1968 GOODYEAR SOIL CONf'iRVATION AWARD WINNERS 



First Place - Fergus County SWCD 



Second Place - Hi 



ounty SWCD 



Pictured are Metro Karaffa, District 

 Conservationist, Frank Cimrhakl, Super- 

 visor, Harold Kinkelaar, secretary of PN 

 Grazing Association, outstanding cooper- 

 ator and supervisors Bill Snapp, Art 

 Osbumsen, Kenneth Surber, Garde Peterson, 

 Jr., and Divid Bricker, Supervisor 

 Bradley Parrish is absent. All were in 

 attendance at the Convention. 



Art Osbumsen, Chairman of the 

 Fergus County District and Tony Stvilc, 

 President of the P.N. Grazing Association 

 were given an all expense paid trip to 

 Goodyear Farms in Arizona where they 

 spent a week in December with similar 

 winners from other states. 



The Goodyear Awards program is 

 highly recommended for district par- 

 ticipation as it enables districts to 

 better 1) Plan for service 2) Organize 

 for service and 3) Measure service. 



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NEWSLETTER AWARDS 



The MASWCD Newsletter Awards for 

 1969 went to Big Horn County SWCD, 1st 

 place, $50.00; Richland County SWCD, 2nd 

 place, $35.00, and Sheridan County SWCD. 

 3rd place, $15.00. 



The judges gave particular credit to 

 those newsletters which showed that many 

 articles were written by supervisors 

 themselves as a report to their readers. 



Pictured are Lee Holstine, District 

 Conservationist, and supervisors Leo 

 Morse, Dean Hanson, Walt Dion, Stuart 

 Ellison, and Ray Patrick, absent is 

 Robert Hockett. 



OUTSTANDING SUPERVISORS 



Judged outstanding supervisors for 1969 

 by the MASWCD Awards Committee were 

 left to right above; Don Naegli, Belknap, 

 Area 5; Ray Patrick, Havre, Area 3; 

 Fred Weiler, Columbus, Area A; Ted 

 Bickerdyke, Capitol, Area 2; Ken 

 Coulter, Brusett, Area 1; Pete Jackson, 

 Harrison, and Carl Johnson, Livingston 

 Area 6 



Aunts, uncles, and grandpar- 

 ents become greater with each 

 successive generation, but cous- 

 ins get removed. 



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