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DC SWCD Annual Meeting Recap

The DeWitt County Soil and Water District held it's annual meeting Friday morning at the Clinton Country Club.

This year's installment featured a buffet breakfast, a short business meetings, and a comedic performance.

 width=Chairman Myron Kirby summed up 2012 as another busy, successful year for the DeWitt County Soil and Water District. He thanks the landowners of the county for continuing to support their efforts.

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 width=The morning featured an overview of those efforts. Jonah Cooley, Resource Conservationist, says some of the highlights of 2012 were a local Conservation Bus Tour, and the establishment of the DeWitt County Lady Landowners.

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Those in attendance also heard from representatives of the local Farm Service Agency, NRCS, and Extension offices, as well as from Lonnie Wilson, the President of the Illinois Association of SWCDs. The meeting concluded with the comedic stylings of Ken Evans, who has opened for several top comedians, including Tim Allen, Ellen DeGeneres, and many more.

(Picture Left: Myron Kirby)

(Picture Right: Shannon Allen)

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