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For the first time ever, we are presenting the top steers from the major steer shows this year side by side!

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From The Editor

Robinson, Illinois

Looking Back at 2011

Friday, January 6th

“The Chosen Few” on display all day • 6:00 pm - Dinner & Pre-Sale Social at the Guyer Show Barn

Saturday, January 7th

• 12:00 Noon - Lunch brought to you by Show.Rite • 1:00 pm - The Guyer Cow Herd Dispersal and 2012 Chosen Few Sale

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t’s the Most Wonderful time of the year... To make it even more special, The Showtimes is excited to introduce this brand new, year end, sixth issue.

At the end of each year I enjoy reflecting on the events that took place. See page 28 to view all of the amazing and new ideas that The Showtimes Magazine introduced in 2011. While growing up, one of my favorite things was getting to know families like the Bauman’s; who we are proud to introduce as our newest inductees into the Showtimes Hall of Fame!

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To add to this happiest season of all, for the first time ever on page 78, The Showtimes is presenting the champion steers from all of this year’s majors in one place.

It’s always a pleasure to highlight the lives of our peers and fellow competitors. In this issue we get to know Kyle Greiman of Iowa and Anna Loftin of Louisiana in the Meet the Exhibitor features on pages 20 and 30.

Christmas is always a special time of year for my family. Making Christmas candy, wrapping presents, driving around looking at Christmas lights while listening to Christmas carols, gingerbread house decorating contest [mine always wins :) ] and attending church on Christmas Eve, are some of my family’s favorite traditions. Take time for family traditions this Christmas while reflecting on all of the things that have taken place in your life in 2011.

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News AMERICAN ROYAL PLANS TO REPLACE THE KEMPER ARENA

On October 25, 2011 the American Royal Association and the Kemper family announced a plan to replace the Kemper Arena with a new Agriculture Events Center. Under the plan, Kemper Arena would be razed and a new state-of-the-art livestock, equine, rodeo and agricultural events center would be built in its place. The new center would include an approximately 5,000 seat coliseum primarily dedicated to "dirt" events, along with new space for the BBQ contest, animal stalls, and a covered, open-sided show ring.

The new center would complement the existing adjacent facilities at the American Royal Complex, which would remain in place and be upgraded. Please visit www.americanroyal.com to view the entire press release and a drawing of the new complex.

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Embryos on Snow EMBRYOS ON SNOW ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP AWARD TO BE PRESENTED

The Embryos on Snow Sale is an elite auction featuring some of the best genetics in the seedstock business. The sale is held each January in Denver, Colorado, during the National Western Stock Show. The auction consists of embryos from leading donor dams, rare semen, as well as other select lots. The selection process is backed by the knowledge and past success of the marketing team and the breeders who helped start it. Many successful programs have lined the foundation of this impressive annual sale. Sale entry is by invitation and genetics featured in the Embryos on Snow are exclusive to this sale offering.

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In 2011, the announcement of the Embryos on Snow Scholarship Program was made. The majority of the sale’s 2011 commissionable proceeds, in addition to a generous sponsorship made by TRANSOVA Genetics, will serve as the first scholarship to be awarded. The name of the scholarship was changed in June 2011 to “La Prix.” The winner of the first contest will receive $10,000 and the runner up will be presented with a $3,000 award.

Applicants must be between the ages of 19 and 21 (as of July 1st in the year of application) and have some cattle and farm or ranch background. An applicant must hold American or Canadian citizenship and have some past knowledge of the Embryos on Snow program. Applicants will be narrowed down by a committee of judges and the final award winner will be selected by an alternate committee through an interview process to be held during the National Western.

“La Prix” is an essay type contest that will seek to find the young people that have a great deal of ambition, knowledge and ability. The essay contest will not be based on writing ability, rather on content, creativity and the future intent of a young person. An applicant may have any goal, collegiate major or career in mind.

The award application or more information on the Embryos on Snow auction can be found at collinscattleservices.com or embryosonsnow.com. The application due date is November 25th.

THE SHOWTIMES HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR 2011 BEST JUNIOR LIVESTOCK MAGAZINE

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The Chosen Few

Sunday, November 27, 2011 1 p.m. cst • at the farm Gilmore City, Iowa

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|| Selling 65 open show heifers and 40 bred females and embryo lots ||

JF Ebonys Joy 1203Y

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Amigo x Ebonys Joy • March ‘11

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JF Milestone x SVF Sheza Goldmine • Jan. ‘11 Sells in the NAILE Sale

JF Ebonys Joy 1255Y

JF Milestone x JF Ebonys Joy 612S • April ‘11

JF Ebonys Joy 1274Y

STF Dominance x JF Ebonys Joy 709T • April ‘11

JF Ebonys Joy 1258Y

LTS Entourage x JF Ebonys Joy 702T • April ‘11

JF Ebonys Joy 1276Y

STF Dominance x JF Ebonys Joy 709T • April ‘11

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KYLE GREIMAN

“I feel like the people you meet and the experiences you gain along the way are the greatest benefits one can take away from showing.”

BY KYLE GREIMAN, IOWA

I showed my first heifer at the young age of six years old at the North Iowa Fair and fell in love with the whole scene ever since.

After the show I did not know exactly what happened, but I had a pretty champion ribbon to show for it and I got to hang out with my friends and cousins, so I was happy with the day.

I am the 4th generation in my family to show Angus cattle. Both my parents showed cattle growing up, but my dad’s side of the family has raised and shown Angus for generations. My great great grandpa traded a Percheron stallion to a man from South Dakota for an Angus bull because he wanted to outcross it with

his Shorthorn cows. When my great great grandpa Fred retired, his son Addis and his two sons, my grandpa Don and his brother Cliff, bought more Angus cows and focused more of their attention to that breed.

Today, after we’ve taken over the operation, we still raise and show only Angus.

The only things I have ever really shown are Angus heifers and that is a big part of what our herd is focused on. Growing up, my brother and I always wanted a hairy commercial heifer or steer to compete with the rest of them at jackpot shows, but my dad always stood firm on the Angus. Now that I am older, I can really understand and appreciate the benefits of being involved in a breed association for as long as my family and I have been. Through the Angus breed I have met many extraordinary people and made some of the best memories I can think of. At every Angus Junior National, it seems like I meet more and more people and strengthen the friendships I have currently; I could not ask to be in a better breed organization. Not only have I made countless friends, but I have learned quite a bit about hard work and commitment trying to do well at the competitive Angus shows, in addition to that, it is pretty difficult to get hair on an Angus in the summertime - believe me.

My family has not only raised and shown Angus but we’ve also been active in the breed association as well, whether it be from president to board member; my dad, mom, brother, grandpa, cousins and aunts and uncles, as well as myself, have served on various boards and held offices at the

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state or national level.

Some of the biggest accomplishments I have had have been in the livestock industry. Growing up, I was heavily involved in livestock judging; in high school our team qualified and participated in three national contests at Denver, Kansas City, and the National FFA Contest in Indianapolis.

Receiving high individual and high team at our state FFA contest was a really gratifying win because we had put so much time and effort into it, it made it all well worth it. At the same time, it was really intimidating to be one of the youngest teams at these national contests going up against so many older teams. I hope to continue my judging career at ISU, and in the future, have even more successful contests.

Winning the bred and owned show at Angus Junior Nationals this year to me stands out as one of my biggest successes in the show ring. Not only has it been the biggest win of my show career yet, but it has also been a huge accomplishment for my family and I to have won that show back to back years. My brother Cole showed the champion heifer last year. It felt so good to put to use everything I have learned and worked for and seeing big results from it. Other memorable successes in the show ring would be winning my division in Denver and winning the Angus at the Iowa Beef Expo in 2010; these are probably two of my favorite shows and to do well at them was, to me, an even bigger success. In my mind, however, the banners are not the only successes I have gained within the show ring. As a lot of us that show cattle know, getting these calves looking right is no easy task and on top of the correct daily care these FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 21

animals require, it takes the right attitude from the caretaker to take it to the next level. Through the show ring I have learned that it takes hard work to achieve success and that when things are getting tough and you feel like quitting, you need to stick with it, keep your head up, and keep moving forward. What keeps me, and I am sure everyone else going, is the competition and the desire to be the best.

Many of my most memorable moments showing have not always been in the show ring; often times, my better and most memorable moments have occurred behind the scenes. Some of the best memories have happened just doing daily work, fitting and clipping on the calves; I have had a great opportunity to work with some of the most talented people in the show cattle business. It has really furthered my skill level and given me a lot of experience. Not only have I worked with many knowledgeable and talented people, but I have worked with a lot of fun people as well who have given me an array of memories I will never forget. A lot of my fondest memories that I can recall have been shared with the friends I have gained and people I have met along the show circuit. My parents

always told me that my best friends will be the people I meet showing cattle, but I never really believed them until it actually became my reality. I feel like the people you meet and the experiences you gain along the way are the greatest benefits one can take away from showing.

More than anyone, I would like to thank my family for everything they have done for me. My family got me started with showing and kept helping me along the way, there is no way I would be where I am without them and I thank them immensely for it. My dad got me started showing when I was six and taught me the basics of the whole scene. Ever since then, I have traveled around the country, worked with numerous people and have gained even more experience and knowledge as a result. I have had the pleasure of working with Sullivan Farms for the past few years and it has really opened my eyes and given me a great insight into not only the show cattle world, but the world in general. I am very grateful to have had this opportunity and experience. Right now, whether it is daily care, clipping, fitting, or showing, my brother and my friends keep me on my toes and my skill level as high as possible. Any time I think I can get lax or lazy in my

work I see what they are doing and I push myself even harder to do just as good if not better.

Having fun, laughing, doing things you would not normally do and not taking things too seriously sometimes are definitely necessities in this life. I always love doing stuff in nature, because no matter what, it seems like the scenery is always gorgeous. I feel that riding my bike or just hanging out at the lake are the best things to do. That way you can enjoy the scenery around you while doing something. My absolute favorite thing to do is snow ski. Every year my family would take a trip out to Colorado for a week and just go skiing; however, we have not done that in recent years and it is really upsetting.

I am currently 20 years old and a junior at Iowa State University; I’m majoring in Animal Science and I’m involved in Block and Bridle club. Right now, where

I go to school is probably one of my favorite places in the world because many of my best friends are here, I have a ton of memories here, and I feel as if I’m starting to get to the point of school where I’m really starting to like my classes and want to do well in them.

As I am still in college, an obvious short term goal for me would be to do well in my classes and graduate from Iowa State. I still don’t know exactly what the future holds for me but I do know that I’ll definitely stay involved in the livestock and show cattle industry. Someday I hope to have a herd of cattle of my own and be a well respected producer of quality show animals, or even a respected individual in the show cattle world no matter what I do. ▪

The Showtimes would like to thank Kyle Greiman for sharing his story and would like to wish him luck with all of his future endeavors.

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Res. Grand Steer, 2011 Tulsa State Fair • Baylor Bonham

Grand Champion Steer, 2011 Iowa State Fair • Madisyn Jorgensen

Grand Champion Steer, 2011 California State Fair • Carly Rose

Grand Champion Steer, 2011 Indiana State Fair • DJ Martin

Grand Champion Steer, 2011 New Mexico State Fair • Morgan McCall

Res. Grand Steer, 2011 Kentucky State Fair • Clayton Burks

Res. Grand Steer, 2011 Kansas State Fair • Shilo Schaake

Res. Grand Steer, 2011 Missouri State Fair • Evan Kempker

Res. Grand Steer, 2011 Colorado State Fair • Emma Vickland

Congratulations to these as well as our many other 2011 exhibitors not pictured. We will have a large selection of steer and heifer prospects for sale all fall. Please call or stop by the location nearest you!

Steve & Stacey Bonham, Logan & Baylor (405) 823-2972 Travis Otterstad (405) 219-9923 Ryan Smejkal (405) 664-8456 Tyler “Little Bob” Overby (405) 880-1874 Colton Wynne (405) 627-8437

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1. Bringing the livestock industry closer together one issue at a time.

2. Sponsored trailers for the Champion Maine-Anjou and MaineTainer Females at the 2011 National Heifer Shows.

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19. Created a YouTube account to 18. Donated Showtimes hog provide readers with videos about boards and pen numbers to be what’s going on with the Showtim used at the American Royal, Akes.

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12. The sum me r iss ue wa s our first issue to break 200 pag es!!!

10. A Showtimes hat traveled with Cody Burke to China and was pictured on the Great Wall of China!

11. Gave away a brand new Sullivan’s blower to a new subscriber at Denver!

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21. Was excited to fea ture an article on Tuff Hedeman and his family who are actively involved wit h the Limousin breed, rodeo & Championship Bullriding!

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Meet the Exhibitor

ANNA LOFTIN Showing in the Deep South

BY ANNA LOFTIN, LOUISIANA

Growing up in Louisiana has been very interesting with its diverse culture and people. However one of the neat things about Louisiana is its food.

Cajuns definitely know how to cook.

Another interesting thing about Louisiana is its cattle industry. Most of the cattle in the state are Brahman influence, mainly because of the hot and humid weather.

When I began my showing career I started with a heifer out of my grandfather's pasture. This heifer was a black baldy Brahman influenced heifer. Short-haired cattle seemed to work well with the environment and the Louisiana shows. I will never forget the first time I

walked in the show ring with “Princess” and I was placed first in my class. I liked being first so I decided to keep showing. “Beginners luck!”

Even though I tried the Brahman influenced cattle my first year I decided I would show a steer. My first steer was a long-haired Maine- Anjou cross which did quite well considering I did not have a cooler and only fans.

By my third year of showing I was in the

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seventh grade but more importantly (at least to me not my parents) was that I was really into showing. I not only had a commercial heifer, a steer, now I also had a registered Maine- Anjou heifer.

So now with two long-hair cattle and considering the environment, in order to be successful I needed something to grow hair, you guessed it, I got a cooler.

So now I had my cattle, my cooler, the right feed program, great help from my 4-H agent and friends, but something was still missing. Winning was missing. In Louisiana we have The State Fair of Louisiana every October and our spring show in February. Being from north Louisiana my family and I concentrated on the State Fair the most. At the state fair there are two big days the steer show and the AOB show. The steer show is small in number but high in quality.

After several years of trying to win the steer show I finally did my last year of show-

ing at the fair. On top of that I also had the highest selling steer ever at the state fair of Louisiana. I sold my steer for $33,000.

The Louisiana state fair steer show is a little different than most steer shows. We have a sale the next week after the show. The steers that sale in the sale are sold for money and then are given back to the exhibitor. The other big show is the commercial heifer show. This was started a few years prior to my first show as a way to help promote the cattle industry and also to give kids the opportunity to show cattle they raise. This commercial show is big in both number and performance.

This show was also important to me because it was in honor of a good friend of my family Mr. Bill Dobson who worked for the State Brand Commission.

Every year I would try to win, but no luck. Then my last year showing I showed a Brahman Maine-Anjou cross heifer and won. I was so excited because I was the last one showing that knew Mr. Bill.

Along the way I was also introduced to the Maine- Anjou Association. I attempted my first National Maine-Anjou show in the ninth grade and have been every year since. I’ve had the privilege of serving as the Queen, Region 1 director, and Secretary/Treasurer on the AJMAA Board of Directors.

Showing cattle has been a great part of my life. I have met some of the best friends I will have forever, responsibility, and many other things. If it was not for living in North Louisiana and being right by the state fair I would have never had this great experience. So if you are ever in Louisiana around fair time definitely stop by! â–Ş

The Showtimes would like to thank Anna Loftin for sharing her story and would like to wish her luck with all of her future endeavors.

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Call for Closest Dealer

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Market Steers ►Date: September 2011 ►Location: Dallas, TX ►Photos: State Fair of Texas

STATEFAIROFTEXAS

Grand Champion Market Steer ► Laramie Priest, Lorena, TX

Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer ► Flint Newman, Stanton, TX

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Show Results

Champion HW American Steer

Champion HW British Steer

Champion HW Cross Steer

Reserve HW American Steer

Reserve HW British Steer

Reserve HW Cross Steer

Champion LW American Steer

Champion LW British Steer

Champion LW Cross Steer

Reserve LW American Steer

Reserve LW British Steer

Reserve LW Cross Steer

► Hannah Browning, Bremond, TX

► Tyler Klatte, Brenham, TX

► Justin Rico, Santo, TX

► Madisson Garza, Stanton, TX

► Tanner Schwartz, Brenham, TX

► Laramie Priest, Lorena, TX

► Flint Newman, Stanton, TX

► Alexis Wagner, San Antonio, TX

TEXAS

► Tyler Schilling, Farwell, TX

► Tyler Lettunich, DeLeon, TX

STATEFAIROF

► Samuel Moczygemba, Floresville, TX

► Zoee Jeffrey, Sweetwater, TX

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Breeding Heifers

Champion Angus Heifer

Champion Red Angus Heifer

Reserve Angus Heifer

Reserve Red Angus Heifer

Champion Shorthorn Heifer

Champion ORB Heifer

Reserve Shorthorn Heifer

Reserve ORB Heifer

►Date: September 2011 ►Location: Dallas, TX ►Photos: State Fair of Texas

STATEFAIROFTEXAS

► Clayton Stevenson, Brenham TX

► Emery Geye, Rising Star TX

► Cameron Fallon, Denison TX

► Blake Madewell, Commerce TX

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► Chessie Garrett, Mount Pleasant TX

► Audrey Daniel, Woodson TX

► Emily Jenkins, Crandall TX

► Richie DeMoss, Bowie TX

Show Results

Champion ORAB Heifer

Champion Maine-Anjou Heifer

Champion Limousin Heifer

Reserve ORAB Heifer

Reserve Maine-Anjou Heifer

Reserve Limousin Heifer

Champion Charolais Heifer

Champion Brangus Heifer

Champion Beefmaster Heifer

Reserve Charolais Heifer

Reserve Brangus Heifer

Reserve Beefmaster Heifer

► Amanda Tinkle, Tomball, TX

► Kyler Juergens, Celina TX

► Brittany Krueger, Wills Point TX

► Alexandra Wilson, Fairview TX

► Alexandra Acord, Madisonville, TX

► McKinley Begert, Allison, TX

► Troy Holdman, Sundown, TX

► Shawn Skaggs, DeLeon TX

TEXAS

► Ari Montemayor, Laredo, TX

► Dulcie Fields, Mt. Pleasant TX

STATEFAIROF

► Kelly Garrett, Cuero, TX

► Ethan Saye, Pilot Point TX

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Prospect Steers ►Date: September 2011 ►Location: Dallas, TX ►Photos: State Fair of Texas

STATEFAIROFTEXAS

Grand Champion Prospect Steer ► Colton Shackelford, Prosper, TX

Reserve Grand Champion Prospect Steer ► Nathan Hilburn, Denver City, TX

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Show Results

Champion ABC Steer

Champion Angus Steer

Champion AOB Steer

Reserve ABC Steer

Reserve Angus Steer

Reserve AOB Steer

Champion Brahman Steer

Champion Charolais Steer

Champion Chianina Steer

Reserve Brahman Steer

Reserve Charolais Steer

Reserve Chianina Steer

► Kase Clark, Kenedy, TX

► Colton Shackelford, Prosper, TX

► Dylan Moore, Paradise, TX

► Mason E. Maddox, Colorado City, TX

► H. Dylan Moore, Paradise, TX

► Reagan Troxtell, Howe, TX

TEXAS

► Madelaine Caughron, Midland, TX

► Cody Kimbro, Paradise, TX

STATEFAIROF

► Noah Stockman, DeLeon TX

► Caeley Cody, Weatherford, TX

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Prospect Steers

Champion Santa Gertrudis

Champion Hereford Steer

Reserve Santa Gertrudis

Reserve Hereford Steer

Champion Limousin Steer

Champion Maine-Anjou Steer

Reserve Limousin Steer

Reserve Maine-Anjou Steer

►Date: September 2011 ►Location: Dallas, TX ►Photos: State Fair of Texas

STATEFAIROFTEXAS

► Kaimi Williams, O’Donnell, TX

► Katelyn Underwood, New Braunfels, TX

► Hanna Honnea, Melissa, TX

► Anna Seeley, Hearne, TX

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► Allie Henrie, Wolfforth, TX

► Trenton Whan, McKinney, TX

► Kaimi Williams, O’Donnell, TX

► Madeline Little, Abbott, TX

Show Results

Champion Polled Hereford

Champion Shorthorn Steer

Champion Simbrah Steer

Reserve Polled Hereford

Reserve Shorthorn Steer

Reserve Simbrah Steer

► Tyler Kelly, Tyler, TX

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► Calvin Ray Welper, Shallowater, TX

Champion Simmental Steer

Champion Brangus Steer

Reserve Simmental Steer

Reserve Brangus Steer

► Nathan Hilburn, Denver City, TX

► Hank Honnea, Prosper, TX

► Raegan Miller, Abbott, TX

TEXAS

► Aaron Wellborn, Paradise, TX

► Colton Shackelford, Prosper, TX

STATEFAIROF

► J.D. Schnitker, Turkey, TX

► Yates, Waxahachie, TX

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Market Barrows ►Date: September 2011 ►Location: Dallas, TX ►Photos: State Fair of Texas

STATEFAIROFTEXAS

Grand Champion Market Barrow ► Madeline Baker, Stanton, TX

Res. Champion Market Barrow ► Rylie McKinney, Navasota, TX

Champion Black OPB ► Sarah Jones, Conroe, TX

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Reserve Black OPB

► Hannah Gaddy, Bushland, TX

Show Results

Champion White OPB

Champion Cross

Champion Dark Cross

Reserve White OPB

Reserve Cross

Reserve Dark Cross

Champion Duroc

Champion Hampshire

Champion Yorkshire

Reserve Duroc

Reserve Hampshire

Reserve Yorkshire

► Madeline Baker, Stanton, TX

► Morgan Latham, Stanton, TX

► Kastin Wilde, Garden City, TX

► Colt Wolf, Whitesboro, TX

► Cierra Dickerson, Bryan, TX

► Holly Halfmann, Garden City, TX

► Micah Harmel, Burton, TX

► Thaxton Boyd, Spearman, TX

TEXAS

► Harris Albracht, Bushland, TX

► Rylie McKinney, Navasota, TX

STATEFAIROF

► Juan Morales, Dumas, TX

► Lexie Brooks, Junction, TX

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Market Lambs ►Date: September 2011 ►Location: Dallas, TX ►Photos: State Fair of Texas

STATEFAIROFTEXAS

Grand Champion Market Lamb ► Robert Hargrove, Stephenville, TX

Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb ► Jadie Hargrove, Stephenville, TX

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Show Results

Champion Finewool

Champion Finewool Cross

Reserve Finewool

Reserve Finewool Cross

Champion Hair Sheep

Champion Southdown

Reserve Hair Sheep

Reserve Southdown

► Jordan Crouch, Hico, TX

► Audrey Turner, Dublin, TX

► Kersten Criddle, Alpine, TX

► Rachel Kaplan, Robstown, TX

TEXAS

► Cameron Crenwelge, Comfort, TX

► Scotta Faulkenberry, Stephenville, TX

STATEFAIROF

► Ryan Byler, Ballinger, TX

► Lauren Verfurth, Georgetown, TX

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Market Goats ►Date: September 2011 ►Location: Dallas, TX ►Photos: State Fair of Texas

STATEFAIROFTEXAS

Grand Champion Market Goat ► Cuatro Schauer, Beeville, TX

Reserve Grand Champion Market Goat ► Rachel Kaplan, Robstown, TX

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Show Results

Champion LW Goat

Reserve LW Goat

Champion MW Goat

Reserve MW Goat

Champion HW Goat

Reserve HW Goat

► Logan Lee, Rankin, TX

► Paige Williams, Denver City, TX

► Cuatro Schauer, Beeville, TX

STATEFAIROF

TEXAS

► Rachel Kaplan, Robstown, TX

► Chama Martin, Mason, TX

► Lindsey Cobb, Slaton, TX

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Breeding Heifers ►Date: September 23-25, 2011 ►Location: Omaha, NE ►Photos: Van Allen

AK-SAR-BEN

Supreme Champion Heifer ► Mitchel Udell, Sioux City, IA

Reserve Supreme Heifer

3rd Overall Heifer

4th Overall Heifer

5th Overall Heifer

► Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA

► Kenton Lain, Corydon, IA

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► Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA

► Matt Purfeerst, Fairbaolt, MN

Show Results

Champion Angus Heifer

Reserve Angus Heifer

Champion AOB Heifer

Reserve AOB Heifer

Champion Charolais Heifer

Reserve Charolais Heifer

Champion Chianina Heifer

Reserve Chianina Heifer

► Austin Wooster, Chantee Oak, IA

► Haley Stalcup, Prescott , IA

► Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA

► Marondee Allee

► Addison Van Vliet, Pella, IA

► Mandy Marthaler, Rosemount, MN

AK-SAR-BENSTOCK SHOW

► Matt Purfeerst, Fairbaolt, MN

► Jacob Ihen, Wilton, IA

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Breeding Heifers

Champion Commercial Heifer

Reserve Commercial Heifer

Champion Hereford Heifer

Reserve Hereford Heifer

Champion Maine-Anjou Heifer

Reserve Maine-Anjou Heifer

Champion MaineTainer Heifer

Reserve MaineTainer Heifer

►Date: September 23-25, 2011 ►Location: Omaha, NE ►Photos: Van Allen

AK-SAR-BEN

► Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA

► Megan Black, Batazia, IA

► Mitchel Udell, Sioux City, IA

► Kemton Lain, Corydon, IA

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► Kennedy Core, Pleasantville, IA

► Thomas Friesz, New Salem, ND

► Kendra Berg, Osage, IA

► Kaitlin Ihns, Wilton, IA

Show Results

Champion Saler Heifer

Reserve Saler Heifer

Champion Shorthorn Heifer

Reserve Shorthorn Heifer

Champion Simmental Heifer

Reserve Simmental Heifer

► Joseph O’Sullivan, Maple Lake, MN

► Maverick Winther, Woodvine , IA

► Eden Moore, Mead, NE

► Truman Chamness, Blairsburg, IA

► Paige Henderson, Cambridge, IA

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Champion Heifer Showman

AK-SAR-BENSTOCK SHOW

► Abigail Peterson, West Point , NE

► Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA

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Market Beef ►Date: September 23-25, 2011 ►Location: Omaha, NE ►Photos: Van Allen

AK-SAR-BEN

Grand Champion Market Steer ► Mitch Maurer, Royal, IA

Reserve Champion Steer ► Bailey Core, Pleasantville, IA

Grand Champion Market Heifer ► Macey Goretska, Corybon, IA

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My name is Mitch Maurer. My parents are Jeff and Lori Maurer. I have 2 siblings, Mandy and Kevin. My siblings and I have been showing for a combined 16 years. We have all had a lot of fun showing and we have met some great people over the years. Showing cattle is something our entire family is involved in and we really enjoy it. We have taken away so many awesome memories from the shows we’ve been to. We have been to a variety of shows throughout our show career and one of my favorites has always been Ak-Sar-Ben. In 2005, my brother Kevin had the Grand Champion Market Steer at Ak-Sar-Ben. Ever since then, I have always hoped to do as he did and win the steer show. Recently, I was fortunate enough to do just that. It was a huge honor not only for me, but for my family as well. I have to thank everybody that helped and supported me over the years because I couldn’t have done it without them.

Show Results

Champion Division I Steer

Reserve Division I Steer

Champion Division II Steer

Reserve Division II Steer

Champion Division III Steer

Reserve Division III Steer

Reserve Champion Market Heifer

Reserve Division IV Steer

Champion Division IV Steer

► Austin Line, Seaton, IL

► Mitch Maurer, Royal, IA

► Bailey Core, Pleasantville, IA

► Blake Kuesel, Victor, IA

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► Danielle Taylor, Mandan, ND

► Madisyn Jorgensen, Guthrie, IA

► Haley Erhke, Orleans, NE

AK-SAR-BENSTOCK SHOW

► Blake Hinners, Arcadia, IA

► Blake Hinners, Arcadia, IA

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Market Lambs ►Date: September 23-25, 2011 ►Location: Omaha, NE ►Photos: Van Allen

AK-SAR-BEN

Grand Champion Market Lamb ► Shelby Karr, Newhall, IA

Showmanship Champion Lamb Showman ► Tanner Berry, Sac City, IA

Reserve Lamb Showman ► Logan Stutsman, Iowa City, IA

Reserve Champion Lamb ► Ethan Freund, Elizabeth, CO

Champion Division I Lamb

► Shelby Springman, Willmont, MN

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Reserve Division I Lamb

► Chance Deppe, Maquoketa, IA

Show Results

Champion Division II Lamb

Reserve Division II Lamb

Champion Division III Lamb

Reserve Division III Lamb

Champion Division IV Lamb

Reserve Division IV Lamb

Champion Division V Lamb

Reserve Division V Lamb

► Mitch Stahley , Kersey, CO

► Shelby Karr, Newhall, IA

► Jenna Frink, Eaton, CO

► Chandler Schelkopf, Geneva, NE

► Maire Walsh, Kearney, NE

► Ethan Freund, Elizabeth, CO

AK-SAR-BENSTOCK SHOW

► Hunter Gerths, Albia, IA

► Jacque Murdoch, Orleans, NE

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Market Hogs ►Date: September 23-25, 2011 ►Location: Omaha, NE ►Photos: Van Allen

AK-SAR-BEN

Grand Champion Market Hog ► Austin Holmes, Lebo, KS

Showmanship Champion Hog Showman ► Jess Wallander, Bertrand, NE

Reserve Hog Showman

► Scott Westra, Rock Valley, IA

Reserve Champion Hog

► Larame Boysen, Columbus Junction, IA

Champion Division I Hog ► Hilary Fujan, Prague, NE

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Reserve Division I Hog

► Jessica Wallander, Bertrand, NE

Show Results

Champion Division II Hog

Reserve Division II Hog

Champion Division III Hog

Reserve Division III Hog

Champion Division IV Hog

Reserve Division IV Hog

Champion Division V Hog

Reserve Division V Hog

► Seth Warren, Glenwood, IA

► Austin Holmes, Lebo, KS

► John Rietema, Sioux Center, IA

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► Blake Holmes, Lebo, KS

► Jacob Hodges, Lebo, KS

► Kylie Holmes, Lebo, KS

AK-SAR-BENSTOCK SHOW

► Laramie Boysen, Columbus Junction, IA

► Cody Cain, Guthrie Center, IA

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Goats, Feeders + CAC ►Date: September 23-25, 2011 ►Location: Omaha, NE ►Photos: Van Allen

AK-SAR-BEN

Grand Champion Meat Goat

► Trent Kempker, Jefferson City, MO

Reserve Champion Meat Goat ► Jakob Juul, Manzanola, CO

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Show Results can’t even explain how it felt when the judge shook my hand. The feeling was pretty amazing, but at the same time I knew my time with Willis was over. A dream that I had never thought possible had happened. The hard work and dedication really did pay off. It takes a lot of hard work and heart to show livestock. You got to love what you’re doing and always strive to be better than the rest. I would like to thank my family for always being there when I needed help. I would especially like to thank my brother, Evan Kempker, without him this wouldn’t have been possible. I would also like to thank Kedrick Miller with Miller Show Goats for helping me purchase this goat and all of his advice along the way.

Champion Feeder Steer

Reserve Feeder Steer

Champion Feeder Heifer

Reserve Feeder Heifer

Champion Catch-A-Calf

Reserve Catch-A-Calf

► Kysa Downing, Creston, IA

► Drew Curtis, Madrid, NE

► Katie Cumming, Moorhead, IA

► Morgan Mcdermott, Atlantic, IA

► Stephanie Kersten, Gretna, NE

► Samantha Schneider, Cozad, NE

AK-SAR-BENSTOCK SHOW

My name is Trent Kempker and I’m 16 years old. I am a sophomore at Eugene High school. I am very involved in my local FFA and 4H groups. I started showing when I was 8 years old. I have shown cattle for 5 years and pigs for 6 years. This past year, I decided to try some new, so I purchased my first show goats.

My dream was to win the state fair, but that’s was just a dream. State fair came and the goat looked pretty good, but we came up a little short. So we prepared hard this time for the AK-SAR-BEN Stock Show. Then the big day came, a dream that I had not even thought would ever happened, happened! I had exhibited the Grand Champion Market Goat at the 2011 AK-SAR-BEN. I

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Breeding Heifers ►Date: September 22-25, 2011 ►Location: West Allis, WI ►Photos: Rural Routt Creations

WORLDBEEFEXPO

Supreme Champion Heifer ► Calli Bayer, Ringle, WI

Reserve Supreme Champion Heifer ► Lucas Wisnefski, Wyoming, IL

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Show Results

Champion Shorthorn Heifer

Champion Red Angus

Champion Chianina Heifer

Champion Hereford Heifer

Champion Simmental Heifer

Champion Commercial

► Sydney Wisnefski

► Cali Bayer

► Hailey Becking

WORLDBEEF EXPO

► Courtney Swalve

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Heifers, Steers + Bull ►Date: September 22-25, 2011 ►Location: West Allis, WI ►Photos: Rural Routt Creations

WORLDBEEFEXPO

Grand Champion Market Steer ► Kelsey Jo Peterson, Colfax, IL

Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer ► Gretchen Simpson, Alexis, IL

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Show Results

Grand Champion Prospect Steer

Reserve Champion Prospect Steer

Supreme Champion Bull

Supreme Champion Cow

► Pierce’s Hereford Haven and Mud Creek

► Summer Fournier, Winneconne, WI

► Peyton Leisgang, Miss Lexi, Seymour, WI

Supreme Champion Heifer ► Country Lane Farm

WORLDBEEF EXPO

► Lacey Poad, Lone Road, WI

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Heifers + Steers ►Date: September 2011 ►Location: Amarillo, TX ►Photos: Sue Morris

TRI-STATEFAIR&RODEO

►Heifer Judge: Jeff Bedwell, OK

Supreme Champion Heifer ► Myka Blissard

Reserve Supreme Champion Heifer ► SyAnn Foster

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Show Results ►Steer Judge: Tyler Norvell, OK

Grand Champion Steer

Reserve Champion Steer ► Lexie Bain

TRI-STATEFAIR&

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► Madeline Bezner

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Hogs, Lambs + Goats ►Date: September 2011 ►Location: Amarillo, TX ►Photos: Sue Morris

TRI-STATEFAIR&RODEO

►Barrow Judge: Bob Listen, OK

Grand Champion Barrow ► Makenzie Standlee

Reserve Champion Barrow ► Malory Martin

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Show Results

►Lamb Judge: James Duffey, NM

Grand Champion Lamb

► Jordan Vogel

►Goat Judge: Amanda Beshear, OK

Grand Champion Goat ► Payton Leffew

Reserve Champion Goat ► Payton Leffew

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Reserve Champion Lamb

RODEO

► Ty Ford

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►Date: September 29 - October 9, 2011 ►Location: Doswell, VA ►Photos: Showalter

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Grand Champion Steer

► Meghan Nicholson

Reserve Champion Steer

► John Thomas Heyl

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Steers, Heifers + Feeder

Show Results

Supreme Champion Female ► Cole Kaufman - Angus

Reserve Supreme Female ► Cory Bennett - Shorthorn

► Stella Bradford - Commercial

Grand Champion ► Breanna Tobin

Reserve Champion ► Matthew Simpson

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The Showtimes Magazine would like to congratulate our state team from Weld County, Colorado on winning High Team Overall at the 2011 American Royal in Kansas City, Missouri! Look for our full livestock judging results from the 4-H, Junior Collegiate and Senior Collegiate contests in our Stock Show Edition!

Emma Vickland (Longmont, Colorado)

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In only her 2nd year of livestock judging competition, hard work and a competitive passion helped Emma earn 2nd high individual and 2nd high in oral reasons and high in swine at the contest. A senior at Longmont Christian High School, Emma is involved in FFA. She exhibits breeding and market beef and market hogs through her 4-H project work. An active member of the Junior Maine Anjou Association, Emma exhibited the 2009 Reserve Champion Maintainer heifer and won intermediate showmanship at the 2011 Junior Nationals. She is the daughter of Patti Vickland.

Kyndal Reitzenstein (Kersey, Colorado)

SHOW.RITE TIP Most of you have finished up last years projects or just coming up on finishing so you will be getting in the new ones soon. One of the most important things when you get your new calves is to weigh 'em so you will know how much feed they should consume. These new calves should be eating 2.0-2.5% of their body weight. Scoops or cans don’t give you a true measurement of how many pounds of feed they are eating a day. Know what your calf weighs and know what your feed weighs.

In almost ever situation you should be feeding a finisher feed such as ShowRite Full Throttle. The reason for a finisher first is because you need to get them fat first then you can going a ShowRite Crusier and do just that........cruse right on into the show. You will be fat and ready and hopefully never behind the eight ball on weight or finish providing the calf was heavy enough when you started.

You have to be ready for the show to even be in the hunt. Good luck on your new projects.

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Kyndal is a senior at Platte Valley High School and has competed on both school and club volleyball teams. The daughter of Mark and Kaye Reitzenstein, Kyndal is active in FFA and 4-H and exhibits both breeding and market beef projects. She showed the Champion Steer at the 2007 Weld County Fair and the Champion Prospect Feeder Heifer at the 2011 NWSS. Kyndal is an active member of the American Angus Association and participates in their National Junior show each year. At the Royal, Kyndal was 3rd in reasons, 2nd in beef, and 4th high overall.

JayLinn Lohr (Gill, Colorado)

JayLinn is the daughter of Mike and Nancy Lohr and is a junior at Platte Valley High School. Through her 4-H projects, she exhibits market and breeding beef and market lambs and she had the Champion Market Beef at the 2011 Weld County Fair. Jay also participates in FFA and has played softball at PVHS. Jay was 2nd in sheep and 4th in reasons at the Royal contest.

Wilson Ogg (Ault, Colorado)

Wilson is in his 2nd year of livestock judging competition and is a

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junior at Platte Valley High School where he is highly involved in FFA and competed on a state champion Parli-Pro team at the national FFA convention. The son of Bill and Patty Ogg, Wilson exhibits breeding beef and breeding and market sheep, and occasionally market hogs as his 4-H project work. He plans to study engineering after high school.

Lane Greiman (Galeton, Colorado)

Lane served as the team alternate for the Kansas City trip and began his livestock judging career only 8 months ago. A freshman at Eaton High School, Lane is a 3 sport athlete and exhibits both breeding and market beef as his 4-H project work. He showed the Champion Breeding Heifer and Reserve Grand Steer in Larimer County before moving to Weld. He is also active in FFA. Lane is the son of Casey and Janell Greiman.

Steve Gabel (Coach)

Volunteer Coach since 1996, judged in Weld County Steve Gable and I have been friends and competitors for over thirty five years. As young 4-H'ers he judged for Weld County and I was on the Adams County team. I remember many close and very competitive contests in which our teams were first and second at the end of the day. Little did I know then that I would also coach against him years later with the same two teams and the exact outcomes. His practical approach to evaluating livestock have always made his kids competitive, and his sheer knowledge of the industry makes him a perfect teacher of young livestock judges. My congratulations to Steve and the Weld County team for winning Kansas City, what a great accomplishment!

Don MacLennan

During 4-H years, judged at CSU, hauled 9 Teams to some level of national competition, 25 students received scholarship money to compete at the next level, owns and operates a commercial cattle feeding company

Christie Gabel (Assistant Coach)

Weld County judging alumni, member of state champion team in 2000 - 4-H team was 5th at Louisville, judged at Butler Community College amd was an All-American, All-American at Kansas State University, member of Reserve National Champion Team at KSU, employed by the Kansas State University Foundation, owner in Gabel Cattle LLC.

Cortney Hodgson (Assistant Coach)

Weld County Livestock Judging program alumni, member of 2004 State Champion Team that was 2nd in Louisville, judged at Colby Community College and Colorado State University, pursuing a Masters Degree in Dietics at Texas Tech

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BAUMAN FAMILY The Showtimes Magazine is proud to induct the Bauman Family into the Hall of Fame. John, Bruce & Brett along with their families have continued to carry on their livestock heritage. From producing cattle, hogs and sheep to branching out and providing quality livestock photography and Sullivan Show Supplies through their current endeavors, the Bauman Family is a prime example of what the livestock industry is all about.

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Hall of Fame

John, Patsy, Kassi & Chance

Bruce, Debra & Kendal

Brett, Tammy & Tate

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BAUMAN FAMILY Bauman Ranch was located at Carpenter, WY and founded in the 1880’s by Anthony Wilkinson. Wilkinson came from England and homesteaded in Custer County of Nebraska. Later, his land holdings were in Wyoming and Colorado. Wilkinson primarily raised horses under contract with the U.S. Army and diversified to include sheep. His ranch was taken over by his niece, Elizabeth Laycock Bauman and her husband John Edward Bauman in 1916.

The ranch continued to raise sheep. “Lizzy” and John E. passed the ranch on to their two sons, John H. and Robert Bauman. At one point, the ranch had over 30,000 head of sheep. The brothers exhibited carloads of sheep at the National Western Stock Show in Denver.

John H. and his son, Darold, along with Darold’s wife Leola, introduced cattle to the ranch. In 1958, Darold introduced Charolais bulls to the herd. By 1963, the operation was changed over entirely to registered Charolais cattle by importing some of the first French bulls to the U.S. Darold and Leola’s family; Debbie, John, Paula, Bruce and Brett all shared Darold’s passion for Charolais cattle by exhibiting cattle at county and state fairs as well as Charolais Jr. National shows. To develop his Charolais bull clientele, Darold showed pen bulls at Denver’s National Western Stock Show. Soon Darold’s sons, John, Bruce and Brett,

dren, Kassi and Chance, showed cattle in 4-H and FFA. Kassi also showed sheep from her Uncle Bruce’s flock. Kassi and Chance were both successful in the show ring at county, state and regional shows. They looked forward each summer to traveling to the Charolais Jr. National Show.

began showing cattle all over the U.S. and Bauman’s Charolais cattle began to dominate the show ring.

As each of the three Bauman sons married and had children of their own, each family began showing different species of livestock.

John and his wife, Patsy, focused on cattle raising Charolais, Maine Anjou and Simmental. In the fall, they would market their spring calves through the Final Drive Sale and by private treaty. John and Patsy’s chil-

Kassi graduated from the University of Wyoming with a degree in animal science. While at the university, Kassi won second in the 10K Business Plan competition. Kassi lives in Cheyenne, WY and owns her own livestock photography business, Big Star Images. Kassi’s business has grown to include design and layout as well as engagement, wedding and senior photographs. She also photographs various livestock shows around the country with Show Champions.

Chance is currently working toward an associate degree in Ag Business at Laramie County Community College. He is a dealer for BioZyme Incorporate selling livestock nutritional supplements. Chance attended the Missouri Auction School and looks forward to being a purebred livestock auctioneer.

Recently, Kassi and Chance have ventured into a new livestock supply business, Bauman Supplies LTD. Bauman Supply is the Sullivan Sup-

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Brett and his wife, Tammy, with their son Tate, raise 4-H and FFA market hogs which have been sold all over the United States. Tate has also continued with the family traditions through showing registered Charolais throughout his youth, however has been showing swine since he was two. The family has raised and exhibited several county, state and national winners. Tate served as the Wyoming State FFA Parliamentarian in 2009-2010 and is a junior at the University of Wyoming majoring in Ag Business and will continue in to Ag Law. Brett builds custom homes when he is not busy tending to the show pig operation, and takes pride in the 2007 Parade of Homes house that is still the talk of Wyoming.

Not only does Brett pride himself in custom homes, he also designs and makes custom furniture. Brett is the Colorado/Wyoming Show Rep for Showmaster feeds. Their family enjoys chuck wagon cooking, and was honored to have won the 2010 Cheyenne Frontier Days competition.

Bruce and his wife, Debra, each had a small group of cows that they commingled when they were married. Now under the name of B3 Livestock along with their daughter, Kendal, and husband, Scott Sedman, they produce purebred cattle, club calves, and club lambs. The cattle

side of their operation consists of purebred Charolais and crossbreds influenced with Simmental, Maine Anjou, and Chianina. Donors, bulls, club calves, and show cattle are marketed successfully across the country with an emphasis on quality rather than quantity. Marketing through traditional sales, internet marketing, and private treaty they have been able to reach a wide variety of producers to further the success of their breeding. The top calves are usually consigned to John, Patsy, Kassi, and Chance’s “Final Drive Sale”.

the county fair with a B3 lamb. B3 Livestock and Bauman Show Pigs combine together to host a yearly “Showtime Sale” featuring club lambs and club pigs.

As all three families grew, their interest broadened to different preferences. It doesn’t matter to any of the Baumans as to the color, breed, or specie – “A good one is a good one no matter what” and that good one is what keeps us moving forward.

Sheep were added to the Bruce and Deb’s family when Kendal was young and renewed the tradition of the historic ranch. They now focus on raising club lambs that are mostly sold locally to 4-H and FFA members. Along with Kendal, six different nieces and nephews have had a Grand or a Reserve lamb at

TH AT G O OD ONE IS W HAT K E E PS U S M OVI N G FO R W A R D .

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The Showtimes Magazine presented the American Royal with their Hall of Fame plaque during the AOB Heifer Show in Kansas City on October 29th.

Left to Right: Brian Reid, Showtimes Lisa Reid, Showtimes Brant Laue, Chair-Elect, American Royal Board of Directors Laurie Reid, Showtimes Karrie Manley, Competitive Events Assistant J. Neil Orth, Chairman, American Royal Livestock Advisory Committee

The Hall of Fame Members

Kent Habeger March 2009

Ky Stierwalt March 2009

Phil Lautner July 2009

Jim Williams July 2009

Wayne Colette September 2009

Steve Bonham January 2010

Christy Collins March 2010

Kirk Stierwalt July 2010

Randy Daniel September 2010

John Sullivan January 2011

Bob May March 2011

Schnoor Sisters May 2011

Dan Hoge August 2011

American Royal October 2011

Bauman Family November 2011

The Showtimes Hall of Fame honors individuals who excel in the livestock industry.

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Often our tasks will be many and more than you think you can do >> Hi to all from Southern Indiana! My name is Shannon McLain Farmer and I raise show cattle in Southern Indiana with my husband Jason and our daughter Payton. I, however, did not grow up in Indiana, my roots are in Colorado. I was raised in Northern Colorado on a club calf operation with my parents Donnie and Viki McLain and my late sister Katie. My show career began with a limousin heifer my father gave to me at the age of eight, and that’s where my passion for the show ring began. The next year he gave me a steer and we were named reserve grand at the county fair; and that’s when I decided I loved steers… goodbye heifers. Over the next 11 years my parents supported all my dreams and hauled me all over the nation with pigs, sheep and mainly steers. I had a successful show career with numerous champions at county, state and national shows thanks to my dad and my show mom Viki. After my show career and judging career at college I came home to help my parents and sister Katie with the cattle operation. Then it all changed when I met my husband Jason. My husband was from Indiana where he raised and sold cattle.

for 12 years at our farm in Plainfield, Indiana.

The Showgirls Heifer Sale consisted of heifers we raised and some we purchased and then resold, and produced numerous national state and local champions over the years. One year in Louisville we had Reserve National Chi Female, Reserve National Shorthorn Female and Reserve National Maine Female. Our life was showing cattle. I began my show mom career then…helping our families’ children and I loved it. We decided to slow down our life and concentrate more on our daughter, so we bought a new farm and made the move to Southern Indiana where we raise club calves, Maine-Anjou, Chianina, and Herefords.

Then the time came for our daughter to show her first heifer at the age of four. She was bitten by the show bug and fell in love with the show ring. So I began my new career as Payton’s show mom and it is my life. Our daughter is very busy with the gifted class at school,

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AAU basketball and travel soccer; but her true passion is Hereford cattle. Payton has had a wonderful year with her Hereford heifer LuLu. We had a major highlight in our life this year with Payton being named the Reserve Supreme Female at the Indiana State Fair…now we have had several families in this line-up over the years

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and I was always nervous; but this year was different, it was my daughter and I was a wreck! Jason and Payton were so calm…Payton said, “Mom, go on and take a seat with the rest of the moms, you’re making me mad. So on I went.”

When they announced her name and bio as she walked in the ring I had tears in my eyes and chills on my spine. Her dream was coming true. My stomach was in knots and I was shaking so bad I only took three good pictures. When the judge walked over and shook her hand I was overcome with emotion. I dropped my camera and tears began streaming down my face and I ran to hug her. I told her, “We are so blessed and fortunate to have had such a great year and your hard work and effort all made it worthwhile.”

We try to instill in Payton that hard work and effort pay off. We tell her to set goals, make dreams and work hard to make them come true. We tell her if you do not win it’s okay. Go home and work harder and next time it may be you…but most importantly, to cherish these days and

moments.

We are blessed to have a family operation where we are a team and we all work together to make it all work with breeding, calving and selling the cattle. This is how I was raised and I am so proud we are able to do the same with our daughter. Thanks to my mom and dad for teaching me how to be a great show parent and how to make dreams come true.

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However, the most important tasks to make sure that happen, are that your family works hard, plays hard and has a great time doing all. So even though our tasks are many and more than we think we can do, with faith in your heart, start upward and climb until all your dreams come true. â–Ş

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Shipping Cattle to Japan From the Denver Railyards to riding the waves on a freighter ship, Roger shares his adventure to Japan back in 1966.

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n the spring of 1966, I was working for Haystack Angus Ranch, headquartered at Platteville, Colorado. Jim Stroh was the herdsman and I was helping him in the show barn. Several reps from The American Angus Association came to the ranch in March to put together a group of 100 registered bred heifers to ship to Japan. I volunteered to go along, never expecting anything to come of my offer, but about two weeks later Lanny DeMott, the general manager, said to get my passport, “they might need someone.”

It was late April when we trucked the cattle to the Denver railyards to load them on regular freight box cars on the old Atchison-Topeka and Santa Fe Rail Line. We had a total of 4 railroad cars for the cattle. Each car had two doors in the middle on opposite sides and we loaded 12 or 13 heifers 118 THE SHOWTIMES NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011

into each end on either side of the doorway and built wooden panels to hold them. We strapped 4 steel barrels with lids and snap rings into each pen to hold their water. We had 32 water barrels total. We shut one door of each car and stacked hay in the center against it. We worked quickly and by 2 p.m. we were ready for the four day trip to San Francisco and the shipyards. In true railroad fashion, we pulled out just before dark!

My job was to feed and water and to watch for trouble. My instructions were to start asking about the next water stop as soon as we had left the last one. Not every railyard could get us to water and the ones that did would just as soon ignore us if I hadn’t started making a fuss as soon as we pulled in. To get me water, the railroad had to pull my four cars off the train and move them to where there was a high pressure

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pull my four cars off the train and move them to where there was a high pressure fire hose in order to fill the number of water barrels I had.

the place they would jump on. He explained that as it got light at the far end of the tunnel and the speed picked up, to be ready ‘cause it would be them or me that left the car. I found my short piece of pipe I had planned to be gone about I had picked up earlier and backed six weeks and I was traveling way up on the hay pile with my reasonably light, with no sleeping back to the closed door....and bag. Colorado nights in April are waited! I couldn’t hear anything still cold and I couldn’t seem to get but the rumble of the train and it warm in the boxcar with the door was pitch black. Then it started to open and the train moving right get grey and I was sure ready. At along. Sometime during the night, full light and full speed at the end we stopped at a little town (not a of the tunnel it was just me and water stop, thank goodness) and 25 registered Angus heifers. I felt I was about froze out. I climbed kinda foolish and always wonup in the rear engine to see if it dered if maybe Keith hadn’t set me was warm. I should mention that up a little on that deal. Someday I we spotted the cars up close to will ask him. the engines as the cars don’t sway as much as they do further back.

The rest of the trip to Belen, N. There were a couple of M. was uneventful except for waseats like bar stools at a console ter stops and the beautiful scenery, with lots of lights and gauges and including some Indian Pueblos it was nice and warm. I dozed along the way. In Belen, we were off but the rocking of the engine to meet up with the rest of the about rolled me off that seat so I shipment coming from Kansas laid down on the narrow floor City, Mo. which was to include and fell asleep. Sometime later, some additional help for me. As one of the engineers coming to the I walked through the yards to the back stepped right on me. depot to wash up and get my first He sure yelled as I came up swing- warm meal in a couple of days, a ing. He thought some wild animal bum stuck his head over the edge had him for sure. We all of an empty gondola car and calmed down, had a good laugh asked where we were and what and I slept ‘til the next stop. time it was. I answered and he thanked me and dropped out of As we left Trinidad and started sight. up Raton Pass, I got ready to handle the one thing that worIt was full dark by the time I ried me. Keith Russell had “box got back to my cars and checked carred” show cattle to the west the cattle. I just settled down for a coast and had warned me about the nap when a wild looking hombre tunnel at the top of the pass. He with a hatchet whooped and landsaid the train would be traveling ed at my feet. Behind him was a about 7 mph as it entered the long chubby kid that couldn’t get in the dark tunnel and if any bums were car without some help. My helpgoing to hitch a ride, that would be ers Kozu Soma and Larry Atkins 120 THE SHOWTIMES NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011

had arrived. Kozu was working his passage back to Japan and Larry was on leave from the Angus Association. Kozu had bought the hatchet in a shopping spree at a hardware store and he took the “hatch” everywhere he went. The boy’s boxcars contained two registered Angus bulls, two paint geldings, two Shetland ponies and a couple dozen hogs. The best part was a drovers car provided for us by the livestock broker.

It looked like an old fashioned passenger car from the western movies but inside it had a pot belly stove, an ice box full of Swanson frozen dinners, a booth with tables and benches , bunks and a “one holer” that just dropped it onto the tracks. We were in the lap of luxury!

My cars hooked up to theirs and we were to be a “hot shot” going straight through to San Francisco, with water stops of course, but other trains were to pull off and let us through. We watered, fed, checked everything and headed west. It was dark and I hit the bunk. I never heard or felt the stop but it was still dark when a cowboy stuck his head in the drovers car and yelled, “Ya’ll need anything?” I sat up so quick, I banged by head on the top bunk.

We were in Seligman, Arizona--another water stop!

Kozu, Larry and I got good at gathering up glass bottles along the track and hitting railroad signs as we flew by. Once we had to stop and let a train go by and as we stood on the other track looking east and waiting for it, the anticipated train came up right behind

us . Kozu hollered and we all jumped to our car. We hadn’t heard it or felt it until it was right on us.

So much for us being the “hot shot “. We slowed down in Needles, Ca. and I could read the big thermometer at the depot -- 99 degrees at 9 a.m. We headed on through Barstow, Bakersfield, Fresno and finally San Francisco. The adventure was just really beginning..

To be legal in tending cattle on a ship I had to get seaman’s papers and I had gotten the temporary card before I left. We were going over on the maiden voyage of the USS President Harrison. It wasn’t in port yet as there was some issue with the fresh water ballast, but it was due within a day or two.

We off loaded the cattle and horses into vans about 10’ by 16’ that reminded me of a concession stand at the county fair with the front flap propped up to do business. During the day we hung feed and water boxes on the front of the vans and at night closed the fronts and secured them. Chores took most of the day as the boxes didn’t hold a lot of water or hay.

The docks were secure at night, so we were free to go to the hotel and tour the town. We met some locals and they showed us the San Francisco hot spots where the California hippies congregated, and believe me, the 60’s hippie movement was in full swing.

Meanwhile, back at the docks, the President Harrison came in to port, so things started popping. Normally on cattle ships the livestock are in the hold, but we were to secure all the vans on the deck where the fresh air would be healthier. Since the ship was two

days late getting in, the longshoremen worked long shifts to get the vans loaded and secured. I talked to one carpenter who said he’d probably make $100 for his shift with overtime. I was making $300 bucks a month, so my eyes got pretty big. I about got myself in some trouble one morning with the dock union boss. A fork lift operator was having trouble getting under one van that was in the way so I hollared up to him to toss me a chain. I’d hook it to the van and he could pull it to an open space and get under it. Another stevedore came by and said I couldn’t do that as I wasn’t union. I told him I didn’t have time for that nonsense - we had to get the cattle loaded. He left and I got the chain hooked up, but he came back with two big guys who explained how dock unions worked and suddenly I understood.

We were about loaded when my boss Buck, who was the exporter, came by with a worried look. He had received the deposit money from Mr. Nakajima in Japan, but not the balance owed. It was too late to back out, so we went full steam ahead and finished loading.

The President Harrison was a brand new ship that not only carried freight but also 15 passengers.

Our rooms were fine, but the dining and social area was really nice.

We had to clean up every evening for dinner and eat with the captain and guests. I had a good week’s beard growth and had decided to cultivate it for the whole trip.

Buck informed me that “cleaned up and dressed for dinner” included shaving, so off it came.

The passengers were interesting. Several were involved in the movie business and one feller worked for MGM. His best fishing buddy had been Mike Todd who was married to Elizabeth Taylor in th 50’s. The trip took over 10 days on the water so we got to know some of these folks plus the crew pretty well.

Our job was to provide fresh water and feed for the livestock, treat any sickness and hose the decks after morning chores were done. We had to change water in the feed boxes constantly as the water got salty just from the air.

The only issue with the heifers was that one lump jaw showed up. One of the biggest problems we had was feeding those dang pigs. They got real ringy and on the fight in their pens. These were built out of heavier lumber and we had to crawl in through an opening near the top to dump their feed. If a guy slipped and fell in, I believe the hogs would have eaten him before he could’ve gotten out. Kazu and I worked out a system where one of us would crawl half way in and bait the pigs over to one side and the other would slip up and dump the feed real quick-like.

Nobody got eaten.

Another problem I remember were those scuppers. The deck crew told us we’d have trouble keeping the scuppers open. Scuppers are drain holes cut in the side of the ship at deck floor level so any water from rain, waves, or in our case, a semi out- of-control fire hose could wash back into the ocean. It would take us 15 minutes to get the attention of the crew below to turn on the big hose

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and when it came it came with full fury. One of us would try to control the fire hose and wash under and around the vans. The other two would man brooms and try to keep the hay and straw chaff from plugging the scuppers. Sometimes we won and sometimes we almost didn’t, but we always got wet.

And the boss always said “Well, it’s okay, but do a little better job tomorrow.

Several days out Buck got his final payment by wire and he relaxed to enjoy the trip. One morning we had to clean up for a ceremonial burial at sea. An old time sailor had died and his ashes were sent on the ship. The ship did stop, which is no easy thing and takes a while. The crew, guests, and us gathered for a few words and the packaged ashes were slid down a slide and sank out of sight.

Then we moved on.

The trip became pretty routine, with the exception of some rough seas. One day we had to eat standing up, but there were no major storms. On the 9th day we knew we were getting close but still no land. The next morning I came out of the cabin on to the deck just at day light and the prettiest little green island floated by, or appeared to. I went to the rail and there were a lot of those little green islands. It was a sight I’ll remember a long time. We had arrived in Japan.

After two weeks of riding box cars, a drovers car, working on the dock at San Francisco, riding the waves on a freighter ship, feeding and watering 100 registered angus heifers, bulls, ponies, horses and

hogs, I was ready for a break. I was also ready for land and the fun was about to begin.

We steamed into Tokyo harbor on May 15 of 1966. Now, not being an astute student of world geography, I figured all oriental seaports would be like in the movies, pretty rough, tough and dirty. How wrong I was! Tokyo bay was bright, clean, sunny and beautiful. We tied up at the dock and prepared to lower the vans of livestock over the sides of the ship with huge cranes onto barges. The barges would then be towed to Yokohama to the quarantine stations.

My crew got invited to an office several stories above the ship to check in all the papers and watch the off-loading. In San Francisco the stevedores told me that they were the finest, fastest, most efficient longshoremen in the world. How wrong they were.

Those Japanese stevedores hit that ship like ants crawling on a cupcake and undid in a half day what took 3 days to accomplish in San Francisco. As I was watching, one particular van that held the two big bulls swung out over the water a couple of hundred feet up. The prop-up door of the van accidentally popped open and both bulls looked out and down. I held my breath and hoped they wouldn’t bail out. The crane operator was smooth and got the van onto the barge right quick and the crew secured the lid and all was ok.

By the time we left to drive to Yokohama, all the cattle, horses and pigs were unloaded, penned, stalled, bedded and fed. Our boss, Buck, put us up in the Hotel New

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Japan in Tokyo, It was first class!

Our first evening there, we went to a restaurant on the top floor. Buck helped me figure out what to order since I couldn’t read the menu. Up ‘til then I had always just eaten basic American and Mexican food.

When our meals arrived, I wasn’t sure I was going to survive on this Japanese food and halfway through I told Buck that I was going to starve to death if I had to eat this. With a hurt look on his face he informed me that he had taken us to the finest CHINESE restaurant in the world. As it turned out, Japanese food was great and since then I’ve learned to enjoy some Chinese food as well.

The quarantine period was a full two weeks but I was to spend just a week with my crew, the Japanese Vets and barn crew to make sure all was well with the load and under control. Then I had another job to do. About the fourth day, we had a little excitement. One of the heifers slipped her calf and those vets came alive. They grabbed that fetus, chopped it up into a hundred pieces, and looked at those pieces under the microscope for hours.

They ran tests, bled the heifer and discussed the case for days. The result was that there was probably just a little too much stress during the trip. Case closed.

I headed south to an area called Matzusaka on a train named The Tokaido. This train was said to be the fastest in the world, traveling around 100 mph. The area around Matsuzaka was famous for their Waygu and Angus cattle finished to prime grade. This was back before the grading standards had been lowered and prime had so

much marbling that steaks had more white than red. These cattle were fed like Kobe beef and supposedly were fed beer and hand massaged. I never saw any of that, but I did see a lot of heavy finished steers in individual pens being fed lots of malted barley.

I was sent to an outfit that had a herd of Angus cattle from Australia that were having breeding and health problems. The Japanese farm manager hand weighed all the forage that these cows got and they got fed plenty. The problem was that their ration was mostly rice straw. The cattle were protein and mineral deficient. I was directed not to make any recommendations directly to the farm managers or the owners. They were concerned that I might be misunderstood because of the language barrier and it was not until I returned to the U.S. that the American Angus association wanted me to report on my findings.

I had a lot of fun at that farm.

The crew was intrigued with an American cowboy. I showed them how to rope and they showed me knots that I have never been able to figure out since I left there.

The cook at the bunkhouse was a sure ‘nuff character. His first comment to me at introduction was “ME JAPANESE AL CAPONE”. We all had a big laugh and ate well.

The owner of the farm then picked me up and drove me back to Tokyo and in appreciation for whatever advice I gave him, he stopped at a camera store and said, “Take your pick.” I still have that

Canon camera in my memorabilia He also stopped at a Pearl Shop which, I think, he owned and handed me some pearls and explained a lot about the pearl industry. My sisters and Mom wound up with those.

Back in Tokyo, Mr. Nakajima, the buyer of the cattle, began spending time with Larry and me while Kazu went to see his Mom and spend some time there. It was quite a sight to see us walk down the streets of Tokyo or go out to an evening meal. Larry Atkins and I had on our big hats but Mr. And Mrs. Nakajima not only had the cowboy hats but wild rags, chaps and vests. What a sight we were!

The morning came to load out for the Nakajima “Ranch” in the mountains at a town called Urada.

At the rail yards, each empty car was pushed by hand to the loading chute. The cars were narrow gauge and about half the size of our U.S. boxcars. Once the car was loaded, a very efficient electric engine came and hooked to it and started making up the train while we pushed up another empty car to the loaded.

I remember being really impressed with the efficiency of those little electric engines running around and the rail yard quietly making up trains. Ours was finally ready to go and we waited for our engine to hook up for the trip up the mountain. Finally, here it came. It was an old coal fired steam engine that looked like it came out of the last century. We hooked up and headed out.

Mr. Nakajima took Larry and I

in his vehicle and we headed out also. He drove pretty fast on those narrow mountain roads and pretty quick we pulled into another train station. Shortly after, along came our train a-puffin’ in. It slowed down and stopped and we slid open a door on one of the cars and checked on a grinning crew that was riding along to help. All was well. We took off again and repeated that episode two more times.

We finally got to the last stop and unloaded cattle into canvas topped trucks and headed for the ranch.

On the way, we came around a curve and saw a sight I’ll never forget. An old farmer was coming down a steep mountain trail leading a big horned steer with a pack lashed to the steers back. I often wondered what he was packing out.

As we unloaded cattle, I asked the foreman how big the place was. From what I could gather, I am not sure they had enough “ranch” for 100 head of cattle. The day ended back in Tokyo at the hotel and I marveled at all I had seen that day.

Kozu came by the next day and I said we should sightsee for a few days. I had some time to kill while Buck arranged a flight back for me. I told Kozu I only had cowboy wages and couldn’t spend much on traveling. He wanted to show me around so off we went. First stop, the Tokyo race track where he seemed to know everybody. Then up into the local mountains and to a beautiful high mountain lake and resort. One morning he picked me up and said we would fly to Hokaido to his mother’s thoroughbred farm. On the ship coming

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coming over, Kazu had mentioned that his mother was a secretary but he never talked about his father.

I did not ever know if his father was dead or just gone. Anyway, I told Kazu that I couldn’t afford to fly. Kazu was happy to pay for my flight. I asked him again what his mother did for a living. He said that she was a secretary. Then he said, “You know, like you have in your country, Secretary of State or Agriculture.” I quit worrying and said, “Kazu, let’s go!”

Hokaido, the Northern Island is beautiful. It has lots of mountains, short bamboo grass for miles, and the Inou people who live there have round blue eyes. They say they are the “native” people who were there before the Orientals came. His mother’s thoroughbred farm was picture perfect and the manager’s wife fixed the best sea trout meal I have ever eaten.

We toured an ag experiment station, saw lots of farmers using horses (mostly as singles) and went to Sapparo, the city that was gearing up for the winter Olympics in a year or two.

Another highlight was going to the local livestock market. Mostly cattle were sold there, in this way.

The commission men had on white lab coats. They were representing the seller. The buyers would look the cattle over and walk up close to the agent who would have one hand under his coat.

The buyer then would reach up under that same coat and with hand signals that no one else could see would make his offer. This might be repeated several times with several other buyers until a deal was

done. Pretty different.

The time went by too quickly and I had to return to Tokyo. When I had left the U.S. to begin my adventure, my boss, the herdsman at Haystack ranch had sent an old 35 mm camera with me and said to take lots of pictures. I had done so with more than a dozen rolls, including the bulls looking down over the water. I had left the film at the hotel to be developed but when I went to the hotel camera shop to pick them up, I was told that Buck, my boss, had already done so and paid for them for me. He showed them to me once and promised to have copies made for me. After a year of phone calls to Kansas City and lots of promises from the man, I finally gave up and he never did send me the pictures.

He had arranged a flight for me to return on an empty Flying Tiger cargo plane. These cargo planes were flying war supplies to Vietnam but had to deadhead back empty. They took a few passengers which I think were bootlegged cargo. Anyway, there were about 8 of us on the plane and a crew of two.

As we took off, I remember seeing the bottom half of Mt. Fuji; the top was shrouded by clouds. As we lifted and cleared the clouds, there was the top of the mountain, snow covered in the sunshine. What a sight!

The flight was cold and noisy but uneventful. About the middle of the night I heard the pilot mention to the co-pilot that he hoped that the #4 engine wouldn’t conk out like last time. He didn’t want to have to land in Cold Bay Alaska again. Since I’d never been to

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Alaska, I kept saying to myself, “c’mon #4 conk out” No such luck, old #4 just churned along all night and we made it to San Francisco just fine.

I had put my pearls in my pocket for safe keeping and was worried that I’d have to pay a big duty on them at customs. I didn’t say anything about them, nobody asked, so I guess I smuggled them in.

I’m sure the statute of limitations has run out by now.

Well almost back home to Platteville, Colorado. I caught a flight to Las Vegas to visit my sister, her husband and brand new baby girl.

They took me out on the town and my eyes were as big as they were in Tokyo. I got back home just in time to help get our show string loaded up and head for the Wyoming State Fair and the summer shows in Montana. I’d made a big wide circle and was sure glad to be back home in our wide open spaces.

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BY BRAD HENDERSON, HIS OUTFIT, KIOWA, COLORADO

“And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.”

Isaiah 58:11

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n a recent Western Horseman magazine, which my wife has since tossed (we have a special stash of all The Showtimes issues we keep hidden so we don’t lose them but Western Horseman and American Cowboy aren’t so lucky), there was an article about how the West Texas drought, this year, affected the author’s relationship with his horses.

He said in green years he has to chase his horses down in the pasture and trick them with grain to halter them, or worse dump the grain in the stall troughs then get in his truck and head down the road, only to double back, run around the barn and lock them in to catch them. He said in better years his horses snubbed their noses at their little servant who meets their every need and spends every dime he earns to care for them. The author spent a long time describing the contempt his horses held for him in better days but things changed this year. It’s tough to imagine what this past year was like in West Texas unless you were there. And I know so many of us are cussing all our hay heading that direction and how it’s driven up hay prices for the rest of us, but I was with them this summer. It breaks my heart to see family ranches collapsing and whole herds being sold.

Most of my Dad’s side of the family live in this area of Texas. It’s a tough land and it breeds tough people, but to watch them break this summer rattled me and made me think how I take so much for granted. From feast to famine-During the drought the horses’ attitudes toward their owner completely reversed. In-

stead of his horses being able to meet their own needs in the pasture- plentiful grass for food and ponds and springs for water- they were broken and had to turn to him if they wanted to live. Now they can’t wait to be caught and rode.

They don’t try to push through the bit but listen for his cues and are soft in his hands. The author said it took that hardship to build the bond he now has with his horses. The article hit me right between the eyes. I am those horses. In times of plenty, when I think I’ve got it all handled, I wonder away from my Sheppard. When He calls me, I’ve got better more important things to do and I don’t have time for Him. I arrogantly take for granted all the glorious gifts He has blessed me with and I pridefully fight against Him every step of the way.

Oh, but when times are bad. When I don’t have a single answer, and when everything I do goes wrong, and I’m at the end of my rope. When I’ve finally reached the point where there is nothing I can do to save myself….I finally turn to Him. And for the billionth time, He brings me back to the green pasture and leads me again to the still waters and refreshes my soul. And once again, I’m reminded He is my Creator, my Comforter, and it is He who provides for all of my and my family’s needs.

Are you going through a drought?

Have the pastures in your life turned to dust and you don’t know where to turn or what to do? You aren’t alone and you aren’t the first to face what you’re going through right now. Take it from a guy who has been through several seasons of hard drought……..as long as you are stubbornly holding onto those reins, or the steering wheel of your life, it will only get worse and more out of control until you finally let go, lay it all down at His feet, and with your whole heart and being cry out to your Maker to save

you. And just like a Father whose son has wandered away, He will lift you out of the pit you’ve dug for yourself. And as long as you leave it all in His hands, and be willing to let Him change you in every way, your life will turn completely around and He will take you places you could have never imagined were possible, and do things with your life that you had never dreamed. He’s waiting for you to do just one thing…..ask Him to save you. ▪

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Bible Verses: Joel 2:25-27 ”And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten….and ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you….and ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else; and my people shall never be ashamed.”

Matthew 11:28-30 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

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Article

WINNING THE COLORADO STATE FAIR

has always been a goal and dream for me and this year I was fortunate to be able to accomplish this dream with my steer “Rooster”. With lots of hard work and help and support from my family we were able to take “Rooster” to a few spring shows and the State Fair were he was able to have very successful year. After winning the reporters were asking me, “What I was going to do with my money I got for selling him”. At first I hadn’t really thought about it because I was still in shock with winning but after thinking about it over the night and talking briefly with my mom and dad, I knew what I wanted to do.

Like every kid I was going to put most away for college, use some for future projects but I also wanted to give some to help others that needed it.

Giving Back

Cody shares his story of winning the 2011 Colorado State Fair and how he generously donated money to his sister's team.

BY CODY HUWA, CO

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My younger sister Kylie and I are 14 months apart and really close, she is an inspiration to me and we look up to each other. Kylie has Down syndrome and is a really cool sister. She shows pigs and this year she showed a steer at the Weld County Fair named “Poppy” from the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua . She loves movies a lot, but she is also on a Colorado Competitive cheer leading team, the Colorado Suns where she has cheered for 5 years and loves every minute of it. It is a cheer team that has 22 cheerleaders all with special needs ranging from Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and various others handicaps. She is one of their flyers, which is the cheerleader that does stunts up high. She practices 2 times a week and even comes home and has my brothers Austin, Trey, and I and my little sister Brealynn do new moves to her routine that they are learning. Her team competes all over Colorado and also nationally. Last year their team competed against 9 other special needs teams in Dallas and were the 2011 NCA National Champions. It was so awesome to see

her team win after all their hard work. They are so amazing to watch and see them do the things that most people don’t think they can. They inspire me the way they work hard, always keep pushing to be their best, help each other and never give up or quit, with all that may be working against them and that’s why I decided to donate some of my State Fair winnings to this team. These families can have many challenges with medical bills and stuff that they can’t always make it to Nationals.

Kylie selling her hog at the Colorado State Fair.

Cody and Kylie in the holding ring at the Colorado State Fair.

Kylie's cheer team.

Mr. Sam Brown and his family were very generous for buying my steer for so much and I donated $10,000 to the Colorado Suns. They say I am an inspiration to the team but really they are the inspiration to me. After donating to them there was another local company that saw me and matched what I gave to the team as well, so this made me feel even better that the “Suns” would ALL make it to Nationals this year. I hope that other kids like me will stop and see that there are others who need help and can be inspired by them because I know my sister is a inspiration to not only me but also to my family and friends, she is truly AMAZING. I gave money to my sisters cheer team to help their team.

Some kids can’t always make it to nationals so I thought the money could go to that. What inspired me was that the boys and girls on the team are always pushing and helping each other and are never quitting or giving up. ▪

Cody with his steer "Rooster" after being selected Grand Champion.

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Directions: Syrup: boil for 20 minutes Syrup needs to be cold – you will pour it on the hot baklava Filling & Dough: Grind nuts mix sugar & ground cinnamon into nuts Melt butter Using pastry brush coat the bottom of a 13x9 pan (I use glass) with butter Layer 6 – 8 sheet of phyllo dough, butter each layer.

Sprinkle with the nut mixture.

Layer 2 sheets of phyllo butter each sheet. Sprinkle with nut mixture; continue to layer 2 buttered sheet and nut mixture until close to top of pan.

Finish with 4-8 layers of butter phyllo.

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THE NEILSON FAMILY Raising livestock and hosting big family gatherings with traditional Greek food are just part of the Neilson’s lives. Paul is a local veterinarian, and Renae is the county Assessor. Her family operates a large commercial sheep ranch in the mountains of northwestern Colorado. There three girls, Kelcee, Morgan and Taylor have been members of 4-H. They have raised and shown sheep, shown steers and recently Morgan and Taylor have started raising and showing pigs. Renae too has been involved in 4-H most of her life, she too showed lambs and has been a sheep leader for 28 years.

Their grandchildren, Jace and Mollee are moving back to the area as Kelcee and her husband Ryan are joining the family ranch. Renae looks forward to passing on her families’ heritage of Greek cooking to another generation. She loves cooking for family and special occasions where often barbeque lamb on a spit is the main dish. The secret to good Greek food: little measuring, a lot of taste testing and plenty of butter. Enjoy!

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4th Annual Elite Female Sale Friday, December 16th, 2011

at the Ranch, Orlando, Oklahoma • 5 pm

Join us Thursday, December 15th at 9am for the Elite Female Judging Contest.

Cattle can be viewed all day Thursday with the PreSale Social Thursday evening at 5pm Sale Headquarters: LaQuinta Inn, Stillwater, Oklahoma 405.564.0503 Ask for the McKay Elite Female Sale Block Reserve early, rooms will be limited that weekend.

Orlando, Oklahoma • 405.747.8627

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ADVANTAGE

Bryan, Stacy, Denver, and Berkley McKay

PROVEN CHAMPIONS

PREDATOR

BRED FEMALES Selling a direct Meyer 734 The first ever offering of 5 ml sexed heifer semen. x Partisover 550, bred to BOJO. Dam to HCC Dr. Meyer, HCC Boot Legger and others.

Predator progeny and his service sell.

PROMOTION BULL

SHOW HEIFERS

WALKS ON WATER

IRISH WHISKEY

Reserve National Champion Heifer, National Jr. Simmental Show. Her dam sells bred for full sib!

Selling several quality show heifer prospects including some foundation simmental.

Walks On Water’s service sells and embryos by his grandmother sell.

CHOO CHOO

Offering eggs by Monopoly and a daughter bred to Irish Whiskey

Friday, November 25th At the Ranch - 1:00 pm CST - Sign up for a sale catalog on our website - Get registered to bid online at EDGEcast.com - View the cattle at the Ranch anytime

Call (319) 850-1563 for a sale catalog

Predator x Friction ( first calf heifer). This is your chance to get in on this great future Sire!

Irish Whiskey’s service sells in this sale!

Chad, Kim, Skyler and Dacota West Point, IA Chad (319) 850-1563 cell www.holtkampcattle.com

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Steel Force semen is only available through select GCC Sales, with majority sold at the CLASSIC!

2011 Simmental Jr. National Champion Heifer Bloomberg Family

Champion Low Simmental NAILE Wisnefski Family

Res. Champ. Low Simmental American Royal 2010 Bloomberg, Strickland

Supreme Champion Bull Nebraska State Fair Bill Fulton, Russ and Barb Ruth

Res. Champ Low Simmental National Western 2011 McKenzie Strickland

Steel Force Steel Force

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Classic 12.17.11

Female Sale

Mark your calendar for December 17, where some of the best Steel Force daughters in the country will sell at 12:30 p.m. in Stillwater, OK.

Steel Force has proven to be the consistent producer of elite offspring that perform both in production as well as capture National Championship honors. They are the type of cattle that work in real world scenarios for real world cattlemen, while still excelling in the show ring. In 2011, some of his offspring success included supreme and Simmental champions in both bull and female shows at state fairs, National Western Stock Show, NAILE, American Royal, and the National Junior Simmental Show.

Steel Force daughters and semen will be featured in the 2011 GCC Classic Female Sale on December 17.

GCC Griswold Cattle

5922 South Brush Creek, Stillwater, OK 74074 John and Jeannie Griswold 405-780-3300 435-421-1200 Greg and Dee Griswold 405-780-0100 Luke Doris 620-353-4114 gcccattle@gmail.com www.gcccattle.com