Club Activities- Spring 2003
End of the Year Barbeque-May 2003
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You can find Brett Ochs taking care of the grill at every club BBQ |
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Field and Furrow graduating seniors gather for one last picture. Good Luck! We'll miss you. |
Awards Banquet-April 2003
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Before the awards ceremony started,
club members were treated to a magic show. Matt Sullivan displays his
amazing magic talents with a balloon |
Ms. Brandau was also called upon to show
off her previously unknown magic skills |
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Club Social Chair Tyler Reichman does
a great job of public speaking while presenting a club award |
Club Vice President Dan Lamoreux congratulates Nic Roth as the winner of the IPM contest |
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Dan presents Jolene Chappell with the
second place award in the IPM contest |
Club Treasurer Nic Roth presents Sara
Groeper with the Club Service Award |
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President Kyle McClelland prepares to present an award while Tyler looks on |
Sharon Conatser is an invaluable part
of getting the club organized. Anna Ferguson recognizes Sharon's contribution
to making the club a success |
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Shaun Scmidt and Nic Roth were selected as
the Outstanding New Club Members |
Anna Ferguson, the 2003 Outstanding Junior,
accepts the award from Mr and Mrs Dennis Thompson of Illinois Foundation
Seeds |
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Speech contest participants Dan Lamoreux, Brett Ochs, and Sara Groeper pose with Dr. Heichel |
State FFA Contest Lunch-April 2003
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The Field and Furrow Club provided lunches
for State FFA Contest partipants and judges. What a deal! |
Sara Groeper takes a short break from "cookie duty", but Sharon Conatser keeps on working |
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Brett Ochs is ready to serve YOU! |
Making pork chop sandwiches is a fine art. Josh Green and Ms. Brandau have the technique down pat. |
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Anna Ferguson and Ian Meyer load up with lunches to take to contest participants |
Creating Seed Sets-March 2003
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Everyone worked together to mass-produce
sets of corn, soybean, oat, and wheat for use by high schoolers in grain
judging contests |
First, Matt Sullivan pours soybean into
a bin to be put into individual bags |
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Next, Matt and Brett Ochs begin to put a carefully measured amount of soybean seed into a bag |
Abel Wurmnest shows proper "bag-filling"
technique with oat seed |
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Shaun Schmidt adds the right amount of contaminant to each bag as needed |
CJ Decker deftly ties each bag shut |
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Dan Lamoreux makes boxes for each seed set |
Sara Groeper and Kyle McClelland put the |
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The Club worked together like a well-oiled machine to produce 60 seed sets. Good job!! |
ACES Open House-March 2003
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The highlight of the Field and Furrow
display was the E-Diesel Truck |
Kyle McClelland and Tyler Reichman show
off the new Field and Furrow shirts |
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Field and Furrow Club members Anna Ferguson,
Jolene Chappell, Nathan Schnettgoecke, Nic Roth, and Josh Green are all
ready to answer questions about the Club from Open House attendees |
Nic Roth and Josh Green "man"
the Field and Furrow display board |
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Anna and Jo say "Ask us about joining Field and Furrow Club!" |
Speech Contest-February 2003
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Dr. and Mrs. Heichel host the club's
local speech contest at their home-- THANK YOU! |
Ms. Brandau introduces speech contest
participant Joel McCormick |
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Contestants (L to R): Joel McCormick,
Dan Lamoreux, Brett Ochs, and Sara Groeper |
Some of the speech contest judges relax after making a tough decision. (L to R): Dean Reichers, Mohammed Babadoost, Kris Lambert, and Brian Diers |
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Brett Ochs will represent the Field and Furrow
Club this fall in Denver, Colorado in the speech contest in the Student
Division of the National American Society of Agronomy Meetings |
