Twenty-four Superior High School Agriculture Education II students participated in a career shadowing experience Wednesday, February 18th. Initial contacts with individuals in the various professions were made by coordinating instructor David Barnard. The students were asked to fill in a questionnaire and report their experience to their classmates. The activity was part of the career and technology Career Pathways project.

Students and the cooperating individuals and business were:

April Carter Dr. Dennis Hatch Hatch’s Quarter Horses
Justin Petsch Brad Biltoft Ray’s Auto
Korrie Heller Sgt. Baldwin Hasting Police Dept.
Katrina Wulf Randy Lincoln Children’s Zoo
Montana Hayes B.J. Gardener BMH Physical Therapy
Matt Shafer Matt Kirchhoff Kirchhoff Farms Inc.
Mike Sheets Parts Dept. Oregon Trail Equipment
Ross Porter Dave Williams Williams Funeral Home
Ethan Ross Officer Paddock Superior Police Dept.
Sarah Wood Ms. Pauline Harms Superior South School
Victoria Simonsen Training Personnel Noah’s Dog Assistance
Rhys Williams David Riggert KSAL News Radio
Tyler Strobl Mr. Jeff Stander Doane College
Andrew Brittenham Sen. Tom Carlson NE State Unicameral
Yuvette Kramp Dr. Darrell Kile Kile Vet Clinic
Nick Rempe Kim Eggers Superior Implement
Melissa Guilkey Karen Tinkham RN Superior BMH
Trevor Hoins Dr. Howard Miller D.D.S.
Rebecca Genung Camie Kroeger Mainstreet Floral
Bethany Brittenham Jill Brown UNL Career Consultant
Matt Imler Mr. Joe Zumwalt Kaldahl Farms Inc.
Zach Dressman Rob Unruh Lovewell State Lake
Kenny Meyer Jill Allgood Superior Police Dept.
Clint Shroyer Arnie S. Meat Animal Research Center

State Degree candidates
Eight members of the Superior FFA Chapter are applying for their Nebraska State FFA Degree in Feb. The state degree is the highest the Nebraska Association can bestow.

Degree recipients will have the honor awarded on April 3rd at Pershing Auditorium in Lincoln at the Nebraska State FFA Convention.

Candidates must submit their 2007 and 2008 Supervised Agriculture Experience record books and a written application to the District President.

The members must interview and pass an FFA and parliamentary procedure exam.

Other criteria include earning 500 leadership points while in high school, involvement in ten school or community activities, having an acceptable scholarship GPA, and performing a set amount of parliamentary procedure skills.

Superior candidates for 2009 are Craig Guilkey, Cody Butler, J.J. Hoins, Jessica Petsch, Kyle Schultz, Justin Keeling, Spencer Trapp and Nick Hawley. Schultz is also applying for the Nebraska State Star in Production Award.

Ag Education students compete in natural resources contest
Twenty Superior High School students enrolled in agriculture education classes competed in the Central Area Envirothon Contest in Grand Island on Monday. The competition was hosted by the Central Platte Natural Resources District at the Central Community College campus.

The top team earned the right to compete in the State Envirothon Contest at Ponca State Park in May. The state winner will compete in North Carolina this summer. Teams could also earn wildcard berths based on their score compared to other districts.

The Envirothon contest has seven areas. Teams of five students work together to solve problems, identify materials and answer test questions. The areas are soils, aquatics, range, forestry, policy, special topics and wildlife. The 2009 special topic was on biodiversity and its impact on natural resources.

The Superior team of Zach Dressman, Tyler Strobl, Andrew Brittenham, Bethany Brittenham and Victoria Simonsen won the Area Championship and the automatic berth at state. This team also won the individual areas of Forestry, Policy, Aquatics, Wildlife, and Range. 

The Superior team of Kyle Schultz, Nick Rempe, Rebecca Genung, Montana Hayes and Nick Hawley finished in second place and will have to wait to see if they get a wildcard invitation.

This team tied the Superior I team for first place in Policy and Forestry and won the Soils section. Superior also had the third place team. Members of this team were Rhys Williams, Ross Porter, Ethan Ross, Trevor Hoins and Justin Petsch.

The Superior team of Matt Shafer, Mike Sheets, Korrie Heller, Kenny Meyer and Melissa Guilkey finished in fifth place followed by teams from St. Paul, Ansley, Greeley/Wolbach, Sargent, Loup County and Loup City.