The Alabama Poultry & Egg Association is a member-driven
organization that depends strongly on the support of its members. It's not unusual
for the staff to call and ask the members for help which is always readily available,
but it is more unusual for a member to recognize a need and just take care of
it.
Bud Holcomb, south central territory sales manager
with Cobb-Vantress, did just that recently. He saw that the Association needed
a large cooler for its meeting room and proceeded to do something about it.
"As a sponsor of AP&EA," Holcomb said,
"we are always looking for ways to help. When taking a tour of the office
in Montgomery, Wanda showed us the impressive meeting room that was built for
meetings and different functions. Billy Tyson, Cobb's southeastern technical
service representative, and I noticed that it was very well equipped except
they did not have a large cooler. With this in mind, I approached Dr. Aldo Rossi,
U.S. sales manager, and Stan
Reid, North American
regional
manager, about providing AP&EA with a cooler. This was approved and delivered
by the help of our friends at Merial-Select, especially Steve Carroll."
AP&EA certainly appreciates the remarkable contribution from
Cobb and even more importantly the support from the people at Cobb. "Bud
Holcomb is a great friend to AP&EA," said Johnny Adams, AP&EA's
executive director. "He goes the extra mile in his support for our organization
and its staff."
The Cullman County Board of Directors met Tuesday, July 5,
2004, to plan the Cullman County Poultry & Egg Association's Annual Meeting.
Among those present were President Danny Farr and County
Extension Agent Charles Pinkston as well as other officers and directors.
The group discussed details of the annual meeting
such as location, date and
enter-
tainment.
This year’s meeting will be held September
11, 2004, at the Wallace State Community College Cafeteria. Registration begins
at 5:00 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. The Warrens will entertain
the crowd followed by a drawing for a John Deere Gator.
All poultry producers and industry affiliates
and their families are invited to attend.
