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Trey Miller Receives 2017 DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award

Super Soybean Expo For KidsCounty Fair Queen Candidates

Trey Miller of Lewistown High School was recently presented the school’s highest agricultural honor, the DEKALB Agricultural Ac-complishment Award, sponsored by Monsanto Company.

Miller, the son of Jeff and Traci, received the award for excellence in academics, leadership and ag-ricultural work experience. Ra-chel Skien is Miller’s agricultural

education instructor at Lewistown High School.

This year the DEKALB Agricul-tural Accomplishment Award cel-ebrates its 70th anniversary. Over these 70 years more than 168,000 high school seniors from across the country have received the Award, which has become a symbol for excellence and the school’s highest agricultural honor.

As the winner of the 2017 Award, Trey Miller’s name will be recorded on a permanent plaque displayed in the Lewistown High School’s Agriculture Department.

Monsanto, a long-time sup-porter of agricultural education, FFA, 4-H and other farm youth organizations and initiatives, spon-sors the DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award. Mon-santo is a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality.

The Illinois Soybean Associa-tion, the Lewistown Carnegie Li-brary, and Fulton County Ag in the Classroom invite area children to learn about Soybeans on Thursday, July 20th from 2pm to 4pm! Join us at the Lewistown Carnegie Li-brary, North Main Street in Lew-istown.

We will have a variety of activi-ties planned to help children learn about one of Illinois’ top crops and something most of us use everyday – the SUPER SOYBEAN! Each household will receive a free copy of the book Pod to Plate, the Life Cycle of Soybeans, complements of the Illinois Soybean Associa-tion. Children will see how soy

wax is used and how soy lip balm is made. They will also get their hands dirty when they plant their own edamame.

Registration through the Fulton County Farm Bureau is required to ensure that we have enough mate-rials for each child. Please register by calling 547-3011 before July 10, 2017.

Abby Smith is the FCFB Wom-en’s Committee candidate for Ful-ton County Fair Queen. She is the 18 year old daughter of Mike Smith and Jeanine Smith of Lew-istown.

Abby graduated from Lewis-town High School this past Spring, and is working at the Garden Res-taurant in Lewistown. She’s been active in showing cattle in 4-H, and was in volleyball, archery, FFA, and student council in high school. She would like to be a veterinarian.

Alyssa Irwin is the FCFB Young Leader Committee candidate for

Fulton County Fair Queen. She is the 17 year old daughter of Mark and Lisa Irwin of Lewistown, and will be a Senior at Lewistown High School this fall. She is work-ing at Graham Hospital Dining this summer.

Alyssa has been active in 4-H and FFA, and is also involved in cheerleading, color guard, drama club, and band. She plans for a ca-reer in Ag. Education.

Come cheer on both of the Farm Bureau candidates at the Miss Ful-ton County Fair Pageant on Mon-day, July 24th!

FCFB again hosted this year’s students of our Adopted 4th Grade at St. Germaine Parish School in Oak Lawn. Mrs. Carole Scannell, her 21 students, 1 fellow teacher and 17 parents and grandparents traveled 200 miles via charter bus to visit area farms.

The group is pictured at their first stop, the farm of Cindy, Steve, and Gene Halsey. The group also toured the Fairview Sale Barn, the farm of Director Wes Strode, and the Amish Schoolhouse near Cuba.

Blood DrivePlease donate blood at the

Women’s Committee/American Red Cross drive on Tuesday, July 18th, from 1-6pm at the Farm Bu-reau Building. Call 547-3011 for an appointment.

Lewistown Highschool and Astoria High School teacher Nancy Williams makes a “pool noodle horse” during the hands-on portion of the Fulton/McDonough County Farm Bureaus Summer Ag. Institute (SAI). The 3-day “Horsing Around With AITC” conference held in June allowed 7 teachers from the two counties to learn, and earn continuing education credits, through tours in the area and hands-on activities.

Todd Pudik, FCFB member and Lewistown-area farrier, showed the 2017 SAI participants how to shoe a horse. He shared his knowledge of his over 30 years of experience in the businesses, and discussed the horse racing industry in Illinois.

“All Member” Pool Party!Fulton County Farm Bureau

members are invited to come on out and soak up the sun at Big Creek Park Pool for the 10th An-nual All Member Pool Party!

The fun will take place Friday, July 21st from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. There will be swimming and fun in the (setting) sun. Along with the pool party there will also be a

cookout. All food and drinks will be provided! All members and their guests are invited to come out and spend the evening with Farm Bureau friends.

Big Creek Park is located at 940 North Main Street in Canton. No RSVP is needed, but ques-tions can be directed to the Farm Bureau office at 547-3011.

May

The Fulton County Farm Bureau Board of Directors met in regular session on Thurs-day, May 11, 2017 at the Farm Bureau office in Lewistown, starting at 7:00 p.m. pursuant to due notice given. The meeting was called to order and presided over by President Bill Carlberg. Other board members present were Linda Rock, Wes Strode, Barry Fisher, Linda Lane, Joe Tolley, Delson Wilcoxen, Julie Serven, Leighton Rector and Robin Fisher. Also present was Manager Elaine Stone.

The Invocation was given by Bill Carl-berg, who also led the Pledge of Allegiance. In correspondences, a thank you note was received from Julie Serven for the baby gift. There were no affiliate reports this month.

The minutes from the April meeting were mailed and emailed out before the meeting for the board members to read. They were approved with no corrections. Linda Rock discussed the financial statements. These were placed on file for audit.

Wes gave the Membership Report. In April, we had 4 new MM members, 10 new A members, no reinstated MM’s and 1 rein-stated A’s, 0 cancelled MM’s and 7 cancelled A members, and 0 members reclassified from A to MM, for a total membership of 2624 total members. (1026 MM members and 1598 associates) . The report was placed on file.Committee Reports:• YoungLeaders–Alivestockshowclinic

will be held Saturday, June 3 at 9am at the fair grounds.

• Women’sCommittee–June5thisthe“IShopped the Sheriff Grocery Cart Race”. Farm Safety Day Camp will be June 23rd at Fulton County Fair Grounds. July 18th will be the next blood drive 1-6pm.

• AgintheClassroom–Tonyahashadabusy month visiting classrooms around the county. Elaine and Janis Blout par-ticipated in the Lewistown FFA Barn-yard days.

• Local Issues – Property tax bills havebeen mailed out, several members have called the office with questions about why their taxes have increased so much over last year. We will hold a meeting about property taxes in June.

• Legislative –The IL General Assem-bly has not taken action on Senator Koehler’s bills.

• Marketing–Barrygaveareportonlocalgrain and livestock markets.

• Business service – No new issues thismonth.

• Public Relations –The next Lunch &Learn with the Canton Area Chamber of Commerce will be May 24th at Big Rack’s Steakhouse starting at 11:45am, the speaker will be a Soybean Associa-tion Ambassador.

Manager’s Report – Elaine highlighted her Manager’s report and talked about up-coming dates. We received a Tech Grant for a new lap top and new phones.Old Business: • AdoptedclassvisitisMay17th.• CountyFair planswere discussed. We

have been asked to sponsor a donkey at the Donkey races on Tuesday night. Di-rectors voted to do so.

• Directorsdiscussedtheproposedby-lawchanges to include PM membership and action was taken to make those changes.

• Directors instructed Elaine to contactthe FS service companies serving Fulton County to ask them to consider a change to their by-laws to pay patronage to PM members.

New Business:• ACountyAgentAppreciationDinneris

being planned for late August.The meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m.

H I G H L I G H TS from the FB Board

by Elaine Stone

FroM the Ground upupSC no. 53 3rd Class not For profit

From the Ground up is published by the Fulton County Farm Bureau, 15411-A N IL 100 HWY, Lewistown, IL 61542. Entered as third class non-profit matter, February 1, 2017, in the Post Office at Lewistown, Illinois 61542.

Membership fee paid to Fulton Farm Bureau includes $1.00 subscription price to Farm Bureau Publications.

FarM Bureau oFFiCe 547-3011FaX: 547-2324 internet addreSS: fultonfb@att.netelaine Stone, Manager; Jamie Butler, Secretary/Bookkeeper;

tonya holt, ag. Literacy Coordinator

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Farm Bureau Night At Spoon River Speedway

Mark your calendars and plan to attend Farm Bureau night at the Spoon River Speedway near Liverpool! Fulton County Farm Bureau members and members of their immediate family are invited to come out for the evening races on Saturday, Au-gust 19th.

Complimentary passes will be available at the Farm Bureau office for anyone wish-ing to attend beginning August 1st. Passes must be picked up in person.

Fulton County Fair

NotablesIt’s hard to believe, but the Fulton County

Fair is just around the corner! The Fulton County Farm Bureau will be taking part in a variety of activities throughout the week. Mark your calendar for the other Farm Bu-reau events scheduled:Mon., July 24th Queen Pageant; begins at

7pm.Tues., July 25th Wed., July 26 Farm Bureau Board members

and their families will be working the entrance gates and grandstands to show their support of the Fair! They will also be handing Farm Bureau pens to everyone who comes out to the Moto Cross.

Thurs., July 27th Farm Bureau Board members will be assisting with the Livestock Auc-tion and serving com-plimentary bottled water and watermelon at the conclusion.

Fri., July 28 Young Farmer Pedal Pull Contest; 2:30pm weigh-in; 3pm start.

Sat., July 29th Women’s Committee Pork Cookoff; 10:30am check-in.

Pork Cookoff Contest

The Fulton County Farm Bureau Wom-en’s Committee will sponsor a Pork Coo-koff Contest on the final day of the Fulton County Fair.

The contest will be held on Saturday, July 29th in the Band Pavilion, beginning with check in at 10:30am. There is no entry fee and is open to any resident with a Fulton County mailing address; one recipe per en-trant. Prize money is $75, $50, and $25 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places.

Pork is to be considered the main ingredi-ent, approximately 1/3 of total ingredients. Recipe is to be prepared ahead of time and reheated for judging if necessary.

Entry forms are available at the Fulton County Farm Bureau office and are includ-ed in the Fair Book. Entries are due before Tuesday, July 25th to the Farm Bureau office only. Call the Farm Bureau at 547-3011 for more information.

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Music in the ParkFCFBwillsponsortheAugust10th“Mu-

sic in the Park” in Lewistown Porter Park. This will be the final night of the 12-week concert series, which includes a food stand. We will have Farm Bureau volunteers cook-ing and serving pork burgers, hamburgers and hot dogs. Meal includes a drink and bag of chips. There is a $5 charge for the

meal, all of which will go to the Lewistown Music in the Park program.

The Lewistown Jr/Sr. High Band will be performing that night. Volunteers with the American Legion Post will provide a bake sale. The meat for the meal is being provid-ed by the Illinois Pork Producers, the Two River Cattlemen, and the FCFB.

Member of the FCFB Young Leaders Committee met in June shop for much needed supplies for the Humane Society of Fulton County. Julie Serven, Keith and Taryn Mellert, and Vanessa Williams, with other members of the Committee, delivered $200 worth of items to the shelter.

Members of the FCFB Young Leaders Committee met in June to shop for much needed supplies for the Humane Society of Fulton County. Julie Serven, Keith and Taryn Mellert, and Vanessa Williams, with other members of the Committee, delivered $200 worth of items to the shelter.

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Fulton County Sherriff’s Department Lt. Brad Ward is pictured with (left to right) Fulton FS Controller, Candace Hanson, Fulton FS Manager Mark Pedigo, and Fulton County Sheriff Jeff Standard following this year’s “I Shopped the Sheriff” Grocery Cart Race. The Sheriff’s team again won, this year collecting 292 food items worth $422.28. Team Fulton FS collected a commendable $912.41 worth of food items, but proved to be less efficient shoppers with only 179 items in their “haul”.

FCFB Women’s Committee volunteers assisted with the “I Shopped the Sheriff Grocery cart race by swapping out full carts with empty ones for the participants, unloading carts onto the counter, and bagging up and delivering collected food to the Lewistown Association of Churches Food Pantry. Nearly eight cart-loads of groceries were delivered following the event. Pictured is Linda Lane, Jane Mellert, Sue Stafford, Vanessa Williams, Shelley Connant-Sweatman, and Margaret Hall.

Checkers at the Lewistown County Market tally up the groceries of Team Fulton FS during the FCFB Women’s Committee “I Shopped the Sheriff” grocery cart race on June 5th. The race, held on National Hunger Awareness Day, spotlighted the food insecurity in the United States, despite us having the safest, most affordable, most abundant food supply in the world.

FCFB Women’s Committee volunteers and Fulton FS employees serve up lunch to the visiting group from St. Germaine in late May. Left to right are Linda Lane, Sue Stafford, and Tana Ridle.

Over 150 kids participated in the Annual Fulton/Mason Farm Safety Camp on June 23rd. At the Fire Safety Station, conducted by Lewistown Fire Department, a firefighter gives a camper a chance to handle the fire hose. Other stations included water safety, survivalist training, food safety, livestock safety, equipment and mower safety, and weather safety.

FCFB Vice President Wes Strode answers questions from some of our adopted St. Germaine students during the group’s tour at his family’s cattle farm on May 17th. The Strodes showed the kids the animals, barns, lots, equipment, and feed stuffs used to run their farm.

John Lock was one of our senior exhibitors leading the Young Leader Show Clinic on June 3rd at the Fulton County Fairgrounds. A dozen young exhibitors took part in the program, which was led by older 4-H members sharing their experience and knowledge with the up and comers. Other Senior exhibitors leading sessions that day were Jenna Spangler, Nathan Spangler, Ryan Spangler, and Kaylin Williams.

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In Loving Memory ofHoward Vohland

We were deeply saddened by the passing of Past President Howard Vohland on June 7. He is sur-vived by his wife of 66 years Lois (Rohrer) Vohland; sons, Bill ( Brenda) Vohland and Bob (Deb) Vohland; grandchildren, Isaac (Ruth) Vohland, Caty (Colin) Campbell, Ross Vohland, Nathan Vohland and Seth (Natalie) Vohland; great-grandchildren, Sawyer and Finn Campbell, Livia and Audra Vohland and Henry Vohland and one on the way; and sister, Eileen Dillard.

Howard served as Fulton County Farm Bureau President from 1984 to 1990; a time of much change in the organization and its affiliate companies. Howard was, and remained, deeply committed to this organization he cared deeply about. He even became a Country Companies Agent for a time when his leadership was needed.

Howard was a graduate of Washington High School, and a Veteran of the Ko-rean. He was a Pioneer seed grower and seller, and was a Master Farmer in 1992. He was a member of the Fairview Reformed Church and a Charter Member of the Fulton Mason Camp of Gideons International. He was a member of the Masons, servedontheFultonCountySoil&WaterConservationDistrictBoard,1stFarmCredit Board, Fairview Farmers Elevator Board, and the Fulton County Farm Bu-reau Board.

Howard was the driving force in the formation of the Fulton County Farm Bu-reau Foundation. He served as President of the Board of Trustees from its creation in 1995 until his desire to retire in February of 2017. The future of the agricul-ture industry, and the guarantee that young people would be able to pursue careers within in it, was very important to Howard. It was evident to anyone who heard the emotion in his voice when he spoke of the Foundation and of the students who received scholarships from it.

We are humbled and honored to have had the privilege of Howard’s leadership and friendship for MANY years. We are so very thankful to the Vohland family for designating the Fulton County Farm Bureau Foundation for his memorials. His legacy will carry on though the generosity of those who knew and loved him.