Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2017, Page 91

Description:	meAmestory by: Hannah JohnsonA, is a nationwide club with awith. Many of the members who are part ofivolved in 4-H, another youth-based program,orths Nfiy Rinesburg acts as the FFA adviser and also teachesmanyd^ses at North.^nior Kendyll Schulz is president of the Poultry Club of-nroe County and the student adviser for FFA. As president of, he Poultry Club, some of her tasks include creating PowerPoints for the group to show how to take care of the birds. Accordingto Schulz, the difference between 4-H and FFA comes down tothe way it involves animals.[4-H] is basically how to prep your animal for show,whereas FFA is more like how to judge an animal,7 said Schulz.Schulz also described the poultry competitions hosted at thefairs, which are about striving to get the perfect chicken.We have a standard we go by/7 she said. We have judgescome who judge the birds to the standards. jThen you have thechance to go to (the) state fair.77Junior Jacob Cain is the secretary of FFA, vice president ofthe Monroe County Poultry Club and treasurer of the MonroeCounty Goat Club.Because he7s so experienced with FFA, he7s very familiarwith the judging process of animals entered in the fair.They7re both being judged by a scale of criteria,77 Cainsaid. For chickens they look at the breast for meat, and forgoats they look at the corpse.77According to Cain, 4-H and FFA are diverse communitiesthat provide education on a variety of different subjects, likelivestock, personal, and social skills. Even so, both organizationshave been subject to the stereotyping that is common withinNorth.Some people see them as theyre meant for the hicks butits actually not,77 Cain said. Its meant for all different people.We want diversity, and thats what weve been trying to go for.When asked what his favorite memory was from 4-H orFFA, Cain had a difficult time picking just one. But when itcame down to it, the simplest memories were the mostmeaningful.Its the rides on the mini bus with all of us being goofyand singing songs, talking up a storm,77 Cain said.photos by: Jeremy Schneider
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