Ontario Katahdin Sheep
Association
Hello to All Fellow Katahdin Breeders:
I am now full time on the farm and love it. I have time
now for things that didn’t get done before or if I did
not sure how.
So here I am typing this letter to let everyone know,
what’s going on with the O.K.S.A. as well as our farm.
Our spring meeting went well; we had elections with
members in the following position.
Our new Vice President is Jim Sabin; he has been raising
Katahdin Sheep with his wife Saga for several years and
is a great assist to the O.K.S.A.
Barbara Burdzy accepted the position of
Secretary/Treasurer on Jan. 1/09, (after Donna Aziz
retired, we wish Donna and Rick all the best and Thank
her for her years of service to the O.K.S.A.)
Barbara brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to
the position. She is always on top of everything and
does an excellent job with many great new ideas.
Chris Burdzy has accepted the position of Director on
the O.K.S.A. board as well as being a Director for the
C.K.S.A. He will be attending the A.G.M. in Regina in
November.
Neil Mesman is Past President and a huge help with
information and knowledge for putting together the
agenda’s for meetings as well as any other help I need.
Our fall meeting was held on Oct. 24/09 at the farm of
Jim and Saga Sabin. We had an inspection clinic for
O.K.S.A. members as well as any C.K.S.A. member who
wanted to attend.
Neil Mesman had contacted Lynette Kreddig to have the
agenda printed in the C.K.S.A. newsletter before the
clinic.
Our meeting started with a visitation and luncheon,
Barbara brought sandwiches made by her local Community
Living Centre. I ordered a cake from Sobeys that had a
picture of one of the rams we have used here on the
farm.
Garry like every farmer has been trying to get the field
work done but the strange weather this year is not
letting up.
It has been quite the year for weather; we had a cool
damp July and then scorching hot days in August. With
tornadoes, large hail and the thunder storms, life on
the farm or anywhere for that matter has been
interesting.
Our spring lambing went well with approximately 250
lambs from 150 ewes. We still have about 70 meat and
breeding rams out of Sky 1492 T, and are awaiting our
fall lambing, those will be sired by WCL 648 N. At
present we have 2 sets of twins and a single.
We have sold quite a few breeding ewe lambs this year;
this means that there is becoming more interest in our
breed.
Have a great Fall and Winter and Happy Lambing to All.
Best Regards
Tracy Smith
President O.K.S.A.
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- BOARD
- President:
Tracy Smith
212 Oram Road
Bloomfield, ON
K0K 1L0
Phone 613-393-2440
Email Tracy Smith
- Vice President:
Jim Sabin
199 Shannon Rd RR1
Plainfield, ON
K0K 2V0
Phone 613-477-3443
Fax 613-477-3443
Email
Jim Sabin
- Past President &
CKSA Provincial Director:
Neil Mesman
Big Sky Farms
RR#1
Tavistock, ON
N0B 2R0
Phone: 519-462-2423
Email
Big Sky Farms
- Secretary/Treasurer:
Barbara Burdzy
RR 1, 72103 Black Bush Line
Dashwood, ON
N0M 1N0
Phone: 519-236-7368
Email
Burdzy Farm
- Director & CKSA Provincial
Director:
Chris Burdzy
RR 1, 72103 Black Bush Line
Dashwood, ON
N0M 1N0
Phone: 519-236-7368
Email
Burdzy Farm
- Director:
Garry Smith 212 Oram Road Bloomfield, ON K0K 1G0 Phone 613-393-2440 Email
Garry Smith
ONTARIO KATAHDIN SHEEP
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP LIST - 2009 - 2010
- Peter & Christopher Brissenden
RR 4, 1055 Reids Mills Road
Osgoode, ON
K0A 2W0
Phone 613-826-0265
Email
Brissenden Farm
- Jim & Saga Sabin
199 Shannon Rd. RR #1 Plainfield, ON K0K 2V0 Phone: 613-477-3443 Email
Sabin's Farm
- Wendy & Tony McGowan
Wychwood Farm 10607 Melrose Drive, RR 3 Komoka, ON N0L 1R0 Phone: 519-657-5197 Email
Wychwood Farm
- Arno & Angela Janssen
A A Acres RR# 5, 4133 Egremont Dr. Strathroy, ON N7G 3H6 Phone: 519-245-3807 Email
A A Acres
- Dennis & Jane Gutcher
RR#3 Walkerton, ON N0G 2V0 Phone: 519-881-2915 Email
Dennis Gutcher
- Grant & Gail Moore
RR#1 Warsaw, ON K0L 3A0 Phone: 705-652-3508
- Neil Mesman & Dale Huber
Big Sky Farms RR#1 Tavistock, ON N0B 2R0 Phone: 519-462-2423 Email
Big Sky Farms
- Al & Sylvia Heyink
A.S.H. Farms Ltd. 72990 London Road RR 2 Hensall, ON N0M 1X0 Phone: 519-263-2553 Email
A.S.H. Farms Ltd.
- Garry & Tracy Smith
Oram-T Farm 212 Oram Road Bloomfield, ON K0K 1G0 Phone: 613-393-2440 Email
Oram-T Farm
Oram-T
Farms web site
- Roger Deslandes
79 10th. Street Sth. Box 477 Earlton, ON P0J 1E0 Phone: 705-563-8128
- Kelly & Steve Reid
Still Point Farm 506 Cedar Glen Road Dunsford, ON K0M 1L0 Phone: 705-793-9961 Email
Still Point Farm
- Donna Aziz & Rick Ramm
Roly Poly Farms 11835 Lake Ridge Rd RR#1 Sunderland ON L0C 1H0 Phone:
905-852-9252 Email
Roly Poly Farms
- Alice, Susan & Barry Cockburn
Glen Islay RR 4, 351 Horseshoe Valley Road E. Coldwater, ON L0K 1E0 Phone: 705-326-7190 Email
Glen Islay
- Chris & Barb Burdzy
RR 1, 72103 Black Bush Line Dashwood, ON N0M 1N0 Phone: 519-236-7368 Email
Burdzy Farm
- Shanna & Tom Bourgeois
RR 1, 4762 Vasey
Road, Bos 2004 Midland,
ON L4R 4K3 Phone: 705-835-6103
Email
Shanna
& Tom
- Rosemary Pentland
Pentland Farms RR 6,
83336 Lcknow Line Goderich,
ON N7A 3Y3 Phone: 519-529-3384 Email
Pentland Farms
- Cathy & Karl Kober
Kober Farms RR 2
Elmwood,
ON N0G 1S0 Phone: 519-363-5630 Email
Kober Farms
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