Club Activities Spring 2009
Grilling for ACES Graduation Dinner-May 16, 2009
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Like anybody would be, Brian Craine is thrilled to stand next to Ms Stoller |
Hayley Bunselmeyer shows off her excellent buns |
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Spencer Thomas shows arm hairs sacrficed in the name of getting the perfect burger grilled to perfection |
The grilling amigos take the last burger off the grill two hours after they started |
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Former Field and Furrow President Brian Mansfield is now an official graduate. Way to go!! |
As soon as the banquet is over, Ashley Grothaus and Spencer Thomas make sure they haven't missed the end of the world or anything while they were away from their phones |
Spring BBQ-May 7, 2009
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Keith Mellert combines exercise and eating at his last Field and Furrow event |
The lines form for food |
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Everyone relaxes and eats great food |
Ashley Grothaus goes through the meeting agenda before the storm hits |
Club Banquet-April 21, 2009
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Everyone enjoys food and good company at the annual banquet |
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Nicole Bachleda wins the speech contest |
Brian Craine wins the IPM contest |
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Russell Ward, Brian Mansfield, Whitney Massey, Sadie Geiger, and Sean Breen are awarded for their outstanding service to the club |
Ross Recker is the Outstanding New Member |
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Andy Morehouse is the Outstanding Senior |
Ms Stoller and Ashley Grothaus are just happy to be together |
IPM Contest and Club Meeting-April 14, 2009
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The annual IPM contest was held before the April meeting in Turner Hall. Contestants tried to identify common insects, diseases, and weeds |
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Sean Breen and Brian Mansfield work on their ID skills |
At the meeting, Race Higgins, Whitney Massey, and Hayley Bunselmeyer give a presentation on their trip to Kansas State University for the SASES regionals |
FFA Lunch-April 4, 2009
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Mark Smith, Perion Williams, and Nicole Bachleda work in the bowels of NSRL to get the sandwiches ready |
Brian Mansfield and Russell Ward "man" the booth in Turner Hall |
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Jack Marshall is so good he gets to run the sales table in NSRL all by himself |
Ross Recker and Wayne Gehrke work in Bevier |
SASES Regionals, Kansas State University-April 3-5, 2009
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Race Higgins and Hayley Bunselmeyer enjoy the ag tour at the SASES regional meetings at Kansas State University |
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Speech Contest-March 15, 2009
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Club members enjoy an AMAZING dinner at Dr Hoefts house after hearing the speech contest participants |
Jack Marshall, Nicole Bachleda, and Zach Schmidt were brave enough to participate in the contest |
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ExplorACES-March 13-14, 2009
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For ExplorACES, the Field and Furrow club display is set up in the lounge |
Ashley Grothaus is either helping or hiding during set up |
Russell Ward and Jacob Wyffels adjust their skirts |
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Sean Breen and Race Higgins know where their crops came from |
At first, Ashley Grothaus and Russell Ward are very excited for visitors |
After a while, however, Ashley and Nicole Bachleda sit down and relax between groups |
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Caitlin Allen and Whitney Massey hang with FF alum Jacki Langlois |
Keith Mellert looks like, um, Keith Mellert's picture |
A hardworking group gave up a lot of time and put in a lot of work to make ExplorACES a success |
Seed Set Preparation and Meeting-March 10, 2009
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Everyone fills bags with seeds and contaminants |
After all the bags are filled, they are put in boxes |
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A great group of hard workers make seed set production go smoothly and quickly |
After seed sets everyone went upstairs to get some pizza |
Those who helped with seed sets were entered to win a door prize. Jason Smith wins something very valuable, presented by Zach Schmidt |
Social Event- U of I Hockey Game- February 20, 2009
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Ross Recker got his face painted and a chance to shoot a goal from the (near) midline for a prize |
Everyone had fun at the U of I hockey game |
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Club Meeting and Quiz Bowl-February 10, 2009
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Club members get some BBQ for dinner before the meeting starts |
Members vote on important club business |
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President Ashley Grothaus presents Sean Breen with a gift card for his service in 2008 as a club officer |
Sometimes our science ability is a little better than our ability to speak/write English |
Winning Quiz Bowl team (seated L-R): Ryan DeWerff, Wayne Gehrke, Levi Allen, Perion Williams with "helper" Dr. Hoeft |
