The Burnett Dairy Cooperative was looking for help from the public to choose a name for their cow recently.
“We asked for name suggestions on Facebook a few weeks ago,” Jenny Binversie of Burnett Dairy said. “The post had a great response and it garnered more than 275 unique names. Thank you, Facebook fans! With help from my fellow co-workers, we narrowed it down to three favorites and we then handed them over to Nelson Elementary. The three names we submitted to the children were: Alphie, Bessie and Burnetta. The children voted on Thursday, May 31st and Alphie got 35 votes, Bessie got 19 and Burnetta received 53 votes.”
“How did we choose Nelson?” Binversie quipped. “I originally spoke with one of my friends, Angie Anderson, who is a third grade teacher at the Grantsburg Elementary School. I told her I’d love to have assistance from the local children and she was immediately on board. Angie helped me get in contact with Mrs. Beth Bartlett, a 4K teacher at Nelson Elementary, and Beth loved the idea as well. Nelson Elementary, home to Grantsburg’s 4k and kindergarten classes, was a perfect fit because of its close location to Burnett Dairy and the age of the children.”
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