The following is a press Release for the Chelan High School Agriculture Education Department and the Chelan FFA. We would appreciate any and all coverage of our events and student successes. For more information, contact our Chapter Advisor, Rod Cool, or Chapter Reporter, Chelsea Gocke at (509) 682-4061 ext 129 during school hours.

Thank you for your time and consideration and for your continued support of the Chelan FFA and high school agriculture education.

Chelan High School

Agriculture Education Deparment/Chelan FFA

News Release

13 Feb 08

For Immediate Release—The Chelan High School Agriculture Education Shop was the site of the 2008 Edition of District VII “Barnyard Wars”. Eight teams representing four schools from North Central Washington participated in this unique annual event.

The teams were made up of four members and as a team they were given three surplus school desks, seven surplus table legs, three wooden wheels and a fifteen foot chunk of rope. They had to then design and build a device to lift a ninety pound weight using only the power of one of the team members. Teams had only one trail to lift the weight and each structure had to include an oxy-acetylene cut, gas brazing bead, gas bead with rod, plasma cut, and MIG welding structural joint.

The Wenatchee 1 team won the event with a score of 328 points.

Chelan team 2 was second with a score of 325. Tonasket was 3^rd. Cashmere 4^th, Chelan 3, Chelan 4, and Chelan 1 rounded out the eight team field. The Chelan Team #2 was made up of Tucker Cool, Tommy Moro, Jose Villasenor, and Zac Sandum. Their machine placed 4^th in the lifting but their skills graded out 1^st. They spotted the Wenatchee team 75 points on the lifting portion of the contest and almost caught them with the skill grades. The other competitors for Chelan included Jose Venegas, Zaren Sandum, Matt Pittsinger, Blake Soreano, Mike Banks, Cory Dowell, Ross Young, John Griffith, Daniejha Weigel, Gerrick Lutz, and Andrew Jones.

Prizes for the competitors were provided by All Seasons’ Rental, Kelly’s Hardware, NAPA Auto Parts, Jerry’s Auto, and NORCO Welding Supply. Rich Gutzwiler from NORCO was the judge for the skills portion of the event.

Photo Caption:

This Machine was constructed by the Chelan Team #2 who placed 2^nd in the 2008 “Barnyard Wars”. Members had to construct it from surplus desks and table legs and other scrap materials.