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AGRICULTURE/MARKETING--AGRICULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE APPOINTED
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Agriculture and Marketing Minister Wayne Gaudet has announced the
appointment of Susan Simpson as agricultural representative for
Inverness and Victoria Counties.

Ms. Simpson brings a strong background in agriculture, having
been a member of the 4-H Program, summer assistant and acting 4-H
specialist in western Nova Scotia. As well, she developed a
classroom education program called "Agriculture in Cumberland
County", and she worked as a research assistant at the
experimental farm in Nappan. Ms. Simpson has been acting
agricultural representative for Inverness and Victoria Counties
since the fall of 1995.

A graduate of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, she holds a
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, majoring in agricultural
mechanization.

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Contact: Jim Goit  902-893-6596

trp                         June 18, 1996 - 4:00 p.m.