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Recipients will be recognized at Wyoming's state fair later this month.

Steve Miller, Senior Editor

August 5, 2021

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Seventeen women agricultural producers will receive Heart of Agriculture awards recognizing outstanding contributions to Wyoming agriculture and will be recognized at the Wyoming State Fair and Rodeo in Douglas.

Nominations were sought from women agricultural producers and agricultural organizations in each county to honor those for active involvement in the industry and engagement in bettering their communities, said Scott Cotton, University of Wyoming Extension educator in Natrona County.

This is the third year of the program. Recipients will be recognized at a ceremony noon-3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20, at the Wyoming Pioneer Center during the state fair.

Cotton announced the following recipients, listed by county:

Albany — Janet Talbot

Campbell — Bobbi Geis

Carbon — Vickie Herring

Converse — Laurie Boner

Fremont/Wind River Indian Reservation — Janet Givens

Goshen — Jenny Conrad

Hot Springs — Carol Dockery

Johnson — Colette Camino Fenster

Laramie — Bobbi Frank

Natrona — Mary Allemand Owens

Niobrara — Carmen Shane

Park — Deanna Siggins

Sheridan — Terri Kane

Sublette — Amanda McGinnis

Teton — Kate Mead

Uinta — Karen Henry

Weston — Dana Tysdal

For more information, call Cotton at 307-235-9400 or email [email protected].

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About the Author(s)

Steve Miller

Senior Editor, University of Wyoming

I was raised on a crop/livestock farm in the Brady/Gothenburg, Nebraska area, and, at the time, resented all the time spent grinding corn, haying in 100-degree weather, castrating pigs and calves, and moving irrigated pipe. I always tried to make myself scarce when time came to butcher chickens. As I grew up, so did the appreciation of my childhood. Now I look back at that time with fondness, although I'm sure my two brothers might disagree with my reflections. My first job in journalism was at my hometown weekly newspaper, learning more about reporting the first three months than the previous four years of college. Mistakenly believing the grass is always greener, or perhaps it was just plain itchy feet, I launched a career of reporting and editing jobs in several states covering city councils, county commissions, county and district courts, education, law enforcement, high school and college sports, and agriculture. I worked at newspapers in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, and was managing editor at the last two newspapers. I returned to college at the age of 47 and received a 7-12 social sciences teaching certificate. I never put the certificate to use outside of college but have never regretted returning to school because of the life-altering qualities. I better add I have a very patient and supportive wife. I joined the University of Wyoming Extension in 2005 two days after completing my student teaching assignment. I might be the oldest graduate student in the University of Wyoming Department of Communication and Journalism so far halfway toward a master's degree.

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