Nick Peck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Peck of Wellman was named winner of the 1999 DeKalb Agricul…

By Kalona News

Nick Peck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Peck of Wellman was named winner of the 1999 DeKalb Agricultural Accomplishment Award during the FFA banquet May 13 at Mid-Prairie High School.

The award was presented by Jeff Foster, a Mid-Prairie teacher and FFA supporter.

Peck, a senior at Mid-Prairie, has been on the semester Gold Honor Roll and Renaissance Program and was part of the marketing team that won a silver medal at the State Leadership Conference.

He has worked on his parents’ farm producing oats and in swine production.

He plans to attend Iowa State University to major in Ag Business.

The DeKalb Award, often considered the highest honor an agricultural student can receive locally, is presented at nearly 3,000 schools nationwide annually.

Rockets for schools program at Mid-Prairie

Mid-Prairie 7th grade students Ty Coblentz, Eli Wilkinson and Justin Kent spoke May 21 about their experiences in building two five-foot Loki rockets as part of their after-school Rocket Club project. The presentation, from 9:37-9:50 a.m. included the rockets, photos and other artifacts to document the work.

The previous weekend was their culminating event when the three sent their two rockets about a mile into the sky as part of the Rockets for Schools program sponsored by the Science Station of Iowa.

They joined other students from Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa in the two-day event that saw the rockets fired from Sheboygan, Wisconsin.