New officers elected, awards presented at FFA banquet

The Gregory County FFA Chapter concluded the school year with a banquet at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium Thursday, May 14. New officers were elected and awards presented, marking the end of another very successful year.

Members who received their chapter degree were back row, l to r: Maddox Mayer, Tamara Imhof, Ellyse Grage, Claire Engel, Abby Engel, Emily Diekmann, Bentley Dehning, Miley Janak, and Charissa Ring; front row, l to r: Mitch Zimbelman, Mac Zimbelman, Taylor Zeisler, Ellie Talsma, and Emerson Swan.

New officers are, l to r: President Tyler Kenzy, Vice President Morgan Peck, Secretary Charissa Ring, Reporter Emerson Swan, Treasurer Ike Mosterd, and Sentinel Abby Engel.

Seniors who received their state degree were, l to r: Morgan Tietgen, Shyanna Steffen, Leo Mosterd, Aubree Miller, Ava Kerner, Katelynn Hagberg, Matthew Smith.

Members who received their Greenhand Degrees were back row, to r: Jack Schulte, Max Steffen, Rance Miller, Ike Mosterd, Masen Hausmann, and Bo Brozik; front row, l to r: Joseph Stevicks, Grace Steffen, Savannah O’Bryan, Kennley Sedlacek, Lacy Peck, and Abigail Holmes. the Greenhand FFA Degree is one of the first official honors a student can earn in FFA. It is designed for first-year high school students and marks their foundational step toward advanced ag education.

Seniors received gifts from the chapter. Some got keychains, and members who were involved for four years received blankets embroidered with their name, year, and Gregory County FFA on them.

Members of the Burke Riding Club who were in attendance to receiving their Honorary Chapter Degree were, l to r: Jessy Biggins, Kim Petersen, Kendra Kahler, Sara Koupal, Joey Koupal, Jake Imhof, and Seth Andrews; Renee Sutton is in front with Lake and Lou Sutton. (Submitted photo)