Club Activities Spring 2004
Spring BBQ-May 4, 2004
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The rainbow paper returns. |
Everyone is eager to eat. |
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Nathan leads the last meeting of the spring semester |
2004 Field and Furrow Seniors are ready to go out and change the world! |
NACTA Contest-April 23, 2004
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2004 NACTA Crops Contest Team (L to R): Nathan Schnettgoecke,
Anna Ferguson, Nic Roth, Shaun Schmidt, Josh Green. |
Just before the contest, Nathan is still needing
help with the simplest of concepts. |
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Shaun studies diligently in the hotel room. |
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Everyone waits to go into their specific test area. |
Mr Dunker provided the team with special rainbow
paper tablets for extra luck. |
Nathan Schnettgoecke thinks hard about a question
on the Lab Practical test section. |
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Josh Green and Shaun Schmidt work hard
at the Math section of the test. |
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Nic Roth enjoys taking the Agronomic Quiz. |
Anna Ferguson asks, "Is this yellow foxtail,
or velvetleaf?" |
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Josh, Anna, and Shaun compare notes at the halfway point of the contest. |
2004 NACTA team and coaches. |
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Club Awards Banquet-April 20, 2004
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Club Advisor Dean Riechers presents Nic Roth as
the American Society of Agronomy Outstanding Senior. |
IPM Contest Winners (L to R) Matt Murray (3rd),
Shaun Schmidt (3rd), Nic Roth (1st) and Regan Joehl (2nd). |
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Outstanding Club Seniors Anna Ferguson and Nic Roth
receive awards sponsored by Steve Calhoun and Illinois Foundation Seeds. |
Yale Epler and Kyle McClelland were selected as
the Club's Outstanding Juniors. Dennis Thompson and Illinois Crop Improvement
sponsored their awards. |
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Nathan Schnettgoecke and Dan Lamoreux won the club Service Award. |
Outstanding New Members Brian Fisher and Regan Joehl
show their certificates. |
Speech Contest participants Nathan Schnettgoecke
and Brian Fisher won awards sponsored by the Department of Crop Sciences
and presented by Associate Department Head Bob Hoeft. |
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Bob Dunker was selected by the Club members as the
Department's Outstanding Instructor. |
Sharon Conatser is recognized by Club President
Nathan Schnettgoecke for all her hard work on the banquet and for the
club in general. |
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2003/2004 Club Members and Advisors. |
Speech Contest-April 6, 2004
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Nic Roth prepares to listen to the speech contest participants. |
Mr Dunker is ready to judge. |
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Jared Walter and Kate Legge are eager to hear the speeches or maybe they are just ready to have some ice cream. |
Tamra Jackson is representing the Crop Sciences
Graduate Students as a judge for the contest. Kyle McClelland is just
glad that he is not competing. |
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Nathan Schnettgoecke is ready to give his speech
on weed management in no till systems. |
Brian Fisher smiles after giving a talk on variable rate seeding. |
Our two contestants for the 2004 Speech Contest,
Brian and Nathan, both gave great talks. Nathan will represent the club
at the 2004 National Meetings in Seattle, WA. |
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Gary and Iris Heichel hosted the 2004 Field and
Furrow Speech Contest at their home. Unfortunately, this will be the
last time! Thank you so much for all that you do--we will miss you. |
FFA Lunch-April 3, 2004
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Mr Ferguson is a pro on the grill...Thanks
for your help-we couldn't have done it without you. |
Eric Ferguson is learning all the grilling tricks |
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Not everyone can be at the grill. Nathan Schnettgoecke and Dan Lamoreux supervise the grillers. |
Once the pork chops are ready, they are made into
sandwiches and packed into lunches with chips and cookies. |
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Kate Legge is ready to take drinks and lunch bags
to the FFA contestants and coaches. |
Josh Green stays at NSRC to provide food to the
people there. He attempts to wave customers over. |
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Joel McCormick counts the money made so far. |
ASA Student Divison Regional Meetings
(Michigan State)-March 26-28, 2004
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Yale Epler, Brian Fisher, Anna Ferguson, Rachel
Crider, Regan Joehl, Nathan Schettgoecke, and Club Advisor Bob Dunker
traveled to Michigan State University for the Regional Meetings of the
Student ASA division. |
Members participated in Aggie Olympics on Friday night. Go Illini! |
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Yale shows how well and how fast he can drink. |
Nathan and Rachel show their team colors. |
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Students took tours around the Michigan State area. Anna and Rachel enjoy seeing cows. |
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One stop on the tour was a maple syrup farm. |
Tractors are a popular backdrop for pictures. |
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Brian Fisher waits for more fun to begin. |
Club members love to spend time together. |
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A banquet on Saturday night was a good opportunity
to spend more time with students from other schools, AND more time with
each other. |
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We love to dip our toes in Lake Michigan. |
What a great trip! |
Seed Sets-March 2004
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Club members fill bags with seed for use by high
school grain judging teams. |
Everyone tries to have fun while doing a boring
task. |
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Even club advisors get involved. |
After seed is added, some bags receive contaminants. |
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After all bags are filled with seed and various
contaminants, members fill boxes with completed seed sets to be shipped. |
Anna Ferguson packs with a smile. |
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Regan Joehl is happy to be part of this exciting activity. |
Club Meeting-February 2004
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On February 3, club members gathered for dinner,
a business meeting, and a guest speaker. |
Members listened as John Holthaus of Growmark discussed
job opportunities with his company. |
