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 This Website is Dedicated to

 Alvin Alexander Cheyne

January 10, 1921 - June 17, 2005

 

 

 

      

 

Board of Trustees  

 

 

President:      Dan Nielsen

 

  A Klamath Basin resident for 30 years, Dan graduated

  from Klamath Union High School in 1980.   After working

  in farming for 10 years, he started his own trucking

  company hauling Ag commodities in and out of the basin. 

  He and his wife also own and tend 42 acres of farmland in

  the  Klamath Project.   Dan is Vice-President of Southern

  Oregon Dirt Riders. 

 

 

Vice President/Treasurer:       Barbara Hall       

  

 

A Klamath Basin native, Barbara received an Accounting degree from OTI in 1972 and worked for Weyerhaeuser Company for 21 years before early retirement due to downsizing.  Widowed with 3 step-grandchildren and 3 step-great grandchildren, Barbara is currently devoting her time as the office manager/researcher for the Klamath Bucket Brigade.   


 

Secretary:        Shirley Kerns  

Raised on a farm in Kansas, Shirley has been a Klamath resident since 1961. Married with 3 grown children, she is involved in their third generation family farm/ranch business.  Past community involvement includes 4-H, chairman of Farm Expo, chairman of Oregon Farm Bureau Women and member of Oregon Farm Bureau Board of Directors.  She is currently chairman of Klamath County Cattlewomen Scholarship Committee and works for the Winema National Forest where she coordinates a natural resource education program for high school students and teachers.

Board Members: 

Bob King

 

 

  

  Bob is a 74 year old semi-retired California 

  dairyman who moved to the  Klamath Basin in 1993.

  Here he still farms and ranches in the Klamath Project. 

  Since 1946, Bob never received a government subsidy

  until 2001 when his  irrigation water was curtailed. 

 

 

Barron Knoll  

 

   Barron Knoll is a 33-year old husband and  father.  He

   graduated from Henley High School, and then Oregon State

   University with a Bachelor's degree in  Agriculture.  He has

   been a resident of the Klamath Basin for 17 years and

   has been ranching and farming for the past 15 years. In the

   last few of years, he has dedicated countless hours fighting 

   for  the life he loves and  the values he believes in.

 

 

Charlotte Rodgers

Lifetime Oregonian, Charlotte has spent the past 30 years in the Klamath Basin.  She is the Owner - President of R & C Rodgers Construction and co-owner of Shady Pine Ranch.  Board member of Soroptimist International of Klamath Falls, Advisory Board member of Opportunity Knocks and a board member of the State Workforce Investment Board.

Mike Tyrholm

Mike was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota and has been a Klamath Basin resident since 1962.  He joined the family business in 1977 (Tyrholm Big R, Inc) and has been co-owner for the last 15 years and board chairman for the last eight.  Mike is currently president of Lakeside Farms, Inc; a 400 acre barley and potato farm adjacent to Upper Klamath Lake.  Mike is married to Diane Cross, member of a 3rd generation Tulelake farm family and  managers of the Newell Potato Co-Op.

William (Bill) Morris

 

  Born in St. Francis, Kansas; Bill has a BS  degree in

   Forestry and a BA degree in Business Management

   from Colorado State University. For 22 years, he

   flew for the United States Air Force and the National

   Guard and spent a one year tour in Viet Nam. For

   8 years he worked for Lockheed Martin at  

   Kingsley Field and  is  a small land owner in the Klamath Project.

 

Steve Cheyne 

    

 

 

   Steve is a native of the Klamath Basin and a member of

   family that has numerous ties to agriculture since their

   arrival in the early years of the Klamath Project.  Steve

   attended  the Henley school system for twelve years.  He

   attended both Oregon State University and Southern 

   Oregon College, graduating from the latter with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biology.  In addition to a lifelong agricultural association, Steve has worked in mosquito control, developed a geothermal aquaculture business, worked as an irrigation specialist for the Oregon State University Extension Service, and served on the Klamath Basin Water Resources Advisory Committee.  

Alvin Cheyne

Since 1938, Alvin has been farming the same land his father purchased in 1910.  Being civic minded, he served on the American Soil and Conservation Service Committee for 18 years, the Roads Advisory Committee to the Klamath County Commissioners for 16 years, 12 years as a 4H Beef leader, 4 years (1960-1964) as president of the Cattleman’s Association, and 4 years (1979 - 1983) as a Klamath County Commissioners.  (We lost Alvin on June 17, 2005 and have dedicated this website to him in his memory. - KBB)