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Published: December 5, 2002

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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officer about a year ago and has been vacant since Grace Duff left.

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.

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