When our Alumni President, Audrey Baker is not busy registering alumni for reunion events, she is an active clogger with the Land O Lakes Country Cloggers. Audrey is in the front row on the left. For those who don’t know clogging is a dance in which the performer wears clogs and beats out a clattering rhythm on the floor.
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.
