FCS Financial stockholders re-elect incumbents

Through a mail ballot, the stockholders of FCS Financial re-elected Michael L. Bruce, Nevada, Mo.; Gene McClellan, Willow Springs, Mo.; Brian Peterson, Trenton, Mo.; and James L. Schulze, Troy, Mo., to serve on the Board of Directors for three-year terms. They will be installed at the Board of Director’s meeting on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. FCS Financial provides credit and financial services to agricultural producers, agricultural-related businesses and rural residents. The FCS Financial board consists of 15 members and has 12 areas of representation.

• Bruce is the director for area of representation three which includes Bates, Camden, Cass, Cedar, Henry, Hickory, Johnson, St. Clair, and Vernon counties. He and his wife, Connie, have three children and six grandchildren. His farming operation consists of wheat, soybeans, milo, corn, and lespedeza. Bruce also has a 150 head cow/calf operation. He has been a customer for 36 years and a board member since 2002.
• McClellan is the director for area of representation six which includes Crawford, Dent, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Phelps, Pulaski, Reynolds, Shannon, and Texas counties. He and his wife, Lilla, have seven children and 10 grandchildren. McClellan operates a dairy and raises beef cattle, alfalfa hay and haylage, orchard grass and fescue hay. He has been a board member since 1996.
• Peterson is the director for area of representation 11 which includes Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, and Sullivan counties. He and his wife, Barb, have three children and two grandchildren. Peterson operates a dairy and raises hay. He has been a member of the board since 2002.
• Schulze is the director for area of representation nine which includes Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Perry, St. Charles, St. Francois, St. Louis, Ste. Genevieve, and Washington counties, and the City of St. Louis. He and his wife, Betty, have two children and four grandchildren. He is a grain and livestock farmer raising corn, soybeans, wheat and beef cattle. He has served on the board since 1998.