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PRIDE ETCHED IN WHEAT K-State family expresses emotions in the field by Claudette Riley The Dan Peterson family used their rippling fields of golden wheat to showcase causes close to their hearts. They have planted messages on their land in Burdick, Kan., for four years. Their farm was part of the proposed Fort Riley expansion in 1990. Inspired by farmers who used crop art to design creative messages, the Petersons said they had stumbled on a way to help the grassroots campaign to Preserve the They designed this slogan to show their opposition to the which was eventually voted down. There were aircraft and helicopters flying overhead to survey the area, so this was a way to make our point and impact those looking at this area, said Jeff Peterson, in animal sciences and industry. Aerial photographs taken by Charles Rayl were picked up by the Associated Press and carried nation wide in newspapers. It (the field art) appealed to the public, Jeff said. People noticed it who weren ' t even involved with this grass roots movement. After the family ' s second year of producing crop art, Jeff joined his parents in deciding the ideas to Jeff was really the one who got me going on doing something for K-State, Dan said. K-State has been so great for him, and we ' re a K-State family. Dan, a 1969 graduate, met his wife, Linda, during her freshman year. They married in 1968, and Linda left after her second semester to assist Dan on the farm. Oldest daughter Susie obtained her education degree in 1991 after three years at K-State. Jeff came up with the idea for K-State Makes Life Great, a message accompanied with the K-State football logo, in 1992. He was looking for a way to thank the for him and friends. He was also thankful that campus buildings were handicapped accessible. A since an accident his freshman year in high school, Jeff was thrilled to find a university willing to meet his challenges. (Continued on page 29) holds the master plan as his father lines up another letter for the carving. Jeff suggested the Future Farmers of America theme. They (FFA) have a real good progra m at Center (High School), Dan said. (Photo by Brian W. Kratzer) Peterson, senior in animal sciences and industry, holds a rope in line with a flag to ensure proper letter spacing for the field art project. Peterson traveled around the farm on his four-wheeler due to an automobile accident his year in high school that left him with a spine. (Photo by Brian W. Kratzer) Dan and Jeff Peterson create an outline for the carving. Dan, a 1969 graduate, said the outline was more difficult than spelling out FFA Leadership for America, in the field. (Photo by Brian W. Kratzer)
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Dan sports a Farmhouse Fraternity hat in support of his son ' s living group. Jeff served as president of Farmhouse. (Photo by Brian W. Kratzer) The 1992 Peterson field art creation features the Wildcat football logo. Jeff came up with the message and design as a way to thank K-State for providing him with opportunities and friends. (Photo courtesy of the Peterson family) gives his father a lift during a run across a field three miles outside of Burdick. They were following the ruts of Dan ' s truck, which were used as a straight-edge for the alignment of the words. (Photo by Brian W. Kratzer)
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