Eureka FFA Ag Sales Team Competes

Slick Moves Sell out the Competition


By: Ellynne Vance

The 2011 Eureka High School FFA Ag Sales Team competed last Wednesday night, November 9th, at Black Hawk East College in Moline, IL. The team consisted of 5 FFA members including Ellen Wuethrich (Sr.), Payton Fehr (Sr.), Ellynne Vance (Sr.), Kent Hinrichsen (Soph.), and Alan Zimmerman (Fr.). The Ag Sales competition was composed of 5 different sale scenarios that ranged from presenting an item to the judges and convincing them it’s worth the buy, to calming a deranged customer on the phone by using their customer service skills. Plus the team had 1 project together in which they had to create and present a sales pitch with only 25 minutes to prepare the presentation. The team placed 4th overall with Ellynne Vance and Alan Zimmerman placing 3rd, and Ellen Wuethrich placing 2nd in their respective areas.

The Ag Sales competition is a life skills activity which teaches students about business and sales through agricultural means. The FFA is a positive influence in student’s lives by teaching them premier leadership and service through community service events, classroom guidance, and competition.

EHS Speech Team

The Eureka High School Speech and Drama Team opened its competitive season by capturing the 2nd place Small School Teams Sweepstake Trophy at the Tremont High School Individual Events tournament held on Saturday, November 6.


Making the big points for the team were Mark Crenshaw (son of David and Mary Anne Crenshaw of Eureka)—2nd place Radio, Mark Crenshaw & Erik Slingerland (son of Margo & William Slingerland of Goodfield)—4th place in Humorous Duet Acting, and Constance Moushon (daughter of Raymond & Catherine Moushon of Eureka)-4th place Radio Speaking. There were 14 schools participating in the tournament.

Jamie Wiegand (daughter of Wayne & Rosemary Wiegand of Secor) was tied for breaking into Poetry finals but lost on 1 speaker point and Colin Dewald and Corey Dewald (sons of Dennis & Amy Dewald of Eureka) were one place away from breaking into Duet finals.

Also new and competing with the team were freshmen Zach Harper (son of Kevin & Heather Harper of Eureka) in humorous interpretation and Nathan Sylvester (son of Brent & Maureen Sylvester of Eureka) in radio. Other team supporters included Amber Baer (daughter of Tim & Jenny Baer of Eureka), Brad Zehr (son of Stan & Julie Zehr of Eureka), and Ross Hettinger (son of Pete & Helen Hettinger of Eureka).



Eureka Speech Team members helping the team earn the 2nd Place Small Team Trophy in Small Schools at the Tremont Individual Events Tournament on November 19 are Mark Crenshaw, Brad Zehr, Erik Slingerland, and Constrance Moushon.

EHS Speech Team members competing at the Tremont Tournament include Corey Dewald, Colin Dewald, Amber Baer, Mark Crenshaw, Brad Zehr, Erik Slingerland, Constance Moushon, Jamie Wiegand, Nathan Sylveste and Zach Harper.

EHS Speech Team members competing and earning the 2nd Place Small School Team Sweepstakes Trophy include Jamie Wiegand, Constance Moushon, Nathan Sylvester, Brad Zehr, Erik Slingerland, Mark Crenshaw, Amber Baer, Ross Hettinger, Colin Dewald, Zach Harper, and Corey Dewald.

EHS FFA Agronomy Team

Agronomy Team

By: Virginia Ely (Eureka FFA Reporter)

Agronomy is the name and judging crops is our game! The Eureka FFA agronomy team traveled to Metamora High School Monday November 14th. They were given seeds and insects to identify, and hay and weeds to classify. The team consisted of five members Samuel Cottrell, Jodi Blunier, Allie Miller, Harrison Frank, and Nathan Steffen. The team placed fourth overall and took on some hard competition. They did a fantastic job, congratulations!



Class of 2012 excels on the PSAE

The class of 2012 scored well enough on last years PSAE to place Eureka High School in the top fifty high schools in the state based on the number of students meeting or exceeding the state standards.  They rank in the 93rd percentile in the state. Most of the high schools in the top 50 are north of I80. Also, this is one of the highest PSAE scores ever recorded by a class at EHS. We are very proud of the class of 2012's accomplishment and commend the entire K-12 teaching staff for preparing our students for success on the state exams. We honored this accomplishment by grilling rib eyes, pork chops, and brats and also providing the rest of the lunch for the senior class and the staff at EHS on November 10, 2011.  Thanks to Jason Bachman, Dave Tapp, Adam Zehr, Karie Reike, Bill Carr, Deb Klaus, Margie Anderson, Joe McLaughlin, and Vicki Cook for helping to make this happen.

"Foods and Nutrition" students make apple cider the old fashion way

Trevor Gold places at state golf

Congratulations to Trevor Gold for being selected the Journal Star POY for boys golf after his top ten finish at the state golf meet in Bloomington.



This is a very prestigious award as he joins the elite company of Nathaniel Meiss, Jordan Prosser and Caty Eeten (basketball), Ryan Eigsti (baseball) and Dustin Franckey, Sean Houseworth, Johnny Reel and Olivia Klaus (Cross Country/Track) as the only athletes from Eureka High School to have won this award in their respective sport. You can read the article here:
http://www.pjstar.com/photos_sports/x236283325/Golfer-of-the-Year-Trevor-Gold

National FFA Convention 2011

National Convention 2011

By: Virginia Ely
(Eureka FFA Reporter)

Lining every street with blue corduroy jackets, kids from states ranging from Alaska to Puerto Rico, Maine to Hawaii and even Indian nations came together to experience the 2011 National FFA Convention. The Eureka FFA Officers: Elly Vance, Samuel Cottrell, Seth Schumacher, Josh Robinson, Brad Krumholz, Jacob Leman, Jodi Blunier, Rebecca Kupferschmid, Virginia Ely, and Payton Fehr were just a few of those blue jackets on the streets. They got involved in different types of sessions revolving around this years theme of “I believe”, they visited the numerous amounts of colleges with booths available, they browsed the many “stores” set up, and enjoyed fun activities that were offered to them.

The officers loaded a school bus Tuesday morning October 18th and ventured out on a trip of a lifetime. They arrived in Indianapolis, Indiana and visited a museum of western and Indian art and history. They observed many famous paintings and sculptures in the museum as well as visited the interactive part of the museum where they could try different instruments and role play different parts of western history. Although the weather was just short of awful they pushed that aside and enjoyed their time. To start off their Wednesday morning they visited the NCAA museum where they mingled with many other members from different FFA chapters from across the nation. After that they made their way to the convention center and ventured through the shoulder to shoulder crowd and visited college booths and, of course, accumulated all of the “free-bees” that were being handed out! Connected to the room full of college booths and other advertising booths was a room full of mini stores where FFA members mingled and purchased some “groovy- souvies”. That night the opening session was held at the Conseco Field house, home of the Pacers, and the key note speaker, Dave Roever, gave a very motivational speech. He brought out some of his friends that made a huge impact in his life, introduced them to us and they shared their stories. Thursday night there was a rodeo that all the members were welcome to attend followed by a concert featuring Blake Shelton, Little Big Town, and Steel Magnolia. The stadium was packed with everyone singing and dancing, it was a great experience!

Out of 543,000 FFA members over 58,000 members were participating in sessions, local museums, and fun activities. Everywhere you looked there was a blue corduroy jacket in sight. Our FFA Officers work hard every year to get a chance to travel to National Convention and can not thank the community enough for all of their support. They are looking forward to their new officer team next year to share this experience because we believe, we are FFA!

Cross Country teams advance to Sectionals

Both the boys and girls cross country teams are advancing to Sectionals this Saturday.  Kalla Gold got 5th overall and both teams earned a 5th place finish to advance to the Elmwood Sectional.  The girls race is at 10:30 and the boys is at 11:15.

EHS student helps raise money for the Children's Hospital

 Liesl Peters helped raise over $5700 with members of the Uftring Auto Group through donations from employees and customers. Liesl is shown making the check presentation, herself a patient of the hospital. The money will purchase a hospital grade blanket warmer for the kids on 6 Peds.

Project Impact takes field trip

Students involved in Project Impact along with lead teacher, Terry Aldridge, took a field trip on October 21 to enjoy a morning of outdoor recreation based on having all of their work up to date and not being behind in their hours contracted.

Senior night held for swim team

Congrats to Kati Simpkins and Erica Garber for being part of the Metamora- Roanoke/Benson- Eureka Swim Co-op.  They were honored on Thursday as part of the departing senior class for their dedication to the program.

EHS collecting old batteries

Batteries collected for class homecoming competition: juniors -  178, freshman - 149 , seniors - 80, sophomores - 53. A total of 460 have been collected!!!! Great job to EVERYONE!!!  We will continue to collect batteries throughout the year to keep them out of the landfills.  Please drop them off at the main office in care of the Science Club.

Soccer senior night held at R-B

Congratulations to Joey Kuntz for his dedication to the R-B-E soccer program for the last  four years.  He was honored this week after a win over Fischer High School.  Pictured are Joey and his father, Jack.

EHS staff member competes in charitable road race

Congrats to Ila Pruitt and her family for competing in the "Run to Victory"  5K to raise money for a year-round camp for  children with chronic medical conditions or serious illness.  This camp located in North carolina was founded by Kyle and Pattie Petty in honor of their son Adam.

EHS dress up day held

Everyday during Homecoming week a different dress up day is held.  On Wednesday the students and staff held Sports team day.  Pictured are students, staff, and former coaches that sported the team logos of two of alumni : Ben Zobrist and Andy Studebaker.

FFA Labor Auction

Labor Auction Results

Eureka FFA Reporter
(By: Virginia Ely)
Thursday, September 8th the Eureka FFA hosted their 16th annual Labor Auction at the Livestock Center in Congerville, IL. Dinner was delicious pulled pork sandwiches with the meat donated by Chad Leman! The auction started at 7p.m. with Lowell Stoller, Andy Knobloch, and Jim Stoller serving as the auctioneers for the event. Lowell told the officers how nervous he was, he ended up doing a wonderful job! As for the crowd the stands were filled, as FFA members waited to be auctioned off. It was a wonderful turnout! Donators from the community were so generous we were able to hold a silent auction. The Eureka FFA would like to thank everyone who purchased a member, or anyone who came out to support the FFA, we really appreciate it, and are looking forward to teaching our members leadership, dedication, and much more this year.



Solvi Bakke, Foreign Exchange Student From Norway

Solvi Bakke, a foreign exchange student from Norway, recently taught students at EHS about her home country. Her presentation included information about the weather, economy, food, sports, fashion, cities, and other major news events including the tragic bombing and shooting that took place on July 22, 2011. Miss Bakke was even courageous enough to speak about her personal experience living through the bombing. Students took part in a discussion asking questions and found many comparisons between Norway and the U.S.

Solvi Bakke



US History Project

U.S. History students at Eureka High School recently completed a unit on modern U.S. History, a time frame between the 1960s and the 1990s. Students were given the option to write an essay, create a poster, or make a power point presentation. The following photos show some of the presentations and the work that was submitted by our great students.

Anthony Myers

Nate Hartman

Tyler Bell and Sean Tedford

Brett Leman



EHS students attend CBC Leadership Summit

Thanks to Bloomington Central Catholic High school for hosting the 2011 Corn Belt Conference Leadership Summit. Students representing Eureka High School were : Derek Hartter, Kelsey Young, Katiemerr Simpkins, Andrea Hunt, Joey Kuntz, Kolton Merritt, Bradley Brewer, Kalla Gold, Katherine Syndram, Gabe Swords, Thompson, Zhuang, and Ellen Wuethrich.

EHS Volleyball wins Eureka Invite Tournament

Congratulations to the Eureka High School volleyball team and coaching staff on winning the Eureka Invitational Tournament on Saturday.  They team went undefeated in pool play versus Peoria Christian, Midland, and Leroy.  They went on to defeat Urbana in the championship match in three sets.