Chapter History

The Belle Plaine FFA chapter started in 1930, and since then there have been numerous accomplishments and memories made. During our history, we have had two members go on to be state officers, and many others be district officers. Our most recent advisors have been Scott Frank, Josh Day, Steve Eskildsen, and John Daniels.

1950 Belle Plaine Chapter

In 1950, there were 30 members in our Belle Plaine FFA chapter, I am happy to say that since then we have had major growth with not only getting more members involved but also welcoming females to join.

1950 National Convention

In the picture shown above you can see the 1950 Belle Plaine officer team attending National Convention, in Kansas City. The advisor during this time was Mr. Bussey.

1950 State Convention

In 1950 there were about 15 members attending State Convention. This group is shown above.

Document of honored members

the document to the left was signed by members that "have been truly recognized as members of an incorporated chapter."
The members that signed this paper were members that were very involved, and cared about the future of agriculture.
During 1950, this is how they recognized these amazing members and showed them that they were thankful for all the work they put into the Belle Plaine FFA chapter.

Chapter Sweetheart

One past tradition from our chapter was granted a "Chapter Sweetheart" around the time of Valentine's Day. In the photo to the right, Donna Trueblodd was chosen to be the Chapter Sweetheart. When given this title, she received a white corduroy jacket with the title "chapter sweetheart" on the front, and the FFA logo on the back.

Past Iowa Degree recipients

1934- Robert Grummer

1941- Robert Johnson

1942- Eugene Grummer

1943- Don Kozik

1944- Wiliam Kern

Darrell Krafka

1945- Dale Studt

1946- Sylvester Kalina

1947- Donald Beck

1956- Ernest Kitcart

1958- Larry Beyer

1961- Russel Johnson

Larry Musel

1962- Danny Cronbaugh

1963-Kenneth Johnson

1964- Jerry Anderson

1966- Richard Votrebeck

Bryon Witt

1968- Gerald Malecek

Mike Waulters

1969- Doug Winslow

1970- Rod Blount

1971- Leland Rieck

1973- Dan Behaunek

Dave Friedman

1975- James Anderson

1976- Kevin Foley

Jeff Rieck

1978- Dean Papesh

1979- Glenn Johnson

Ted Novak

1982- Roger Formanek

Alan Lyman

1983- Pat Foley

1984- Charlotte Wilkinson

1985- Alan Foley

Dale Rieck

1986- Craig Breja

Dean Bostain

1989- Dan Arens

1992- John Bostain

Jess Wauters

1994- Mike Kolars

1995- Chris Upah

1996- Bonnie Lohf

1998- Seth McCullough

2000- Kyle Allee

Jesse Wonrau

2003- Dustin Ashmore

Milissa Frank

Dan Upah

2004- Kyle Kaplan

2005- Ryan Frank

2006- Corey Behounek

Brandon Grieder

2009- Ben Novak

2010- Brian Carlson

Josh VanHamme

2011- Keegan DeMeulenaere

2013- Emily Toennies

2014- Ross Henning

2015- Joseph Kolash

Kayla Toennies

2016- Katelyn Ward

Brandon Zumbach

2018- Tyler Arens

Kathryn Andersen

Joseph Hatton

Sam Ward

Dani Montgomery

Keaten Hoskey

Ethan Gates

Josh Kolash

Brock Balvin

Hope Brecht

Keegan Ealy

2019- Makayla Miller

John Reekers

Amanda Hadley

Tori Hlas

Katelyn Cook

Hannah Cook

Ethan Allie

2020- Jazmyne Graf

Carson Adams

Laura Toennies

Kamryn Hoskey

Zach Brecht

2022-Breanna Cook

Lilly Fowler

Mason Ward

2023- Harry Singh

Nathan Arens

2024-Alyssa Steinbeck

2025- Gabe Kaplan

Addison Stamp

Denisyn Adams

Kyla Shaull

Lillian Wickwire

Parker Weeda

Layne McLeod

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