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President Krista Sporrer called the meeting to order at 6:40 December 10 at Cliffs.
Minutes from the August meeting were read. Scott Hansen made a motion to
approve minutes as read. Kevin Brus seconded. The motion carried
Hayrack Silent Auction-Jeffs Ag purchased the hayrack for $1850. Jeff resold the
hayrack to Bret Halbur in which we received an additional $200. The Manning News
Journal did an article on the hayrack.
Next years hayrack has already been started. A heavy duty running gear was
donated for the project. The FFA has inquired about what color we would like the
hayrack to be. Last years hayrack was blue and gold but many people thought it
looked Hawkeye colored with the blue being very dark. We discussed going red,
white, and blue or going with cancer ribbons. If we go cancer ribbons we would have
several of the different ribbons that represent cancer. Since they are just starting we
decided to just wait on picking a color.
Christmas Wreaths-We sold 55 wreaths with a profit of $388. Thank you to Cindy
Renze for leading this project. The wreaths were purchased from Cindy Renzes
brother.
Festival of Trees-Cindy Renze decorated a tree for the Manning Festival of Trees.
There is a picture on the IKM-Manning FFA Alumni Facebook page.
Spaghetti Supper-The supper will be held during the Treynor game (January 13 th)
serving from 4:30-7:00. Mr. Wall has been contacted regarding the date but we need
to talk to him about using the home economics room like we did last year. Last year
we served approximately 200. We served spaghetti, Alfredo or red sauce, lettuce
salad, and bars. FFA members donated bars. Meat and lettuce was donated. Salad
dressing was purchased. Most of the other items needed last year were purchased
from C3. We ran out of Alfredo sauce, had about a dozen slices of bread left, 2 boxes
of uncooked spaghetti, and 1 bag of cooked spaghetti with a little red sauce.
Noodles were cooked 1-2 days before the supper. We decided to get as much
donated as we can so prices can stay at $5 for adults, $3 for kids, and under 4 free.
Carryout and delivery will be available this year.
Corn hole (bags game)-Krista brought up making a corn hole game set painted in
Wolves colors and raffling it off at the spaghetti supper. After discussion, it was
decided that this would be better at a different time so we dont take away from

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other activities at the ball game. This is being considered for Kinderfest/2015 party
on the bricks.
District Contests-Contests will be held on March 7 th in Manning. Becky Eischeid and
Rhonda Grimm will lead the concession stand and let us know what they need. The
contests check in begins at 8 and will last until midafternoon.
2015 Party on the Bricks-Event is held the weekend of Fathers day. Friday is all
school reunion. Saturday is Kinderfest. Saturday night is party on Main Street with
music. The party committee want the FFA Alumni to run the concession stand
including getting permits needed. We turned that down. Brian Irlbeck has talked
about bringing in tractors from Merlyn Irlbeck and some of Horizons tractors to
make a display. This would be on the Saturday of Fathers day weekend. Krista
Sporrer will talk to Jason Ferry to see if he wants to lead this part and talk to Brian.
Century farms in the area will also be recognized during the weekend. Ron Reischl
will be advertising about the century farm part. We may be able to do a display that
can be placed in the window of a business on Main Street.
The alumni newsletter will contain information about the IKM-Manning FFA Alumni.
If you ordered a polo, it is in. Hats are available.
Scholarship-Krista fixed the double question on the application. It will be sent to the
guidance counselor and Mr. Booth. It will be due in March.
Dues-Membership year will run from January 1-December 31. New members that
have paid their dues are good until December 31, 2015. Dues are $20/household.
Iowa Degree Review-Sometime in January we will need to get together with Mr.
Booth to review Iowa degree applications, proficiency applications, and record
books. Krista will talk to Mr. Booth and send out a text with the details.
Next meeting is scheduled for January 4, 2015 at 4:00 PM at Cliffs.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM.