(Atlantic) Atlantic Rotary Club members convened in a classroom at the Atlantic High School to celebrate agriculture, recognize students who are the future of agriculture, and their teachers providing instruction and leadership to prepare them for their future. The other reason for the gathering was to showcase the new Greenhouse construction project.
Ted Robinson, a Rotarian and President of the Atlantic Community School Foundation, said they have the privilege of bringing the two community organizations together that play a prominent role in the investment in the youth in the community. The Foundation committed over $100,000 toward the new Greenhouse.
The Hunt Family was also on hand because the new greenhouse was made possible by the late Jim and Gert Hunt through a donation they made to the Atlantic Community School Foundation. The members of the Hunt family on hand were; Nick and Sue Hunt, Harriett (Hunt) Fliss, and Dr. Sam Hunt and his wife, Debbie.
Dr. Hunt says his parents believed in agriculture and food production.
Ag Instructor and FFA Advisor Eric Miller see 110-to-115 students daily walk through his classroom doors. A number of his students have reached their Iowa Degree, and Bryan York was selected ad a Star Finalist.
Industrial Technology Instructor Dexter Dodson’s students are building a large greenhouse. The food produced from the new facility will be part of the school’s lunch menu.
