Posted: 10.15.2010

At the 61th annual meeting of the National Dairy Shrine, Mary Shank Creek, an Ayrshire breeder and dairy producer from Hagerstown, Md., was elected president of the organization.

Erick Metzger, the Manager of National All Jersey from Reynoldsburg, Ohio was chosen president-elect.

New executive committee members included: Creek and Metzger, plus: Dale Olver, University Park, Pa.; Ken Crandall, Provo, Utah; Maggy Murphy, Summerfield, Florida; and immediate past president Corey Geiger, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The National Dairy Shrine board of directors consists of 21 members. This year, two new directors were elected to the board. They included Nancy Feeney, Davenport, Iowa and Fred Hendricks, Bucyrus, Ohio.

During the past year, the organization also added 315 new members to bring the membership roles to 17,800 members from across the U.S. and Canada. The National Dairy Shrine board voted to initiate a fund raising campaign to allow refurbishing of the Joe Eves Library. The Eve’s library is the last remaining section of the Museum that has not been renovated since the start of the museum in 1980. At the National Dairy Shrine’s annual banquet, over $45,000 in scholarships were awarded to 30 outstanding young people.

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