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work place, Roswell Livestock and Feed, to donate a purse and wallet for door prizes, a western statue, for the silent auction and almanacs for the ditty bags for the Women in Agriculture Leadership Conference held May 1-3, 2013 in Las Cruces. Meeting adjourned 12:35 p.m. Submitted by Genora Moore Luna County Borderbelles - May 22, 2013 - Beef Promotion – The Father’s Day beef promotion was discussed at length. The promotion runs from 10:00 until 2:00. The group will be serving the Margarita Steak as a small sample on toothpicks. Peppers Supermarket will be working with the New Mexico Hereford Association and will be serving a steak sandwich as a part of the Beef for Father’s Day Promotion. Several donations have been made to the Scholarship Fund in honor of GX McSherry. The group is writing thank you notes and providing the list to the McSherry family. The group will continue to accept these contributions in honor of a great cowman and friend. Respectfully submitted, Tamara Hurt Reporter The June meeting of the Chamiza CowBelles was called to order by President
Gloria Petersen with eight members present. There was discussion regarding allowing the winner of the beef raffle to opt for money rather than the beef, and the specifics of how much money would be won. It was the consensus of the group to declare the amount was approximately $500 in previous years, but given cattle prices, no set amount would be promised. If the winner this year opted for the money, then the group would sell both halves of the beef. Dolores and Nancy will purchase the beef if needed. It was decided to donate four coffee mugs, a package of small napkins, and a license plate to the theme raffle for the Winston Fiesta to give exposure to the CowBelles and sell beef raffle tickets as well. Cathy relayed to the group how much Matt Welty appreciated receiving the groups scholarship this year. He has been thanking every CowBelle he meets and has already given Gloria a copy of his college schedule. Jodell, again, relayed her thanks for the donations to the food pantry. Last month $40 was collected. She also mentioned the Cancer group will be holding a fundraiser on June 15 at Elephant Butte Lake. The group agreed that Gloria should attend executive CowBelles meeting in Albuquerque on June 17 and be reimbursed for gas. Since July regular
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meeting date falls on July 4th, it was decided to postpone the July meeting until the second Thursday, July 11. Location is yet to be determined. Meeting adjourned at 11:40 a.m. Submitted by Cathy Pierce The Powderhorn CowBelles met May 14 with 14 members and 2 guests present, Kathy Hall and John Cullough, a History Major from Lubbock. Talen Crist was present to report on the first US Beef Academy and to thank the Powderhorn CowBelles for enabling him to attend. It was a weeklong event which dealt with all segments of the Beef Industry. Each day was devoted to a major portion of the Beef Industry; Building Better Beef from Steer to Steak; Cattle Health, Welfare and Handling; Improving Reproductive Efficiency in the Cowherd; Nutrition, the Foundation of Profatability and Marketing in the 21st Century are examples and show the scope of the information included. Talen said it was a grueling task but interesting and they scarcely had time to retain it all. He felt it was worthwhile and a good background for anyone interested in any segment of the industry. They were told it was equivalent to two years in college. The meeting was called to order by Joan Key, President, and the meeting proceeded through the regular agenda. Courtesy cards were sent to Frances Fikany who had broken a hip, to Norma Lee Wood, Bea Killough and Peggy Sultemeier. A report from Sharon King was read about ANCW Region 4 stressing Legislation, Beef Promotion and Youth Development. Old and New Business mostly dealt with preparation for the upcoming Barbecue during Old Fort Days and for preparation for MidYear which Powderhorn agreed to hostess and decided to donate to furnish coffee for Mid-Year. Members were asked to buy door prizes at the Six Shooter, individual members bringing door prizes for the breakfast meeting in Albuquerque as well as canned food and baked goods to help AFBF with their youth development project at MidYear. John Cullough presented his dream to help develop a World War II Museum and since 2009 he has had a great interest in the Fort Sumner Area where once was an Air Base which was first for gliders and later became a US Air Force Base. Some buildings remain particularly one large hangar and an excellent runway which serves Fort Sumner for air service. The group hopes to work with Mr. Cullough and to make his dream their dream and a reality in the future. Dorothy Vaughan, Secretary.
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