Lapaseotes New Chairman of Western Sugar Cooperative
    Nick Lapaseotes was elected chairman of the Western Sugar Cooperative Board of Directors in January.  The Bridgeport, Neb., grower succeeded Kevin Hall, also of Bridgeport, who had served in that capacity since 2003.  Ric Rodriguez of Powell, Wyo., remains as WSC’s vice chairman.

 
 
ASSBT Awards Go to Chertudi, Sims, Bredehoeft & Lamb
    Attendance was strong at the 35th general meeting of the American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists, held in Albuquerque, N. Mex., in early March.  Nearly 375 participants, representing 12 countries, were in attendance.