The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.   Oklahoma, Texas students selected for AgVenture
 

Twenty-two students from across southern Oklahoma and north Texas have been selected to be a part of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation's annual summer camp, AgVenture.

Organized by the Noble Foundation's Agricultural Division, AgVenture is a four-day summer camp for high school students (sophomores through seniors) who have demonstrated a strong interest in agriculture and may be contemplating a career in agriculture.

The camp, which will take place June 5-8 at the Noble Foundation's campus in Ardmore, will provide hands-on experience in numerous agriculture-related fields, including grazing management, commercial fish farming, new livestock technologies, intensive vegetable production, livestock marketing and farm management, and soil conservation. There will also be a special session on career opportunities in the various agricultural industries.

"This type of summer camp is unique to the Noble Foundation," said Shan Ingram, Education and Special Projects Manager for the Noble Foundation. "We bring these select students together and provide them an opportunity to experience agriculture in a way that is new or different for most of them. They have a chance to see various facets of production agriculture and agricultural research and begin to understand how the segments fit together to form an enormous industry."

AgVenture is limited to no more than 24 participants who are selected by a committee on a competitive basis. The students selected to participate in Agventure 2007 include (name, hometown, classification, high school):
Amanda Deal Justin, Texas Junior Northwest High School
Rachel Glascock Pilot Point, Texas Junior Pilot Point High School
Lakesha Hawkins Madill Junior Madill High School
Kelsey Jones Marietta Junior Thackerville High School
Ryan Jones Ardmore Sophomore Dickson High School
Katlene Lee Bellevue, Texas Sophomore Bellevue High School
Courtney Long Haslet, Texas Sophomore Northwest High School
Chad McLemore Chickasha Sophomore Chickasha High School
James Morgan Comanche Sophomore Comanche High School
Corbin Oates Boyd, Texas Junior Boyd High School
Lucas Lee Pharaoh Weleetka Junior Weleetka High School
Betsy Pickens Madill Junior Madill High School
Shashonee Sales Comanche Sophomore Empire High School
Rainey Sartor Wardville Senior Kiowa High School
Casey Spann Jacksboro, Texas Sophomore Chico High School
Kevin Stice Paradise, Texas Junior Boyd High School
Laura Jan Tomah Temple Sophomore Walters High School
Lyndsey Vaughn Norman Junior Norman High School
Justin Voyles Thackerville Sophomore Thackerville High School
Michelle Willis Norman Junior Norman High School
Eric Wilson Carney Sophomore Carney High School
J. D. Woody Gunter, Texas Junior Prosper High School

There is no fee for the students to participate in AgVenture. Participants must live or go to school in the following counties:

Oklahoma
Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston, Lincoln, Love, Marshall, McClain, Murray, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Seminole, Stephens, Tillman; and

Texas
Archer, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Jack, Lamar, Montague, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, Wichita, Wise.

For more information about next year's AgVenture, contact Annie Coble at (580).224.6501 or by e-mail at macoble@noble.org.

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News Release Issued: May 22, 2007

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (www.noble.org), headquartered in Ardmore, Okla., is a nonprofit organization conducting agricultural, forage improvement and plant biology research; assisting farmers and ranchers through educational and consultative agricultural programs; and providing grants to nonprofit charitable, educational and health organizations.
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