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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Friday, June 19, 2009 10:07 PM CDT
Marshall manufacturer to donate equipment for museum's agricultural exhibit

TERRE HAUTE, IND. — An area manufacturing firm will provide several pieces of material handling equipment to give young visitors to the new Terre Haute Children’s Museum’s agriculture exhibit a hands-on experience with farming.

Larry Yargus, president of Yargus Manufacturing, Inc. in Marshall, said in a press release that his company will develop and build a conveyor and three small augers for the exhibit.

“We’ll be putting in a conveyor that the kids can operate with a hand crank to show how grain is moved as a part of the process on the farm,” Yargus said. “Also, we’re looking at donating three small auger systems that can be operated by the kids to carry soybeans or corn or plastic pellets.”

The museum’s agriculture exhibit, sponsored by a $150,000 donation from the Vigo County Farm Bureau, was announced in April. Yargus Manufacturing is still developing the equipment it will donate, and no dollar value has been placed on the donation as of yet.

“This material donation will represent a tremendous addition to the value of the development of this outstanding agriculture exhibit,” said museum executive director Scott Williams. “We so appreciate Yargus stepping up in support of the museum. This major donation of support from beyond Vigo County reinforces our desire to make the Terre Haute Children’s Museum a facility of which the entire Wabash Valley can be proud.”

Yargus explained that even though the museum is not in Marshall, it is still important for all the communities in the region.

“This is something that is a great asset for the area,” he said. “It’s good for Marshall, because the schools will save money on field trips with this facility being so close. Our elementary principals are very much in favor of it. And it’s another positive development for downtown Terre Haute, which is good for the whole Wabash Valley. I’m very enthused about it.

“You have to ‘give back’,” Yargus said, “and we’re happy to be able to do that with this donation. Besides, how can you say ‘no’ to the children’s museum?”

The new museum at the corner of Wabash Avenue and 8th Street in Terre Haute is expected to open in October or November of this year.

Yargus Manufacturing is a family owned and operated business that produces a complete line of Layco blending and material handling equipment that is shipped all over the world for fertilizer and material handling use.

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