Club Activities- Spring 2007
Spring BBQ-May 3, 2007
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Josh Hill and Eddie Bohlen are hypnotized by
the meat on the grill |
Everyone lines up for pork chop sandwiches,
chips, and cookies; the dinner of champions everywhere |
Randy Lindgren and Brian Craine are fascinated
by something to the right of them |
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In the absence of a true softball, a few athletic
die hards kick around Charlie's soccer ball |
Mitch Heisler practices his ball throwing skills |
Finally, a game of kickball is organized. Everyone
takes turns being outstanding in their field |
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Scott Wessel has amazing kicking form |
Charlie Thompson is faster than a speeding bullet |
Sean Breen runs the last meeting of the semester.
Everyone have a fun and safe summer! |
Club Awards Banquet-April 18, 2007
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Sydney Jarrett, Craig Sondgeroth, and Regan
Joehl wait for dinner |
Senior Jared Walter (R) gives advice on how
to survive in Crop Sciences to freshman Mitch Heisler (L) |
Travis Huls, Kate Legge, Krista Ubbenga, Stephanie
Rousonelos, and Scott Wessel are excited for the ceremony to start |
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Club President Sean Breen does an excellent
job of running the show |
Mike Meyer wins the IPM contest (again!) |
Marlene Romano of Illinois Crop Improvement
stands with Speech Contest contestants Sydney Jarrett and Sean Breen |
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Travis Huls and Karen Tweet are the Club's
Outstanding New Members |
Jared Walter and Regan Joehl are the very deserving
recipients of the Outstanding Senior Award |
Smart and beautiful Field and Furrow ladies Stephanie Rousonelos, Sydney Jarret, Jacki Langlois, and Kate Legge |
Pathway Cleanup and Meeting with Panel Discussion-April 10, 2007
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Everyone is diligent in looking for garbage
along the sidewalk next to the Morrow Plots |
Andy Morehouse shows his enthusiasm for picking up trash |
Jared Walter risks expulsion to go into the
Morrow Plots and grab unsightly litter |
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The group collected half a bag of garbage.
President Sean Breen puts the trash in the trash |
The Cleanup Crew next to the Morrow Plots sign |
At the meeting, Sean introduces the Ag Professionals
panel who gave the group insight into real world job situations. Thanks
to Tom Stoddard, Frank Hardimon, Blake Miller and Roger Read |
FFA Lunch-March 31, 2007
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Travis Huls and Stephanie Rousonelos have the
important task of pouring condiments into bottles |
Scott Wessel takes a drink after showing off
his mayo-eating skills |
Mitch Heisler relaxes after putting order forms
in the judging rooms |
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TJ Ruyle saves the day and instructs everyone
on proper grill use. Jared Walter watches and learns |
Kate Legge puts a bag of chips in each PlowBoy
special bag to go |
John Wyss and Nathan Karplus tend to sales in NSRC |
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Nathan Handegan and Charlie Thompson run the
show in Turner Hall |
Jacki Langlois and Lee Brokaw have everything
under control in Bevier Hall |
SASES Regional Meetings-March 23-25, 2007, Brookings, SD
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Lead by Mr Dunker in the Turtletop, the group
stops at the Machine Shed to eat on the way to Iowa State University |
Kate Legge shows off her hammering skills in
the Aggie Olympics |
Randy Lindgren is the bale-tossing third place
winner. |
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Karen Tweet, Sean Breen, and Kate Legge admire
some equipment on the Saturday tour |
Andy Morehouse, Scott Wessel, and Sean Breen
sit near someone else's beers |
The 2007 Field and Furrow representatives to
the South Dakota Regionals: Scott Wessel, Randy Lindgren, Andy Morehouse, Sean Breen, Karen Tweet, and Kate Legge |
Seed Set Preparation and Meeting-March 13, 2007
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First, the correct number of bags must be clearly
marked with a number from one to four |
Scott Wessel and Andy Morehouse get the boxes
taped together |
Then the fun can start |
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Members work hard to
carefully measure grain into marked bags, and add various contaminants |
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Members wait for instructions,
then start an assembly to put 4 bags of each grain (corn, soybean, oat,
and wheat) plus mothballs and a key into each box |
Regan Joehl and Sydney Jarrett close up the
completed boxes |
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ExplorACES-March 9 and 10, 2007
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Sean Breen meticulously folds Field and Furrow
tshirts to sell. In case that Ag Engineering thing doesn't work out,
Sean is prepping to be hired at the mall |
Always innovative, students setting up the
Field and Furrow display made sure it would stand up straight. Must not
have been able to find any duct tape |
Evan Hultine keeps hydrated while waiting for
the crowds to show up |
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Nathan Karplus, Stephanie Rousonelos, Travis
Huls, and Charlie Thompson have plenty of great food to try, all made
with unlikely crops. Brie or soy chicken nugget anyone? |
Jared Roskamp makes sure that everyone knows
that corn and soybean are found in many common products |
For the last time, Regan Joehl provides corn
mutants and popcorn to visitors, along with a good amount of Departmental
propaganda. We'll miss you! |
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First thing Saturday morning, Sydney Jarrett
is ready to pass out home made cookies to the guests |
Rather than recruit through discussing how
great Field and Furrow Club is, Randy Lindgren and Andy Morehouse lure
people in with the long distance stare technique |
Scott Wessel and Nathan Handegan pretend that
they have even the slightest idea what these plants are |
Speech Contest, Dr. Hoeft's House-March 4, 2007
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Audience members eagerly await the start of the contest |
Sean Breen and Sydney Jarrett are happy that their speeches are over! |
Mrs Hoeft made a fantastic dinner to feed everyone after the contest |
Meeting and Quiz Bowl-February 20, 2007
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Students peruse the agenda while waiting for the pizza to come |
President Sean Breen conducts the meeting |
The team of Krista Ubbenga, Kyle Atteberry,
Scott Wessel, and Jared Walter are stumped by the question "What's
that tall plant we grow in most of the fields around Illinois?" |
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Andy Morehouse and Brian Craine, along with
the laid-back buzzer operator Jared Roskamp, and the highly intelligent
team of Randy Lindgren, John Wyss, Stephanie Rousonelos, and Regan Joehl,
listen to moderator Sean Breen ask the question |
Karen Tweet, Travis Huls, Brian Craine, and
Andy Morehouse pick out their prizes for coming in second (or was it
third? or fourth?) |
Showing that you only improve with age, the
two person team of Charlie Thompson and Department Head Dr. Hoeft whomp the competition |
