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The 2009 Great Potato Bowl Plus!
ISU Culinary Arts served a seafood dish in a roll
THE GREAT POTATO BOWL PLUS 2009
The money raised will help the Foodbank provide more food to the less fortunate in our community and enable Family Services Alliance to reach out to a few more people in crisis.
This year’s participating restaurants were: Buddy’s, Chartwells, Costco, The Dining Room, Dutch Oven Delights, Elmer’s, Frog Hollow, Great Harvest, ISU Culinary Arts, J. Anna’s Bistro, Mama Inez, Molto Caldo Pizzeria, Perkins, The Popcorn Shop, RaNae’s Rolls, Remo’s, Starbucks, SugarBakers, Texas BBQ, Texas Roadhouse, Uncle Jim’s, Wing It, and Wing N Diner.
Each year, the Great Potato Bowl attendees vote on their favorite dish in several categories. The votes from this year’s 1,500 attendees have been counted, and the results are:
Farm Bureau Insurance, along with ON Semiconductor and Steele and Associates Marketing Communications, has been proud to sponsor this event for the past two years.
July, 2008
(Caption) Farm Bureau Insurance's 2008 Relay For Life Team, the "Spooky Witches"
Purple Reign: Farm Bureau Insurance Takes First Place At Relay For Life Three Years Straight
For the third year in a row, Farm Bureau Insurance’s Home Office Relay For Life team raised more money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life marathon than any other Pocatello area team.
Farm Bureau’s first place team raised $8500 this year, almost $2000 more than the second place team. A total of 105 teams participated in this year’s overnight walk at ISU’s Davis field on July 11-12.
The money, donated by Farm Bureau Insurance employees, was raised by a variety of team-sponsored events including a raffle, potato bar lunch, jeans day, a used media sale, and sales of a cookbook containing employee recipes.
Farm Bureau Insurance’s team included Denise Baune, Ron Baune, Michelle Coffin, Cara Dyer, Kimmie Flores, Dana Haskett, Tina Nelson, Bonnie Nipper, Misty Ranere, Susan Wells, Melinda Johnson (team co-captain), and Brenda Swindle (team captain).
The Relay For Life, known for its purple ribbons and “Power of Purple” slogan, celebrates cancer survivorship and raises money for research and programs of the American Cancer Society.
October, 2007
LIFE LESSONS FROM THE GRIDIRON
Farm Bureau Agent Travis Fullmer Sponsors & Coaches A Little League Football Team
Travis Fullmer learned some valuable lessons on the Meridian High School and Boise state playing fields in the 1980’s.
Now, Travis is getting to impart what he learned to a new generation of young athletes as the sponsor and coach of a Boise little league football team.
The affable Fullmer, a three sport letterman (football, basketball, and track) at Meridian High School where he was part of a state champion football and track team, relishes the opportunity to coach this team of 25 fifth-graders in their second year of tackle football. “It’s very rewarding watching the kids grow from day to day,” Travis says. “You can actually see them improve at things on a daily basis.”
While Travis is teaching lessons he learned about leadership, teamwork and a work ethic while playing sports as a kid, he is also learning new lessons from the kids he’s coaching. “I’ve learned how everything you say and do sticks with them. You can make a tremendous difference in someone’s life. My coaches and I may be the only adult men that these kids have a positive relationship with.”
This is Travis’s second year as a little league coach, but he coached junior high football for two years and high school football for ten years. “Little league is scaled way down from high school varsity football,” Travis says. “So that’s a challenge. It’s a little less intense.” Travis left his teaching career three years ago to become a Farm Bureau agent. “The timing was great,” he says. “My son was the age to begin tackle football with Boise Noon Optimist Football.” Travis’s son Holden, 10, plays on his dad’s Farm Bureau team.
Travis’s own football career was promising after graduating from Meridian High School. He received numerous scholarship offers to play college football, but chose to stay in Boise. He played football for BSU for one year before injuries sidelined him and ultimately finished his career.
These days, Travis is optimistic about his team’s ability to build on last season’s momentum of weekly improvement. “I have 17 of 18 kids returning from last year’s team,” Travis says. “They’ve gained an average of 7-10 pounds since last year. We also have 8 new kids who didn’t play for us last year.”
The team will play six games this year. Practices—four days a week for an hour and a half— began on August 13th.“Our team is made up of some of the finest young boys you could ask for,” Travis says when asked about the upcoming season. “They may not be the biggest or the fastest, but they work extremely hard and love the game. This will assist them throughout their lives.”
Travis sees a parallel in his own life between being a successful agent and being a successful coach. “If you don’t have a competitive spirit,” Travis says, “you won’t be successful.” |
