95th ANNUAL MEETING
IOWA HONEY PRODUCER’S ASSOCIATION
NOVEMBER 16 & 17, 2007
BEST WESTERN REGENCY INN
MARSHALLTOWN, IA 50158
641-752-6321
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Friday,
November 16th
Morning schedule:
8:00- Registration & silent auction items are due. Must be
present in room for door prizes.
(Visit vendors in room E)
Meeting
will take place in rooms A & B
8:30- Call to Order and Welcome………….………...….Donna
Brahms, President of the IHPA
Introduction of IHPA Board Members and Announcements
-Cooking with Honey & Photo Contest entries due in room F
at 10:00
-Silent Auction
8:45- Meet the new State Apiarist……………………………………………….
9:00- Secretary of Agriculture……………………………………………...……..Bill
Northey
9:40- Marketing Magic……………………………………………….……T’Lee
Sollenberger
10:40– BREAK - Make a bid on the silent auction items &
visit vendors in Rm. E.
11:00- Door Prize
11:05- Africanized bees, are they coming……………..………..…………………..Vern
Ramsey
11:20- NHB UPDATE………………………………………………….....Lee
Heine, Dadant WI
12:00- LUNCH (on your own). You can eat at Mr. G restaurant here
in the motel.
Queen Luncheon in Mr. G’s. GET TO KNOW THE QUEEN
Afternoon
Schedule:
1:00- Door Prizes
1:05- Annual Business Meeting (We will have an agenda for the
members)
2:45- Cooking Contest Results…………….….…….Donna
Young, Doris Ramsey Carol Wehr
Photo Contest Results…………………….……………………………………..someone!
3:00- BREAK - Make a bid on the silent auction items & visit
vendors in Rm. E.
3:20- Door Prizes and meeting the Honey Queen candidates………………….Regina
Jager
3:40- What is new on CCD.………………………………………………Richard
L.Hellmich
4:30- State Fair Exhibitor’s (meet in Rm. F)
Silent Auction ends for today – pick up your merchandise.
5:00-
Wine & Cheese welcome (by the pool)—Time to visit –
Compliments of the Marshalltown Convention & Visitors Bureau
(If you made Mead, bring samples.)
6:30-
Banquet (located in rooms C & D) – The banquet will
feature two entrees- BBQ Chicken and Sliced Roast beef, Tossed
salad, Marinated Pasta salad, Fresh fruit, Irish parsley potatoes,
Glazed Carrots, and Apple Dumpling with Ice cream for Dessert.
The cost will be $28.00 per person with the tax and gratuity included.
Banquet Program:
Introduction of Queen Candidates, Parents and Sponsors………………..…Regina
Jager,
Honey Queen Chair
Awards Presentation………………..Donna
Young, Chairman of the Awards Committee
Thanks from the Iowa Honey Queen……………………………..….Chelsa
Bronnenberg
Auction……………..…………………………………………………….Bill
Van Roekel
Something is funny about bees………………………………….……..….Chuck
Norton
Queen Coronation……………………………………......……………………Regina
Jager
Good
Night!!!!!!
Saturday, November 17th
Morning Schedule
8:00- Registration
Note:
Vendors will be packing up around noon today.
8:30-
Announcements and Door Prizes…………………………………………….…..Pat
Ennis
Introduction of IHPA Board Members
Bee inspection report
8:50- Getting Good Queens’……………….……………………………………...Chuck
Norton
9:50- Break - Make a bid on the silent auction items & visit
vendors in Rm. E
10:10- Door Prizes
10:15- 2 + 2 + 5 Way’s to Improve Your Honey Sales………………………T’Lee
Sollemberger
11:15- Good Russian Queens………………….……………………..……………Chuck
Norton
12:00 –Lunch ($19.00 tax and gratuity included) –
Roast Pork with Sage Dressing& Gravy, Tossed Salad, Wild rice,
California Blend, and freshly Baked Roll
1:00 – Silent Auction Ends – collect your treasures!
2007
Beekeeping Workshops (Rm. A & B)
1:00- – The Good and Bad of Russian Queens………………………….……..Manley
Bigalk
2:00- - Bug Out! How to organically produce honey products using
Integrated Pest
Management Techniques…………………………………………T’Lee
Sollenberger
3:00- – OPEN …………………………………………………………..Someone
4:00- Adjournment
Note:
There will be a short meeting of 2008 board members and officers
in Rm. B
Thank you for coming and Drive Safely!!!!
