CAPE COUNTY EXTENSION COUNCIL HOLDS BOARD ELECTIONS

JACKSON-Cape Girardeau County residents will vote for members of the University Extension Council during the first part of January 1991. The Ballots for this election will be in local newspapers the week of January 14, 1991. Voting instructions and candidate information will also be included.

Ballots may be returned by mail, on or before January 25, 1991, or brought to the Extension Center in Jackson. To complete a ballot vote for one of each pair of nominees listed by placing an X in the square in front of the nominee's name. Ballots will also be available at the Extension Center in Jackson.

Council Members nominated and information about each candidate follows: Robert E. LaRue - Jackson: Retired Airline Pilot. Currently serving on REA Board of Directors, Scout Troop Committeeman and Scout Council District Unit Commissioner.

Mack Wilson - Cape Girardeau: Associate Professor of Agriculture at SEMO University. Received P.H.D. in Horticulture at University Of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1979. Taught at Florida A & M in Tallahassee and at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Member of Professional Black Men's Club of Southeast Missouri working with Project Achievement and Juvenile Court Program. Helped with Phone-A-Thon for the Martin Luther King Scholarship Program at SEMO. Member of Alabama Academy of Science. CHI GAMMA IOTA - Veterans Scholastic Honor Society, GAMMA SIGMA DELTA - Honor Society of Agriculture. Southern Region Society for Horticulture Science, American Society for Horticulture Science. Missouri Academy of Science. Member of Church of Christ of Cape Girardeau. Wife - Dollie, 1 daughter Dawn.

Denise Johnson - Jackson: Clerk at Pioneer Market. Vice President of Happy Homemakers Extension Homemakers Club. Husband, Michael, 2 daughters; Andrea and Kristy. Lived in area for 16 years.

Mrs. John (Ellen) Lorberg - Gordonville: Presently serving on Extension Council. Homemaker - working partner in Farm Operation. Member of Christ Lutheran Church, Gordonville, member of Lutheran Women's Missionary League serving on local, zone and Mo. District level. Member of Progressive Extension Homemakers Club. Volunteer with St. Louis Iron Mountain Railroad. Enjoys bowling, furniture refinishing. Family: Son in Family Farm operation, Daughter in 9th grad, 2 grandchildren.

Lawson B. Burgfeld - Jackson: Livestock Enforcement Officer, Missouri Dept. of Agriculture. 4-H project leader for 10 years. Member 4-H/FFA Livestock Sale Committee for SEMO Fair. Assistant 4-H Club Leader. Member American Legion & Mo. Cattleman's Association. 1972 Grad of SEMO University. Lieutenant U.S. Navy Reserves. Family: Wife, Jude, two children Jamie and Darren (both 4-H Members).

Larry K. Miller - Jackson: Farmer/Auctioneer.

Mike Ervin - Cape Girardeau: Presently serving on Extension Council. Building Contractor. Member of the Cape Optimist Club and President elect Southeast Missouri Home Builders Association.

Chris N. Weiss - Jackson: Attorney, Lichtenegger, Payne and Weiss in Jackson. Member of Jackson Rotary Club, Jackson Jaycees, Cape County Farm Bureau Board Member, 1990 Jackson Girl Scout Fund Drive Chairman. Member of New McKendree Church and Vice President of Administrative Board, President or Methodist Men's Club. Regularly attend Extension Seminars. Assists with family grain, forage and livestock farm.

Steve Birk - Jackson: Line Tech. at Procter and Gamble/Beef Cattle Producer. Participates in University of Missouri Performance Testing Bull Program, Member Missouri Cattleman's Association, American Polled Hereford Assoc., American Hereford Assoc, Mo. Polled Hereford Assoc. Sells bulls annually at University of Mo. Tested Bull Sales. Member Immanuel Lutheran Church. Was a longtime 4-H member and 4-H Jr. Leader. Past member and officer of SEMO University Ag. Club.

Carl Kirchdoerfer - Cape Girardeau: Dairy Farmer (Registered Jerseys) 11 year 4-H member of Campster 4-H Club (State Dairy Winner); Graduate of SEMO State University and member of SEMO Boosters Club. Member of Missouri Jersey Cattle Club and American Jersey Cattle Club. Member of SEMO District Fair, being a dairy exhibitor at the fair for 28 years.

Ted J. Williams -Cape Girardeau: Vice President Ag. Lending at Boatman's National Bank. Member of SEMO District Fair Assoc., Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, and Agri-Business Committee, Cape Girardeau County Rotary Club - officers and Board Member, Southeast Missouri Cattlemen's Assoc - Board Member, Raises and shows registered Simmental cattle.

Larry Hanning - Burfordville: Entomologist for the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Interest: Horticulture, greenhouses, nurseries, gardening, pests and diseases.

Larry Quade - Chaffee: Farmer. Member of SEMO No-Till Club. Host of Summer No-Till Tour for University Extension. Served on the Extension Council one term.

Charles Hinkebein - Chaffee. Farmer and Hog Producer, farms 850 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and milo, 700 acres is irrigated. Raise Hogs - farrow 60 sows and sells weaning pigs. Member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church of Chaffee, St. Ambrose Men's Club, Chaffee Elk's 1810, Seed dealer with DeKalb Pfizer Genetics. Member of Cape County Pork Producers, National Corn Grower's Assoc., Missouri Corn Growers Assoc., National Soybeans Assoc., National Grain Sorghum Assoc, National Wheat Assoc. Delta R-5 School P.T.O. and Booster Club.

Becky A. Heuer - Cape Girardeau: Officer of Kagmo Electric. Member of Progressive Extension Club serving as Secretary, Member of Cape Girardeau County Mill Tax Board, John Guild Chapter DAR in Jackson, Active in Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape. Lutheran Women's Missionary League - Local, Zone and District level. Lutheran Family and Children's Service.

Saundra Birk - Jackson: Employee of Pioneer Market, Jackson. Member of Missouri Extension Homemakers Association. Member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. Have taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. Presently a student at Southeast Missouri State University.

Ralph L. Ford - Cape Girardeau: Presently serving on Extension Council. Retired teacher, farmer. On Executive Committee and President of Cape Girardeau Community Teachers Association; on Executive Committee and President of Missouri State Teachers Association; Deacon and Session Member of Westminster Presbyterian Church; Taught Sunday School and have been bookkeeper for 23 years. Member of Missouri On Farm Herd Evaluation Program of University of Missouri. Active in politics, local and state. Taught school 35 years and served in U.S. Navy during Korean conflict. Married, 2 daughters. Served as alternate on Area Extension Staffing and Funding Committee.

Shirley Aufdenberg - Jackson: Currently serving on Extension Council. Homemaker. 4-H Leader for 15 years. Served on Extension Council for 6 years.

Marilyn Seyer - Jackson: Cafeteria Worker, Jackson R-2 School System. Community Leader of Progressive 4-H. Member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Husband Ronnie, 4 sons: Ronnie, Tim Ryan and Luke.

Wilda Peterman - Jackson: Housewife. Member of Millersville Homemakers Club for 6 years. President of Cape Girardeau County Extension Homemakers Council (2 years). Member First Presbyterian Church, Jackson. Millersville Rural Fire District Auxiliary - member for 12 years. I believe that continuing education should be strong in every person's life and feel that Extension programs provide a great opportunity to meet that need.

Karen McLane - Oak Ridge: Housewife. District 12 Director of MO. Extension Homemakers Association. Member of Oak Ridge United Methodist Church.Member of Lamplighters Extension Club. Trustee of Oak Ridge Town Board. Husband - Bob, 3 children, Church, Eath and Mary.

Tim Sievers - Jackson: Jackson Exchange Bank Vice President. Currently serving on Extension Council. Member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Jackson. Operates an 80 acre grain farm near Burfordville.

James Deneke - Cape Girardeau: Farmer in Gordonville Area and Insurance Agent for Gordonville Mutual Insurance Company. Member of SEMO No-Till Association.