John Fraser ‘69 Kemptville grad, and his wife Barb recently travelled on riverboat cruise on the Rhine. The picture shows them at Bratislava, Slovakia, a stop on the cruise. John and Barb are always enthusiast so the rain didn’t bother them. Now retired from dairy farming, their rain ponchos show their commitment to 4-H. ( picture from Janine (Fraser) Lunn.
Over 75 people attended the Hospitality Room in Hall B. The Alumni appreciate the kindness shown to them by the Ottawa Farm Show. This year saw grads from ‘53, ‘54, ‘59, ‘64, ‘65, ‘66, ‘67, ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77, ‘79, ‘80, ‘81, ‘83, ‘84, ‘85, ‘89, ‘04, ‘08, and ’15. Previous staff members were also there. Next year drop by for coffee, chatting and cookies and you may see a long lost classmate. Mark your calendar for March 18th, 2020.
Cathy Stockdale ’91 ( in middle ) was recognized for her 25 year service as a 4-H volunteer. Congratulations for your community work.
Ed Cooper graduated from Kemptville in 2013. He is farming with his dad as a fifth generation farmer. Ed is a third generation Kemptville grad. He bought his first Jersey in 2012 and his prefix is Walnut Lane. They milk Holsteins and Jerseys and the open house celebration was held to celebrate his dad’s first homebred excellent Bonhaven Holstein. Ed is President of the St.Lawrence Jersey Club which generously donated to the Alumni Historical Building.
Terri Reid ‘70 grad ( on the left ) and her friend Kim were looking for fun things to do in Martintown. They mixed up food colouring and water and painted flowers in the snow in front of the Martintown Historic Mill. Let’s hope their paintings bring spring a little more quickly.
The Kemptville College Alumni Association is pleased to announce the two recipients of the 2019 Scholarships.
The recipient of the Agricultural Scholarship is Ashley DeJong from Baltimore ON. Ashley is in her second year of the Agricultural Diploma Program at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus.
The recipient of the Food related Scholarship is Marie- Josee Levac from St- Bernardin, ON. Marie-Josee is in her second year of the diploma course in Hospitality – Hotel and Resort Management at Fanshawe College in London, ON.
The selection team was very impressed with the number and quality of the applicants and congratulate Ashley and Marie-Josee. Students entering their second year in a Food or Agriculture related program at an accredited college in September 2019 are encouraged to check out the Kemptville College Alumni web site at www.KCalumni.ca later in the year for the new 2020 scholarship form.