Simmental president
Miles Glasman of Russell, Man., is settling into his job as president of the 2,400-member, Calgary-based Canadian Simmental Association.
He was selected at the group’s 28th annual meeting in November.
Glasman, who had been first vice-president, replaces Michael Burns of King City, Ont. Other executive board changes include Ken Lewis of Spruce Grove, Alta., filling the first vice-president’s chair, while Yves Gagnon of Vinoy, Que., becomes the second vice-president.
The CSA board of directors also underwent changes. John Buba of Spruce Grove, Alta., and Ian Mitchell of Barriere, B.C., were elected to the board.
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They replace retiring directors Allan Preston of Hamiota, Man., and Michael Burns, who is past-president. Director Tracy Graf of Delburne, Alta., was re-elected for a second three-year term. Other board members include Ralph Taylor of Truro, N.S., Ron Woodisse of Palmerstown, Ont., and Lionel Stilborn of Balcarres, Sask.
Dixon scholars
Tanya Beech of Pilot Mound, Man., Jason Charles, of Stoughton, Sask., and Maureen Mappin of Byemoor, Alta., each received $1,000 post-secondary education scholarships from Simmental breeders.
All three recipients grew up on cattle farms and were active in 4-H clubs, all are members of the Young Canadian Simmental Association and all have parents who are lifetime members of the CSA.
Tanya Beech, 18, of the Conray Cattle Company, attends the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and is studying Agriculture and Food Sciences in a diploma program.
Charles, 21, from the Charles Cattle Co. Ltd., is in his third year at Panhandle State University, Goodwell, Oklahoma. He’s working toward an agronomy degree.
Mappin, 20, of Mappin Simmentals, studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She plans to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture.
The scholarships are presented in memory of Allan Dixon, a former CSA president and a pioneer leader in the Canadian Simmental scene.
