Club Activities Spring 2006
Year In Review (2005-2006)
Spring BBQ - South Farms, May 4, 2006
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Club advisor Bob Dunker is an excellent pitcher
at softball as well as a great guy |
Dr. D'Arcy is ready to run to second base.
Geoff Benn is so confident in his fielding skills he keeps his hands
in his pockets |
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Jared Walter, Matt Murray and Chuck Roth watch
TJ Ruyle pry apart frozen pork chops. Keep going, TJ |
Randy Lindgren thinks that having a drink can
in front of his face will prevent having his picture taken. WRONG!! |
Ag In The Classroom - Carrie Busey Elementary, May 1, 2006
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Christie Rostentreter, Caitlin Allen, Stephanie
Rousenelos, Krista Ubbenga, and Regan Joehl helped give a presentation
on biotechnology to 5th grade students |
Krista and Regan try to appear confident and smart, knowing that small children can smell fear |
Everyone gives individual help to the students |
Club Awards Banquet-April 26, 2006
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Caitlin Allen and Andy Morehouse (along with
Sydney Jarrett) were selected as the Outstanding New Members |
Nathan Karplus and Steve Calhoun from IFSI
recognize TJ Ruyle as the club's Outstanding Senior |
The winners of the IPM contest have a bonding
moment. Andrew Bowman, Jared Walter, Regan Joehl, and winner Mike Meyer
proved that they are excellent crop scientists |
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Craig Sondgeroth shows his check for second
place in the speech contest to Dr. Pedersen |
Sean Breen, Kate Legge, and Nathan Karplus
earned Service Awards |
In a potentially tense moment, Sharon Conatser
is almost locked out of the computer that was supposed to be used to
show the "Year-In-Review" presentation. Bob Dunker stands ready
to help or run, whichever seems best |
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Don White was recognized as the
Outstanding Instructor, but he also has a place in club history, along
with Gary Pepper, as a previous club advisor |
Daniel Lundeen is flanked by his two favorite
women (after his mother), Kate Legge and Ms Stoller. Kate is showing
her fun-loving personality |
Brandon Laue enjoys his last Field and Furrow
Banquet. Lookin' good, ABA |
ACES Awards Banquet-April 23, 2006
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Regan Joehl and Sean Breen accepted the award
as Field and Furrow was named the OUTSTANDING CLUB in the College of ACES |
Heather Clodfelter was named as the ASA Outstanding
Senior in Crop Sciences. Her parents and Dr. Hoeft are very proud of
her |
NACTA Crops Contest- Monmouth, IL, April 21, 2006
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Michael Ganschow and Blake Peterson wait between
areas at the Crops Contest. Michael is happy. Blake is not. |
Tyler Postin wonders "Is this corn...or
guar?" |
Sydney Jarrett, on the other hand, knows that
everything looks like guar |
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Daniel Lundeen knows how to read a Roundup
label: "Load the sprayer and head out to the field. Anytime is good." |
Tyler Postin, Nathan Karplus, Michael Ganschow,
Jared Walter, Sydney Jarrett, AJ Woodyard, Krista Ubbenga, Brandon Laue,
Blake Peterson, Craig Sondgeroth, and Daniel Lundeen studied all semester
to compete in the national contest |
Team "A": Michael Ganschow, Jared
Walter, AJ Woodyard, and Craig Sondgeroth. This team won 2nd place overall,
2nd place in the Lab Practical section, 2nd place in the Math Practical,
and 1st place in the Agronomic Quiz. Individually, AJ Woodyard won 2nd
place overall, 2nd place in the Math Practical, 3rd place in the Plant
and Seed ID, and 3rd place in the Agronomic Quiz. Jared Walter won 2nd
place in the Agronomic Quiz section. WAY TO GO!! |
Meeting and Speaker - April 11, 2006
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Everyone eats some subs and talks about crop
sciences while waiting for the meeting to start |
President Nathan Karplus says "something" important
to the rapt audience |
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Kate Legge, Allison Luzader and presentation
author Regan Joehl go over a brief show of the Regional meetings trip |
Department Head Bob Hoeft talks about the Crop
Sciences Department and the importance of continuing education |
FFA Lunch- April 1, 2006
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Fundraising Chairman Andrew Bowman and hard
little worker Andy Morehouse look everything over behind NSRL as the
day gets started |
Eddie Bohlen and TJ Ruyle have the important
job of grilling the pork chops |
Scott Wessel and Regan Joehl set up for sales
at Turner Hall while Ken McPheeters waits for lost students |
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Andy Morehouse and Drew Brandau hold down the
fort at Bevier (at least Andy does!) |
President Nathan Karplus and Secretary Sydney
Jarrett feel that with their extra special powers and abilities, they
can handle sales at NRSL from on top of the pop cans |
Sean Breen handles communications between all
the groups and drives the Gator. Copy? |
Speech Contest- March 30, 2006
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Craig Sondgeroth and Brian Fisher competed
in the local club speech contest at Hoeft's house. It was a difficult
decision but Brian will represent Field and Furrow at the national meetings
in Indianapolis |
Regan Joehl, Nathan Karplus, and Sean Breen
take a break from digging in to the great home made ice cream |
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Mr Dunker keeps everyone enthralled with a joke |
The Hoefts were very gracious and provided
excellent refreshments for the speakers, judges, and audience. Thanks! |
SASES Regional Meetings, Minneapolis, MN-March 23-26, 2006
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Mr Dunker finds a big fish at Cabelas |
Bushel Boy showed the group their hydroponic
tomato facility |
Some people were able to resist the lure of
tomatoes (except as missiles) and headed to the Mall of America |
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Krista Ubbenga, Caitlin Allen, and Kate Legge
jumped into the barbeque on Friday night |
Kate Legge and Allison Luzader had many interesting
bonding moments during the trip. This one was caught on camera |
Allison Luzader, Scott Wessel, TJ Ruyle, Brandon
Laue, Sean Breen, and Blake Peterson toured the John Deere facility.
Unfortunately there were no free tractor giveaways |
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Everyone was finally fed at the Saturday night
banquet |
Caitlin Allen and Ms Stoller meet for a photo
opportunity in the hotel hallway |
TJ Ruyle won a tshirt in a drawing at the banquet.
Somehow the shirt was more excited about getting its picture taken than
TJ is (or ever is) |
Seed Sets-March 14, 2006
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Andrew Bowman and Nathan Karplus start the
2006 seed set assembly by labelling bags |
Daniel Lundeen is a blur as he scoops soybeans
into plastic bags |
TJ Ruyle and James Hasheider have the important
job of smushing mothballs and putting them into bags |
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Sean Breen shows his skills at picking contaminants
out of corn, while Regan Joehl and Andrew Bowman put clean corn into
bags (so that other contaminants can be added) |
Andrew Bowman, Alex Luckew, and TJ Ruyle work
at bagging and contaminating corn samples |
TJ Ruyle, Eddie Bohlen, and Jen Large are working
on the wheat samples |
ExplorACES-March 10 and 11, 2006
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At ExplorACES, exhibits were found at various
sites in Turner Hall. Club treasurer Jared Walter shows that he is not
only good with money, but he also is good with insects |
Mike Meyer shows his love of corn and beans
by staying close to the grain display |
Matt Murray shows that corn and soybean can
be found in everyday products |
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Krista Ubbenga is ready to dispense "chocolate"-covered
soybeans |
Stephanie Rousenelos and Craig Sondgeroth try
and interest people in brie cheese and chicken nuggets without chicken |
Jonathan Lower is ready to try ranch flavored
soybeans or a yummy soy crisp |
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All of the food, crop products, and insects
in W121 draw a large crowd |
Over in the ACES library, Jen Norton and Justin
Martz try to direct prospective students to Turner Hall where all the
cool people are |
Brian Fisher hopes that people on his biotech
tour will appreciate the extra effort he took with his appearance |
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Kate Legge is such a plant lover that she tried
to take home a jimsonweed |
Andy Morehouse has almost talked this interested
student into becoming a crop scientist |
Regan Joehl is on hand in the Turner Hall lounge
to answer questions and make popcorn |
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Regan Joehl, Caitlin Allen, and Nathan Karplus
take a break |
Paul Kirbach, Nathan Karplus, and Andy Morehouse
are now the resident lounge couch potatoes. Apparently the work of the
club president is very tiring |
Regan Joehl shows his cleaning skills |
Meeting and Quiz Bowl-February 7, 2006
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New President Nathan Karplus conducts the February
meeting |
Cargill hats were the hot prize item at the
Quiz Bowl. Ms Stoller models how good they look |
