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UREAU — The Women’s Committee will sponsor a teacher appreciation dinner and Ag in the Classroom training lesson at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at the Farm Bureau office. Continuing professional development units will be available. Educators may call the Farm Bureau office at 815-875-6468 for reservations or more information. ASS-MORGAN — Farm Bureau will sponsor a “Rural Crime Awareness and Prevention” seminar at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, at the Morgan County Extension building, Jacksonville. Morgan County Sheriff Randy Duvendack and Cass County Sheriff Bob Fair will be the speakers. Call the Farm Bureau office at 245-6833 for more information. LARK — Farm Bureau will sponsor an informational meeting on U.S. Department of Transportation new entrant’s audit at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at the Farm Bureau office. Kevin Rund, Illinois Farm Bureau senior director of local government, will be the speaker. Call the Farm Bureau office for more information. OUGLAS — The annual meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at Yoder’s Kitchen, Arthur. Max Armstrong, WGN Radio, will be the speaker. Dinner will be served. Call the Farm Bureau office at 217-253-4442 by Tuesday, March 15, for reservations or more information. ULTON — Two policy development and issues meetings will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the following locations and dates: Monday, March 14, Fairview Reformed Church Fellowship Hall, and Tuesday, March 22, at the Bernadotte Café. Dinner will be served. Call the Farm Bureau office at 547-3011 or e-mail fultonfb@att.net four days in advance of the meeting for reservations or more information. • The Ag Literacy Committee will sponsor a fundraiser chicken and noodle dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Farm Bureau office. Proceeds will benefit Ag in the Classroom programs. Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children 5 to 12 years. There is no charge for children 5 and under. Call the Farm Bureau office for more information. RUNDY — Farm Bureau will sponsor a crop imaging and commodity outlook meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, at the Mazon American Legion. Speakers are Sid Parks, GROWMARK, and Craig
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Lauderman, GrainCo FS. Dave Dickey, WILL AM 580 director of ag programming, will be the moderator of a panel which includes Mike Zuzola, Global Commodity Analytics; Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, and Jerry Gidel, North American Risk Management Services. A Subway meal will be served. Call the Farm Bureau office at 815942-6400 for reservations or more information. • Farm Bureau will sponsor a spill prevention, control, and countermeasures regulations meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at the Farm Bureau office. There will be speakers from GROWMARK and GrainCo FS. Call the Farm Bureau office at 815-942-6400 for reservations or more information. ANCOCK — The Hancock County Ag Day breakfast will be from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the University of Illinois Extension Center, Carthage. Dennis Vercler, Illinois Farm Bureau director of news and communications, will be the speaker. The winner of the 2011 Hancock County Farm Family of the Year Award will be announced at the end of the program. ENRY — A weather and outlook meeting will be at 6:15 p.m. Thursday at the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Orion. A buffet dinner will be served. Mike McClellan, Mobile Weather Team, and Mike Schaver, Gold Star FS grain merchandiser, will be the speakers. Cost is $18, unless the series was paid in advance. Call the Farm Bureau office at 309-937-2411 for reservations or more information. NOX — Farm Bureau will sponsor an informational meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Knox Agri Center, Galesburg. Nancy Erickson, Illinois Farm Bureau director of natural and environmental resources, and Randy Tomic, GROWMARK, will be the speakers on oil and fuel storage. Call the Farm Bureau office at 309-342-2036 or e-mail knoxcfb@knoxcfb.org for reservations or more information. ASALLE — The Viewpoint Committee will sponsor a call-a-thon from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Committee members will call on members to surface new ideas, concerns, and needs of its membership. • See the AgriSource, which was inserted in this issue of FarmWeek, for a description of discounts local merchants are offering during National Ag Week, March 13-19. EE — During the month of March, Cul-
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vers in Dixon will double the discount it provides Farm Bureau members from 5 to 10 percent to show appreciation for agriculture.
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ONTGOMERY — The Prime Timers will meet at noon Wednesday, March 16, for a luncheon meeting. A corned beef and cabbage meal will be served. Cost is $8. Mike Plunkett, Montgomery County board chairman and senior editor of The Journal News, will be the speaker. Call the Farm Bureau office at 217-532-6171 for reservations or more information.
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OCK ISLAND — Henry and Rock Island County Farm Bureaus will sponsor a market outlook meeting at 6:15 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Orion. Mike McClellan, Mobile Weather Team, and Mike Schaver, Gold Star FS grain merchandiser, will be the speakers. Dinner will be served. Cost is $18, unless the series was prepaid. Call the Farm Bureau office at 309736-7432 for reservations or more information.
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TARK — The Stark County Farm Bureau Foundation has a scholarship available for a student who will be a freshman or sophomore in college and another for a student who will be a junior or senior in college. A third scholarship will be awarded to the most deserving applicant in either category. Applicants must be a member of Stark County Farm Bureau or a dependent of a member or a Stark County resident pursuing a degree in an agrelated field of study. Deadline to return applications to the Farm Bureau office is by 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31. Call the Farm Bureau office for more information. ERMILION — The Young Leaders will sponsor a fun night Saturday, March 19, for members ages 35 and under. Plans include dinner and bowling. Call the Farm Bureau office at 217442-8713 for reservations or more information. AYNE — The annual meeting will be at 6 p.m. Friday at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Fairfield. Jerry Parsons, Bloomington,
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will speak on “Try Vitamin L and Thrive in the Face of Change.” The Young Leader Committee will collect food donations for the Harvest for All campaign to be given to the Wabash Area Development Inc. Call the Farm Bureau office at 618-842-3342 for reservations. Visit the website {www.waynecfb.com} for the complete notice of the annual meeting. • The Young Leader Committee is raffling off an Echo CS-360 chainsaw to raise funds for its collegiate scholarship and safety day. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the Farm Bureau office or from a Young Leader member. The drawing will be during the annual meeting. The chainsaw was donated by McLean Implement Inc., Albion. OODFORD — A legislative coffee will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Farm Bureau auditorium. State legislators have been invited. Learn about state issues and express your opinions about agriculture. Call the Farm Bureau office at 309467-2347 for more information.
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