Fullerton Senior in State FFA Post

Brian Young, a Fullerton High School senior, was recently elected state treasurer of the California Future Farmers of America at its state convention.

Young will spend the next year on the road, giving speeches and attending to FFA business throughout the state and nation. After his term in office, Young plans to attend UC Davis.

“The benefits from this job will be many,” Young said. “The people I meet while traveling will be great contacts in the future. Also, there are certain businesses that actively recruit FFA state officers.”

Young has been involved in the agriculture program at Fullerton since his sophomore year. He has won many agriculture scholarships in the past year, including the California State Farmer Degree, which is an award based on a person’s agriculture aptitude and success.

He has raised animals, including pigs and sheep, and currently has a steer he is planning to enter in the Orange County Fair.

Young is the current FFA chapter president at Fullerton High and has recently ended his term as Orange County section treasurer. Last summer, he was Fullerton’s representative to Boys’ State in Sacramento, where he served as lieutenant governor. At Boys’ Nation in Washington, he served as a Supreme Court justice.

At Fullerton, Young was a member of this year’s state champion Parliamentary Procedure team and the Computer Applications team, which placed second in the state. He serves as student body secretary, captain of the wrestling team and is a member of the National Honor Society.

His philosophy on success?

“When you see an opportunity, take it and make the most of it.”

--JASON LOEB,

Fullerton High School

Veronica Gianesini, a Foothill High School senior, was recently named the winner of the “Women in History” essay-writing contest sponsored by the Orange County Commission on the Status of Women.

The contest was promoted as a “Women’s History Month” event to call young people’s attention to the unsung deeds of women in American history.

“Progress might have been all right once but it has gone on too long.”

--Ogden Nash (1902-1971)