Franklin County Safety Day

​West Frankfort FFA and Franklin County Farm Bureau hosted a Farm Safety Day for 4th and 5th grade students from West Frankfort on April 25th at the Rend Lake College Agronomy Building.  Students were able to learn about general farm safety from Blake Patton and Addison Page of Rend Lake College, animal safety from West Frankfort FFA, seat belt safety from the Illinois State Police, firearm safety from the Illinois Conservation Police and lawn mower safety from H&R AgriPower.
We would like to thank Rend Lake College for donating the use of their equipment and facilities and to the COUNTRY Agents of Franklin County, Trudee Wynn, Leann Stilley and Dana Wylie 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 make this event possible.