New commission director
LETHBRIDGE. – Ed Kettenbach of Calgary has taken on the job of director to the board of the Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission. Kettenbach joins executive members Ike Lanier of Lethbridge, chair, Brian Otto of Warner, vice-chair and general manager, Sharol Siewart of Lethbridge, secretary-treasurer, and Bob Simmons of Lethbridge, consultant.
Other directors are Norris Tomlinson of Magrath, Dan Sryker of Foremost, Bryan Corns of Grassy Lake, and Bryan Noble of Nobleford, who along with Lanier and Otto were re-elected directors by acclamation.
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Marketing mission
The Saskatchewan government has announced a $20,000 grant to help send 20 students at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon on an export-marketing mission to the United States. As well, some of the money has been marked to allow six students to travel to Japan for work placement with Japanese companies.
Reaching out
Dr. Rob Currie was recently awarded an Outreach award from the University of Manitoba.
Since joining the university’s department of entomology in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences in 1991, Currie has taught courses in entomology, beekeeping, pollination and farm insects. He has also taught a beekeeping course to the public.
His present research focuses on the impact and control of varroa mite, a bee parsite, and he is exploring techniques to improve the pollination of agricultural crops.
Western history preserved
The Canadian Charolais Association has contributed $75,000 to The Western Heritage Centre Society. The centre is expected to open in July 1996, at a total cost of $13.5 million.
It will be a museum dedicated to the history of western Canadian life and will be located on a ranch west of Calgary.
