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VFW 17 web    On Friday, Dec. 9, Hugh Holmes, commander of the Mitchell VFW post, visited Sanborn Central School to present a writing award to seventh grader Destiny Moe.
Moe received third place in the VFW’s annual Patriot’s Pen writing contest. The topic this year was, “The America I Believe In.”
This is the third year in a row that a Sanborn Central Middle School student has placed in this contest.  The middle school English teacher is Ms. Susan Farrell-Poncelet.

Union Farmhands 4-H Club meets Nov. 27

By Sawyer Senska, Secretary/Reporter

The Union Farmhands 4-H Club met Nov. 27 at 2:30 p.m. at the 4-H building in Forestburg.
The meeting was called to order by Treasurer Katie Schmidt. The flag pledge was led by Amber Schelske and the 4-H Pledge was led by Austin Schmidt. Roll call was answered by Austin Schmidt, Katie Schmidt, Sawyer Senska, Aubrey Senska, Alex Schelske, Amber Schelske and Dana Schelske.
No secretary’s report was given. Treasurer’s report was given by Katie Schmidt. She updated that calendar sponsorship money was coming in.
Old Business: Calendars have been ordered and will be available for sale at the CIA Ham drawing.
The club will be getting new T-shirts and a design was voted on. Katie Schmidt will be ordering these.
Money has been donated to the Angel tree in the amount of $50.
New Business: Katie called for nominations for president. Austin Schmidt nominated himself, with a second from Sawyer Senska. Katie Schmidt nominated Catherine Bechen, with a second from Amber Schelske. A vote was taken with Catherine being elected the new president.
Vice President nominations: Katie Schmidt nominated herself, with a second from Amber Schelske. Sawyer Senska nominated Austin Schmidt, with a second from Alex Schelske. Vote was taken with Katie being the elected new vice president.
Secretary/Reporter nominations: Katie Schmidt nominated Sawyer Senska, with a second from Aubrey Senska. Sawyer nominated Austin Schmidt, with a second from Alex Schelske. Austin Schmidt nominated Amber Schelske, with a second from Sawyer Senska. A vote was taken, with Sawyer Senska being elected the new secretary/reporter.
Treasurer nominations: Katie Schmidt nominated Austin Schmidt, with a second from Amber Schelske.  Amber Schelske nominated Dana Schelske, with a second from Aubrey Senksa. Austin Schmidt nominated Amber Schelske, with a second from Alex Schelke. A vote was taken, with Amber Schelkse being elected the new treasurer.
Christmas caroling on Dec. 11 at Countryside Living and Brady Home in Mitchell was discussed. Aubrey Senska motioned to go, with a second by Katie Schmidt. Club members will meet at  the main entrance of Countryside at 2:35 p.m. to carol.
The Artesian Ham Drawing will be held on Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. A motion was made by Austin Schmidt, with a second from Sawyer Senska, to purchace cookies for the event. Katie and Brenda Schmidt will order and pick them up. The club will also be selling the community calendars that night. The members then signed sponsor thank you cards.
The meeting was adjourned, with a motion by Austin Schmidt and a second by Aubrey Senska.
Lunch was served by Sawyer and Aubrey Senska.
The next meeting will be at the CIA Ham Drawing.

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket FFA members participated in the District 4 FFA Leadership Development Events held at Mitchell Technical Institute on Nov. 14.  The Junior Parliamentary Procedure Team (a.k.a. – Conduct of Meetings) placed second at the event and earned a spot to advance on to the State Leadership Event held Dec. 4-5. At the District 4 Leadership Event, Aaron Linke finished out his term as 2015-2016 District 4 Reporter and saw Nathan Linke selected to serve as the 2016-2017 District 4 FFA Vice President. Below is a detailed list of individual and team placings, along with what members comprised the teams:
Junior Parliamentary Procedure (President – Katie Schmit, Vice President – Samantha Dean, Secretary – Josie Weber, Treasurer – Cayden Slykhuis, Reporter – Noah Dickson, Sentinel – Taryn Ziebart, Student Advisor – Carter Linke), second place;
Senior Parliamentary Procedure (President- Aaron Linke, Vice President – Trent Kingsbury, Secretary – Nathan Linke, Treasurer – Garrett Dean, Reporter – Catherine Bechen, Sentinel – Trevor Olson, Student Advisor – Sarah Morgan), third place;
Ag Issues (Kyla Morgan, Shaun Snedeker, Callie Bezpaletz, Bailey Schmiedt, Jared Goldammer, and Abby Vermeulen), fourth place;
Ag Broadcasting, Madi Moody, fifth place;
Extemporaneous Speaking, Sawyer Senska, sixth place;
Prepared Public Speaking, Austin Schmit, seventh place;
Creed Speaking, Megan Linke and Wesley Linke, seventh and eighth place respectively.
At State Leadership, the Junior Parliamentary Procedure team placed sixth, a mere 20 points behind Lemmon (fifth), and 22 points behind Deubrook (fourth).

…See pictures in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal.

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