Release No.0202.00
                                                               
                                                               
                                 George Chartier (202) 720-8998
                                       george.chartier@usda.gov
                                       Billy Cox (202) 720-8998
                                             billy.cox@usda.gov
                                                               
GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS TO HONEY NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE AND NATIONAL POTATO
PROMOTION BOARD

     WASHINGTON, June 20, 2000--Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today
named 17 members to the National Honey Nominations Committee, which nominates
individuals for appointment to the Honey Board, and Glickman appointed 38
members to the National Potato Promotion Board.

     Newly appointed members to the Honey Committee are: Wayne G. Vandre,
Anchorage, Alaska; John S. Tulloch, Odessa, Del.; James E. Kellie, Larned,
Kan.; Stanley F. Hummer, Bossier City, La.; Don E. Moore, St. James, Mo.; Les
Wienke, Wolf Point, Mont.; Glenn Staggs, Oklahoma City, Okla.; George K.
Hansen, Colton, Ore.; William F. Childers, York, S.C.; and Lawrence O. Kelley,
Reston, Va.

     Reappointed members are: Troy H. Fore Jr., Jesup, Ga.; Gus Rouse,
Captain Cook, Hawaii; Oren D. Best; Sunfield, Mich.; Allen Tuttle, Vandalia,
Ohio; Bret L. Adee, Toronto, S.D.; William D. Lane, Memphis, Tenn.; and Lee
Heine, Hustisford, Wis.

     All members will serve terms beginning immediately and ending December
31, 2002.

     The Honey Board administers an industry-funded, national research,
promotion and consumer information program to increase U.S. honey consumption
and exports.

     Newly appointed producer members National Potato Promotion Board are:
Zane W. Smith, Hastings, Fla; Ronald W. Buatte, Glenns Ferry, Idaho; Boyd S.
Foster, Rigby, Idaho; James P. Hoff, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Rodney D. Lake,
Burley, Idaho; Daniel D. Moss, Dedo, Idaho; Paula G. Parks, Blackfoot, Idaho;
Richard F. Poteet, Rupert, Idaho; Bart D. Wattenbarger, Shelley, Idaho; Jay G.
Savage, Deerfield, Mass; Duane A. Denniston, Plainwell, Mich.; Jon G. Haindl,
Cooks, Mich.; William N. Brooks Jr., Elmer, N.J.; Ray S. Meiggs Jr., Camden,
N.C.; Donald J. Smith, West Chester, Ohio; Dennis L. Slagell, Weatherford,
Okla.; DeeAnn G. Amstad, Hermiston, Ore.; Michael K. Pixton, Warden, Wash.;
and John W. Mommsen, Rice Lake, Wis.
                                
     The newly appointed importer members to the Potato Board are: Richard D.
Beck, Twin Falls, Idaho, and Roberto Meza Sr., Pembroke Pines, Fla.

     Reappointed producer members are: Robert L. Layton, Gilbert, Ariz.;
Douglas G. Gunnels, Center, Colo; Frank C. Johns Jr., Hastings, Fla.; Stanley
Lynn Loosli, Ashton, Idaho; Edward A. Smith, Pocatello, Idaho; Carl B. Taylor,
Idaho Falls, Idaho; Larry E. Reynen, Hollandale, Minn.; Gregory R. Stocker,
East Grand Forks, Minn.; James P. McCormick, Bliss, N.Y.; David J. Hankey,
Park River, N.D.; Timothy I. Moomaw, Wooster, Ohio; H. Bruce Richardson, Jr.,
Capeville, Va.; Brett E. Bergeson, Moses Lake, Wash.; Nelson Y. Cox, Warden,
Wash.; and Kevin J. O'Rorke, Richland, Wash..
                                           
     The reappointed importer members are: Randy A. Bauscher, Rupert, Idaho,
and Sanjiv K. Kakkar, Princeton Junctions, N.J.

     Appointees will serve terms beginning immediately and ending on February
28, 2003.

     Authorized in 1971, the Potato Board administers an industry-funded
national research and promotion program to increase U.S. exports and domestic
potato consumption.

     USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service monitors the operations of the
Potato and the Honey Boards.

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