AgVenture provides educational, exciting week for attendees

NEWS RELEASE
Issued - June 24, 2009

ARDMORE, Okla. – 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 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 last week 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.

"Each year, AgVenture gives a handful of fortunate students a chance to experience real agriculture from wildlife and livestock management to safety and agricultural research," said Shan Ingram, education and special projects manager for the Noble Foundation. "This real-world, firsthand experience is fun, educational and has positively impacted many of the participants' lives."

The students who participated in AgVenture 2009 include (name, hometown, classification, high school):
	Barret Austin	Ringling, Okla.	Junior	Ringling High
	Christyn Barrick	Leon, Okla.	Sophomore	Turner High
	Dakota Bolin	Stratford, Okla.	Junior	Vanoss High
	Lenzi Cantwell	Ada, Okla.	Sophomore	Vanoss High
	Fred Chapman	Sulphur, Okla.	Junior	Dickson High
	Jacy Coston	Paris, Texas	Senior	Chisum High
	Garrett Daggs	Ninnekah, Okla.	Junior	Ninnekah High
	Dalton Davis	Ardmore, Okla.	Junior	Dickson High
	Hayden Ferguson	Rockwall, Texas	Sophomore	Rockwall High
	Morgan Hannabass	Cache, Okla.	Sophomore	Indiahoma High
	Tori Lamar	Bowie, Texas	Sophomore	Jacksboro High
	Jamie Lassiter	Allen, Okla.	Sophomore	Allen High
	Cory Lewis	Justin, Texas	Sophomore	Northwest High
	Sarah Mays	Ardmore, Okla.	Senior	Home-school
	Matthew Phillips	Ringling, Okla.	Junior	Ringling High
	Steven Reese	Colbert, Okla.	Sophomore	Colbert High
	Matthew Roper	Thackerville, Okla.	Junior	Thackerville High
	Jason Throckmorton	Bowie, Texas	Sophomore	Bellevue High
	Justin Turner	Cement, Okla.	Sophomore	Cement High
	Danna Walker	Boswell, Okla.	Senior	Boswell High

There is no fee for the students to participate in AgVenture; however, participants must live or go to school in one of 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 Tracy Cumbie at 580.224.6411 or by e-mail at tlcumbie@noble.org.

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Photo:: (Front row, left to right): Matthew Roper, Danna Walker, Sarah Mays, Morgan Hannabass, Tori Lamar, Dalton Davis, Justin Turner, Barret Austin and Jason Throckmorton. (Back row, left to right): Fred Chapman, Steven Reese, Jacy Coston, Hayden Ferguson, Cory Lewis, Matthew Phillips, Jamie Lassiter, Dakota Bolin, Lenzi Cantwell, Christyn Barrick and Garrett Daggs.

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For media inquiries concerning the Noble Foundation, please contact:

J. Adam Calaway

jacalaway@noble.org

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.