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Charles City FFA members travel to D.C., win some awards in Ames

  • Charles City FFA members Laurie Hart, Drew Staudt, Justin Heyer, and Lauren Connell had a great time at the National FFA Washington Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. last week. (Photo submitted.)

  • The Charles City FFA Food Science team of Max Deeter, Jodie Sindlinger, Gillian Anderson, and Lynn Hoeft finished fourth overall gold at the Iowa FFA Agronomy, Ag Mechanics and Food Science Career Development Events at Iowa State University in Ames. (Photo submitted.)

  • The Charles City FFA Agricultural Mechanics team of Blake Frascht, Ben Naumann, Tanner Heitz, and Brady Frascht took home eighth place gold at the Iowa FFA Agronomy, Ag Mechanics and Food Science Career Development Events at Iowa State University in Ames. (Photo submitted.)

  • The Charles City FFA Agronomy team of Sarah Mitchell, Bronson Forsythe, Cael Ruzicka, and Nathan Schultz earned silver at the Iowa FFA Agronomy, Ag Mechanics and Food Science Career Development Events at Iowa State University in Ames. (Photo submitted.)

By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com

Some members of the Charles City FFA have been traveling the nation and earning awards recently.

FFA members Laurie Hart, Drew Staudt, Justin Heyer and Lauren Connell attended the National FFA Washington Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., last week.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the leadership conference is one of the many ways the national FFA organization offers members leadership training. It is the last of a three-part conference series called the Chapter Leadership Continuum.

Other Charles City FFA members attended the Iowa FFA Agronomy, Ag Mechanics and Food Science Career Development Events at Iowa State University in Ames on June 20.

The food science team of Max Deeter, Jodie Sindlinger, Gillian Anderson and Lynn Hoeft finished fourth overall gold.

The agricultural mechanics team of Blake Frascht, Ben Naumann, Tanner Heitz and Brady Frascht took home eighth place gold.

The agronomy team of Sarah Mitchell, Bronson Forsythe, Cael Ruzicka and Nathan Schultz took home a Silver.

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