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AGRICULTURE/MARKETING--STAFF CHANGES ------------------------------------------------------------------ Agriculture and Marketing Minister Wayne Gaudet has announced a number of staff changes to the field services section of the extension services branch. Dean Manning will be the agricultural representative for Annapolis County. Mr. Manning, originally from Falmouth, Hants County, is a graduate of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and has extensive 4-H background. In 1990, Mr. Manning worked as an assistant ag rep for Kings County, then Halifax-East Hants and for the past three years as ag rep for Lunenburg/Queens out of the Bridgewater office. Jeff Wentzell, former 4-H representative for Western Nova Scotia, will be transferred to Bridgewater as acting agricultural representative. Mr. Wentzell, from Lunenburg County, is also a graduate of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and was an active 4-H member. Mr. Wentzell began his career with the department in 1990 as 4-H representative for eastern Nova Scotia. Both of these appointments are effective Oct. 30, 1995. Susan Simpson, acting 4-H Specialist in western Nova Scotia, will be the acting agricultural representative for Inverness/Victoria working out of the Mabou office. Ms. Simpson, from Cumberland County and has been actively involved in 4-H. She graduated from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 1992 and subsequently worked for the Cumberland Soil and Crop Association as a research assistant before joining the department earlier this year. -30- Contact: Jim Goit 902-895-6596 trp Oct. 26, 1995