Submitted by SMT Reader
Ronnie Shipman,
Dexter FFA Chapter Advisor

Dexter High Schools FFA (Future Farmers of America) Chapter competed in District competition recently and three teams qualified for state contest.

The district contest was held March 24 and 26 in Cape Girardeau.

The Agronomy Team placed 5th in the competition. Team members had to identify weeds and crops by looking at seeds and plants. They had to judge classes of soybeans and wheat. They also had to take a comprehensive test over al the different aspects of plant science and agronomy. Team members are, Will Baker, Dylan Sandlin and Christin Sitzes.

The Dairy Cattle team placed 7th. In this contest, members were required to rank classes of dairy cattle from best to worst and then give oral reasons in front of a judge on why they placed the class that way. They also took and test over dairy production and completed a sire evaluation study. Team members are Drew Crider, Amberly Creg, Derek Felker and Savannah Hicks.

Chelsey Massey placed second in Division One public speaking. Chelsey qualified to complete at district by placing first in area FFA competition. She wrote and presented a 3-4 minute speech based on a topic in the Agri Science I curriculum.

Photo Above: FFA members have qualified to compete at the 83rd state FFA convention held in Columbia, on April 14-15. Pictured left to right sitting- Dairy Cattle Judging team- Derek Felker, Drew Crider and Amberly Creg. Not pictured is Savannah Hicks Standing left to right- Division One speaker- Chelsey Massey. Agronomy Team, Dylan Sandlin, Christin Sitzes and Will Baker.

Dexter High School instrumental music students continued a record of success recently by bringing home top ratings from the District Music Contest.

Both the DHS Concert Band and the Woodwind Choir received top state ratings of I at the recent State Music Contest for large ensembles. The contest was held on the campus of Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff. The bands are under the direction of Scott Rybolt.

In addition three ensembles and six soloists receive district ratings of I at District Contest for small ensembles and soloists. These students now quality to go on and perform in the Missouri State Music Contest, to be held April 29 and 30 on the campus of the University of Missouri – Columbia.

Soloists receive I ratings include: Shelby Chappell, bassoon; Lauren Dudley, baritone saxophone; Branden Grimm, tympani; Steven Harrellson, tenor saxophone; Shelby Lintz, alto saxophone; and Alex Rybolt, trombone.

Ensembles to receive I ratings include:

• Brass Quintet: Alex Allston, Nathan Elliott. Hannah Hulls. Chuy Lara, and Alex Rybolt.

• Saxophone Quartet: Lauren Dudley, Joseph Greer, Steven Harrellson, and Shelby Linzt.

• Saxophone Trio: Rachel Foster, Steven Harrellson and Brandon Moore.

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A Dexter High School senior has been selected to perform at a statewide Future Farmers of America convention.

Lauren Powers, senior at Dexter High School and member of the Dexter FFA Chapter has notified that she has been selected to perform talent during the 83rd Missouri State FFA convention. Thirty individuals and/or groups were selected from the students throughout Missouri who applied to perform their talent during the 2 day convention.

Lauren had to submit anapplication and a video of her performance to the Missouri Association of FFA office at Jefferson City. She will be performing her solo performance at the Thursday evening convention session where it is estimated that their will be approximately 5,000 FFA members and guests present. The convention will be held April 14-15 in Columbia, MO at the Hearnes Multipurpose Building.

Lauren is the daughter of Chuck and Felicia Powers of Dexter. In addition to FFA, Lauren is a member of the DHS Chamber Choir and recently received a I rating for her vocal solo and in two ensembles at District Music Contest.

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A Bloomfield high school senior will travel for the second time to the top high school speech competition in the state.

Joseph Northern, senior from Bloomfield High School, placed 2nd in Radio Speaking at the Southeast District MSHSAA Speech competition on March 5, 2011. The competition was held on the campus Southeast Missouri State University.

Joseph will now compete at the state level competition on April 15, 2011 at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Joseph has been a member of the speech team his entire high school career and this will be his second time to compete at the state level.

Ann Bye, Communications Arts instructor, is currently serving as the speech team sponsor at Bloomfield High School.

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A team of Dexter High School students is champion future entrepreneurs.

Ashley Cogle, Keagen Belcher and Austin Seabaugh placed first in the District 16 Competition of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). The team competed in Entrepreneurship.

FBLA is the largest and oldest business student organization in the world! A quarter of a million high school and middle school students, college and university students, faculty, educators, administrators, and business professionals have chosen to be members of the premier business education association preparing students for careers in business.

The DHS team will be eligible to compete at the state level in Columbia in April.

The local FBLA Chapter sponsor is DHS business education teacher Ramona Lemons.

Photo Above: The team of Keagan Belcher, Austin Seabaugh and Ashley Cogle placed first recently in FBLA district competition. The team will now progress to the state level of competition in April.(SMT photo by Annabeth Miller)