Sheep Industry News March 2023

for the industry over the years in his diligent and dedicated work at the Texas AgriLife Re search Center and the Bill Sims Wool Lab. He’s just a true professional." After hearing a list of his achievements in the industry, Pope was humble in his acceptance speech. “I’m a little bit embarrassed. Y’all realize that I got paid to do what I did. It wasn’t something that I was just doing out of the goodness of my heart. I do have a passion for wool, and I have a few abilities. This industry is made up of a tremendous number of people. There’s a lot of people out there (in the industry) who we’ll never know their names. They’ll never be in a position to be honored. Everyone gets up every morning and goes out and does their job. I was just doing my job. On behalf of all of you out there who will never have the opportunity to be recognized, but diligently go about your job, I accept this recognition.” ADDITIONAL AWARDS KLST-TV of San Angelo, Texas, won the Shepherd’s Voice Award for media contribu tions to the industry. In addition, Brandon Manning and Ed Kline were recognized for their

The National Sheep Industry Improvement Center took the opportunity of the Awards Luncheon to recognize retiring board members Marsha Spykerman of Iowa and Frankie Iturriria of Cali fornia for their years of service.

contributions to ASI’s pilot project on electronic identification in a commercial market with Delta (Colo.) Sales Yard during the past two years.

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