Word was received Thursday morning that he was doing as good as can be expected.
A delegation of Chinese MBA students visited the Randy Johnson farm on Wednesday, September 18. The
thirty nine members of the group are on an extended ten month tour of the United States as part of
their MBA program.
The trip was organized by Judy Courson of Chicago who is a friend of Randy and Jeri Sue Johnson,
the host and hostess of the event. The group arrived at the Johnson farm at 10:00 a.m. State Representative
Keith Sommer gave a talk on Illinois government to the group after which lunch was served by the Johnsons.
After lunch the group heard a talk by Fieldcrest Superintendent Michael Stagliano. He explained how the
Fieldcrest school system is organized and how it is supported by our tax dollars. Stagliano also fielded
the questions posed by the group.
Group leader Jeff Wang from Chicago explained that the members of the group had about ten years of experience at
their profession before they entered the MBA program which is sponsored and controlled by the Chinese government.
The members represent a rather elite segment of the population. The purpose of their visit here in the United
States is to learn how our economy and governmental units function.
After the visit, the group was bussed to the farm of Jeff Barth near Flanagan where they saw the machinery
used to harvest the crops.
To see more pictures of the visit, click here.
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