{"id":52673,"date":"2026-11-05T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=52673"},"modified":"2026-11-03T10:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:00:57","slug":"paulding-ffa-receives-national-award-at-99th-annual-ffa-national-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/paulding-ffa-receives-national-award-at-99th-annual-ffa-national-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulding FFA Receives National Award at 99th Annual FFA National Convention\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pictured here are the Paulding FFA members who attended the National FFA Convention: Back (l-r) Chase Manz, Makenna Manz, Delaney Johanns, Darcy Taylor, Gabby Stork, and Remington Boroff; Front (l-r) Tucker Stoller, Mariah Klopfenstein, Myrriah Klopfenstein, Symon Manz and Kendall Kohart.\u00a0<\/strong>
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Pictured here are the American degree recipients\u00a0that attended the National FFA Convention to get their awards: Back (l-r) Kadence Thomas, Hopeful Rose, Grace Goyings, Jalyn Klopfenstein, and Harley Collins; Front (l-r) Maci Kauser and Anna Clemens.\u00a0<\/strong>
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By: Makenna Manz, Paulding FFA Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indianapolis, Indiana was filled with a sea of blue jackets from October 20th through October 24th. Thousands of FFA chapters from across the nation, including 11 Paulding FFA members, their 2 advisors, and 1 chaperone who traveled to Indianapolis for the 99th Annual National FFA Convention. Our members had a busy schedule full of educational and leadership experiences that allowed them to learn more about agriculture industry and FFA. On October 20th, members departed Paulding HS and had a busy day touring J&M manufacturing and the Coopers Turkey Processing Plant. They then got to go shopping and spend the evening at Topgolf. After golfing, members headed to their hotel to wind down for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 21st, members woke up and headed to the Indy 500 Tour. Members were able to kiss the famous bricks at the end of the raceway and tour the museum. Students were able to see many famous race cars and memorabilia from races as well as some hands-on activities such as changing a racecar tie and a simulation of driving on the race track. From the Indy 500 tour, the members then traveled to Umbarger Show Feeds for another tour. This tour taught members how Umbarger’s provides a variety of different show feeds that farmers all across the country use to feed their animal operations. They were given a tour of the operation and got to see the feed made for certain show feeds. Members then got dinner from The Old Spaghetti Warehouse. From there students got to attend an Avery Anna and Ty Myers concert before heading back to the hotel for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 22nd, the members woke up bright and early to attend the opening session of the National Convention. Members listened to the keynote speaker Scott McKain, who spoke about finding your drive and staying committed until the end. Students then explored the expo center before the next session started. At the 2nd general session, Officers Darcy Taylor and Myrriah Manz walked across the stage for Paulding as we received the prestigious 3-Star National Chapter only 22 chapters in Ohio received this 3-Star Rating. This is the 6th year the chapter has been nationally recognized. Later that evening, members ate dinner at Binkley\u2019s which served American dishes. Then the students had a great time at the rodeo before going back to the hotel for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 23rd, members woke up and ate breakfast before an exciting day. The students got to go to the Indianapolis Zoo for the afternoon. From there, some members went back to the school. The other students got to go back and explore the expo center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the last day of the National Convention, October 24th, members and advisors were up very early to attend the American Degree Ceremony, where they watched 7 Paulding FFA members walk across the stage to earn their American FFA Degrees, which is the highest FFA degree possible. The seven members were Anna Clamens, Harley Collins, Grace Goyings, Maci Kauser, Jalyn Klopfenstein, Kadence Thomas, and Hopeful Rose. Five other members also earned their American FFA Degrees that were unable to attend including; Matthew Bail, Brooke Kilgore, Brooklyn Schlatter, Johnathan Lipps and Marley Parrett. The Paulding FFA Chapter is very proud of these twelve members and their accomplishments. After the ceremony the Paulding FFA headed back to Paulding after a fun-filled week. The Paulding FFA would like to say a special thanks to the Paulding FFA Alumni for their support to the Paulding FFA and its members. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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