Monday, April 15, 2013

Reindeer For Sale




Hello I have a small herd of reindeer for sale. I have to many animals on the small piece of property.  I am looking to cut 5 proven cows and 1 bull from my herd. 

Thank you for your time.

The herd of reindeer has sold.  Thank you.



The above information was sent to ADLA with a request to post on the blog. Contact the info above. Thank you.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Annual Meeting


Alaska Diversified Livestock Association, Inc.
Teleconferenced Annual Meeting
December 20, 2012



PRESENT
Ruby Hollembaek, President
Delbert Simineo, Vice President
Kathy Burton, Treasurer
Milan Shipka
Scott Hollembaek
Jackie Simineo
Buck Burton
Ellen Kane
Jane Hamilton, Secretary

CALL TO ORDER
President Ruby Hollembaek called the meeting to order at 7:02 P.M.

AGENDA
Delbert moved to accept the agenda as mailed.  Milan seconded, motion carried.

MINUTES
Delbert moved to accept the minutes of the 2011 teleconferenced Annual Meeting.  Milan seconded, motion carried.

BUSINESS

Election of Officers: Ruby reported that she is stepping down as president.  She is willing to keep up with the blog and website for the coming year.  Milan nominated Delbert.  Nominations were closed and Delbert was elected as the new President.  Delbert nominated Ruby for Vice President.  Milan moved to close nominations and Ruby was elected.  Jackie nominated Jane for Secretary.  Nominations were closed and Jane was re-elected.  Delbert nominated Kathy for Treasurer.  Ruby moved to close nominations and Kathy was re-elected Treasurer for another year.  Ruby reported that Mike Miller has indicated that he was willing to continue as Director At Large.  It was agreed that he should serve for another year.

Corporation:  Kathy reported that the corporation was again in good standing with the State of Alaska.  She will check to see when corporate paperwork needs to be filed again.

By-Laws:  Ruby reviewed the change made this year to Article III that we will now include all species of livestock.  The By-Laws require that we meet at least every six (6) months.  In the past this has been done by combining our meetings with the Alaska Farm Bureau, the Delta Farm Forum and by audio conferences. 

Information:  Ruby has had an information table at all functions she attends to let people know about the organization and to attract new members.  It was agreed that frequent e-mails would benefit the organization by helping to keep in touch with our members.  Ruby agreed to continue this, perhaps in a newsletter format. 

New Members:  Several people joined ADLA at the October grazing and livestock conference.  A reduced membership rate of $5.00 for 2013 and the remainder of 2012 could have been added to the registration fee.  Several people took advantage of this.  However, this has not been sorted out to date, nor has the money been received.  The University will be forwarding the names and funds as soon as possible.  The challenge will be to get these new members involved in the organization.  Ruby reported that there had been good information at the conference, excellent speakers and that she had met a lot of people-many of those that had just joined.  She had attended the fiber workshop the following day and that had been good as well.

Animal Care Standards:  DEC has developed minimum standards of care for all species of animals and fowl.  They have not taken effect yet.

TREASURER’S REPORT
Kathy reported that the current balance is $1,970.03.  The 2013 membership dues are due on January 1st.  Notices will be sent. 

Income Tax:  The IRS-990 form needs to be filed this year.  Ruby, Kathy and Jane will work on it together.  It will be filed prior to April 15th.

Reports:  Ruby explained the Delta Soil & Water Conservation District’s fencing cost-share program.  The District will be paying $1.25/foot for fencing to keep the bison out of the fields.  She reported that she and Scott have reduced their herds of bison and elk.  They are happy with their production.

Delbert reported that he couldn’t keep up with the demand for elk-a good position to be in.

ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting will be via teleconference.  The date is to be established.
The teleconference/meeting adjourned at 7:30 P.M.


Respectfully submitted,

Jane E. Hamilton,
Secretary

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Pin Number Change for Tonight's Teleconference

Sorry folks, just got a new pin number for tonight's call:
800 -893-8850; pin Please use pin # 6114982

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Annual Teleconference December 20



Alaska Diversified Livestock Association, Inc.

Meeting Agenda

Thursday evening. December 20th 6:30 p.m.
800 -893-8850; pin 5711553


I.     Call to order
II.     Roll call
III.     Approval of Agenda
IV.     Approval of minutes from 2011 meeting
V.      Election of Officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director
VI.     Old Business
A.     ADLA Corporation Status and Biannual Report Review
B.     Bylaws Review
C.     Meeting frequency
VII.     New business
A.     President Report
1.      Conferences and Teleconferences
2.      Legislative Issues
3.      Correspondence to & from the board
4.      Animal Care Standards – V-President Delbert Report
B.      Treasurer Report
1.      Account Balance
2.      Income Tax
3.      Members’ Roster
C.      Members’ reports
VIII.     Next meeting scheduled
IX.     Adjournment

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Note from Dr. Lyle McNeal, Sheep, Wool and Range Specialist



Good Morning My Alaskan Friends:

I recently received a copy of a listing and semi-directory of those attending the ADLA meetings that was held in October at the UofAK Ag Experiment Station.  It was a great gathering and the enthusiasm and energy present was most obvious.  It was good to see old friends, Milan and Lee too.  Nancy and I enjoyed being able to spend some time with Mark and Janelle.  Janelle kindly sent me some nice samples of qiviut to share with my advanced wool and fiber technology students too.  Thank you Janelle.

From my perspective, I was impressed with the character and organization, coupled with the enthusiasm of the October meetings, and hope more like that will take place to keep the bonds established and enhance their strength and efficacy of Alaskan producers.

I did send three (3) DVD’s each to Jan, and Tom on sheep and wool instructional materials that I helped develop here in Utah for our “Ag in the Classroom” program.  Maybe in one of your future meetings you might want to preview one or all of those educational DVD’s.  I would also like to see an educational DVD produced on the Musk Ox and their history, along with the Musk Ox Farm program.  After visiting with Mark and Janelle, I have at least 6-8 students here in our Animal and Veterinary Science program that want to come to the Musk Ox Farm this summer and do an internship.  As Janelle knows, I’m still in the process of having the students finish up their applications, resumes, and letters of reference packet for submission to her.

As was requested by a couple of you, I’m attaching the plans for a line feeder that we’ve used here with great success and helping to keep our sheep and goats relatively vegetable matter contamination to a minimum.  I’m also attaching a couple of my “SHEEP SHEETS” that I write for small ruminant producers, and especially the Navajo and Hispanic sheep producers and weavers of the Southwestern U.S. that have little to no access to Extension Agents, and/or Ag Colleges, which is wrong.

Anyway, please feel free to stay in touch and I wish you all the best, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  I’m getting ready to host in January our 4th Annual Intermountain Sheep Dairy Association Meetings.  Nancy and I are heading down to Las Vegas this Thursday in order to attend the National Final Rodeo(s) for a few days.  This is the World Series for the sport of rodeo, and it’s the best of the best.

Take care.

Doc
Dr. Lyle McNeal

Dr. Lyle G. McNeal, Carnegie Professor
Sheep, Wool & Range Specialist
Founder, The Navajo Sheep Project; Serving People, Preserving Cultures, Inc., est. 1977
Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Science Department
4815 Old Main Hill
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-4815

Office: 2nd Floor, AGRS Building, Room #234
Tel:  (435) 797-2140; 2150; or 2154 [direct]
Cell:  (435) 757-1562
Fax: (435) 797-2118
Email: lyle.mcneal@usu.edu; or sheepman@comcast.net

“Your attitude determines your altitude.”

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Note from an Alaskan Chef


Ruby- I am happy that I had the opportunity last week to attend the conference for the short time that I was there. The topics I heard were fascinating and give me lots of hope for the future of food in Alaska. I wish I would have had enough time to meet and get to know more of the people in attendance. Over the last handful of years being active in our local food movement your organization has popped up on my radar on numerous occasions. I have filled out the application for membership in the past but never followed through. It would be an honor to be considered for membership in your organization. As I have matured as a chef, I have come to realize the role that I can play as an advocate for the hard working men and women producing Alaskan food. It has been a bit of a challenge to play a viable part during the planning phase of this new restaurant. I have tried to stay in contact with as many people possible over the last eight months; building a corp of Alaskans that want to make a difference with food. I know there are other chefs around town that want to use more local meat but just don't have the time to make the right connections. I am hoping that you might have time that we would be able to sit down over coffee and talk food. I will be pretty open as far as availability is concerned for the next few weeks. Just let me know if this would be something you are interested in. Thank you and I look forward to speaking with you soon.

Yours Truly,  Clayton



Friday, November 2, 2012

Bill Burton Memorial Service. Sunday. Kodiak.






William Edward (Bill) Burton
Kodiak Daily Mirror
11.02.12 - 09:00 am

William Edward (Bill) Burton was born Oct. 6, 1938 in Miami to Tom and Gladys Burton. He was the third born of four brothers. Although Bill lived in town, the family owned a ranch in the Lake Istokpoga area on which he spent summers, weekends and free time. It was on this ranch that Bill developed his love for horses and agriculture. Bill was active in FFA (Future Farmers of America) and graduated from Edison High School in Miami in 1956. He furthered his education by majoring in animal husbandry at the University of Florida and graduated in 1960. Bill met Kathleen (Kathy) McKinley (Burton), a fashion design major, in 1958. Although they had different interests and temperaments, the couple fell in love and were married on October 7, 1961. Just 20 days before his death, they celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary. Before their wedding, Bill had joined the Navy and graduated from officers training in Pensacola, Fla. He trained as a navigator and spent most of his Navy career flying P2B aircraft. He ended his military tour as a lieutenant.

While in the Navy, Bill and Kathy saved as much money as they could with the idea that they would buy a ranch after military service. In 1964, they headed to Montana where they joined Bill’s brother Jim and his sister-in-law Antoinette (Toni). After working for the winter on ranches in the Gallatin Gateway area of Montana, Bill and Kathy realized that they wouldn’t be able to afford a ranch with what they had saved. During college, Bill and Jim had worked construction in Fairbanks and the two couples decided to head north to find work that would help them build up their ranch purchase funds.

In Fairbanks, Bill heard about the big ranches on Kodiak, the free grass and the open range. He contacted pioneer Kodiak ranchers Joe Zetner and Joe Beaty. Joe Beaty offered Bill a job as a ranch hand but the job only lasted one day. … Kathy had a French poodle that she adored but Joe Beaty didn’t let dogs in the ranch house. When Bill and Kathy snuck the poodle in the first night, the job ended!

Several months later, at the request of Omar Stratman, Bill and Kathy came back to Kodiak to work on Omar’s ranch for a “couple of months” during winter 1967. At the time they were thinking that Joe Zetner, already in his 70s, might be willing to sell his Pasagshak spread. However, later in the year Joe Beaty surprised the couple and indicated that he might be willing to sell them his lease and livestock on Narrow Cape. Bill talked to his brother Jim and the two couples decided to combine their resources and create Kodiak Cattle Company Inc. to purchase Joe Beaty’s assets. Jim, Toni and their daughter Andrea move to the ranch and Bill and Kathy worked in town but spent most weekends helping on the Ranch. The couples switched places in 1971 and a son, Buckley Alexander (Buck), joined Bill and Kathy on the ranch in 1973.

Bill worked his Narrow Cape ranch with Kathy and Buck for 45 years. He started with about 450 head of cows and half a dozen horses. Over the years, despite Bill’s and Jim’s best efforts, Kodiak bears decimated the cattle herd. Bill became convinced he needed livestock that might be less vulnerable to the bears. In 1980, Bill trucked 40 head of buffalo from Powell, Wyo. to Tacoma, Wash. to start the first Alaska buffalo herd. The buffalo proved a big success, and although the bear continue to be a problem, the herd has flourished. In an effort to further diversify, Bill started raising elk in 1996 for horns and meat and, in 2006, yaks were added to the ranch.

Bill loved the ranching life and was particularly fond of his horses and enjoyed riding horseback over the hills and valleys and open spaces of the ranch whenever possible, especially with Buck. Many of the family pictures as well as pictures taken by those visiting the ranch show Bill on horseback. One of his favorite horses was a purebred Arabian stud named BJ. Bill purchased BJ in Montana but because of the Mt. St. Helens eruption, the owner had to meet Bill and his buffalo en route to Tacoma. Bill had run out of money so the owner transferred BJ on Bill’s simple promise to pay. That’s how it was with Bill — you could take his word to the bank!

Bill became a big game guide during the 1980s and took clients on deer, bear and trophy buffalo hunts. Most of the hunters were struck by the grandeur and austere beauty of the ranch and often were drawn back to hunt again with Bill by the beauty of his character. Although he had chosen a remote life, Bill greatly enjoyed people, conversation, politics, humor and the fellowship of men and women who loved God’s creation and being out in the country. Over the years the Kodiak Cattle Company ranch and later the Kodiak Game Ranch addition became nationally known for its splendor, its buffalo and for Bill. Numerous documentaries, Alaska films, travel writers and articles, including National Geographic Magazine, featured Bill and his ranch. He never tired of promoting the merits of buffalo meat and the value of agriculture.

For five decades, Bill Burton was a part of all things agricultural on Kodiak. He was active in the Kodiak Stock Growers Association; he was a member of the Kodiak Livestock Cooperative which built and manages the slaughter facility in Bells Flats, and he was an original incorporator for the Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District and was frequently chairman of its board. Bill helped plan the first Kodiak rodeo in Kalsin Bay and often supplied livestock for Kodiak’s annual rodeo in Bells Flats (with Kathy on the fair board for many years). He loved to team rope at the Rodeo with Buck, and one wall of their house is adorned with the various buckles he and Buck won. Bill also was a founding member of the Alaska Farm Bureau and served, at various times, on a number of State of Alaska, agricultural boards, commissions and advisory panels.

Bill was a committed Christian and his life was defined by his practice of Christian Virtues; Faith in his God and Creator, Goodness to his family and those he met, Patience, even during many difficult times on the ranch, Gentleness to both animal and friend, Diligence and hard work — he experienced very few 8-hour days during 45 years of ranching, Generosity beyond measure to all who knew him, Humility to be a steward of the land and resources entrusted to himand Love for his wife and son and family as well as for his friends and the ranch life he felt privileged to live.

When Bill died suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 he left behind his beloved wife Kathy of 51 years and his cherished son Buck as well as Buck’s wife Christine and children. Bill was predeceased by his brother and former ranch partner, Jim. He is survived by Jim’s wife, Toni, and their daughter Andrea. In addition, Bill is survived by his brother Tom Burton and his wife Ketty of Brooker, Fla. and his brother Dan Burton and his wife Trish of Stanford, N.C. as well as their numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

A memorial potluck is planned for 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4th in the Kodiak

ADLA Inc.

The Alaska Diversified Livestock Association, Inc. holds a certificate from the State of Alaska, Department of Community and Economic Development, Division of Banking, Securities and Corporations formed on November 19, 2002.

The members must be of the age of 19 years or more, acting as incorporators of a corporation under the Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act (AS 10.20), adopted articles of incorporation as follows:
Article 1. The name of this corporation is the Alaska Diversified Livestock Association, Inc.
Article 2. The duration of this corporation shall be perpetual.
Article 3. To promote the responsible development, management, marketing and research for the diversified livestock industry of Alaska. This is to include the production of animals who provide food or fiber. To exercise all rights and powers conferred by the laws of the State of Alaska upon nonprofit corporations, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to acquire by devise, gift, purchase, lease, or otherwise any property of any sort or nature without limitation as to its amount of value, and to hold, invest, reinvest, manage, use apply, employ, sell, expend, disburse, lease, mortgage, convey, option, donate, or otherwise dispose of such property, for any of the purposes set forth herein. To do such other things as are incidental to purposes of the Corporation or necessary in order to accomplish them. The corporation is not organized for profit. It shall have no capital stock and shall not be authorized to issue capital stock. Upon dissolution of the corporation, the officers shall, after paying or making provisions for the payment of all the liabilities of the corporation, distribute all of the assets of the corporation in such a manner and to such non-profit agricultural organizations qualified under Section 501 © (5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as such Sections may be amended, or their successor provisions as the Officers may determine.
Articles 4 – 8 pertain to the membership, the board of directors, the bylaws, liability & incorporators.

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