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Newspaper

Country Today

Location

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1978

Page

3

Dale Diedrich Elected WAVAI Officer In Wisconsin

Dale Diedrich of Pepin and production agriculture instructor at District One Technical Institute is named sectional vice president of the Wisconsin Association of Vocational Agriculture Instructors WAVAI He succeeds Orland Olson and will serve two years representing District Two covering much of west central Wisconsin The WAVAI includes technical institute ag teachers high school voag instructors and FFA advisers with 10 sections.

Dale Diedrich Pepin District One Technical Institute Wisconsin Association of Vocational Agriculture Instructors WAVAI Orland Olson Durand High School Vo Ag District One Diedrich Wisconsin Technical Institute Ag FFA Sobotta Mondovi High School Arcadia Uw-River Falls

Tech school hires new ag teacher Bill Shepard

Bill Shepard, 30, Glenwood City native, joins District One Technical Institute as farm training instructor. a Moraine Park alum and former CENEX employee, he will oversee 55 students initially, growing to about 75, with five-year farmer training across centers in Menomonie Colfax Boyceville and Ridgeland.

Bill Shepard Glenwood City District One Technical Institute Technical Institute Shepard Dunn County Menomonie Colfax Boyceville Ridgeland

Mell tour highlights nonpoint pollution exhibit

MELL Mobile Environmental Learning Laboratory opened at the state Capitol as the first stop on a Wisconsin tour visiting the State Fair Farm Progress Days and county fairs. The four panel modules address nonpoint source water pollution with graphics and lighting to engage citizens in solution efforts. The exhibit was designed by UW Madison Environmental Awareness Center students and staff and built by Western Wisconsin Technical Institute personnel with UW Extension and DNR support.

State Capitol MELL Tom Lamm Uw-Madison Environmental Awareness Center Western Wisconsin Technical Institute la Crosse Uw-Extension DNR

District One instructor earns grand champion for cow calendar

Don Sobotta of District One Tech nical Institute designed a three foot square cow calendar to track heat, breeding, calving and gestation for up to 100 cows. The device uses color pins to show each cow’s status and can replace chalk boards in barns. It won a statewide contest and advances to a national Dallas competition in December.

Don Sobotta Dallas Texas Don Ahrens District One Offeri Ag

Wisconsin Feeder Pig Co op names new general manager

Francis Creek Paul Schink longtime cooperative director and former president becomes general manager of the Wisconsin Feeder Pig Marketing Cooperative. Schink, UW Madison animal science graduate, helped author feeder pig bulletins and ran swine dairy farms with his wife Charlotte. The co op markets 834000 feeder pigs yearly nationwide with 26462455 dollars in business.

Wisconsin Feeder Pig Co-Op Paul Schink Rt. 2 de Pere Mr. Schink Co-Op Uw-Madison Sauk County Schink Charlotte

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