West Virginia Couple Heads Cooperative Leaders Conference
ALTOONA (Blair Co.)—For
Michael and Dorrie Blue of Shan
nendoah Junction, West Virginia,
the opportunity to gain leadership
skills, the chance to make friends
and die management skills that are
shared are reason enough to con
vince any cooperative producer to
attend the Pennsylvania Council
of Cooperative’s Young Coopera
tive Leaders Conference. The
three day event is planned for July
5-7, 1995 at the Ramada Inn in
Altoona.
Sponsored by Coßank, the
Blues will return to the conference
for the third consecutive summer,
this time in the role of overall
Chair Couple. As such, they have
provided invaluable input into the
planning process for the 1995 con
ference and will serve as host for
approximately 70 producers from
Pennsylvania and surrounding
states.
Michael and Dorrie were first
sponsored to the YCL Conference
in 1993 by the former Dairymen,
Inc. The Blues operate a 115 cow
dairy in conjunction with four of
Michael’s brothers and one sister;
they also raise replacement heif
ers, as well as a few poultry and
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hogs. It was through their appoint
ment as 1994 Ambassador Couple
for Dairymen that they first
learned of PCC’s program. Since
then, they have traveled through
out the country to various leader
ship opportunities, but are con
vinced that Pennsylvania’s prog
ram is the most thorough and the
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“I was really given a place to
participate,” explains Dorrie. “My
involvement and interest were
really encouraged.” The program
has also had a marked impact on
both partners’ leadership abilities.
Dorrie feels that Michael has
made the most noticeable strides,
developing from a shy and quiet
producer to a confident and
involved cooperative member.
The Blues also value the unique
opportunity the PCC program pro
vides to bring different kinds of
agricultural producers into one
room. "As a dairy farmer, I never
really gavp much thought to how
grapes or potatoes are produced or
marketed,” notes Dorrie. Adds
Michael, “It was interesting to
learn about producing for the
Welch’s label or about marketing
potato chips.” Just as significant
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ly, they’ve learned that all farmers'
share many of the same joys and
concerns. Weather, governmental
regulations, and hired help are
issues that besiege everyone.
Helping to cope with those
management concerns is another
important component of the YCL
program. Each jrear, the confer
ence features speakers on farm
family relationships, finances and
management techniques. The
program also includes a one on
one opportunity for participants to
sit down with cooperative man
agement and directors to ask spe
cific questions about their
businesses.
“With fewer and fewer farms
and farmers, I feel that it is really
important to be good neighbors
and good cooperative members,”
states Michael. “PCC’s program is
a great place to learn how to do
both.”
For more information about this
worthwhile conference, please
contact PCC at (814) 946-9970.
PCC is a statewide association of
cooperative businesses owned and
controlled by farmers and rural
Pennsylvanians. Its membership
includes major marketing and
farm supply cooperatives, the
Farm Credit Associations of Pen-
nsylvania as well as rural electric
cooperatives. Organized in 1933,
PCC is the voice for agricultural
and rural cooperatives operating
in Pennsylvania.
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Michael and Dorrie Blue from Shannendoah Junction,
West Virginia are the chair couple for the Pennsylvania
Council of Cooperative’s young leader’s conference.
Shown with them at their dairy farm are their children
Mychael Tiffany, 10; and Jake, 5.
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P.O. Box 256, Bird-In-Hand, PA 17505
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