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Bruce Burdick
1109 S. Birch St.
Albany, MO 64402
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BurdickB@missouri.edu
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GROUNDBREAKING AT HUNDLEY-WHALEY RESEARCH FARM
A groundbreaking ceremony was held December 7th at the
Hundley-Whaley Farm in Albany for the Learning Discovery Center.
Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond was the honored guest for the event.
Senator Bond was responsible for a $250,000 HUD grant for developing a
telecommunications resource center within the facility. The Learning
Discovery Center is an eighty-one hundred square foot facility to be
used for housing University Outreach and Extension and CAFNR research
staff and will provide facilities for meetings on-site and distance
learning.
Steve Alexander represented the Missouri Soybean Association and Terry
Ecker represented the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council in the
groundbreaking ceremonies. They were joined by US Senator, Kit Bond;
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Dean, Tom Payne;
Hundley-Whaley Planning Committee Chairman, Alan Schneider; Mo. 12th
District Senator, Sam Graves; Missouri 4th District Representative, Dan
Hegeman ; Gentry County Presiding Commissioner, Marshal Pile; Missouri
Secretary of Agriculture, John Saunders; Messick Charitable Trust
Representative, Tim Kelly and Ewell Lawson representing Governor Mel
Carnahan's office.
The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council and the United Soybean Board
have provided $10,000 toward the center. The Missouri State Legislature
provided $250,000 in the spring of 1998 and the Messick Charitable Trust
has committed $100,000 toward the construction of the Center.
Construction of the shell of the facility should begin early in 2000.
Another $500,000 will need to be raised before the Center is ready for
public use.
Photos From Hundley-Whaley Ground Breaking
Click on images below to see enlarged photo.
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