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By NATALIE JOHNSON ru#aliz@masoneounty.com Sixteen members of the Shel- ton High School FFA club brought home awards from the 82nd annual Washington State FFA Convention this month. This is some of the highest par- ticipation in the state conference ever seen from SHS, said FFA ad- viser Ken Brown. "I'm real pleased," he said. "This is my sixth year. The first year that I took kids over to state convention I took two kids." FFA members participated in a variety of competitions. Josh Al- baugh, Mikey Striplin and Kobree SchneidmiUer got state FFA de- grees this year. FFA members can receive up to four degrees. In their first year, they automatically get the Green Hand Degree and in their second, the Chapter Degree. To achieve the State Degree, stu- dents must submit a 30-page applica- tion, which shows their participation and FFA knowledge, Brown said. "Basically it's time and member- ship and effort," he said. After achieving the State Degree, students can apply for the Ameri- can Degree. Brown said in 33 years of teach- ing, he's only taught 17 students who achieved the American Degree. "We had two, two years ago," he Courtesy pnoio Shelton High School FFA students Justin Western, from left, Haley Free, Josh Albaugh, Nathan Dezell,, Chris Wiley, Alex Blake, JD Clemens, adviser Ken Brown, Justin Arnold, Mikey Striplin, Lydia Beard, Jake Aldrich, Katie-Jo Lester, Bryce Taunt, Kobree Schneidmiller, Heather Delamarter and Harley Sweitzer, competed at the state FFA competition this year. said. plete in the Placement category if ries of scenarios based on what they Albaugh also received the Star their Supervised Agricultural Expe- would need to do to manage a farm Farmer in Placement for District 3 rience (SAE) includes employment, or an agri-business." award, internships, or apprenticeships. The Career Development Event "Inthe State of Washington there The FFA's Farm Business Man- (CDE) asks students to evaluate are nine FFA districts," Brown said. agement team was rankedsixth in farming, banking and other real life "Josh getting Star Farmer in Place- the state after the convention. That situations. ment, that means that he was the team included Schneidmiller, Strip- "Almost all of our CDEs for FFA top State Degree rempient with a lin, Harley Sweitzer, Justin West- are based in some sort of real life Placement project in District 3." ern and JD Clemens. skills," Brown said. According to the National FFA "Basically it is a four-hour math Striplin also left the conven- Organization, students can corn- test," Brown said. "It's a whole se- tion ranked 10th in the state in the Farm Management Contest. "Mikey has come real close every year," Brown said. The Milk Quality and Dairy Foods CDE team, including Sweitzer, Clemmons, Jake Aldrich, Heather Delamarter and Justin Western was ranked 16th at the state convention. "That contest is identifying cheese," Brown said. "They have to grade milk and be able to tell what's wrong with it." The Veterinary Science CDE, including Schneidmiller, Striplin, Sweitzer. Aldrich and Haley Free, got 15th place at state. "That's a brand new contest here," Brown said. "It's the first time we've done it in the state of Washington." The Shelton FFA also plans to submit its national Chapter Gold 1 Star application m the National FFA competition. "The national chapter applica- tion is based on our program of ac- tivities and it's what we have done to provide service to our communi- ty, our members and our class as a whole." Brown said. The Shelton FFA has an annual plant sale and runs a community garden, which provides fresh veg- etables for local food banks. The SHS FFA has also scheduled a second plant sale for 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. today, 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. MASTERGARDENER • Individualized Curriculum • State Accredited • Serving All Faiths & Backgrounds • Child Care Available Before & After School {! Shelt0nValley Christian School For information 6th Annual, Shelton SchooIFFA Chapter at OaklandBay Jr. High SchooIHorticulture Cente Thursday, May 31s' 2:30-6pm Friday, June 1s' 2:30-6pm Saturday, June 2 9am-6pm Questions? Ca11426-7991 ext. 15605 Over the Memoyial Day weekend the Master Gardener Country Liv- ing workshop was focused on the subject of protecting our bee population and growmg fruits in your garden. The speakers for bees was Patti Kleist who gave a basic in- troduction of what she called By JEANNE '~Bees 101," REI-IWALDT followed by anin- depth dialogue about bees from Bill Shoa£ local beekeep- er and honey enthusiast. Bill makes no apologies for his extreme dislike for pesti- cides of any kind, due to their effect on the honey bee popu- g lation. He also gave insights into how fragile the honey bees are due to other dangers. Gardeners everywhere need to take care of bees, because their numbers have been declining. Honeybee pop- ulations started to show prob- lems in western Washington as early as 1987 reaching its highest numbers over the last five years. Beekeepers have to face problems from two kinds of honeybee mites as well as bee deaths from careless or inappropriate pesticide Use. WithoUt pollination, fruit crops won't set well. If we want to grow tree fruit we need to encourage and appre- ciate the pollinators we have left. Joan Helbacka, former WSU Master Gardener Co- ordinator. WSU King County shared in an article back in 2002 that as a result of her Master Gardener training she developed an appreciation and interest in insects. As she was gardening on a fine February day she heard a bumblebee foraging in the winter blooming heather. She was suddenly curious about where bumblebees go in the winter. Not only that but it seemed to be a particularly large bumblebee. The drone of a bumblebee is a particularly soothing sound. Large and lumbering, with fuzzy bodies, bumblebees are almost cud- dly, kind of the teddy bears of the insect world. Rummagmg in her files for more information about this intriguing creature, she found an article by Lloyd Eighme, a retired entomologist. Bumble- bees are native. There may be as many as 40 species of bumblebee in the Western U.S. Not as fussy about foul weather as non-native honey- bees, they go about their pol- linating chores from dawn to dusk, rain or shine. And where do they go in winter? The over-wintering queens can be seen out on sun- ny days as early as February. The queen sleeps under a pile of leaves, or dry grass during the coldest part of the winter. They are hungry when they wake. and search for early spring flowers. As the weather warms up they look for a nest- hag site. an abandoned mouse nest or thick clump of grass. They apparently d0n't re-use nests, which helps them avoid the predatory mites and dis- eases that are destroying wild and domesticated swarms of honeybees. After establishing a nest, the queen then produces the first brood of workers, all fe- males from eggs fertilized last fall. Smaller than the queen. the new workers gather nectar and increase the food supply. As the colony grows, the nest is enlarged and the food supply is sufficient. By the end ofsmnmer fifll-sized bumblebees are produced. The queen then lays some non- fertilized eggs which produce males. They mate with newly emerged females to create new queens, the only bumble- bees that will overwinter to wake up and start new colo- nies the following spring. Their needs are simple. Leave an undisturbed area with dry grass and leaf litter for nesting, and provide nec- tar sources. Winter blooming heather is a favorite early spring food. Late summer blooms are also important as nectar sources. Many bees are killed by broad-spectrmn pesticides; read labels and be especially careful with pesti- cides wherever and whenever bee are foraging or make the choice to go organic and use Integrated Pest Management to control pests and diseases in your garden. The final workshop in the Country Living series ~11 be held the last Saturday of June at Memorial Hall from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Topics ~ll be "Raising Chickens" and "Rain Gardens." To register call the Extension office at 427-9670 ext. 680. Grace Baptist Church__ for the faith of the gospel ~ eo Box I02: Shclto, WA 9SS84 Phone: 360) 462-1611 L ~}~ E-lllail: paBtor@gbcsheltoll.Org Times of Se.ices: ~/~Y%e:~ Sunday School ........................ 10 a.m. w~.gbcsheltoll.Olg Sunday Morning Worship ...... 11 a.m..~ Listen Sunday Evening Worship ........ 6 p.m.~~~~: on KMM 1030 AM Wednesday Prayer Meeting..... 7 p.m. ~A~:~, Sundall 9:30- lO:OOam Agate {]range Bldg, on Agate Loop Rd, Sunday Morning Bible Study. 9:30 a.m.. 728 lhilr0ad Ave, t • t out em porary Message Childi'en and Adult Sunday $©hool $ AM • Childcare both services NEED WEEKDAY CHILDCARE? "{ :~ 360-426-5089 "~ !# Sunday Services ~ Wednesday Nieht Service 9:00 AM Celebration Servicel\ 7:00 PM I Mid Week Serv|ce Nttrsorv tx~ 2 Meats 10:30 AM Celebration S~rvir'o Childre:~s CI~s sos Attonded Nursery SOuLFiR~ YOUTH 611112 IH GF~do Children} Classes 4:00 I'~., [ Gateway to Recovery ~.e purpose of ~ ~ ~/~ is to help Chlla¢'ore P~ovideN j People bec°me ~£~ ~ ~ through W°rship ADDRVSS 405 S 712¢1 St. Mt. Olive Lutheran Church MissotlrJ Syno6 --''t ~" "~'n ~h" r-h" 1212 Connection St~o6 EastWyandotte Avenue Falul laUtll ltlt k¢ U t;tl _ Shelton WA ' Cent poraryS r c ........... :30 .... A Christ-centered Church (360) 426-8611 christm Ea.eati .................... 9:45 ...... Traditional Worship ............... li:O0 a.m. fSunday Morning Worship~ ~ k ~ Office 426-6353 ~t¢^ ] Daycare 427-3165 / Traditional- 8:4S a.m. / ' LJ /C°ntemp°rary-11:00 a.m./ BibIe Study[ www.mtoliveshelton.or J Y°uth Activities Pastor Steve Olsen ~1 Paster Brian Wdinb .... www.FLCWA.orgW" " FIRST CHURCH 017 GOD 1113 E. Shelton Springs Road Shdton, WA 98584 (360/427-6998 Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Refreshed Restored Renewed in Rivers of Grace NEW LOCATION Alliance Church 2320 Washington St. Sunday Night Worship 6:00 p.m. 438-8531 www.riversofgrace.org SH ELTON FIRST BAPTIST www.sheltonfbc.org aeo 426-8461 . Sunday Morning Worship 9 + 10:30 am Sunday ~cl,o~[ fo~ a i ages • NlghtChureh 6 pm ,t~gw RaikoadAw . Deraingo La Igiesia Bautlsta 6 pm ~ew,cb .~ Esuano~ • Wednesdays 6 pm (outh Chu,ch ,",WANA r.6 Adu t Qassas St. David's of Wales EPISCOPAL CHURCH A place where all are welcome 324 W. Cedar St, • Shelton SUNDAY SERVICES 7:30 & 10:30 a.m. ): 15 Conversational Bible Study Office phone: 426-8472 www.sdow.org New Community Church of Union I!i~Sunday Gatherings (All are welcome!) WORSHIP SERVICES 8130 and 10:30 at the Union Fire Hall 50 E. Seattle St.. Union 98592 360-898-7855 web site: www.thenccu.org Page B-2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, May 31, 2012