Following the elk farm tour, member s departed for the Lockhart Volunteer Fire Dept. in Stendal, Indiana to have the business meeting and meal. Rex Carlisle presented the safety lesson for this meeting on hazard symbols and PTO shafts. Rex urged everyone to use safety practices and wished everyone a safe harvest. Beth and Jason Goeppner hosted the meeting. In October the chapter plans to distribute Halloween candy bags with safety slogans printed on them to all county elementary school students.
Pike County wants to wish everyone a safe and prosperous harvest.
Purdue Young Farmers Purdue Young Farmers wound up our busy summer s planting those lovely mums everyone saw at the State Fair. We also had a great turn out for the pedal pull to help cheer all those cute little kids. Way to go guys. We have had quite a busy semester already with classes beginning on August 21. PYF was represented well at the School of Ag Ice Cream Social where we talked to Ag school students about the advantages and opportunities offered by PYF and of course we all enjoyed free ice cream.