Thirteen Receive State FFA Degrees at Convention
DeKalb County Farm Bureau congratulates this year’s State FFA Degree recipients from DeKalb County. Thirteen young people were recognized with the State Degree at the Illinois FFA Convention held recently.
The State FFA Degree is awarded to FFA members who have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to the organization and made significant accomplishments in their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAEs).
The State Degree winners are:
Genoa-Kingston – Deloris Drendel and Ashley Zuke
Hinckley-Big Rock – Kendall Hawbaker and Madeline Noble
Somonauk-Leland-Sandwich – Jessica Carlson and Brandon Larson
Sycamore –Jared Clausen, Tyler Ekstrom, Morgan Fidler, Jaedyn Slutz, Sarah Ward, Myranda Wilbur and Heidi Wood.
Also this year the Somonauk-Leland-Sandwich FFA Chapter won state in the Food CDE competition.
Genoa-Kingston FFA and Sycamore FFA are both national finalists for the National Chapter Award Program, based on the chapter’s program of activities for the year.
Genoa-Kingston Deloris Drendel 
Genoa-Kingston Ashley Zuke 
Hinckley-Big Rock Kendall Hawbaker 
Hinckley-Big Rock Madeline Noble 
Sycamore Jared Clausen 
Sycamore Tyler Ekstrom 
Sycamore Morgan Fidler 
Somonauk-Leland-Sandwich Jessica Carlson 
Somonauk-Leland-Sandwich Brandon Larson 
Sycamore Jaedyn Slutz 
Sycamore Sarah Ward 
Sycamore Myranda Wilbur 
Sycamore Heidi Wood 