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“Oh, yes! We are! Superior by Far!” The team started the year off right
by attending their first officer retreat of the year where they strengthened
their teamwork skills, discussed the outlook for the year, and created the
region theme. During this retreat, we discovered how members within
our region all come from different backgrounds and strive for different
successes. With that being said, our theme for the year is “Unlocked!”
Our theme is all about unlocking our potential and recognizing that
each key has different valleys and ridges, which signifies that we all
have different stories and pathways that make us, us. With this image in
mind, the Regional Officers excitedly prepared for the second week of
August, where Chapter Officers located in the Superior Region attended
the Chapter Officer Leadership Conference at the Mountain Meadows
Bible Camp. At this conference, those amazing members learned how
to be greater servant leaders and expand their own potential through
this organization with the importance of their own uniqueness in mind.
We are excited to see what each of those individuals will inspire in their
own chapters and communities, as we’ve seen the amount of growth
that they were able to obtain in just those few significant days. Superior
Region, we cannot wait to see what you will unlock in your year of
service this year! •
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their livestock trailers to retrieve SAE project
animals for many of our members. Thankfully,
we were able to shelter them at surrounding
facilities, including the Middletown FFA School
Farm and with Kelseyville FFA families. Our
members also worked with fire victims in order
to get them the animal feeds that they needed
and made daily checks on animals still left in
evacuated areas. Not only were Rebecca and
her family instrumental during the Ranch Fire, but
they were also victims of the Pawnee Fire that
occurred in June of 2018 and her family lost
their home! They were evacuated 3 times this
summer during all of the various fires. Rebecca
is an outstanding member and also serves as
our Mendo-Lake Section FFA Secretary and
was a state quarterfinalist for Extemporaneous
Public Speaking this year! Way to go Rebecca!
With these events fresh in our minds, our FFA
Chapter Officers
chose “Make It
Happen, Make
It Matter!” as our
theme this year.
We are a Chapter
that emphasizes
community service
and it’s times like
these when we
can really make
a positive change, make things HAPPEN, and
encourage our members to do things that really
MATTER. We also participate in the annual
Wreaths Across America campaign, where
we get sponsorship for wreaths to be placed
on Veterans’ headstones at our local cemetery;
we do an annual food drive and volunteer at
every community event possible. In addition to
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serving our community, our members enjoy showing
livestock at the county fair and exhibition shows,
competing in speaking contests, and competing in
welding CDE competitions. •
Above: Gathering feed, equipment and hay
donations in Middletown during the Ranch Fire.
Thank you to Amanda and Will Dyslin, Orphan
Dog Rescue, LEAP and others for all their donations!