Club Activities- Fall 2004
Agronomy Day-August 19, 2004
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Shaun Schmidt, Joel McCormick, and Regan Joehl prepare
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6:30 am crowds at the annual Agronomy Day booth |
Regan Joehl and Kate Legge assist a customer in donut selection |
Phil Parrish, Matt Murray, and Ryan Shelby are ready to help |
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Regan Joehl and Dan Lamoreux help a customer, while Matt Murray supervises |
Yale Epler, Dan Lamoreux, and Phil Parrish restock the pop tank |
Ryan Shelby takes in some sugar to keep going during his rough morning |
Meeting USDA Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jim Moseley-August 19, 2004
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Field and Furrow Club Members Dan Lamoreux,
Yale Epler, Matt Murray, Regan Joehl, and Shaun Schmidt talk with featured
Agronomy day speaker USDA Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jim Moseley |
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Quad Day-August 24, 2004
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Each year, thousands of students crowd
the University of Illinois Quad at the beginning of the
fall semester to check out opportunities to join some of the many clubs on campus |
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Club Vice President Yale Epler and Club
Treasurer Josh Heeren wait for eager new
recruits to ask questions about joining Field and Furrow |
A bright-eyed student eagerly signs
up to be a member of the club |
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Farm Safety Day Camp-August 28, 2004
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Club members have some breakfast and wait
to hear what will happen when the campers arrive |
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Nathan Schnettgoecke and Jared Walter
ask the important question: "Milk, orange juice or apple juice?" |
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Everyone gets an assembly line going to provide lunch |
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"Do NOT load more than 4 family members
on the ATV when you drive around the pasture" |
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Gun safety is an important camp topic |
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Stephanie Rousonelos, Kate Legge, and Krista Ubbenga check out the "life copter" |
Dan Lamoreux, Kyle McClelland, Yale Epler, Jared
Walter, and Nathan Schnettgoecke prove that they are the coolest guys
at camp |
Thanks to our excellent Farm Safety Day Camp volunteers:
Dan, Krista, Kyle, Stephanie, Jared, Kate, Yale and Nathan |
Take home lesson for the day: do NOT
play under the header---this could be you!! |
Fall Callout-September 8, 2004
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The club's annual Fall Callout BBQ was
held with lots of food and prospective members in attendance |
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Club President Nathan Schnettgoecke
discusses club business and activities
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Conventions chair Regan Joehl tells
members about attending the national conference in Seattle this fall |
Interim Crop Sciences Department Head Bob Hoeft addresses the club |
Putt Putt Golf-September 21, 2004
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Lining up the putt is a very serious
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Watching where the ball goes can be
very exciting for some...
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...and less exciting for others |
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Indian Corn Harvest-September 22, 2004
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Hardworking club members shuck Indian
corn after picking. Dr Pedersen stops by to help (and collect disease
samples!) |
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Indian Corn Sales-October 21, 2004
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Krista, Stephanie, Alex, Ryan, and Regan
are ready to sell pumpkins and Indian corn to students and faculty on the Quad |
Stephanie puts away the money after
a sale while Krista supervises |
After five minutes, the aggressive sales
pitch is replaced by more laid-back attitudes |
National Meetings SASE (Seattle, Washington)-October 29-November 2, 2004
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Everyone is excited to fly from Bloomington
to Seattle |
Saturday was reserved for sight-seeing.
The first place to go is Pikes Market where fish fly and produce is plentiful |
Seattle has many homeless people. This
person was very determined to get into the group picture at the market |
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After eating at the market, the group
took the ferry across Puget Sound to Bainbridge Island |
At the Olympic Wildlife Park, a piece
of bread can get you a yak in the car |
This bear was very friendly |
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A quick stop at the water on the way
to the forest |
Olympic Park was very different from what we see in Illinois |
After the road was blocked, the group
decided to take the trail in search of mountain snow |
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After about an hour and a half of hiking,
it was decided that the best way to see snow was from a distance |
On Sunday, it was time to get to work.
David Shore gave the first place talk in the oral research presentation
contest |
Kate Legge presented the club poster, which tied for 5th place |
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Everyone was forced to go and eat fresh
seafood by Ms Stoller |
Club advisor Bob Dunker prepares to
watch the Quiz Bowl team |
Quiz Bowl team members Regan Joehl,
Yale Epler, Brian Fisher, and Nathan Schnettgoecke made it past the first
round. In the future, they will all remember that Rachel Carson wrote Silent
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Formerly quiet and shy Nathan Schnettgoecke
talked his way to 5th place in the speech contest finals |
On Monday, Yale Epler presented an excellent
poster on his research into strip tillage |
Regan Joehl presented the results of
his Indian corn/popcorn breeding program |
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TJ Ruyle had a hard job as one of the
club delegates |
Seattle was infested with Starbucks |
The flight from Chicago to Bloomington
was cancelled. Regan contemplates walking home |
Feedstuffs Kit Assembly-November 9, 2004
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Club members began a new project this
year of assembling feedstuff samples kits for FFA judging practice. The
first step is to put each of the 32 sample types into individual jars |
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Lids are carefully put on each jar |
Each jar must be identified by the correct
sample number |
Once all the jars are filled and marked,
an assembly line is set up to put one of each type of sample into a container
for shipping to the FFA clubs |
Club Meeting and New Member Initiation-November 9, 2004
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Secretary Dan and President Nathan read
the words of the secret initiation rite to the new members (close the
door!) |
Welcome to new members (L to R): Scott
Wessel, Anna Bishop, Randy Lindgren, Alex Luckew, Sean Breen, Nathan
Karplus, Scott VanEtten, Brandon Laue, Brock Yuskis, Heather Clodfelter,
Blake Peterson, Ryan Avenatti, Justin Martz, Krist Ubbenga, Charell Clement,
and Mike Myer |
Josh Heeren gestures as he explains
how much he loves being the club treasurer |
