Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The Intern Experience

The 48 GROWMARK interns convened for their mid-summer meeting in June. They enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect and learn from each other's summer experiences throughout the GROWMARK System.
The meeting began with a fun night in Bloomington, Ill., where the group enjoyed a meal together and took advantage of bowling, miniature golf, and sand volleyball facilities at Pheasant Lanes.

(Left to Right): Kathryn Tokarz, Seedway, LLC; Joe Leslie, GROWMARK FS, LLC; Lucas Waybright, GROWMARK FS, LLC; and Kristina McAllister, GROWMARK FS, LLC enjoy their meal at Wings, Etc...

Minature golf was a popluar choice at Pheasant Lanes. Travis Rudat, GROWMARK Logistics lines up his putt while Mitch Lindberg, GROWMARK Facility Planning and Supply (red shirt) and Travis Coty, Ag View FS, Inc. (green shirt) plan their next shots.


The next morning, the interns boarded a bus and headed to Sunrise Ag Service Company's Havana, Ill. facility on the Illinois River. There, they saw the barge loading and unloading dock, grain storage system, and fertilizer products building. Rich Vanderpool and Bob Bess led the tour.




The next stop on the tour was the WESTERN GRAIN MARKETING, LLC site near Adair, Ill. where GROWMARK Facility Planning and Supply's Tom Nealey and Randy Holthaus boarded the bus and explained the ongoing construction project. After stopping for lunch, the group toured the John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, Ill. and had free time at the nearby John Deere Pavilion. Supper at Joe's Crab Shack in Peoria, Ill. ended the day.

Jennifer Mormann, Three Rivers FS Company (left) and Andrea Beatty, Ag View FS, Inc. (right) play checkers at the John Deere Pavilion.










(Left to right): Mitch Lindberg, GROWMARK Facility Planning and Supply; Joel Lasack, AgVantage FS, Inc.; Drew Nesemeier, Gold Star FS, Inc.; Jacob Robinson, Gold Star FS, Inc.; Ross Brunsman, Three Rivers FS Company; and Jake Bonnell, GROWMARK Seed Division wait for their seafood at Joe's Crab Shack.


The following day the interns were in the Bloomington office. They completed a personality profile and learned how to identify and interact with people who have different relational styles from their own.

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