Lyman High School - Eagles Flight Yearbook (Lyman, WY)

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I have really enjoyed ag this year. The skills in welding and agriculture. . .will help me. Happy that 1n1t1at1on was not as bad as they thought Greenhands survive Jay Buckley FA agronomists and grease monkeys propulsed an event- filled year with summer livestock judgings and participation in county and state fairs. President Todd Covolo noted, I have really enjoyed ag this year. The skills in welding and agriculture that I have learned will help me the rest of my lifef, I am pleased with the attitudes of the kids this year, said Vo-Ag teacher Rex Hamner. There were some really good quality projects completed such as clipping stands, bumpers, and horse-trailers to name a few. We will be tough at County Fair this year. Animal projects included cow-calf, breeding beef and sheep, market hogs, horse, and rabbitsfpoultry. Vice-President Rod Hewitt said, I really enjoy things we did like snowmobiling and judging trips. I also was glad I was already Greenhand initiated last year. I didn't know if it was worth it, but now I am a Chapter farmer and see that it was. I really enjoyed the trips, said Pete Collins. I like doing things you normally don't do in other classes. I liked going to the meat packing plant and learning and seeing how beef and pigs were prepared and slaughtered. Wayne Santhuff added the Urie Elementary kids loved Farm Day. You could see their faces light up, he said. Bobby Morgan said, The best part was Greenhand initiation. You should have seen the faces as they turned Todd Covolo their noses up to the stench as they tiptoed through the dung. Members built a new fence around the field and Hamner was pleased with the new additions added on the barn and corral. We added on a pasture, plus we now have electricity and water. We will add one thing at a time until we have everything we want. In addition, the sheep herd is standing at two blackface cross bred, two Suffolk and four Columbia. We will receive more Suffolks and pick up cattle this fall, he said. Jeff Bluemel noted, I really like FFA and encourage it for anyone interested in something different and funf' The class also participated in state judging, meat judging, public speaking, and a shearing demonstration. FFA imembers. First row -- Pete Collins, Bobby Morgan, Todd Rollins, Darius Maxfield, Cory Powers, Wayne Santhuff and Greg Langeg second row e Tyler Mabtfield, Rod Hewitt, Todd Covolo, Jamie Schmidt, Michelle Strobel, Kellee Eyre, Eric Sharp and Advisor Rex Hamnerg third row - Robert Platts, Jeff Bluemel, Spencer Eyre, Gerri Yates, Travis Jorgensen, Angie Sawyer, Chad Marshall, Chris , Morgan, Blake Odom. FFA 51

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50 FFA Judging time. Showmanship is one of the qualities Todd Rollins displays as he leads his cow around the ring at the Uinta County Fair in Evanston. Rollins devoted a year to the raising and feeding of his animal, which he sells at the premium auction. Sheep show. The lamb category has many entries. Todd Covolo waits for the judge to evaluate his sheep for size, scale and meatiness. Covolo knows that how he has prepared his lamb and how he presents it to the judge can help determine the placing. Feathered fowl. ln the finer points of evaluating egg layers, the poultry judge compares the pigmentation of the shanks and feet. Chicken expert Lewis Bacher explains what to look for to students Jamie Schmidt, Tracey Prather, Todd Covolo, Cory Powers and Rodney Hewitt. Class project. What is the fat content of this sheep? Rod Hewitt is examining the back of a sheep for thickness and uniformity ofthe fat finish. tim i FFA officers. First row -W Rodney Hewitt, Todd Covolo, Gerri Yates and Erie Sharpg second row f Spencer Eyre and Chris Morgan. .file W6

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Picking it out. Teresa Nelson points out her fuvorite of the activity pictures tuken by Leza Chapman in the student council portfolio. Gavel grasp. Wednesday executive lunch meetings lct President Briun Warnick und his cabinet plan the agenda for the Thursday morning student council meetings. The 1986-87 Executive Student Council features Historian Elizabeth Chapman, Secretary Monique Lewis, President Brian Warnick, Vice President Patrica Atkinson. Not pictured is Treasurer Teresa Nelson. Counted to their credit were activities like Cans for the Needy, the beach party, the Jack Lythogoe assembly to which the Mountain View student body came and support for SADD fStudents Against Drunk Drivingj. 52 Student Government y-f 535-. li W3 'Af W I ?'!W ' ll