Stampede board of directors
The Calgary Stampede has ann-ounced nine community leaders have been elected to the Stampede’s volunteer board of directors.
Elected were Wynne Chisholm, Cam Clark, Toni Dixon, Bill Gray, Mike O’Connor, Tom O’Leary, Paul Polson and Glenn Street.
This group joins the following volunteers who are serving the second year of their two-year terms on the board: Jackie Engstrom, Sally Holman, Byron Hussey, Rob Laidlaw, Steve McDonough, Teri McKinnon, David Sibbald and Roc Spence.
Continuing on the board are first vice-chair Michael Casey, second vice-chair Bob Thompson and immediate past-president George Brookman.
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Aadaptation council officials
Barry Routledge, a beef and grains producer from Lenore, Man., will continue to work as chair of the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council board of directors.
During a recent meeting, MRAC members elected four new individuals to the board. Colleen Dyck, Larry McIntosh, Mark Sloane and Karin Wittenberg join the board for three year terms.
Dyck and her husband Grant own Artel Farms, a 13,000 acre grain farm near Niverville.
McIntosh is president of Peak of the Market, a grower-owned not-for-profit vegetable supplier in Manitoba.
Sloane is farm owner and manager of Sloane Agriventures near Clearwater, Man., and is a managing partner in Right Choice Management Consulting, a business offering financial consulting services to agricultural producers.
Wittenberg is the acting dean and associate dean for research of the University of Manitoba faculty of agricultural and food sciences, as well as a professor in the department of animal science.
MRAC membership also re-elected four directors to new terms on the MRAC board: Jonathan Bouw, Shelley Curé and Terry Fehr will serve another term. As well, Gwendolyn Donohoe will continue as youth director.
Livestock recognition
Alberta’s livestock industry recently honoured two people for their dedication to livestock care.
Susan Church and Pam Miller were recognized with awards of distinction at the Livestock Care Conference in Red Deer March 26 hosted by Alberta Farm Animal Care.
AFAC is a partnership of Alberta’s major livestock groups, with a mandate to promote responsible, humane animal care within the livestock industry.
Church, who served for 15 years as the manager of AFAC until 2009, was honoured with an Award of Distinction for Leadership.
Church managed AFAC from its inception until last spring. Under her tenure, AFAC members have worked to build a framework for continual improvements for livestock care.
This has included progress in livestock care on farms and during transport, along with progress in education and research.
Miller answered calls to the Alert Line for the past 14 years. She was honoured with an Award of Distinction for Communication.
The Alert line is a confidential call line set up by AFAC for anyone to report livestock care concerns.
