Future farmer might be future teacher.Byline: Faces and places by The Register-Guard Name: Beverly Ball Age: 18 School: Creswell High School Grade: 12 Parents: Ken and Amy Ball Pets: Two cats and a collection of sheep, 10 of which are Ball's responsibility. One of her sheep, a yearling yearling an animal in its second year of age, e.g. yearling cattle, yearling filly, yearling colt. yearling disease rinderpest in wildebeeste in the Serengheti. , has become a real friend. "I love her. I named her Honey," Ball says of the market lamb she couldn't bear to auction off last year. The Dorset ewe now follows her around and eats of out of her hand. Dorsets tame easily when you spend time with them, Ball says. Main interest: Ball has been an enthusiastic member of the Oregon FFA FFA free fatty acids. Association, formerly Future Farmers of America, since she was in fifth grade and began showing sheep at county fairs and other events. "I was really bad at showmanship. I always placed last." But she's gotten better over the years, and getting better at it has been a lot of fun. At a youth fair this year, she was named reserved champion FFA sheep showman. All in the family: Ball's father is the agriculture teacher at Creswell High School, and Ball's older sister was involved in FFA. Current project: For her senior year project, Ball is teaching first-graders at Creslane Elementary School elementary school: see school. where their food comes from, using curriculum developed by the FFA. She's in the classroom with the young students three days a week, and once a week takes them on a field trip where they can see farm animals. "When I first walk in there, they think their food comes from a supermarket." Her project requires her to do 50 hours of community service. Favorite subject: Any of the agriculture classes that her dad teaches. "I take as many of them as I can." The classes go beyond what people might normally consider agriculture, Ball says. Besides horticulture horticulture [Lat. hortus=garden], science and art of gardening and of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. Horticulture generally refers to small-scale gardening, and agriculture to the growing of field crops, usually on a large and domestic animals, students study mechanics, welding welding, process for joining separate pieces of metal in a continuous metallic bond. Cold-pressure welding is accomplished by the application of high pressure at room temperature; forge welding (forging) is done by means of hammering, with the addition of heat. and autoCAD (computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive ) systems. Other classes: Ball also has government, English, Spanish and a work and life skills class this semester. Worst subject: Spanish. "I'm not very good at it, and I'm not a good test taker tak·er n. One that takes or takes up something, such as a wager or purchase: There were no takers on the bets. taker Noun ." Future plans: Ball will attend college after she graduates and wants to be a teacher. "Doing this project is making me know how much I like kids. First-grade kids are so nice. Everything they say to you is positive. I've had kids tell me they love me. You feel like you're actually making a difference." Ball also will make a run for a state FFA officer position next March. If she's one of six selected, she'll spend the year after she graduates traveling the state extolling the virtues of FAA membership to students. "They're aiming at recruitment. They want to get kids involved." Other activities: Ball lives, eats and breathes ag activities, but she's also a member of the National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS), established in 1921, is a recognition program for American high school students who show achievement in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. . Favorite music: Country artists Travis Tritt Travis Tritt (born James Travis Tritt, February 9, 1963 in Marietta, Georgia) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Biography Tritt was born in Marietta, Georgia to James and Gwen Tritt. At age 3, he received his first guitar from his father. and the Dixie Chicks. Favorite movies: "A Walk to Remember," a coming-of-age movie released last January and "Center Stage," a 2000 movie about ballet that Ball likes so well, she pops it into the videotape machine in her room each night and falls asleep to it. "I have to watch it every night," she says, although she usually only catches the first 10 minutes before drifting off. What she'd change about the world: "I really don't like people being mean to each other. I don't agree with the war stuff. I know something has to be done, but I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. about war." Biggest pet peeve pet peeve n. Informal Something about which one frequently complains; a particular personal vexation. Noun 1. pet peeve - an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed; "grammatical mistakes are his pet peeve" :"People touching my food." - Susan Palmer CAPTION(S): WAYNE EASTBURN / The Register-Guard High School student Beverly Ball (left) is doing her senior project teaching Creslane Elementary School first-graders about the origin of the food they eat. |
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