Calendar of Events
March 8
Agricultureal Tour of Europe Information Meeting, 7:00 p.m. F. B. Board Room.  Trip
will take place Jul 8-23, 2012
March 8
Farm Bureau Young Leader Meeting.  Meet at the F.B. Bldg. at 7:00 and go to
Rockford Billiards Cafe  
March 13
Chicago Flower & Garden Show, Navy Pier, Bus leaves FB Bldg at 7:45 a.m. and
picks up at the CherryVale Mall at 8:
00 a.m.
March 14
District 2 Meeting, Stephenson County Farm Bureau, 7:15 p.m.,
March 17
Winnebago County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting.  Discovery Center in Rockford.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.  Meal: 66:45 p.m., Meeting: 8:00 p.m. For reservations,
contact the Winnebago County Farm Bureau at 815/962-0653.
March 20
Election Day
March 26
Winnebago County Farm Bureau Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Farm Bureau Bd. Rm.
March 27
Winning Investors Investment Club Mtg., 7:00 p.m. Farm Bureau Bldg.
April 10
Australia/New Zealand Trip Information Meeting.  7:00 p.m. Winnebago County
Farm Bureau Bldg., 7:00 p.m. Trip January 22- February 7, 2013
April 17
Winnebago County Farm Bureau Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Farm Bureau Bd. Rm.
April 23
Prime Timer Program: History of Barn Quilts. Noon lunch, with program to follow.  
$16 per person. Advanced reservations required.
April 24-25
Lockwood Park Ag Education Programs.
May 6
Winnebago Co. 4-H & Extension Walk-a thon, 12 to 4.  Sinnissippi River Walk
May 6
Discovery Center "Say Cheese" . From 12 to 4
May 15
Patty Waszak Show at White Fence Farm.  Bus leaves at 9:00 a.m. from Farm
Bureau Bldg. and 9:15 a.m. from CherryVale Mall at 9:15 a.m.  World's Greatest
Chicken. Cost: $49
May19
Animal Mania, Lockwood Park, Baby Chick Hatching, Ag Education Programs,
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
June 7
Bus trip to Miller Park, Brewers vs. Cubs. Cost: $65 per person.  Bus leaves from
the Winnebago County Farm Bureau Building at 9:30 a.m.
June 19
Winnebago County Farm Bureau Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Farm Bureau Bd. Rm.
June 26
Winning Investors Investment Club Mtg., 7:00 p.m. Farm Bureau Bldg.
June 27
The Dancing Horses Theatre, Delavan, WI, Bus leaves FB Bldg. at 9:30 a.m.,
CherryVale Mall, 9:45 a.m. Exotic Bird Show, Lunch, Dancing Horse Show.  Cost:
$70
July 11, 12, 13,
16 & 17
Summer Ag Institute, Ag Education Program for Teachers (Grad Credit available
through Aurora University)  Held at the Winnebago County Farm Bureau Building. To
enroll, call the Winnebago County Farm Bureau at 815/962-0653.
July 17
Winnebago County Farm Bureau Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Farm Bureau Bd. Rm.
July 24
Winning Investors Investment Club Mtg., 7:00 p.m. Farm Bureau Bldg.
August 14-19
Winnebago County Fair, Pecatonica.  Farm Bureau Booth in Moss Hall
September
22-28
Black Hills Buffalo Roundup:  Includes stops at the Corn Palace, the Lewis & Clark
Interpretive Center, the popular GTO Cafe, and the famous Wall Drugstore.  Custer
State Park and the annual Buffalo Stampede and Roundup.  From there on to Mt.
Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial,the Tatanka Buffalo Memorial, a stop at
historic Deadwood a visit to the Badlands National Park.  One the way back there
will be a stop at the John Deere Tractor Plant in Waterloo.
 
May 6
January 22
-February 3
Trip to New Zealand and Australia.  Includes stops at Auckland, Kelly Tarlton's
Underwater World & Antarctic Encounter.  Auckland winery, Mystery Creek
Agricultural Centre.  Hobbiton Movie Set, Agridome Farm Show, the Te Pula
Thermal reserve, and the Waltomo Glow-worm Caves.  On to Australia to view the
Great Barrier Reef.  Other Australian stops include Brisbane