b'Red River Red Makes a Comeback to Help UsCelebrate Our 75th Anniversary!by Ted Kreis, NPPGA Marketing and Communications Directortionsthatgowithitincludingour annual awards banquet.Weare confident however, that thesecond half of the year will bringbacksomenormalcyandallowus to all come together for a bigcelebrationthissummerorfall,so stay tuned!Lookforarticlesinthisspotinthecomingmonthswithmorehistory of our associations hum-ble beginnings along with moredetails of coming events to help Inthemeantime,lookforReduscommemorate75yearsof RiverRedtopopupmoreandJust four years after the Red River accomplishmentstostrengthen more places to help us rememberValleyPotatoGrowersAssocia- thepotatoindustryinour our past, and look forward to thetion was conceived in 1946, Red region! future!RiverRedwascreatedtobeamascot and a marketing tool forRedRiverValleyPotatoes.Hisreign was from 1950 to the early1970s.Being the icon that he is,we thought it was fitting to bringback Red to help celebrate ourassociations 75th year!The staff and board of directorsoftheNorthernPlainsPotatoGrowers Association will be busyinthecomingweeksplanningwaystohelpuscelebrateour75th anniversary later this year.So far in 2021, much of the focus In 1950, Red River Valley Potato Growers Association representatives proudlyhas been on dealing with COVID displaytheValleysnewmascot,RedRiverRed.PicturedLtoR:GenePeterson, Forrest Thompson, Ross Page, O.C. Turnquist, Frank Thompson andand the cancelations and disrup- Bill Case. (The lady on the right is not identified.)4 POTATO GROWER MARCH 2021'