Carroll County Farm Bureau

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Carroll County Farm Bureau Board Meeting
-- July 19, 2004 --

The meeting was held at the Delphi Farm Bureau Insurance office and called to order by President, Mike Beale. Prayer was given by Janice Wilson and 14 board members and four visitors enjoyed a carry-in “picnic” meal. Following the meal Vice President, Ryan Swayze, led the pledge to the flag. The secretary’s report: reading of the minutes from the June meeting were waived as they were enclosed with last month’s meeting notice. Minutes & Treasurers Report were approved as written. A Thank you for Purdue trip sponsorship from Whitney Cripe was shared.

Business:
Building Repairs: Everyone gathered outside to inspect the structure and surrounding lot. Rusty Ashby made a list of needed repairs and Janice will e-mail Tom Leisure with it on Tuesday morning. The list is as follows:
1.One sink hole about one foot deep and one foot wide. Northwest side. Currently there is a chair covering it up.
2.One metal pole sticking out of the asphalt on the west side of the property.
3.Outside lights on the west side of the building do not work. There are curb protectors there for the building. Several have tripped on them after a board meeting because you can't see them.
4.Urn has no base and is about to fall over. West side of the building by the back door.
5.Eave trough. Reattach West side of the building
6.Attach brick on sign planter. East side of the building
7.Trim trees near track
8.Roof
9.Spray gravel lot for weeds
10. Landscape a.) trim bushes b.) pull weeds
11. Windows need painted on the south side and trim pieces repaired. Window has a bullet hole in it.

County Fair Booth: Danielle Swayze drew out the winners for the JD bikes displayed at the Fair Booth. Celica Slavens of Idaville and Kevin Bosma of Delphi were the winners. Tracie Swayze called and left messages with each of them to pick them up at the office. Ryan suggested getting rubber coated chains for the bikes next year, they got pretty scratched up from the current chain.

Shawn Ashby made a motion to give $500 to the 4-H building fund starting in 2005 and to forget the previous motion to give $10 to each FB member 4-Her due to the fact that there wasn’t any announcement at the 2004 auction and we didn’t want to leave out the members that did not have auction animals. Junior quickly seconded the motion and it passed.

Little Hands on the Farm at the State Fair: August 14th at 9:30am. Beale’s, Brown’s, Ashby’s, Swayze’s, & Justice’s to attend. Janice will send Fair Tickets and a meal allowance out next week.

Shawn gave a quick Web Site update and will have the water testing details added.

2004 Delegate Session is August 28th – Mike, Mark Justice & Craig Frey are delegates. Alternates are Kathy Justice, Ty Brown, and Ryan.

Local Affairs: Shawn shared that REMC has changed their bylaws and to discuss the changes with their local directors. Jr Snider reported that he is reading Bill Clinton’s book and finds it very interesting.

Membership: Betty Ward reported we are currently at 96%, need 31 more voting and 107 total.

Safety: Maxine Snider read an article on the “do’s and don’t at the gas pump!”

Women’s Leader Report: Janice Frey presented the 4-H tenure awards at the fair and highlighted upcoming dates.

Young Farmers: The Bowling Party was June 27th at Logansport East, 6 YF attended with their families. The Annual Picnic will be July 25th at Justice’s Pool @ 12:00 and bring a covered dish and your swimsuit. Mark also asked for potential Young Farmers to invite; he and Kathy will make calls this week. The next Marketing Meeting is August 17th, location yet to be determined.

Pet & Hobby: Tracie reported that they had one pet (a turtle) and 6 hobbies. She felt the weather (storm & extreme heat) kept more from turning out. Everyone loved the little gators in the parade.

NEWSLETTER ARTICLES ARE DUE NEXT MONTH
FOR SEPTEMER 1ST PUBLICATION!

Field Staff Report: Janice gave highlights of her board report and asked for opinions on the District Planning meetings so she could report to Kendell.

The meeting was adjourned. Next meeting will be August 16th. Mark & Kathy Justice will have devotions and refreshments.

President Mike Beale
Secretary Rusty Ashby

Attendees:
Mike Beale
Ryan Swayze
Tracie Swayze
Janice Frey
Rusty Ashby
Shawn Ashby
Ty Brown
Sacha Brown
Maxine Snider
Junior Snider
Betty Ward
Mark Justice
Kathy Justice
Janice Wilson
Guests: John Ward
Morgan Justice
Danielle Swayze
Kyle Swayze

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