Wright-Hennepin’s 2012 Annual Meeting Recap
Each year at Wright-Hennepin's Annual Meeting, new board directors are elected and members have the opportunity to find out more information about their cooperative, as well as have a chance to win prizes.
More than 2,200 members and guests attended Wright-Hennepin’s (WH) 75th Annual Meeting on March 29 to learn about WH’s strong 2011 performance and celebrate the cooperative’s 75th anniversary.
The cooperative was formed 75 years ago on March 29, 1937 at a meeting in Cokato, Minn. To celebrate this milestone, WH incorporated many facets of the cooperative’s historic lore into the event, including historical displays, dinner theatre presentations regarding the rural cooperative movement and showed a video documentary of the cooperative’s history during the business meeting.
Thank you to all that attended for making Wright-Hennepin's 75th Annual Meeting a success!
Board election results
Members re-elected incumbent directors Timothy Young, Annandale, Minn., District 1; Burton Horsch, Howard Lake, Minn., District 3; and Erick Heinz, Corcoran, Minn., District 9. Kenneth Hiebel, Plymouth, Minn., was elected to serve as the director of District 7.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt pictures
If you had your picture taken with FDR, click here and follow the steps below to download your picture.
- Browse the gallery for your image.
- Click on your image.
- Click on actions at the top left, then view all sizes.
- Download the image size that you want to your computer.
Grand prize winner
The Grand Prize of a 2003 Chevrolet Impala retired from Wright-Hennepin's fleet of vehicles was won by Ruth Ann Helget of Annandale, Minn.
Early bird prize winner
The Early Bird Voting prize winner of an iPad is Bryan Goebel.
Booth prizes
Various booth prizes were also given away:
- Richard Barberg, Howard Lake, Minn. won an apple tree.
- Clarice Dubay, Hamel, Minn. won a crock pot.
- Bill Nibbe, Howard Lake, Minn. won a crock pot.
- Ronald Geisinger, Annandale, Minn. won a food processor.
- Frank Muelken, Prior Lake, Minn. won a toaster oven.
- Brenda Tegland, Cokato, Minn. won a Garmin.
- Maurice Danielson, Buffalo, Minn. won a prize.
- William Ruddle, Maple Lake, Minn. won a triple crock pot.
- John Hier, Plymouth, Minn. won a refrigerator.
- Sally Norgen, Buffalo, Minn., won a keg cooler, Carhartt rain poncho and a Carhart backpack.
Congratulations to all winners!
