McHenry County Farm Bureau and the Beard family are pleased to announce that four billboards throughout McHenry County are being dedicated in memory of Mancel "Butch" Beard. Mancel, 66, was driving his tractor north on Route 23 attempting to turn the tractor left onto Bunker Hill Road when a motorist struck his tractor while trying to pass him. Mancel died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Mercy Harvard Hospital Emergency Room.
The billboards will reach nearly 30,000 exposures per day in 4 different cities, which include McHenry, Woodstock, Harvard and Marengo and will be displayed throughout the harvest season. The billboard design was created by LAMAR Outdoor Advertising of Rockford. They were made possible through a portion of Mancel's memorial and the support of 14 additional sponsors from the community. McHenry County Farm Bureau and the Beard Family are honored and pleased with the amount of financial support that came from the agricultural community and friends of the family. Sponsor levels were: Gold $500 and above, Silver $300-$499 and Bronze $100-$299.
Gold Sponsors:
Mancel "Butch" Beard Memorial
Seegers Grain Inc.
Dahm Enterprises, Inc.
1st Farm Credit Services
Crop Production Services
McHenry County Community Foundation
Silver Sponsors:
Bronze Sponsors:
Illinois Farm Bureau
McHenry County Antique Farm
Equipment Association of Illinois
David & Kathy O'Brien
Harvard Egg & Feed
Buck Bros Inc.
Stade Grain, The DeLong Co. Inc.
