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Canadian Charolais Association News
from May 2013
CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION
2320 - 41st Avenue N.E. Calgary, AB T2E 6W8 Phone: (403) 250-9242 Fax: (403) 291-9324 cca@charolais.com • www.charolais.com
PROVINCIAL REPRESENTATIVES: ALBERTA
President: Lyle Bignell, Stettler Secretary: Don Grant, Bowden
SASKATCHEWAN
President: Orland Walker, Hudson Bay Secretary: Dave Blechinger, Rosetown
MANITOBA
President: Shawn Airey, Rivers Secretary: Rae Trimble Portage la Prairie
ONTARIO
President: Gord Tomlinson, Norwood Secretary: Doris Aitken, Mount Forest
QUEBEC
President: Francois Couture, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil Secretary: Laurent Jourdain
MARITIMES
President: Ricky Milton, Cornwall, PE Secretary: Jennifer MacDonald, St. Mary’s, Kent Co., NB
STAFF:
General Manager: KELLY CARSON Registry & Office: MEL REEKIE Registry: LOIS CHIVILO Registry: JUDY CUMMER French Membership: CYNTHIA BECK 306-436-2007, CBeck@charolais.com
EXECUTIVE:
PRESIDENT: WADE BECK Box 5, Lang, SK S0G 2W0 Ph (306) 436-4564, wcbeck@sasktel.net 1st VICE-PRESIDENT: BRENTSAUNDERS RR 3, Markdale, ON N0C 1H0 (519) 986-4165 Fax (519) 986-4273 saunders@bmts.com 2nd VICE-PRES: JOHN WILGENBUSCH Box 4, Halbrite, SK S0C 1H0 (306) 458-2688 Fax (306) 458-2371 wilgenbusch@sasktel.net PAST PRESIDENT: LYLE BIGNELL Box 1055, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 (403) 742-6792 Fax (403) 742-8128 lylebignell@hotmail.com
DIRECTORS: CAMPBELL FORSYTH
Box 3, Eriksdale, MB R0C 0W0 (204) 739-2678 Fax (204) 739-5547 cmforsyt@mts.net
BERNARD BEGIN
1630 Rg St-Martin, Ste-Marie, PQ G6E 3A8 (418) 387-7514 Fax (418) 387-5623 louberfarm@hotmail.com
BRIAN COUGHLIN
RR3 1012 Snake River Line, Cobden, ON K0J 1K0 (613) 646-9741 (613) 312-0270, cornervu@nrtco.net
URSULA CORPATAUX
Box 397, Erskine, AB T0C 1G0 Ph/Fax (403) 742-3337, ucorpataux@xplornet.com
DORY GERRARD
RR 2, Innisfail, AB T4G 1T7 (403) 227-5632 Fax (403) 227-2583 gerrardcattle@gmail.com
RICKY MILTON
4558 Rt. 19 RR 2, Cornwall, PE C0A 1H0 (902) 393-8699, rmilton@upei.ca
Introducing a New GM
Kelly Carson, General Manager
Hello! It is my great pleasure to introduce myself to you. My name is Kelly Carson and I am the new General Manager of the Canadian Charolais Association.
I was born and raised on the family farm in northern Saskatchewan and while I was growing up, my family worked a mixed farming operation; that is where my love of cattle was nurtured. As a result, my career has evolved through various agriculture and business experiences over the past 25+ years.
I am certainly looking forward to taking on my role with the Charolais Association and to work with a breed that has put its share of money into my pockets over the years. Having worked at 27,000 and 35,000 head feedlots I know which breeds of cattle make money and which don’t. I have participated in many trials on Charolais and Charolais‐influenced cattle and I know first‐hand that the Charolais breed succeeds.
My role as the General Manager will be to support the Board of Directors and Officers of the Charolais Association. I am committed to working with all of the Association members to help grow the breed even further and to help bring the Charolais influence to even greater heights. On behalf of the Association, I am committed to representing the best interests of our members on everything cattle‐related throughout Canada and I look forward to spending time getting to know the members on their farms. As your General Manager, I want to hear your opinions and comments whenever you have something on your mind. I will answer my phone when it rings and I will respond to all emails.
This country was built on the backs of our family‐run farms and it will continue to move forward in that manner. That is why I feel it is so vitally important to have extremely strong relationships with all levels of government because we need to use our voice and have it heard. I want to work with industry partners to grow the beef business because that is just the right thing to do. My dad taught me many years ago and in his words, it’s always best to “just do the right thing.”
On the personal side, my wife, Tracey, and I live in Cochrane, Alberta, with our two loyal four‐legged companions, Maggie & Shiloh. We enjoy many outdoor pursuits including camping, golf, hiking, mountain biking and various other sports. We also love to travel and are particularly drawn to warm, sunny locales. It has been said that behind every successful man is a loving, supportive woman; in my case I am fortunate to have a partner who has always stood right by my side.
In closing, I look forward to working with the Board, Officers and staff of the Canadian Charolais Association, who in the end all work for, and in the best interests of, the membership. I have a saying that I use from time to time; someone can tell you they’ve done things but if you can’t see the end result, you may question if those things were done in the first place. The way I look at it, if I say I’m going to go and pound fence posts, at the end of the day, anyone can go count them. So, I am now off to pound some posts.
Take care,
Kelly Carson
