?For the next two years, Algonquin dairy farmer Keith Matthie will serve as president of the
Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association of which he has been a member and director for many years.
During their annual meeting held in Lanark Village July 16, OVSGA directors moved Matthie up
from his previous post as 1st vice-president. That spot has been filled by Douglas beef farmer Robert Dick, with Vernon’s Jim Arbuckle taking over the post of 2nd vice-president.
Matthie replaces Almonte dairyman Bill Halpenny whom he thanked for the past two years spent
directing the affairs of the OVSGA, including the annual Ottawa Valley Farm Show which the association has sponsored for 78 years. He’ll remain on the board as past president, with secretary-treasurer Mary Joynt
and Farm Show manager Tom Van Dusen completing the executive. Joynt and Van Dusen had their one-year terms renewed by directors.
Elected a director at large for the first time was Pakenham’s David Blair, while Manotick
Station’s Lynda McCuaig became an honorary director.
Lanark’s Gord Munroe, recently named vice-president of Seaway Valley Farmers’ Energy Co-
Operative, briefed directors on the progress of the $54 million ethanol plant at Cornwall. With
$200,000 in the project, the OVSGA is one of its largest investors. |
