Time to Play Catch Up

Okay, so here goes:

On Thursday, July 29th I attended a cookout/pool party at Mr. York's (Caldwell County FFA's Advisor) house. I got to know several officers and committee chairmen. It was an awesome time! Their officer team discussed several goals they have for this upcoming year and let me tell you.. They have a BIG year ahead of them! I'm looking forward to seeing their success.

Tuesday, August 3rd I visited Webster County High School's freshmen Ag Classes. There are lots of outstanding and bright young guys and gals in the two Principles of Agriculture classes there at WCHS. I also discussed with Mr. Hankins and Keri Wright (WCHS FFA Secretary) about their chapter T-shirts. I won't unveil the idea, but it is awesome! I look forward to seeing what the future of Agriculture has in store for these young incoming freshmen.

Wednesday, August 4th I drove to Oldham County for their FFa Chapter's pool party. Kevin, Joenelle and myself all had a wonderful time. We enjoyed dinner at Waffle House with several of the chapter members, and then some. With a new advisor (Mr. Johnson retired) we are expecting great things from this chapter. Finally, after a long night the three of us in attendance crashed at Kevin's house.

Sunday, August 8th I met at Applebees in Madisonville with 4 of the Pennyrile Region's officer team. Those in attendance were Derek Rogers (President), Angela Survant (VP), Brittany Major (Treasurer), and Nicki Seay (Reporter). Also, Mrs. Nolcox was there as well. We had a great meal (of course I ate the most). I discussed several topics with them about the upcoming Pennyrile Leadership Conference on September 22nd at Christian County High School. What little time we spent together and with only 4 officers there we got A LOT knocked out. PLC is already looking good. I can already tell that Pennyrile will be tough this year!


I am planning on getting pictures from the Caldwell Visit up as soon as possible.

Guys, don't hesistate to contact me or another officer if you want us to visit or just simply hang out. We'd love to anytime we can!


EMBRACE THE CHALLENGE!!!

Audie Cherry
Pennyrile Region State Vice-President

A Quick Glimpse...

...into the summer of a sentinel. I'll try to give you the quick rundown of my entire summer. It has been jam packed with trainings, members, and memories! I'm not sure how it will all fit into this blog, but here we go...

June 10, 2010 was a life changing day for myself and the other ten members of the 2010-2011 Kentucky FFA State Officer Team. I screamed, cried, laughed... posed for awkward pictures with people I barely knew. I can't possibly put into words everything I felt that day.

CTSO, Career Technical State Officer Training, was our first true bonding experience as a team. We learned about time management, facebook etiquette, and how to eat properly (Apparently you aren't supposed to give all the peppers in your salad to one person... really, Joenelle had a HUGE pile of peppers!). We survived with only a few injuries... most notable being Lauren's broken ankle. Much thanks goes to Mr. Brandon Davis of John Hardin FFA and Quint Pottinger for heading up this training.

Next... NLCSO! National Leadership Conference for State Officers, lead by Chelsea Doss and Alex Henry, two of our National Officers. We got to meet the state officers of four other states, Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois (or Illinucky, as we prefer to call ourselves). This was our first crash course in giving workshops and the beginning of our ROAR planning. I can't forget to mention the spirit stick. The picture at the top shows our dress for one of the sessions... we were definitely a sight to see.

After getting about one day at home, it was time to leave for camp! I was lucky enough to be able to attend the 5th week (The best week EVER!) with Logan, Audie, and Alex. Finally getting to meet over 300 FFA members of our state will definitely go down as one of my favorite memories from this year, I'm sure. Highlights of the week include... playing volleyball with Johnson Central Sunday night, Harry Carey at waterball, teaching "the dance" to our classes and workshops (windshield wipers, windshield wipers...), playing pranks on the camp council (and... getting them in return), and watching the staff keep campers in their cabins Thursday night. Needless to say, it was one awesome week!

A few days at home and then it was back to camp for BLAST Off... Building Leaders and Strong Teams of Officers. I promise I'm done with acronyms now. This was our last training of the summer and was delayed by storms in Wisconsin. Yes, storms in Wisconsin. They kept our trainer's flights from leaving on time and he ended up being almost a day late. In the meantime, we got busy picking a theme (Embrace the Challenge!), setting goals for the year, and discussing our strengths as a team. Overall, it was an awesome experience.

Well, that has been our summer in a nutshell. It absolutely flew by! Now I'm ready for state fair, learning to balance FFA and college, and an awesome year of chapter visits!

Kevin Herndon

State Sentinel

Hey guys!

I had my first speaking event today, I spoke at my home chapter, Monroe County High School's Freshmen Orientation. There were several students interested, so I'm pretty excited to find out how many actually join!

Hopefully Monroe County will help us reach our first goal with our membership!

I can't wait to see everybody at State Fair!!


Gabrielle Burgess
Barren River State Vice-President