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Two Nebraskans to receive public service to agriculture awards Nov. 6Nebraska The Nebraska Agribusiness Club will honor two Nebraskans as recipients of Public Service to Agriculture Awards at the Club's 42nd annual awards banquet Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m., at Country Inn & Suites/Beacon Hills (5353 N. 27th Street) in Lincoln. The 2008 honorees are Jerry L. Stahr of York and Richard L. Fleming of Lincoln, according to Ken Anderson, chair of the Nebraska Agribusiness Club's Awards Committee. Anderson said the banquet is open to the public. Tickets are $23 each. Reservations must be mailed by Oct. 27 to Dayle Williamson, 5315 Thies Cove Drive, Lincoln, NE 68516, phone 402-441-3178 or 402-488-5590. Stahr has been a farm operator since 1975 and raises dryland and irrigated corn, soybeans and alfalfa. He holds an associate degree in civil engineering from Southeast Community College at Milford and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Stahr served in the U.S. Navy from 1972-1975 and is president of the York County Farm Bureau. The York County Corn Growers Test Plot was located on his farm from 1994 to 2005. He has participated in the UNL Extension Quad-County On-Farm Research Project since 1998 and the Mid-Nebraska Water Quality Demonstration Project using Best Management Practices for eight years. Stahr is a member of the Agriculture Builders of Nebraska, a support group for the UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. A member of the Nebraska LEAD Class XIX, Stahr is past president of the Nebraska LEAD Alumni Association, Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Council, York County Corn Growers, York County Extension Board, York County 4-H Council and the Farmers Co-op at York. He is a member of the York General Health Care board of directors and vice president of the Waco Fire board of directors. The York Area Chamber of Commerce Ag Business Person of the Year in 2005, Stahr was the York County Corn Growers Man of the Year in 2002 and was named Midwest Ridge-Till Man of the Year by the University of Minnesota in 1998. He and his wife, Sue, are the parents of five children. Fleming was raised on farms in Massachusetts and Kansas. He holds a B.S. degree in agricultural journalism from Kansas State University, a M.S. in agricultural economics and a Ph.D in adult and continuing education, both from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He joined UNL in 1956 as assistant Extension editor and has served in agricultural communications, academic and administrative positions on both campuses. He developed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses and workshops for adults and youth in agricultural journalism, communications, marketing and continuing education. Fleming retired in 1996 as professor emeritus in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication and continues to work on projects for the department and IANR. He was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement and is past president of the Nebraska Agribusiness Club, Midlands Chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association and the Nebraska Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi. A former secretary of the Nebraska AgRelations Council, he received the Outstanding Cooperation Award from the Nebraska Association of Agricultural Educators and the National Association of Agricultural Educators, Region VI. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the Nebraska FFA Association, Outstanding Service Award from the Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association and student advising and Legacy Awards from the UNL College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. Fleming and his wife, Connie, are the parents of Greg Fleming and Julie Chieffo. 11/3/08 Date: 10/28/08 Advertisement
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