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Norris FFA Members Participate in District Competition

On Wednesday, January 19^th, members of Norris FFA competed at the District Leadership Skills Events held at Southeast Community College in Beatrice. Members competed in seven different categories, placing highly in all seven categories.

The results for the competition were: Employment Skills-Jessalyn Schrock placed first and qualified for state, Kelsey Ankerson placed fourth with a purple. In Junior Public Speaking, Margot Nason received third place with a blue and Garret Schrock earned a white ribbon.

The rankings for Junior Parliamentary Procedure: Norris 1 received second place, a purple, and qualified for state. Team members included: Margot Nason, Ellen Norton, Britta Doeschot, Gatlin Schlake, Garret Schrock, Blake Huls, and Megan Rice.  Norris 2 placed 4^th with a blue ribbon. Team members included Julie Russell, Doug Norby, Chip Kaplan, Braden Zyssett, Tyler Hunt, Tyler Halvorsen, and Cari Kubr. 

 In Senior Parliamentary Procedure, Norris received first place and qualified for state. Team members included Jessalyn Schrock, Jenna Henke, Hillary Schlake, Ryan Hagan, Kelsey Ankerson, and Anna Russell. 

In Creed Speaking, Julie Russell placed second and qualified for state, and Britta Doeschot placed third with a blue.

Anna Russell placed first in Extemporaneous Speaking and qualified for state.

In the Agricultural Demonstration event the Norris Welding demonstration team of Cory Hart, Dustin Doeschot, and Brandon Niemeyer earned first place and qualified for state, and the Norris Floral demonstration of Chelsey Hieronymus and Carissa Rose received a blue ribbon.  Eighth grade agricultural students enjoyed participating in the Quiz Bowl.  All in all, members enjoyed competing and look forward to the State FFA Convention in April.