Thanks for help with FFA event

To the editor:
This year’s annual Jay County FFA parent-member banquet was a huge success.
Thank you to all the area businesses and Jay County residents who donated in any way to our student work experience auction and banquet. Your support helped make this year a record year.  
Special thanks are extended to Pete Shawver and his crew for auctioneering, the FFA Agriculture Advisory Board and the Purdue alumni who helped cook the butterfly pork chops as well as helping throughout the year with many events. Also, thank you to the Jay County High School cafeteria staff, which did an outstanding job preparing the rest of the meal.
Many awards and scholarships were given at the banquet this year, of which Carl Walker was named this year’s honorary member of the FFA. Conner Campbell received the Redkey Vet Clinic Record Keeping Scholarship given by Dr. Jim Wasson, and Laurann Schoenlein, Rachel Braun, Hunter Prescott, Mitchell Kunkler, Taylor Campbell and Kay Morgan received the Michael A. Alig Memorial FFA Scholarship. These scholarships and many of the activities the Jay County FFA participates in, are all made possible only with the support and generosity of the Jay County community and the staff at JCHS.
Last but certainly not least, we would like to say thank you to The Commercial Review and WPGW for covering the event as well as other FFA activities throughout the year. We are extremely proud of the achievements and efforts of our FFA members. We hope that all who attended enjoyed the evening as we honored and acknowledged our current and past members. There is no other place like Jay County and every day we are reminded “It is a Great Day to be a Patriot”.
Thank you for your continued support.
Melissa Wolters
Brittany Kloer
Cody Linville
Seth Swallow
The Jay County FFA advisors