[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 73 (Tuesday, June 13, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S5023]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       DAIRY OF DISTINCTION AWARD

 Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to pay 
tribute to the 99 Vermont Farms that have been recognized by the 
Northeast Dairy Farms Beautification Program and received the Dairy of 
Distinctions Award.
  The Dairy of Distinction Awards are given in New York, Pennsylvania, 
New Jersey and Vermont. The award was originally designed to help boost 
confidence in the quality of the milk, therefore increasing the milk 
sales. This is the fifth year that the honor has been bestowed on 
Vermont.
  The criteria each farm must meet in order to receive this award are 
extremely stringent. According to the Vermont Department of 
Agriculture, Food, and Markets, the farms must include: clean and 
attractively finished buildings; neat landscaping, ditches, roads, and 
lanes; and well-maintained fences. Also taken into account are the 
conditions of other aspects of the farm operations such as cleanliness 
of animals, the barnyard, feed areas and manure management. This is a 
great feat considering that the average farm in Vermont is 217 acres.
  Vermont is fortunate to have so many citizens who hold such pride in 
the presentation of their farms. I offer my congratulations to all of 
the farms that received the Dairy of Distinction Award, and may they be 
a shining example to all of the farms in Vermont. The winners are:


                             Addison County

       Ernest, Earl, and Eugene Audet, Earl, Alan, and Edward 
     Bessette, Herman and Gretta Buzeman, Paul Bolduc, Eric 
     Clifford, Jeffery and Mary Demars, John and Rusty Forgues, 
     Gerardies Gosliga, Dean Jackson, Peter James, Gerrit and Hank 
     Nop, Thomas Pyle, Richard and Jodie Roorda, Tom and Shaina 
     Roorda, Gerald and Judy Sabourin, Raymond Van Der Way, Loren 
     and Gail Wood.


                           Calendonia County

       William and Edith Butler, Paul and Rosemary Gingue, David 
     and Mary Rainey, Bruce and Catherine Roy, Bebo and Lori 
     Webster, Mary Kay and Dennis Wood.


                           Chittenden County

       June, Charles, and Mark Bean; David and Kate Cadreact; 
     David and Kim Conant; Claude and Gail Lapierre; Donald 
     Maynard; Larry and Julie Reynolds.


                              Essex County

       Hans and Erika Baumann; James Fay; K. Dean and Claudette 
     Hook; William F. and Ursula S. Johnson; Louis and Nancy 
     Lamoureux; Bernard Routhier; Stephen and Carla Russo.


                            Franklin County

       Kristen Ballard; Robert A. Beaulieu; Scott Bessette; 
     Germain Bourdeau; Robert E. Brooks; Richard and Andrew 
     Brouillette; Ricky Doe and Alan Chagnon; Fournier Family; 
     Wayne and Nancy Fiske; Gary and Olive Gilmond; Patrick Hayes; 
     Paul and Karen Langelier; Robert, David and Sandra Manning; 
     Ronald Marshall; Jacques and Mariel Parent; Philip and 
     Suzanne Parent; Robert and Linda Parent; John Carman and 
     Everett Shonyo; Paul and Linda Stanley; Garry and Eileen 
     Trudell; David Williams.


                           Grand Isle County

       Joyce B. Ladd; Louis E. Sr. and Anna S. Martell; Andrew and 
     Ellen Paradee; Roger and Clair Rainville.


                            Lamoille County

       Frederich B. Boyden; Russell Lanphear.


                             Orange County

       Katherine Burgess; Karen Galayda and Tom Gilbert; Herbert 
     and Beverly Hodge; Alan Howe; Robert and Anne Howe; Linwood 
     Jr. and Gordon Huntington; Paul and Martha Knox; Larry and 
     Sue Martin; Ron Saldi; David P. and Louise B. Silloway; Scott 
     and Fred Smith Steve; Lynn and Alice Wakefield.


                             Orleans County

       Robert and Michelle Columbia; Paul and Nancy Daniels; Bryan 
     and Susan Davis; Andrew and Kathy DuLaBruere; Robert Judd; 
     Roger and Deborah Meunier; Richard and Helen Morin.


                             Rutland County

       Martha Hayward; Neal and Julanne Sharrow; Holly Young.


                           Washington County

       David and Susan Childs; Austin C. Cleaves; Everett and 
     Kendall Maynard; Stuart and Margaret Osha; Douglas H. and 
     Sharon A. Turner.


                             Windham County

       R. Edward Hamilton; Steve and Terry Morse; Alan Smith; Leon 
     and Linda and Roy and Vanessa; Robert Wheeler.


                             Windsor County

       Robert and Elizabeth Kennett Robert A.; and Gail J. 
     Ketchum; James Lewis; Amy M. Richardson.

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