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All Star awards members at annual convention.
Lexington, Ky.-based All
Star Dairy Association Inc. held its 49th annual convention in March at the Pointe Hilton
Tapatio Cliffs Resort. President Richard Washburn and executive director
Jeff Sterne presided over a record attendance of 341 people, which included
48 dairy, water and custom-mold members representing 64 plants.
Newly elected board members include John Bedrosian of
Unified Western Grocers, Carl Colteryahn of Colteryahn Dairy, Larry Kurz of
Readington Farms and Robert Mertz of Schneider Valley Farms.
The convention featured presentations from Rich Lewis
of Dairy America and Mark Risinger of Cargill Sweeteners, discussing
commodities; professor Marianne Jennings of ASU, covering business ethics;
Kevin Imm of Clover Stornetta, speaking on organic products; Craig Akins
reporting on employee productivity; and IDFA’s Chip Kunde providing a
recap of the “Washington scene.”
Established in 1955, the association has 190 member
companies representing 289 plants in 46 states, Puerto Rico and Nova
Scotia.
The following association members were recognized
with awards:
Dairy of the Year Award — Rutters Dairy, York, Pa.
Purchasing Awards (large company) — Cass Clay Creamery, Fargo, N.D. and Mid-States Dairy, Hazelwood, Mo.
Purchasing Award (small company) — YoCream International, Portland, Ore.
Quality Assurance Awards:
Best Fluid Plant — Producers Dairy, Fresno, Calif.
Best Culture Plant — Schneider Dairy, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Best Ice Cream Plant — BGC Southwest Ice Cream, Tyler, Texas.
“Doc Lawrence” Most Improved Plant — Producers Dairy, Fresno, Calif.
“Thoroughbred Award” (Supplier of the Year) — Cargill Sweeteners, Wayzata, Minn.
Dairy of the Year Award — Rutters Dairy, York, Pa.
Purchasing Awards (large company) — Cass Clay Creamery, Fargo, N.D. and Mid-States Dairy, Hazelwood, Mo.
Purchasing Award (small company) — YoCream International, Portland, Ore.
Quality Assurance Awards:
Best Fluid Plant — Producers Dairy, Fresno, Calif.
Best Culture Plant — Schneider Dairy, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Best Ice Cream Plant — BGC Southwest Ice Cream, Tyler, Texas.
“Doc Lawrence” Most Improved Plant — Producers Dairy, Fresno, Calif.
“Thoroughbred Award” (Supplier of the Year) — Cargill Sweeteners, Wayzata, Minn.
The $5,000 John D. Utterback Annual College
Scholarship was
awarded evenly to the following member employees or dependants to be used
toward a Food & Science degree:
Allan Gillis, Scotsburn Dairy — Cape Breton University
Emily Caldwell, Marburger Dairy — Penn State
Tiffany Boudreau — Scotsburn Dairy — Cape Breton University
Tobin Breland, BGC — University of Texas-Tyler
Logan Meisler, Toft’s Dairy — Bowling Green University
Allan Gillis, Scotsburn Dairy — Cape Breton University
Emily Caldwell, Marburger Dairy — Penn State
Tiffany Boudreau — Scotsburn Dairy — Cape Breton University
Tobin Breland, BGC — University of Texas-Tyler
Logan Meisler, Toft’s Dairy — Bowling Green University
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