| The One Club is Planning a Party! By Betsy Freese, Membership Committee chair Join the One Club! We are planning one hot party during the Agricultural Media Summit in Florida. All One Club recruiters and their new members will be invited. All you have to do is sign up one new AAEA member by July 31 at the bargain rate of $100. For each new member you recruit and sign, you will receive a $25 Visa gift card. What a deal! These folks will be coming to the party so far: Harlen Persinger, Lisa Adams, Dan Binder, Betsy Freese, Justin Davey, Jodi Henke, Erin Hull, Edith Munro, JoAnn Alumbaugh, Cheryl Oxley, Julie Pospech, Jana Rieker, John Walter, Christina Roth, Jeri Omemik, Lilian Schaer, Dan Zinkand, Brittany Steuer, Lyle Orwig, Kimberly Stuhr, Kylee Swyers, Karen Simon, LeAnn Strother and Kenna Rathai. If we get 20 more new recruits, I will dress as Amy Winehouse. How's that for an incentive (or disincentive)? Anyway, it should be fun. Betsy Freese is editor in chief for Living the Country Life. She can be contacted at 515-284-2184, betsy.freese@meredith.com. New Members Cheryl Oxley Oxley supervises and coordinates activity relevant to Angus Productions, Inc., (API) business activity, primarily supervising the production of all API published materials, including the Angus Journal, Angus Beef Bulletin, and Special Services promotional products. She is also responsible for scheduling, personnel supervision and office management. Oxley has been active in the Livestock Publications Council (LPC) for several years, serving as president in 1995-1996; honored in 1998 for Distinguished Service and received its Hall of Fame award in 2003. Hobbies include photography, gardening, golf and travel. She and her husband, John, especially enjoy spending time with their young granddaughters, Emily and Erin. LeAnn Strother Strother writes feature stories and press releases about the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA), the Coalition to Support Iowa Farmers, Soy Transportation Coalition and the North Central Soybean Research Project. She produces the Gold Standard and e-Gold Standard newsletters, as well as writing articles for the Iowa Soybean Review and providing timely information for ISA's Web sites. She prepares scripts for presentations and assists with speech writing. Mindy Ward Carrie Myers |