Donald Ringler
Don Ringler was honored posthumously as a Block and Bridle Honoree. Ringler was a Seward High School and University of Nebraska graduate. He was raised on a farm in Seward County and served as president of his FFA Chapter.
He began his newspaper career in Blair, Nebraska, and worked for papers in Newton and Charles City, Iowa, and Kankakee and Rockford, Illinois before coming to the Omaha World Herald. In 1978 he was named regional vice-president of the Newspaper Farm Editors of America.
Ringler joined the Omaha World Herald in 1967. In 1978 he was named National Farm Writer of the Year by an organization of fellow reporters and editors. He was selected in March of 1978 as the national winner in farm news competition sponsored by the Newspaper Farm Editors of America. In 1970 he received the top prize in the Nebraska Associated Press Association's news writing contest for his comprehensive story on the state's boxcar shortage. He was presented on Oscar in Agriculture Award by DEKALB Ag Research Inc. in 1976 for his story describing problems associated with irrigation in Nebraska. The triumph of Agriculture Exposition honored him in 1977 with its Agri Award for his "informative contribution to farmers, ranchers, and agricultural industries." Among the groups giving Service Awards to Ringler for his farm coverage were the FFA, the Nebraska Association of Soil and Water Conservation and the Mid-America Dairyman Inc.