Franklin County Farm Safety Day

​Frankfort Community High School FFA, Sesser-Valier High School FFA, Rend Lake College and Franklin County Farm Bureau hosted a Farm Safety Day for 4th grade students in Franklin County on May 1st at the Rend Lake College Agronomy Building.  Students were able to learn about gun safety from the Conservation Police, knots from 4-H, heavy equipment from Little Tractor & Equipment, ATV safety from Oasis Power Sports, lawn mower safety from H&R AgriPower, first aid from Rend Lake College nursing instructors, sprayer and PTO safety from Addison Page of Rend Lake College, seat belt safety from Illinois State Police, and tool and animal safety from Frankfort and Sesser-Valier FFA members.
We would like to thank Rend Lake College for donating the use of their equipment and facilities and to Trudee Wynn (COUNTRY Financial, Benton), Leann Stilley (COUNTRY Financial, West Frankfort), Senator Dale Fowler and Rural King for donating lunch for the volunteers.  We would also like to thank Illinois Farm Bureau and COUNTRY Financial for providing a Farm Safety Grant to help feed volunteers as well.