2024 Fall Farm Outlook Lincoln Daily News Oct 2024 Page 29 When the photos were completed, Schempp provided three students for LDN to speak with one on one. Matthew Sebastian, Reece Entwistle, and Oliver White all spent a great deal of time with the tractor, working on it during class time, and spending many a lunch hour in the shop cleaning rust off of parts and getting it tractor ready to put back together. All three boys are sophomores this year and had the privilege along with several other class members of being the ones who got to see the final product all put back together and looking as good as the day it was first manufactured. Sebastian said that when they came in last year, the tractor was disassembled and laying in parts and pieces. Every piece was rusted and dirty and everything had to be thoroughly cleaned up before it was out back together and went to paint. White said to him that was the best part of the work. He very much enjoyed working to clean the various pieces and gained satisfaction from having them at their very best before reassembly. Entwistle said his greatest take away from the project had been the relationships he built with others who worked on the tractor. He said for example, as a freshman, he had no classes with White and met him in FFA. The two have become friends and that would not have happened otherwise. He added that working on the tractor gave him new perspectives and insights on life in general. Both White and Entwistle come from farm families and have an interest in going forward in agriculture. Entwistle said his plan is to become a veterinarian. White will also stay in the farming industry. Sebastian said he does not come from a farm family, but his dad owns a repair shop in Manito, so he may be interested in incorporating agriculture and mechanics into his future. Schempp also spoke briefly to LDN saying that while she was the teacher getting credit for the completion of the tractor, her predecessor Allie Bode’ had led her students through a large part of the project. She said she wanted Bode’ and the classes that she led to be recognized as having made a big contribution to the bringing the tractor back to its former glory. Sebastian also said that try as they might, the tractor never ran. He said that the front crank starter was seized up so badly that the class tried everything short of a sandblaster to get it to break loose, but it never did. The final paint work was completed on the tractor on April 8th according to White. Then it was transported to Heartland Community College and presented to the school for the ag complex. When all the outdoor photo ops were completed, the class was taken back inside the complex where they would hear a presentation about Heartland College in general and be treated to lunch courtesy of the college. [Nila Smith]
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