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were Ryan Batchelder and Sam 

 Cooley respectively, of Coe-Brown 

 Academy (Northwood) The first 

 place team was Coe-Brown; second 

 was Alvirne; third, Pinkerton. 



In the Floriculture Career Devel- 

 opment Event, there were thirty-four 

 students from six high schools. This 

 event included developing a floral 

 design, plant propagation, making a 

 corsage, plant identification, prob- 

 lem solving, and general exam. Fin- 

 ishing first was Winnisquam Regional 

 High School (Tilton) with 1887 

 points, Pinkerton Academy finished 

 second with 1847, and Fall Mountain 

 (Alstead) came in third with 1594. 



Many thanks to all the volunteers 

 who made this event possible. Sa- 

 rah Ykema, a UNH student and 

 former NH State FFA President, co- 

 ordinated the event, judges in- 

 cluded Jeff Huntington of Granite 

 State FFA Foundation; Dr. Owen 



Rogers, Professor Emeritus, UNH; Dr. 

 Charlie Williams, UNH Extension; Pat 

 Jenkins, UNH Thompson School, Dr 

 William Annis, Professor Emeritus, 

 UNH; Dr. Rick Barker, Ag. Consult- 

 ant, State Dept. of Education; Mr 

 Martin Mitchell, Retired Ag. Consult- 

 ant, State Dept. of Education; 

 Marlene Norton, UNH Secretary; cur- 

 rent Granite State FFA Officers; 

 Maria VanderWoude, State FFA Ex- 

 ecutive Secretary and UNH Colle- 

 giate FFA students A.|. Dupere )r., 

 Susan Meyers, Rodney Streeter, 

 Vicki Lawrence, Kathy Barrett, and 

 Linda Corson, and the many teach- 

 ers/students who assisted through- 

 out the day 



We also thank Elliott and Will- 

 iams Rose Company of Dover for 

 their contributions of flowers for the 

 corsages, )eff Huntington of Pleasant 

 View Gardens for contribution of 

 plant materials for propagation, and 



Peter Mortenson of Pinkerton Acad- 

 emy for providing materials for the 

 floral arrangements. 



Dave Howell, professor of adult and 

 occupational education, Department of 

 Resource Economics and Development, 

 UNH, Durham, coordinated this event. 



NHOS Show: More 

 Naturally Successful 



Softer, more natural lighting, helpful 

 armory personnel, and over eleven 

 hundred visitors all helped make 

 the Fifth Annual New Hampshire Or- 

 chid Society Show a success. 



The award for the best cut flower 

 arrangement (sponsored by the 

 NHPGAI was won by FTDA The ar- 

 rangement, made by Debra Defreze, 

 jasmine's Flowers, Seabrook, was 

 described as "simple, natural, and 

 very elegant" and consisted of glass 

 vases of slipper orchids and 



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