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• Ronn Schuttie (Class 19) retired on January 1 after 30 years with DNR.

• Alex McGregor (Class 6) and The McGregor Company recently celebrated its 125th year in business. Hundreds came to Hooper, Washington, population 21, for the company picnic. Alex’s family settled there in the 1880’s. They raised sheep, grew wheat, and later went into the fertilizer business which Alex runs today.

• Marty Coleman (Class 14) is the current General Manager for Hops Extract Corp. of America (A subsidiary of S.S. Steiner, Inc.).

• Greg Hamilton (Class 8) was selected by the Okanogan Chamber of Commerce as Citizen of the Year. He was honored at a luncheon last May.

• Craig Nelson (Class 27) was appointed last May to fill a vacant position on the Okanogan City Council.

• Doug Rushton (Class 18) was selected as Supervisor of the Year for 2005 for the Thurston Conservation District. The District was selected for the Southwest Washington District of the Year for 2005 and 2006. Doug is also Chair for the Washington State Society of American Foresters for 2007.

• Butch Ogden (Class 24) is now the Regional Manager for the Washington State Conservation Commission in the Southwest Washington Office.

• Dennis Fiess (Class 9) has recently retired from WSU Western Center for Risk Management.

• Bruce Beckett (Class 16) left Weyerhaeuser Company in November after 30+ years in the forest products industry. He has taken a new position in Governor Chris Gregoire’s administration.

• Richard Thomason (Class 7) is on the Governor’s Farmland Preservation Committee.

• Sue Lani Madsen (Class 29) is a Republican Candidate for State Representative in the 7th District.

• Heather Hansen (Class 17) was presented the Agricultural Ambassador Award during a recent meeting with Oregonians for Food and Shelter. She was honored for speaking out in support of agriculture. Heather is Executive Director of Washington Friends of Farms and Forests and WAWG’s lobbyist in Olympia.

• Walt Neff (Class 14) is the Event Chairman of the Pasco Ag Show and Member of the Pasco Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

• Greg Ferrel (Class 27) was elected the Chair of the Western Pea and Lentil Grower Association. He represents farmers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

• Jim Middleton (Class 27) testified on the Farm Bill in Yakima for the Asparagus Commission, which he chairs.

• Mary Nouwens (Class 17) recently received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from WSU. She is working as a Telemetry/Cardiac Nurse in Yakima.

• Terese Rowe (Class 15) is moving to Chile in spring of 2007 as she continues to work with Rabo Bank International.

• Roger Knutzen (Class 1) received the 2007 Potato Man for All Seasons award at the National Potato Council’s annual meeting in Marco Island, Florida. Washington Governor Chris Gregoire appointed Roger to the state’s Economic Development Commission for a three-year term, which began October 1, 2007.

• Kate Tate (Class 24) has accepted a new position with Quadrant Homes as Director of Government Affairs, after being with Weyerhaeuser for almost 16 years.

• Wade Troutman (Class 19) enjoyed eating bread baked from his own organic wheat, baked by Great Harvest Bread. Great Harvest also purchased Wade’s complete crop of Organic Hard Red Spring Wheat.

• Ron Wesen (Class 22), Republican, is running for District 1 County Commissioner.

• Scott Yates (Class 13) is leaving the Capital Press after 21 years and will begin as director of communications with the Washington Grain Alliance in April.

• Joe Murray (Class 18) is Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for Clallam Conservation District. The District was recently honored by the Washington Association of Conservation Districts as the 2007 District of the Year for the state of Washington for the first time in its 48-year history.

• Dick Boushey (Class 10) received the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers Industry Service Award.

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