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Agriculture a way of life for VenJohn
Published 6/8/2009 in Beef Empire Days-Industry
By MONICA SPRINGER
Marcy VenJohn learned many things while growing up on her family's farm near Pierceville.
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Brad Nading/Telegram — Marcy VenJohn, shown at the Chuckwagons in the Park Saturday, is this year's Beef Empire Days intern. VenJohn was also the intern last year.
She knows how to change the oil on a tractor or car, drive a combine and rely on herself. She's been involved in the agriculture industry her whole life.
"It's what I know. It's who I am," VenJohn said.
VenJohn is serving as the Beef Empire Days intern for the second year in a row. She is from Pierceville, attended high school in Ingalls and graduated with an associate degree from Garden City Community College.
She just finished her first year of graduate school at Northwest Oklahoma State University in Alva, Okla., where she is pursuing a master's degree in marketing. Her undergraduate degree is in agriculture business and economics at Northwest Oklahoma State.
As a child, she remembers coming to Beef Empire Days, where she enjoyed the parade and the rodeo.
"It's what you look forward to when you're little," VenJohn said.
As the Beef Empire Days intern, VenJohn is in charge of writing press releases, making Power Point presentations and other day-to-day activities associated with the three-week long celebration of the beef industry. She often can be seen at Beef Empire Days events helping with behind-the-scenes work and making sure sponsors get recognized.
VenJohn said most of the people she's known who have grown up on farms stayed in the farming or agriculture industry. She said she's looking forward to promoting the beef industry, aimed toward children and other young adults both through Beef Empire Days and in her career.
"Where would we be without agriculture?" VenJohn said.
She added that the agriculture industry isn't going to go anywhere and it needs to be publicized to the younger generation.
VenJohn has one more year of graduate school left before she graduates. She said her goal is to get a job in public relations or in the marketing field, and she wants the job to be in agriculture.
VenJohn started the BED internship in May and will receive a $1,000 scholarship at the conclusion of the event.
She is the daughter of Pat and Cindy VenJohn. Pat teaches agriculture and mechanics at Garden City High School and Cindy is an agriculture instructor at Garden City Community College. The family farms wheat and raises cattle on their family farm near Pierceville, 10 miles east of Garden City.
Marcy VenJohn also has two bothers: Jason, 26, and wife, Sarah, who teach and coach in Winfield, and Keith, 21, a college student in Winfield.
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