New exhibition manager
LETHBRIDGE (Special) – The Lethbridge and District Exhibition
Association has a new general manager.
Rudy Friesen, born in Outlook, Sask., worked in radio news for six
years before joining the exhibition industry. He was agricultural
manager of the Prairieland Exhibition in Saskatoon for six years and
comes to Lethbridge from his position as general manager of the Swift
Current Agricultural and Exhibition Association after three years.
The Lethbridge association’s top position shifted to chief executive
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Friesen expected to conclude his Swift Current duties Nov. 29 and will
begin his new position Dec. 9.
New conservation area
Transgas and Ducks Unlimited have reached an agreement to create a new
wildlife conservation area near Melville, Sask.
Transgas, a subsidiary of SaskEnergy, has agreed to preserve 136 acres
of land from further development. The company will continue to operate
three natural gas storage caverns 1,100 metres below the ground.
Most of the surface has never been broken and remains native aspen
parkland terrain.
Transgas has also removed unneeded buildings and equipment from the
property and is working with Ducks Unlimited to reseed the disturbed
area with native grass.
“The Melville project is a great example of the opportunities provided
by partnerships among conservation agencies, industry and government,”
Brent Kennedy of Ducks Unlimited Canada’s Regina office said in a news
release.
Innovation centre money
Western Economic Diversification Canada is contributing $400,000 to the
Centre for Innovation at Olds College in Olds, Alta.
The centre will use the money to cover operating costs and buy
equipment for its Natural Fibre Centre, which it established in January
2001 to support Alberta’s fibre industry.
The innovation centre was created in 1999 to encourage agricultural
innovation and diversification by assisting in product development,
human resource development and development of new agribusiness.
Club created
A national red and white Holstein club has been formed out of a meeting
held during the 2002 Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.
The club is intended to allow breeders to communicate with each other,
offer promotional work, encourage breed development and provide access
to sire information.
For information, phone 905-852-3827 or 705-932-5400.
