The Rural Voice, 1985-07, Page 19each location for the tour. Sadler
Richards asks pointed questions and
makes detailed notes between the
raindrops on her note pad.
Francis and Lawrence Hogan and
Steve Howard join the tour to suggest
other sites. Sadler Richards writes
descriptions of each site and tells
Cooper the kind of sign required for
each plot. Cooper is chief sign and
poster maker in the group. One of the
necessities of Sadler Richards' job is
delegating authority. With the team
organization of the program, people
power is available and jobs can be
distributed to the most capable per-
son. Sadler Richards is responsible
for correctly allocating work.
When the afternoon crop tour is
completed, the team and the Hogans
gather around the kitchen table.
When Hogan makes a hearty cup of
hot chocolate for everyone, and a big
bowl of popcorn, it creates a festive
mood for planning the details of the
up -coming event.
Sadler Richards pulls out several
pages of lists from her folder and
leads the discussion. She has, im-
pressively, thought of every im-
aginable detail.
The theme for the special event is
"Conservation makes dollars and
sense." Sadler Richards suggests hav-
ing buttons printed with this slogan.
The buttons would create an at-
mosphere of camaraderie. She has
done her homework and received
estimates for the cost of buttons. The
group decides that ribbons would be
less expensive, but just as effective.
The logistics of the tour, the people
to involve, the number of wagons and
buses to arrange, and the focus of the
tour are discussed. Sadler Richards
follows through her list, checking off
each point as it is dealt with: the guest
speakers, the equipment to be
displayed, first aid, lunch,
washrooms, extra insurance, publici-
ty, parking.
By 6 p.m., the group has covered
everything on Sadler Richards' list.
Everyone now has a list of his own
responsibilities to carry out before the
next meeting. Some lists were mental-
ly filed and others were written down.
Sadler Richards generally spends
about two days every week out in the
field studying plots, discussing her-
bicides, and talking to farmers, as she
did today. The remainder of her week
is spent doing paperwork at the
Clinton OMAF office where she
routinely records all she has ac-
complished to date, and what she
plans to do next.
Sadler Richards is expecting com-
pany for supper at 7 p.m. After a day
of walking through fields and work-
ing out details, she is relieved that her
husband, Doug Richards, will have
supper ready when she gets home. [ 1
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Sadler Richards spends a ,good deal of her da,'s o
driving from one site !n the nest.
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