January
2007
Local
FFA Members Show Electrical Skills
Compete
in local, region events
Several
local FFA members did well in recent electrification career development
events (CDE) hosted by Walton EMC and the Georgia Department
of Education. The CDEs give students the chance to put skills
learned in the classroom to practical use.
Students
from the Loganville, Monroe Area, North Oconee and Oconee FFA
chapters participated in the sub-region event held at Walton
EMC’s Monroe headquarters. The sub-region CDE prepares
students for the region CDE and serves as an instructional gathering
for both students and their instructors.
The
FFA members scoring highest on the combination of a hands-on
wiring exercise, problem solving exercise and demonstration project
advance to represent their chapter at the North Region FFA Electrification
CDE.
Vaughn
Collett from Oconee FFA took top honors at the sub-region CDE.
Besides having the top scores in each of the three event components,
Collett made a perfect score in the wiring exercise.
Floyd
Atha of Monroe Area FFA placed second while Tanner Herrington
of North Oconee came in third. Other participants included Andrew
Peterson and Blake Strickland of North Oconee and Brandon Willett
and Jacob Ridgedell of Loganville.
Collett,
Atha and Herrington represented their chapters at the region
CDE held in Jefferson. Collett placed fourth overall and had
the highest score of the event in the wiring exercise. Herrington
went on to place eighth while Atha came in 12th.
Georgia’s EMCs partner with the
State Department of Education to sponsor sub-region, region and state
electrification CDEs. These events date back to the 1960s and have
given thousands of FFA members a basic, working knowledge of good
wiring practices and the use of electricity in safe, efficient ways.
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Pictured
with Walton EMC’s Howard Turner (far left) are
students and instructors who participated in the recent
FFA Electrification Career Development Event. Kneeling
is Jacob Ridgedell, Brandon Willett and Andrew Peterson.
Standing is Turner, Vaughn Collett, Sidney Bell, Floyd
Atha, Dale Carpentier, Tanner Herrington, Blake Strickland,
Stan Mitchell and Abby Needham. |
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