TEXAS LONGHORN BREEDERS GULF COAST ASSOCIATION Rick Friedrich, President • 713-305-0259 We have been busy, busy, busy planing our two main events this spring. We hope you will come out and join us!! Our Spring Longhorn show will be April 12, 13, 14 and will be held at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Brenham TX. Our show consists of the Youth Show, Open Haltered, Free/NonHaltered, Points Only and Showmanship. We are currently accepting entries. These forms and more information can be found at our website www.tlbgca.com. For more information, contact Susan Young at 713-294-6334 or susanbyoung@hotmail.com. We are offering an early bird discount to those registering by April 1st!! So get those Entries in yall!! We are also currently looking for anyone who would like to sponsor a show class. Class Sponsors Lou Shields, Kris Peterek and Charlotte a planning lunch working on will be acknowledged in the program and announced during the shows. To submit your preference Hamilton at the Spring Show. of show(s) and class(es) please see the sponsor form which is available on our website. We will also be holding a silent action at the show on Saturday, April 13th. It will begin first thing in the morning and conclude by the end of the day. More details will be announced during the show. Donated items may be brought at the time of check-in and will be acknowledged during the shows. If you cannot attend the show but would like to donate an item please contact Kris Peterek at 361-522-6399 to arrange pick up. Our Cattle Baron's Premier Longhorn sale will be on May 11th and will be held at the Mid-Tex Livestock Auction in Navasota Texas. We pledge to again bring you the opportunity to purchase top-notch, quality cattle from leading herds around the country. This is an opportunity to genetically improve your herd and have a great time doing it!! Once again the association will host a pre-sale social on Friday evening, May 10th, at the Wilhite Ranch. A sale catalog with all the information will be included in a future Trails magazine. Consignment forms and more information about the sale will be available on our website. If you would like more information please contact Rick Friedrich at 713-305-0259 or rick@riverranchlonghorns.com
TEXAS LONGHORN BREEDERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO
Jerry Stevens, President • (575) 882-7425 Our latest show was held March 9-10, 2013 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. A great time was had by all and we encourage any Longhorn breeders that are interested in showing to join us at our next show. The Texas Longhorn Breeders of New Mexico were represented at the New Mexico Ag Expo, in Portalas, February 19-20 with riding steers supplied by Folsom Falls South Ranch. Officers newly elected in January are: Jerry Stevens, President; Bill Van Gundy, V-President; Kristi Wilson, Sec./Trea.; and directors Dustin Brewer, Matt Metevier, Shirley Sisneros and Wade Wilson. Respectfully submitted by Marijo Balmer
AFFILIATES…
Send Us Your News! Is your Longhorn Affiliate celebrating a big event, hosting a show, a sale or just having a monthly meeting? If so, spread the news to the entire TLBAA by submitting your information to the Trails each month. Don’t forget to send photos, if you have them. Simply email your information to the Trails, Laura Standley at laura@tlbaa.org or call her at (817) 625-6241. We want to hear from you to help spread the news about your local Texas Longhorn activities.
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Affiliate & Show Chairman Reminders 1. A completed application form should be sent to the office prior to your show. You can do this by email. All forms can be in the Show Procedures Handbook that can be found under the show tab on our website. 2. All show programs/results, must have the animals TLBAA number. Animals sent in with pending will not be entered into the show program. Also, I can help you build a show program through HORNS that will have all of the animal information and you will not have to type it all in. 3. Your show results hardcopy and $5.00 qualifying fee per animal/per division should be in the office within 14 days of your show. We will be unable to accept results that come in extremely late, or without the qualifying fees. You can also scan the official results, with the judge’s signature, and email them to me. All show forms and results should be sent to Pam Galloway at the TLBAA office, or emailed to pam@tlbaa.org Texas Longhorn Trails