Belmont SWCD Supervisors Belmont SWCD Supervisors|
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The Belmont Soil & Water Conservation District is governed by a five-member board that serve staggered, three-year terms.
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Belmont SWCD SupervisorsDon Guindon David Lash Jr. Ed Stenger Richard Theaker Tim Wojchowski |
Guindon co-operates the Olney Taber Farm with Mike Britton for the Olney Friends School in Barnesville, Ohio. The 350 acre farm is home to more than fifty Jersey cows and houses 105 animals. In September of 2003, Guindon was honored as one of Ohio's top five Conservation Farm Families. Because of Guindon's conservation views, the Olney Taber Farm follows stringent stewardship practices. Guindon is a member of the Stillwater Friends, Dairy Service, Dairy Farmers of America and a trustee on the Belmont County Farm Bureau Board. In 2006, Guindon received the prestigious Environmental Stewardship Award from the Ohio Livestock Coalition. Guindon, and wife Jan, have 2 daughters, Caroline and Allison.
David P. Lash, Jr. has been a life long resident of Colerain, Ohio, where he has been a beef cattle farmer for 40 years. He has implemented many conservation practices on the farm, including springs, heavy use pads, access roads and rotational grazing. He is also a member of the Colerain Presbyterian Church and is a Farm Bureau member. Lash has also owned and operated Lash Paving & Excavating for the past 35 years. He has served 20 years as a Colerain Township Trustee. Lash has two sons, Daniel and David, who work with him at Lash Paving. He also has three grandchildren.
Ed and his wife, Nancy, own and operate Highland Dairy's 205 acres and rent an additional 169 acres where they milk 80 Holsteins and raise 50 acres of corn and 150 acres of hay. Stenger has installed an animal waste facility, a roof over his feedlot, springs, contour strips and a rotational grazing system. Stenger is presently Belmont SWCD Board Chairman, Treasurer of the Dairy Service Unit, a 4-H advisor to Udder Kids, a Belmont County Fair Boardmember in charge of the Dairy Products Sale, a Union Local School Board member and a member of the Assumption Church of Barnesville. Stenger has four children. 
Theaker is a life-long resident of Belmont County. He is the third generation to raise Angus and crossbred cattle on the 125 acre family farm. Theaker has three children, Terri, Laura, and Rich II. Theaker is the owner and President of Mansell Theaker & Son Excavating, Inc.He currently serves on the Belmont Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors and the Belmont County Storm Water Board. Theaker is a member of the Colerain Presbyterian Church, Bridgeport Masonic Lodge and Colerain Ruritan Club. He has served on the Rolling Hills Landmark board for 21 years.
Tim Wojchowski was raised and has resided in St.Clairsville, Ohio, for the past 46 years. He attended St.Clairsville High School. Wojchowski and wife, Margie, have been married for 26 years and have two daughters. After working for his dads laminate countertop business since he was twelve, Wojchowski decided to start his own business of selling Corian and Granite countertops. Tims Custom Installation was started in his garage and is now located in the Industrial Park in Belmont County. The business has been going strong for 16 years and also sells windows and doors. Wojchowski recently ventured into the Bull Bucking business with the Thorsell Family from Burbank, Ohio. Wojchowski owns property in Bethesda, Ohio, where the family intends to bring the cattle, fish in the ponds, and build a new home.