To promote agricultural education, FFA & supervised agricultural experiences by
creating an environment where individuals & communities can improve their
potential for premier leadership, personal growth & career success.
2012 Kiel FFA Alumni Board: Top (L-R) Mike O’Neil Sr., Mr. Randy Charles, Ross Westphalen, Dennis Graf, Mr. David Friend, (Middle) Lisa Barnes, Janelle Liermann, Diane Bonde, Bottom (L-R) Sherrie Pinkerton, Judy Miller, Cindy Klapperich
The Kiel FFA joined forces with The New Holstein FFA members and
sponsored their annual Senior Citizen Prom on Saturday April 27th in
the New Holstein High School gym. Once again a huge turnout of
seniors from far and wide came to the free event to listen to the Jerry
Schneider Band and to dance the night away. A tradition of the event is
to crown a queen and king, and this year’s surprised recipients of the
honor are Patty Burkart of Sheboygan and Jim Petrie of New Holstein.
A great time was had by all!
On Saturday March 23rd The Kiel FFA Alumni held a Brat Fry along with a Bake sale, at The Meeme Town Hall in School Hill. The weather was a typical cold March day and left us with a profit of $344.23. On May 11
th the alumni held a Brat Fry at the
Kiel Piggly Wiggly with a profit of $352.69.
THANKS
to everyone that helped with either of these fry’s.
Sherrie Pinkerton and Ross Westphalen packing up an order to go!
FOREVER BLUE JACKET AWARDS Sponsors: CP Feeds, Jaeger Trucking, Drexel Building Supply & Vogel’s Chevrolet
April Hansmann
Jacob Bulitz Billy O’Neil Sara Mueller
Over 180 community members, business sponsors and students attended a night of celebration for over 100 students and their accomplishments at Millhome Supper Club on May 17th. Over 450 students are impacted by Kiel’s Agricultural Education program annually. Each student has the opportunity to participate in the cohesive and intra-curricular program, FFA once the student has enrolled in an Agricultural Course at the middle or high school. Over 100 students were recognized in 30 different categories. Your Kiel FFA Alumni obtained over 30 community sponsors for this $5,000 event. Many sponsors were in attendance to witness the depth and variety of these student’s successes over the past year.
The Kiel FFA and FFA Alumni thank our partners who have supported agricultural education and FFA throughout this past year in each endeavor.
Wild Life Evaluation Team Sponsored by: Lawn Solutions LLC,
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years back, The Kiel FFA Chapter chose STAR FARMERS and/or BEST BOY. We are unable to
find any records of who received these awards. If you know the names of those who have held these Titles, please let us know. We want to add their names to our history records!
Friday May 17th The Kiel FFA Alumni awarded 3- $1000 Post-Secondary Education Scholarships to
Katie Kracht Elizabeth Behnke
Elizabeth Binversie
CONGRATULATIONS! Best Wishes in your future endeavors.
Katie Kracht will be attending UW River Falls in
the fall studying Agricultural Business in hopes to
pursue a job in the Dairy Industry
Elizabeth Behnke will be attending
Marion University in the fall pursuing a career in Nursing
Elizabeth Binversie will be attending UW-Madison
in the fall pursuing a career for large Animal Vet Med
MAIL TO: Kiel FFA Alumni P.O. Box 254 Kiel, WI 53042
29-year high, with 19,168 members in more than 250 chapters. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture share recent data that shows a 97 % graduation rate for seniors who took three or more high school agriculture classes during their high school career; the state’s average graduation rate is just under 92%. Source: Hoard’s Dairyman Magazine April 25, 2013 Volume 158 No. 8 page 271
Katie Kracht
cosidering her
placements
. . .us fill in the blanks. We are missing names of past Kiel FFA Chapter Presidents
for the following years. If you can help us, write in their names respectively and
MAIL TO: Kiel FFA Alumni P.O. Box 254 Kiel, WI 53042
Due to increased enrollment, the agriculture department welcomes back Mrs. Katrina Pionek who will be teaching the Introduction to Agriculture courses at the high school. This now gives Kiel, 3 Agricultural instructors! Mrs. Pionek said, “When they asked I just couldn’t say no.”
The Alumni Labor Auction immediately followed The Kiel FFA Banquet. A total of 17 FFA members participated in this long standing tradition. Participating students agree to work a total of 4 hours of labor to the highest bidder. Businesses, parents, as well as community members were able to bid for a donation to the FFA Alumni for the student’s volunteer time. All donations from this event go each year to fund the postsecondary scholarships the Alumni award to the FFA Chapters most outstanding scholarship applicants. This year’s Labor Auction, along with the Ticket Raffle brought in over $3700!
THANK YOU! to all those who participated!
Ticket Raffle item
donated by
Janelle Liermann
Knitted scarf
Ticket Raffle item donated by Allan Luebke
Family-Baked specialty breads
Hope Wetzel participating in Labor Auction with Cindy Klapperich & Sherrie Pinkerton manning the bidding table
Meet Cindy Klapperich, a Director on your Kiel FFA Alumni Board. Cindy has been on the Alumni Board for 3 years. Two of these years Cindy held the position of Reporter and this year is a Director. Cindy holds a Home Economics Education Degree from UW Stout and an Accounting Degree from LTC and is currently employed at Ross Glove Co. of Sheboygan in their accounting Dept. Cindy and her husband Joe reside in Kiel. Their family consists of Jamey Binversie, Cole Binversie, Sadie Koenig, Holly Francis and Heather Reif. Cindy’s favorite Alumni activity is working along with the FFA Students. ”It keeps me connected as to what is happening in young people’s lives.” Klapperich stated she “I want to bring a strong commitment to the Agricultural Education Program at Kiel and to encourage leadership and confidence in students.” Cindy’s hobbies and interests include golf, bowling, traveling, gardening and sewing. Cindy has shared a favorite recipe of hers. “I remember making this for a demonstration contest in 4-H.
My Mom would make this for us during the summer, usually when we would eat outside on hot days
and for June Dairy Month.
Cindy Klapperich
Creamy Orange Milk Drink
¾ cup (6oz. can) frozen orange juice concentrate-Thawed ½ pint vanilla ice cream 3 cups milk
Put in mixer or blender and beat until smooth. Serve icy cold. 4 servings
On Saturday May 18th, the Kiel FFA and FFA Alumni joined together to pick up trash along County Highway XX in Meeme Township. A group of 14 walked the 3 mile stretch for the ADOPT A HIGHWAY program. After the work was done, everyone gathered back at the home of Dennis & Karen Graf to enjoy breakfast. THANK YOU! Dennis & Karen!
(Back L-R) Dennis Graf, Tony Haen, Peter Luebke, Mike O’Neil, Billy O’Neil, Cindy
Klapperich, Brittney Lefeber, Kurt Barnes, Mr. Charles. (Front L-R) Leah Friend, Barloe
After wrapping up another school year it's time to reflect on the past year and look forward to the new year to come. It's always bitter-sweet to see the graduates move on to further their education or begin their chosen careers. I always miss them, but that feeling always mingles with the sense of pride I feel in playing a role in their personal growth. Last week the Kiel FFA participated in the Wisconsin FFA's end of the year celebration by attending the state convention in Madison. The chapter had ten members present and two members received their Gold-rated Proficiencies, two members received their State Degrees, one recipient of a $750 scholarship, one 3-Star Leadership winner, two WI FFA Honors Band participants, and the chapter was awarded a bronze rating for its program of activities. Members also listened to two nationally renowned inspirational speakers, attend leadership workshops and observed the state finals of several public speaking events. It's opportunities like this that are partially sponsored by the Kiel FFA Alumni that help develop students into premier leaders of the future. Looking ahead to next year we eagerly anticipate some exciting changes. Due to increased enrollment, the agriculture department welcomes back Mrs. Katrina Pionek who will be teaching the Introduction to Agriculture courses at the high school. This now brings the department to three agriculture instructors which are bucking the statewide trend of reduction. We also look forward to the long overdue facility remodel. It looks like completion of the Agricultural Research Facility is tentatively scheduled to be in November. Once we move in we will be able to provide first hand work skills that should better prepare our students for career success. There is a saying that "it takes a village to raise a child". The success of the past year and sustaining it into the future depends upon the continued joint efforts of the Kiel FFA Alumni, Kiel Agriculture Education Advisory Committee, sponsors/donors, parents, students and staff. Thank you to all who have lent a hand, shared advice, donated money or equipment, or offered a kind word along the way. Our mission continues to be developing students' potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. Peace be with you, David Friend
The Kiel Junior FFA had a very successful year. With it being my first year as an FFA advisor and my first year here in Kiel, it was a great year all around which was largely made possible from the warm welcome I received the very first day I arrived in Kiel. The alumni, school staff, and especially David Friend and Katrina Pionek were very helpful by providing guidance and advice which made my year enjoyable and smooth running on a daily basis. Many of the activities that we did could not have been possible without the hard work of our officer team which consisted of Jacob Friend, Paige Raddatz, Lita Noordyk, Lydia Luebke, Helen Crawford, and Sierra Schobert. Everything they did contributed to the success of our chapter. With the end of one year and the beginning of the next comes a new team of officers that will be given the challenging task of completing the many tasks required to run a successful chapter. The new officer team consists of: President-Lita Noordyk, Vice President-Kelsey Maurer, Treasurer-Peter Luebke, Secretary-Jenna Schweitzer, Reporter-Dakota Reiss, Sentinel-Jon Raddatz and Historian-Courtney Eberle. One of the up-coming events we have is the Kiel Picnic FFA food stand fundraiser. Students are asked to work
shifts at the picnic to help run our food stand. For incoming 7th and 8th graders that are considering joining FFA
or would like to know more about the FFA, I encourage them to come and help. If they work only 3 shifts at the
Kiel Picnic, the FFA will pay for their dues plus receive a free FFA t-shirt. If you would like more information
regarding the Kiel Picnic or questions as to what FFA and the Agricultural Education program can offer, feel free
to email me any time at [email protected]. It would be my pleasure. I am looking forward to another