VCSWCD hosts annual awards dinner

Arch Forkner, right, receives the Vernon County Soil and Water Conservation District's Conservation Farmer award, presented by Wade Rapp, during an awards ceremony conducted at the Vernon County fairgrounds on Friday. --Photos by Steve Moyer/Daily Mail

The Vernon County Soil and Water Conservation District conducted its annual dinner and awards presentation Friday, in the home economics building at the Vernon County fairgrounds.

Attendees were treated to a chicken dinner, catered by Chicken Mary's, Pittsburg. Winners of the annual conservation poster contest were presented awards. All conservation poster entries also were on display around the meeting room.

David Diggins is presented with the Grasslands Farmer award by Mark Curtis during the Vernon County Soil and Water Conservation District annual dinner Friday at the Vernon County fairgrounds home eeconomics building.

Another highlight will include the presentation of the Outstanding Conservation Farmer and Outstanding Grassland Farmer for 2009. Arch Forkner was named Outstanding Conservation Farmer and David Diggins was presented with the Grasslands Farmer award.

The top ten third grade winners of the Conservation Poster Contest were given awards for their creations Friday at the Soil and Water Conservation annual dinner at the Vernon County Home Economics building. Front row from left: Laiken Cussimania, Kaylan Bryan, Spencer Hawkins, Holden Petitt, Andrew Kapas, and Art Award winner Samiya Rasheed. Back row: Jadean Pippin, Bronson Smith, Mark Jones, Katherine Nerman and Braden Ast.

Fourth grade winners of the Conservation Poster Contest received awards and a T-shirt during the Vernon County Soil and Water Conservation district annual dinner Friday at the Vernon County Home Economics building. Front row from left: Abigail Norcross, Kenneth Flaten, Makayla Haner and Jarrett Owen. Back row: Esther Nichols, Sarah Creasy, Maddie McCaffree and Erica Craig.