By OHS Torch Reporter: Carson Goff
On October 28, the Olympia FFA chapter set off for a three day trip to Louisville, Kentucky for the 88th National FFA Convention and Expo.
This year 12 FFA members were selected to represent Olympia at the National FFA Convention. The 2015 convention theme and message was “Amplify,” students were challenged to Amplify, their goals, their life, their mind, and to boost their impact.
The trip also featured other educational and exciting opportunities. The students visited Huber winery and orchard. Huber spans over 550 acres of farmland where they grow many fruits, vegetables, Christmas trees, pumpkins, and grapes. They have a children’s farm park, farm market, cheese shop, ice cream factory, winery, gift shop and banquet facility. The students got to go on a tour and learn about the process of making wine and cider.
Sophomore Brock Gottschalk said, “ It was really interesting to see how they made the cider and wine. It was a nice stop on the trip to Louisville because that was such a long drive.”
While in Kentucky, the students had the opportunity to tour Churchill Downs museum and race track one of the main attractions in Kentucky. “My favorite part was Churchill Downs because we got to see the history or the Kentucky derby and how it has changed. The stadium and barns were really interesting and I liked seeing all the outfits women wore to derbies in the museum part,” said junior Ashley Miller.
While at the convention members attended general sessions and listened to different motivational speakers, including Dr. Rick Rigsby, and Amberley Snyder. Who both expressed their journeys and demonstrated that no matter how far you have fallen there is always a way to get back up and amplify your life.
Senior Ellie Schmidgall, FFA President, said, “My favorite speaker was Amberly because she really made me think about how things can change in the blink of an eye. She inspired me to live life to the fullest. I also love spending time with my FFA family from across the nation.”
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