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Bedford County Sends Loads Of Hogs To Farm Show
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co. Correspondent
EVERETT (Bedford Co.)
Among the more than 30 Bedford
County hog owners going to the
Pennsylvania State Farm Show in
January will be Doug and Randy
Koontz, age' 15 and 13.
The sons of John and Debra
Koontz of Everett are excited about
this first-time event for their
Champman’s Run 4-H project.
Both will be competing in the
market hog, crossbred section with
their York, Hamp, and Duroc hogs.
Doug has nine hogs of his own,
although only one will be making
the trip. He won reserve champion
at the Bedford Fair during the sum
mer of 1994 and participated in
Keystone, placing Bth and 10th.
Both he and Randy have done well
in showmanship competition and
will be vying for a trophy at the
state event.
Randy has four hogs but will
show one.
Testifying to the boys’ dedica
tion to their projects, Debra con
firms they spend a lot of time work
ing with their animals.
The Koontz family farms more
than 300 acres and milks 75 to 80
registered Holsteins. They raise all
of their own animal feed.
The family also includes Allen
in 12th grade and Ashley, age 3.
Other Bedford County hog
owners going to the Farm Show
will be Michelle Diehl, Amber
Eshelman, Loui Martin, Willie
Martin, Bill, Mike and Trisha
Miller, Nicole Over, Mike Smith,
and Nicky Smith.
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NORCROSS, Ga. Charles
E. Childers, chairman, president
and CEO of the Potash Corpora
tion of Saskatchewan Inc. (PCS),
was elected chairman of the Potash
& Phosphate Institute (PPI) board
of directors at a recent meeting.
“We are happy that Chuck
Childers has accepted this key
responsibility with the PPI
Board,” said Dr. David W. Dibb,
president of PPI. “He has a thor
ough understanding of the indus
try and the importance of agro
nomic science in market develop
ment efforts.”
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Childers Elected Chairman
Childers was born in West
Frankfort, 111., and was graduated
from the University of Illinois
with a bachelor’s degree in mine
engineering. He began his career
with Duval Corporation in Carls
bad, N.M., and subsequently
joined International Minerals &
Chemical Corporation (IMC). At
IMC, he held various senior posi
tions.
In March of 1987, Childers
became president and chief execu
tive officer of PCS in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada. He was
elected chairman in 1990
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chairman of Canpotex Limited,
the offshore marketing company
owned by Saskatchewan potash
producers. He has also served on
the board of Saskatchewan Potash
Producers Association, including
two terms as chairman. He was
appointed to the council as well as
chairman of the finance committee
of the International Fertilizer
Industry Association (IFA). He
was named to the boards of PPI
and the Foundation for Agronom
ic Research (FAR) in 1987 and
previously served as chairman in
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