Club Activities Spring 2008
Spring BBQ -May 1, 2008
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Standing next to the grill is the best way to keep warm |
Awesome seniors...we'll miss you! |
Everyone gathers in the Seed House to eat. |
Club Banquet -April 22, 2008
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Everyone gathers for a great catered BBQ dinner, senior tribute, and awards ceremony |
Keith Mellert receives the award for winning the IPM contest from Brian Mansfield |
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Jessica Frohning and Dr. Bob Hoeft present Andy Morehouse with the award for Outstanding Junior |
Sean Breen is selected as one of the club's Outstanding Seniors. He receives his award from Steve Calhoun of Illinois Foundation Seeds |
Brian Mansfield and Dr. Hoeft present Nathan Karplus with an award for Outstanding Senior |
NACTA Crops Contest, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX-April 18, 2008
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Kevin Miller ponders the lab question "Is this a 1) root, 2) stem, or 3) flower?" |
Keith Meller attempts to ID some plant (is it a crop or a weed?) |
Sean Breen looks through his list of names for "green scrawny plant thingy" |
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Randy Lindgren tries to identify an insect on a pin |
The excellent 2008 NACTA Crops Contest Team and their equally awesome coach: Randy Lindgren, Keith Mellert, Ms Stoller, Kevin Miller, and Sean Breen. Not pictured: Coach Bob "Fantastic" Dunker |
Sean Breen WINS the Math Practical with a "bone crushing score of 126" (out of 150) |
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Keith Mellert WINS the Lab Practical with a slightly less crushing score of 123 (out of 150). Kevin Miller got third place |
The team toured the Fort Worth Stockyards and stopped by the White Elephant Saloon (not open at 11 am) |
The team also stood in the middle of the street in downtown Dallas on the very spot where JFK was shot |
Speech Contest, Hoeft's -April 13, 2008
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Brian Mansfield waits to give his speech with support from Nathan Karplus, Sean Breen, and Randy Lindgren |
Charlie Thompson, Karen Tweet, Jacki Langlois, Sydney Jarrett and Carol Bonin are ready to listen |
Nancy and Bob Hoeft graciously open their home for the contest and provide an amazing dinner |
FFA Lunch-April 5, 2008
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The FFA lunch day starts off with grilling the porkburgers. Randy Lindgren, Clay Harper, and Brandon Bozarth try not to catch any more hairs on fire |
Cooked porkburgers are "bunned" and wrapped, then put into a PlowBoy Special bag with chips and cookies. Jeff Senffner, Nicole Bachleda, Bob Clark, and Keith Mellert love this job |
Crew number 2 (Kevin Miller and John Wyss) are supervised by Sean Breen |
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Nathan Handegan and Jeff Senffner (promoted from sandwich duty) sell at Bevier |
Victor Johnson was the driving sales force at ASL |
Cara Steger and Sean Breen relax as the lunch winds down |
SASES Northern Regional Meetings, Oklahoma State University,
Stillwater, OK-April 4-6, 2008
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At the SASES Northern Regional Meetings at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, students took tours of Oklahoma agriculture via bus |
One of the tours went to a horse farm, including an oil field in the background |
Apparently not everything at the horse farm is a horse |
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One group toured a cotton gin |
Sydney Jarrett and Jacki Langlois enjoyed the Oklahoma night life after the tours |
Liz Bowman, Race Higgins, Jessica Frohning, Charlie Thompson, Karen Tween, Nathan Karplus, Jacki Langlois, Brian Mansfield, and Sydney Jarrett represented the University of Illinois at the meetings. Mr. Dunker got everyone there safely |
Meeting and Quiz Bowl-March 11, 2008
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Brian Mansfield conducts the club's March meeting |
After the meeting, everyone gets ready for the Quiz Bowl. Kevin Miller is especially enthusiastic |
Mr Dunker oversees one of the the teams |
Seed Sets-March 11, 2008
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John Carson, Brian Craine, Victor Johnson, and Randy Lindgren work on numbering bags to start the project |
Kevin Miller and Keith Mellert out corn in bags and twist tie them shut with blinding speed |
Dave Kepner and Brian Mansfield take a more leisurely approach |
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Nicole Bachleda and Jessica Frohning team up to bag grain with a smile |
After grain is bagged, some bags get contaminants added |
Bags of corn, oats, wheat, and soybean pile up as the work continues |
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Liz Bowman is always happy to help |
Ms Stoller gets the smelly job of bagging mothballs |
After Ms Stoller leaves to get some fresh air, Mr Dunker steps in to take over the mothball job |
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After all the bags are filled and contaminated, one of each group is put into boxes in an assembly line |
Full boxes are sealed shut |
What a great-looking, intelligent, and hard-working bunch of Field and Furrow members!! |
ExplorACES-March 7 and 8, 2008
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Nathan Handegan is fascinated by jimsonweed--can you really smoke it?? |
Lindsey Bruntjen planted and put together the Mutants of Maize display |
Club President Brian Mansfield overlooks the crop plant display--which one is sorghum?? |
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Sydney Jarrett is excited about the bioenergy display |
Nathan Reem is ready to talk about how crops and nutrition work for YOU |
Charlie Thompson and club alumnus Mike Meyer wait for the throng of people coming to learn about host plant resistance |
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Not ready to chat with too many people, Brian Craine prefers to work behind the scenes |
Jeff Senffner tries to give the appearance of being surrounded by plant life |
Nicole Bachleda and Jessica Frohning supervise the activities |
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Nabor House is well represented by Andy Morehouse, Brian Craine, Randy Lindgren and Victor Johnson |
Nathan Karplus watches an eager learner look through the microscope--don't poke your eye out! |
Victor Johnson and Sean Breen are ready to hand out the awesome new club key chains |
Meeting and Travel Talks-February 12, 2008
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Sean Breen and Sydney Jarret got a chance to tour agriculture in Brazil over winter break |
Students listen intently to tales of far away places |
Paul Kirbach talks about his trip to Greece as a member of IAAS (The International Association of Students in Agriculture and Related Sciences) |
