At the 69th annual meeting
of the National Dairy Shrine, Larry Schirm of Laurelville, Ohio was elected President
of the organization. Meanwhile, Nate Janssen, Wheaton, Illinois was chosen as President-Elect.
Elected to the Executive Committee along with Schirm and Janssen were: Dr.
Dennis Funk, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, Janet Keller, Oregon, Wisconsin, Joel
Hastings, Madera, California and immediate Past President Dan Bernick of Long
Grove, Iowa.
The new 2018-2019 National
Dairy Shrine board of directors includes returning directors: Tim Abbott, Enosburg,
Vermont, Bonnie Bargstedt, Kinderhook, New York, Fowler Branstetter, Edmonton,
Kentucky, Jim Dickrell, Monticello, Minnesota, Randy Gross Sr., Elkton, South
Dakota, Stan Henderson, Paso Robles, California., Matt Iager, Boonsboro, Maryland,
Ken Raney, State College, Pennsylvania, Karen Wheatley, Crumpton, Maryland, Dan
Schimek, Eagle Lake, Minnesota, and Leah Ziemba, Madison, Wisconsin. Newly elected directors include, Linda Hansen,
Goodridge, Minnesota, James Huffard, Crockett, Virginia, Rita Kennedy,
Valencia, Pennsylvania and Royce Thornton, Wooster, Ohio. At the annual NDS board
meeting the National Dairy Shrine directors approved the continuation of
fulfilling the mission of the NDS founders of preserving dairy history and
honoring the past, present and future dairy leaders.
At the National Dairy
Shrine’s annual banquet, over $60,000 in scholarships and awards were awarded
to 47 outstanding young people. This year’s National Dairy Shrine Awards
banquet was attended by over 300 Dairy Shrine members, dairy leaders, friends
and relatives. If you would like to find out more about the becoming a member
of National Dairy Shrine or the scholarships or recognition programs being
offered by National Dairy Shrine please go to www.dairyshrine.org for more
details.