New National FFA Officers

New National FFA Officer Team Announced as Indianapolis Convention Concludes

Posted on 27 October 2012 by Andy Eubank

Six students from across the U.S. have been chosen by their peers to help lead and shape the National FFA Organization as national FFA officers in 2012-13.

Today at the conclusion of the 2012 National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis, University of Florida at Gainesville student Clay Sapp was elected to serve as National FFA president.

“It will be my mission to activate change and growth in the National FFA Organization,” he said. “I plan to develop strong relationships, be a champion of FFA and agricultural education and seek new ways to strengthen student experiences within FFA.”

Joining Sapp on the 2012-13 National FFA Officer team are Kalie Hall of Georgia as national secretary, Joenelle Futrell of Kentucky as Eastern Region vice president, Lindsey Anderson of California as Western Region vice president, Brennan Costello of Nebraska as Central Region vice president and Wiley Bailey as Southern Region vice president.

For the next year, the group will travel more than 100,000 miles across the country to engage top leaders in business, government and education. The national officers will lead personal growth and leadership training seminars for FFA members. The team will help set policies that will guide the future of FFA and promote agricultural literacy.

“It takes a highly motivated person to become a successful national FFA officer,” said National FFA Organization CEO Dr. Dwight Armstrong. “It is an opportunity afforded to just a few of our members. As a national officer, the lives of these six individuals will be non-stop hard work with never-ending commitments where every moment counts.”

Indiana candidate Micah Matlock, although breaking through to the top 20, did not make it to the final 6.

The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 557,318 student members in grades seven through 12 who belong to one of 7,498 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Know the Judges on the Ballot!

Nearly 300 people gathered on the steps of the Indiana Statehouse Wednesday, many calling for the recall of Indiana Supreme Court Justice Steven H. David. Justice David authored the recent high court ruling that held individuals don’t have the right to resist police who enter their home, even if those entries are illegal.

Justice David spoke about the salaries, which account for about $97 million in the state budget. He told lawmakers how the recently passed Ways and Means Committee budget prohibits judges, prosecutors, state-funded magistrates and deputy prosecutors from receiving any pay adjustments for two years regardless of whether state employees get an increase – a move that specifically reverses a 2005 statutory change to how trial judge compensation is tied to those state worker hikes.

“We seek no special treatment for the men and women who serve as judicial officers and prosecutors across this great state and who administer the people’s business in the local courthouses,” he said. “We only ask that they be treated in the upcoming biennium in the same way that the legislature and governor intended and agreed that they would be treated in the 2005 legislation.”

Justice Rucker testified about the public defense funding, which accounts for about $13 million currently. In the budget proposal submitted last fall, the court asked for a $3.15 million annual increase in public defense funding because of five additional counties – Delaware, Hamilton, Huntington, Lawrence, and Marshall – that will qualify for reimbursement at the start of the next biennium.  The state reimburses some of the defense costs for counties meeting certain standards, and the court says the general fund appropriation needed is $16 million rather than $12.85 million included in the budget passed by the House Ways and Means Committee.

“We were told they would do their best with us,” Dolan said.

Justice Robert Rucker says his four Indiana Supreme Court colleagues have issued a ruling that transforms millions of law-abiding residents into traffic offenders.

The four-justice majority on Thursday decided that state law makes it illegal to display temporary license plates in a vehicle's rear window, and that those paper or cardboard plates must comply with the same statute governing permanent metal plates. That holding came in Kerry L. Meredith v. State of Indiana, 89S04-0808-CR-430, and was echoed in the shorter companion case of Jeffrey Young v. State, 49S02-0905-CR-252.

"A drive down nearly any Indiana street on any given day will reveal Hoosier motorists applying old-fashioned common sense: attaching temporary paper tags to the inside of the back window in order protect them from deterioration by the elements," Justice Rucker wrote in Meredith. "By today's decision the majority has transformed law-abiding citizens into traffic offenders. This is patently wrong in my view; therefore I dissent."

Judge John G. Baker was named to the Court of Appeals in 1989, which makes him the longest-serving member on the current Court. He is Presiding Judge of the Court’s First District, which covers all of southern Indiana, and he served as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals from 2007-2010

 Judge Nancy H. Vaidik is a judge on the Fifth District Court of Appeals.  As far as I can tell, the question of her retention is statewide on all Indiana ballots.  She was appointed by Governor Frank O’Bannon in 2000, and retained by voters in 2002.   

Sample ballot

The ballot for Marion North in Putnam County. Indiana

US PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT MITT ROMNEY REPUBLICAN US PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DEMOCRATIC US PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT GARY JOHNSON LIBERTARIAN UNITED STATES SENATOR RICHARD E. MOURDOCK REPUBLICAN UNITED STATES SENATOR JOE DONNELLY DEMOCRATIC UNITED STATES SENATOR ANDREW "ANDY" HORNING LIBERTARIAN GOVERNOR & LT. GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR & LT. GOVERNOR JOHN R. GREGG DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR & LT. GOVERNOR RUPERT BONEHAM LIBERTARIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG ZOELLER REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL KAY FLEMING DEMOCRATIC SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TONY BENNETT REPUBLICAN SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION GLENDA RITZ DEMOCRATIC UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 4 TODD ROKITA REPUBLICAN UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 4 TARA E. NELSON DEMOCRATIC UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 4 BENJAMIN J. GEHLHAUSEN LIBERTARIAN STATE SENATOR - DISTRICT 24 PETE MILLER REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR - DISTRICT 24 CHARLES ALBERT BENDER DEMOCRATIC STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 044 JAMES (JIM) BAIRD REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 044 RICHARD THOMPSON DEMOCRATIC COUNTY AUDITOR LORIE L HALLETT REPUBLICAN COUNTY AUDITOR WILMA PHIPPS DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TREASURER SHARON OWENS REPUBLICAN COUNTY CORONER DAVID R (DAVE) BROWN REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 1 DAVID E BERRY REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 3 DONALD K WALTON REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 1 JEFFREY OLIVER BLAYDES DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 1 CHARLIE BOLLER INDEPENDENT COUNTY COUNCIL AT-LARGE GENE R BECK REPUBLICAN COUNTY COUNCIL AT-LARGE PHILLIP J (PHIL) GICK REPUBLICAN COUNTY COUNCIL AT-LARGE LARRY L PARKER REPUBLICAN SOUTH PUTNAM SCH BRD MEMBER - MARION TOWNSHIP STEVEN E CASH NON PARTISAN SOUTH PUTNAM SCH BRD MEMBER - AT LARGE - PUTNAM COUNTY ANTHONY HEAVIN NON PARTISAN SOUTH PUTNAM SCH BRD MEMBER - WASHINGTON TWP TIM MCKEAN NON PARTISAN SOUTH PUTNAM SCH BRD MEMBER - WASHINGTON TWP ANGIE NICHOLS NON PARTISAN SOUTH PUTNAM SCH BRD MEMBER - AT LARGE - PUTNAM COUNTY TRISHA SHRADER NON PARTISAN

Public Question Details

The search result set grid below displays all of the public questions that will be on your ballot during the next election. Please note that this list of public questions is supplied and maintained by the Indiana Election Division and counties. If this information appears to be incorrect or incomplete, please contact the Indiana Election Division. Please see the “County Contact” and “Indiana Election Division” tabs below to contact either the Indiana Election Division or your county election board. Category Title Public Question Supreme Court Justice Retention (1) JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT Shall Justice Robert D. Rucker be retained in office? Supreme Court Justice Retention (2) JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT Shall Justice Steven H. David be retained in office? Court of Appeals Judge Retention (3) JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS Shall Judge Nancy H. Vaidik be retained in office? Court of Appeals Judge Retention (4) JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA, FIRST DISTRICT Shall Judge John G. Baker be retained in office?

Halloween Time - Protect those with Food Allergies

SAFE CANDY LIST!

by AllergyMoms on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 1:52pm ·

AllergyMoms 31 Food Allergy Friendly Halloween Candies

By Gina Clowes

There is no such thing as a completely "safe" candy or snack. What is safe for one child could be harmful to another.

However, we all need a place to start. The treats listed below are free of many (but not all) of the major allergens.  Check the labels and the websites, and call manufacturers to find out if they are safe for your child.  

Keep in mind: Ingredients change without notice; different sizes of the "same" candy can have different ingredients, and different versions of the same candy always have different ingredients. Precautionary labels (ie. "may contain") are voluntary.     

Read the label every time. When in doubt, call the manufacturer or do without.  Happy Halloween!  

Airheads www.airheads.com  Multi-colored and flavored taffy strips.

Bottlecaps www.wonka.com  Soda flavored candy. (Root beer, orange etc.)  

Divvies  www.divvies.com  Chocolate ghosts, Halloween jelly beans, caramel and kettle corn, all made to share!    

Dots  www.tootsie.com  Candy corn dots are safe for many too!

Dum Dums  www.dumdumpops.com These, (along with Smarties) are food allergy family favorites as they are safe for a variety of allergies.

Enjoy Life Chocolate Bars  www.enjoylifefoods.com  Three varieties. My kids love the crispy rice milk chocolate.

Frito Lay  www.fritolay.com  Regular Lay's potato chips, Ruffles, Tostitos, and Fritos are safe for many allergies.  

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Fun Dip www.wonka.com  Candy stick + candy dip = Fun!

Gimbals Jelly Beans www.gimbalscandy.com  Very allergy aware company.

Hot Tamales www.hottamales.com   Similar to Mike & Ikes with cinnamon flavor.

Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum www.wrigley.com  My kids love the bubble tape version.

Jolly Ranchers www.hersheys.com/jolly-rancher  Sticks and hard candy.

Jujubes (and Jujyfruits) http://www.farleysandsathers.com  Great for decorating cakes and cookies too.

Life Savers (hard candies & gummies) www.life-savers.com  My kids love the gummy variety.

Mike & Ike www.mikeandike.com  Popular movie candy.

Necco Wafers www.necco.com  Oldie but goodie shows up a lot at Halloween.

Nerds www.wonka.com  My son and his friends love these sugary nuggets.

Nik-L-Lip  www.tootsie.com  Those cute little wax bottles with colored sugar water inside.

Pez www.pez.com  Fun, convenient and safe for most allergies. A clever Pez dispenser is good for trading unsafe candy.

Pixy Stix www.wonka.com  Messy but fun. Teens like the larger size.

Pure Fun www.organiccandy.com  Tasty way to avoid dyes and gmo's.

Razzles www.tootsie.com  First it's a candy, then it's a gum!

Saf-T-Pops http://www.spanglercandy.com/ Fun first lollipop from an allergy-aware company.

Skittles www.skittles.com  A "safe" candy that is a Halloween favorite.

Smarties (US version)  www.smarties.com  These are a favorite for many allergy moms. Safe for many allergies.  Smarties pops are good too!

Sour Patch Kids  www.sourpatch.com  Tangy, sweet-sour gummy candy.

Spree (regular only) www.wonka.com Chewy variety contains egg.

Starburst www.starburst.com Another allergy mom favorite.

Surf Sweets  http://www.surfsweets.com   Organic gummy bears, worms and jelly beans free of dyes and all common allergens.

Swedish fish www.swedishfish.com  These little red fish are another Halloween favorite.

SweeTarts www.wonka.com  Regular only as chewy sweetarts contain egg.

Wack-o-wax (wax lips) www.wonka.com Red lips or the vampire teeth anyone?

Warheads www.warheads.com  Super sour candy not for the faint of heart.

Yummy Earth www.yummyearth.com Organic lollipops, drops and other dye-free candy.  

(c) AllergyMoms.com 2012

What is your favorite Halloween Candy?