February 2022

Deana Marie Olsen

Deana Marie Olsen was born on February 27, 1949 in Council Bluffs, Iowa on her maternal Grandparent’s 25th wedding Anniversary. Deana was the daughter of Duane and Dorothy (Brenneman) Olsen. Deana attended Kindergarten through 12th grade at Treynor Consolidated Schools and graduated in 1967. Growing up Deana developed a passion for music, her passion started with playing the piano at a young age, in 8th grade under the guidance of her Grandma Stupfell she began playing the organ at church and accompanying choirs. Her instrumental talent did not stop with the piano and organ, in school she mastered playing tuba in the school band.

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Innovative Youth Corn Challenge Contest 2021 results

Since 2012, the Innovative Youth Corn Challenge has engaged 178 youth with in-depth, experiential learning. This partnership between the Nebraska Corn Board and Nebraska Extension has created an awareness of agronomic-related career opportunities and successfully involved youth in rigorous hands-on inquiry-based learning through completion of on-farm research or demonstration plots in corn fields across Nebraska. This year, nine teams signed up with four teams able to glean harvest data from their plots to complete the program. COVID-19 continued to make this a difficult year and created obstacles for some of the teams.

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