The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.   AgVenture provides hands-on experience for students
 

Twenty students from southern Oklahoma and north Texas took part in The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation's summer camp, AgVenture.

Organized by the Noble Foundation's Agricultural Division, AgVenture is a four-day camp for high school students who have shown an interest in agriculture and may be contemplating a career in an agricultural field.

The camp, which took place June 5-8 at the Noble Foundation's Ardmore campus, provided students experience in numerous agriculture-related fields, such as new livestock technologies, livestock marketing and farm management, soil conservation, grazing management, commercial fish farming and intensive vegetable production.

"This camp provided these students a broad exposure to numerous facets of agriculture, as well as hands on experiences," said Shan Ingram, Education and Special Projects Manager for the Noble Foundation. "They are not just seeing how the agriculture field functions, they are experiencing it."

The students who participated 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
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
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; or

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: June 15, 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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