OSMA Sheep District 1

 

   This District contains the counties of Essex, Kent, Middlesex, Lambton, and Elgin in South-Western Ontario, Canada.

    Meetings are usually held the first Thursday of every month at Coldstream Community Centre, just north west of London, Ontario at 8:00 PM.

 

2007 - 2008 District Committee

Address

Phone

Email

Fax

Chairman

John Sipkens Wyoming 519 845 3710 jrsipkens@slicc.net 
Vice Chairman Bill Duffield Wyoming 519 899 2663   duffield@xcelco.on.ca
Secretary/Treasurer Marlene Raymond Dresden 519 683 6635    triplerfarms@kent.net
Honorary Director Ralph Stephen Thorndale 519 461 1315 ralph.stephen@sympatico.ca 
Director Dave DeKay Komoka 519 666 0626 dmdekay@allstream.net
Director Moe Delves Denfield 519 666 1088 mdelves@execulink.com
Director George Molson Newbury 519 695 2936   george12@mnsi.net 519 695 2053
Director Barb Dickenson Sarnia 519 337 4999 barb@greatwestrealty.ca
Director Fraser Hodgson Forest 519 786 4176 hurgrove@xcelco.on.ca
Provincial Director  George Molson
Weigh Coordinator Marlene Raymond
Web Master Bill Duffield

            If anyone in the district desires a Livestock Sheep Medicine Course kindly contact Moe Delves.

******  August 30, 2008   *****

Time: Leaving Coldstream at 9:00 AM

Trip to Dr. Chris Buschbeck & Axel Meister's Sheep Dairy Farm

At Markdale, includes a BBQ

Clean clothes and plastic boot covers appreciated

Kindly let Bill Duffield know by August 23, 2008

Itinerary For Future Meetings or Visits

 

2008

June  no meeting

July no meeting

August 30 Farm Tour: Axel Meister/Dr. Chris Buschbeck (confirmed)

September 4th:  AGM meeting at Coldstream speaker Jennifer Fleming of CSF at Coldstream (confirmed)

October 2nd :  Peter Kudelka (confirmed) on shearing at Barbara Dickenson's farm (confirmed)

November 6th: Anita O'Brien at Coldstream (confirmed)

December 4th:  Something different - lamb tasting evening (tentative)

Lewis Farm Visit

 

OSMA & District 1 Events

 

 

District 1 Christmas Party and Meeting

 

 

 

Pictured above is Bill & Lynne Duffield ( District 1 ) receiving a certificate award for the highest growth index for a Suffolk lamb for 2006 from Chairman Dwayne Acres of  ROP Advisory Group  at AGM OSMA meeting 2007 in Guelph

Christina Raymond with her lamb "Busy" 2005

 

Codan Suffolk Tour & Meeting

 

Updated : May 2,. 2008