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Steers of the YearFor the first time ever, we are presenting

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36 STATE FAIR OF TEXAS 36 Steers 38 Breeding Heifers 40 Prospect Steers 44 Hogs 46 Lambs 48 Goats

50 AK-SAR-BEN 50 Breeding Heifers 54 Market Beef 56 Lambs 58 Hogs 60 Goats & Feeders

62 WORLD BEEF EXPO 62 Breeding Heifers 64 Heifers, Steers & Bull

66 TRI-STATE FAIR 66 Cattle 68 Lambs, Hogs & Goats

70 STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA

Show Results

SHIPPING CATTLE TO JAPAN

OCTOBER 29 .............................................................Ard Ridge Genetics Online Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 1 .....................................................................Rom’n Limousin Fall Spooktacular

NOVEMBER 1 ............................................................................Theobald Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 2 ....................................Top Notch Cattle Company Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 2 ..................................................................................Jones Cattle Company Sale

NOVEMBER 3 ...............................Hoffman Cattle Co. Elite Heifer & Steer Online Sale

NOVEMBER 5 ....................................................................................................J3 Cattle Company

NOVEMBER 5 ........Guyer Cattle Co. & Bonham Show Cattle Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 5 .........................................................Sieck Show Cattle Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 6 ..............................Campbell Cattle Company Online Club Calf Sale #2

NOVEMBER 6 ...................................Weaver Show Cattle Elite Open Show Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 7 ....................................................................Girls, Girls, Girls Online Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 7 ...................................................Weisinger Farms Elite Female Online Sale

NOVEMBER 8 ........................................................................Windy City Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 8 .......................................................Walsh Show Cattle Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 9 .....................................................................Jeff Miller Elite Online Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 10 ..........................Hueber Show Cattle Volume 2 Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 10 ............................................................................Sojka Farms Elite Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 14 .............................................Wagner & Colbert Fall Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 15............................................................................Tebbe & Voegele Show Cattle

NOVEMBER 16 ....................................Ochs Cattle Co. Online Show & Bred Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 17 .............................................................Easy To Look at Club Calf Sale Part II

NOVEMBER 19 .....................................Rock Creek Livestock Online Angus Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 19 ...........................Fraker Show Cattle Online Show Heifer & Bred Sale

NOVEMBER 20 .....................................................Landgren & Hoblyn Online Open Show

Heifer & Bred Female Sale

NOVEMBER 20 ..............................................Geppert Show Cattle Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 21 ..................................................................Ree Heights Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 22 .......................................................................JT Weber Family Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 22 ....................................................Midwest Roundup Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 23 ..........................Werning Cattle Co & RJ Cattle Co Online Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 26 .....Capatske Club Calves #2 Online Heifer & Summer Born Steer Sale

NOVEMBER 27 .......................................Braun & Weis Sink or Swim Online Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 28........Grateful Harvest Online Club Calf, Bred & Open Female Sale

NOVEMBER 29...............................................Prairie View Farm Angus Show Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 30 ........Wiss Cattle Co. Online Open Show Heifer & Bred Heifer Sale

DECEMBER 1 ......Gateway Genetics Online Open Show Heifer & Bred Heifer Sale

DECEMBER 5 ......................................Geffert & O’Leary Online Bred Heifer & Cow Sale

DECEMBER 6 ...........................Geffert & O’Leary Online Show Heifer & Embryo Sale

DECEMBER 8 ................................................................................Went Blacks Elite Heifer Sale

DECEMBER 15 ............................................................Bell Online Bred & Open Female Sale

DECEMBER 16 ..................................................Sullivan Farms Shorthorn & Club Calf Sale

DECEMBER 19 ......Campbell Cattle Company Online Bred Heifer & Genetics Sale

DECEMBER 20...............................Gray Show Cattle Elite Open & Bred Female Event

DECEMBER 21 ..................................................Roecker Online Bred & Open Female Sale

DECEMBER 22 ......................Schaeffer & Hensley Online Bred & Open Female Sale

DECEMBER 27 ..................................Keller Club Calves Online Bred Heifer & Cow Sale

JANUARY 4 .........................................Bushy Park Farms Online Fall Born Club Calf Sale

JANUARY 5 ............................Thompson Show Steers Online Fall Born Club Calf Sale

JANUARY 10 ........................................................................Noonan Family Elite Female Sale

JANUARY 26 ....Cardinal Cattle Company Diamonds in the Mine Online Bull Sale

Interested In havIng an onlIne sale?Go with the experienced and trusted source, Caldwell-Willoughby Sales (CW Cattle Sales.)

For More InForMatIon ContaCtTodd Caldwell: 309.253.5729 [email protected] | dan willoughby: 317.340.6392 [email protected]

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Features82 Weld Wins the Royal105 NAILE PreviewJudges, Schedule & Cool Things To Do

107 ANLS PreivewJudges, Schedule & Places to Eat

Departments10 On the Cover10 From the Editor11 About Us12 From Our Readers14 News28 Page Twenty-Eight74 Funtimes88 Upcoming Events110 Show Mom127 FCC Message134 Recipe136 Index of Advertisers

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OCTOBER 29 .............................................................Ard Ridge Genetics Online Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 1 .....................................................................Rom’n Limousin Fall Spooktacular

NOVEMBER 1 ............................................................................Theobald Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 2 ....................................Top Notch Cattle Company Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 2 ..................................................................................Jones Cattle Company Sale

NOVEMBER 3 ...............................Hoffman Cattle Co. Elite Heifer & Steer Online Sale

NOVEMBER 5 ....................................................................................................J3 Cattle Company

NOVEMBER 5 ........Guyer Cattle Co. & Bonham Show Cattle Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 5 .........................................................Sieck Show Cattle Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 6 ..............................Campbell Cattle Company Online Club Calf Sale #2

NOVEMBER 6 ...................................Weaver Show Cattle Elite Open Show Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 7 ....................................................................Girls, Girls, Girls Online Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 7 ...................................................Weisinger Farms Elite Female Online Sale

NOVEMBER 8 ........................................................................Windy City Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 8 .......................................................Walsh Show Cattle Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 9 .....................................................................Jeff Miller Elite Online Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 10 ..........................Hueber Show Cattle Volume 2 Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 10 ............................................................................Sojka Farms Elite Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 14 .............................................Wagner & Colbert Fall Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 15............................................................................Tebbe & Voegele Show Cattle

NOVEMBER 16 ....................................Ochs Cattle Co. Online Show & Bred Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 17 .............................................................Easy To Look at Club Calf Sale Part II

NOVEMBER 19 .....................................Rock Creek Livestock Online Angus Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 19 ...........................Fraker Show Cattle Online Show Heifer & Bred Sale

NOVEMBER 20 .....................................................Landgren & Hoblyn Online Open Show

Heifer & Bred Female Sale

NOVEMBER 20 ..............................................Geppert Show Cattle Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 21 ..................................................................Ree Heights Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 22 .......................................................................JT Weber Family Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 22 ....................................................Midwest Roundup Online Club Calf Sale

NOVEMBER 23 ..........................Werning Cattle Co & RJ Cattle Co Online Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 26 .....Capatske Club Calves #2 Online Heifer & Summer Born Steer Sale

NOVEMBER 27 .......................................Braun & Weis Sink or Swim Online Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 28........Grateful Harvest Online Club Calf, Bred & Open Female Sale

NOVEMBER 29...............................................Prairie View Farm Angus Show Heifer Sale

NOVEMBER 30 ........Wiss Cattle Co. Online Open Show Heifer & Bred Heifer Sale

DECEMBER 1 ......Gateway Genetics Online Open Show Heifer & Bred Heifer Sale

DECEMBER 5 ......................................Geffert & O’Leary Online Bred Heifer & Cow Sale

DECEMBER 6 ...........................Geffert & O’Leary Online Show Heifer & Embryo Sale

DECEMBER 8 ................................................................................Went Blacks Elite Heifer Sale

DECEMBER 15 ............................................................Bell Online Bred & Open Female Sale

DECEMBER 16 ..................................................Sullivan Farms Shorthorn & Club Calf Sale

DECEMBER 19 ......Campbell Cattle Company Online Bred Heifer & Genetics Sale

DECEMBER 20...............................Gray Show Cattle Elite Open & Bred Female Event

DECEMBER 21 ..................................................Roecker Online Bred & Open Female Sale

DECEMBER 22 ......................Schaeffer & Hensley Online Bred & Open Female Sale

DECEMBER 27 ..................................Keller Club Calves Online Bred Heifer & Cow Sale

JANUARY 4 .........................................Bushy Park Farms Online Fall Born Club Calf Sale

JANUARY 5 ............................Thompson Show Steers Online Fall Born Club Calf Sale

JANUARY 10 ........................................................................Noonan Family Elite Female Sale

JANUARY 26 ....Cardinal Cattle Company Diamonds in the Mine Online Bull Sale

Interested In havIng an onlIne sale?Go with the experienced and trusted source, Caldwell-Willoughby Sales (CW Cattle Sales.)

For More InForMatIon ContaCtTodd Caldwell: 309.253.5729 [email protected] | dan willoughby: 317.340.6392 [email protected]

onlIne at CWCattlesales.CoM


Christmas is always a special time of year for my family. Mak-ing 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 tra-ditions. Take time for family tradi-tions this Christmas while reflect-ing on all of the things that have taken place in your life in 2011. “Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, re-spect.” -Oren Arnold

The Showtimes Family wishes you a Merry Christmas and a great 2012!

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It’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 intro-duced 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! Read their story on page 96. 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.

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AMERICAN ROYAL PLANS TOREPLACE THE KEMPER ARENAOn October 25, 2011 the American Royal Association and the Kemper fam-ily 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.ameri-canroyal.com to view the entire press release and a drawing of the new complex.

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EMBRYOS ON SNOW ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP AWARD TO BE PRESENTEDThe 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 en-try is by invitation and genetics featured in the Embryos on Snow are exclusive to this sale offering.

In 2011, the announcement of the Embryos on Snow Scholarship Program was made. The majority of the sale’s 2011 commission-able 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 commit-tee of judges and the final award winner will be selected by an al-ternate committee through an interview process to be held duringthe 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 abil-ity. 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 em-bryosonsnow.com. The application due date is November 25th.

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Doug & Debbie ParkeDrew & Holli Hatmaker153 Bourbon Hills Dr. Paris, KY 40361Office: 859-987-5758Cell: [email protected]

Sale managed by:

www.janssenfarms.com

Dave Janssen – 712.358.1837Chris Janssen – 515.314.4771

SIMMENTALS WITH SUBSTANCE AND STYLE... IN VOLUME!


Meet the Exhibitor

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 fo-cused 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 dif-ficult to get hair on an Angus in the sum-mertime - 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

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

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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 par-ticipated in three national contests at Denver, Kansas City, and the Na-tional 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

animals require, it takes the right attitude from the care-taker 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 experi-ence. 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 ab-solute 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 start-ing to get to the point of school where I’m really start-ing 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 indus-try. 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 Grei-man for sharing his story and would like to wish him luck with all of his future endeavors.

Putting kids &banners together!

Steve & Stacey Bonham, Logan & Baylor(405) 823-2972

Travis Otterstad (405) 219-9923Ryan Smejkal (405) 664-8456

Tyler “Little Bob” Overby (405) 880-1874Colton Wynne (405) 627-8437

HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS(979) 921-9959Bob Maddox (979) 777-3655www.bonhamsouth.comNEWCASTLE, OKLAHOMA • HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS

Grand Champion Steer, 2011 IowaState Fair • Madisyn Jorgensen

Res. Grand Steer, 2011 KentuckyState Fair • Clayton Burks

Grand Champion Steer, 2011 CaliforniaState Fair • Carly Rose

Res. Grand Steer, 2011 KansasState Fair • Shilo Schaake

Grand Champion Steer, 2011 IndianaState Fair • DJ Martin

Res. Grand Steer, 2011 MissouriState Fair • Evan Kempker

Grand Champion Steer, 2011 NewMexico State Fair • Morgan McCall

Res. Grand Steer, 2011 ColoradoState Fair • Emma Vickland

Res. Grand Steer, 2011 TulsaState Fair • Baylor Bonham

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


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FEMALES FROM COLLINS CATTLE,

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Faces + Places

Ak-Sar-BenOmaha, Nebraska

Bright Lights

P.O. Box 1100Platte City, MO 64079(P) 816.431.9950(F) 816.858.9951www.maine-anjou.org

Sale Consultant - Dustin Layton, (317) 821-1100Commercial Development Director - Dave Steen, (515) 201-3281

Practical, Profitable, PredictableQuality from top to bottom in everybody’s price range!

$2,400 $3,900 $4,000

$5,500 $6,500 $23,750

$5,000 $7,500 $10,100

Maternal Genetics You Can Count On!

All sold in last year’s sale!

Maine-Anjou Bull & Female Sale Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 - 3 p.m. ○ Denver, Colo.



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

3. Began to film and produce videos of top livestock shows such as Ak-Sar-Ben, the American Royal & the Colorado State Fair

4. Added two new issues - we now print 6 times a year!

5. Added a blog to our website to keep our readers constantly updated!

6. Redesigned our website...be sure to check it out!

13. Hosted the “Chili Bowl.” A chili coo-koff in conjunction with the 2011 National Maine-Anjou Heifer Show - raising over $2,000 for the AJMAA!!!

8. Was the first

livestock magazine to

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summer issue!9. Gave away Showtimes gloves to individuals trying to withstand the cold weather during Denver.

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

12. The summer issue was our first issue to break 200 pages!!!

7. Decked out a display bull spot in the Yards at Denver Showtimes style in addition to having a booth right inside the doors of the Livestock Exchange Building!

15. Ran an exclusive article

on the history and success

of Sullivan Supply.

16. Sponsored the 2011 Hereford National Heifer Show.

17. Donated Showtimes drawstring bags to every exhibitor at the National Junior Maine-Anjou and Chianina Shows this summer!

18. Donated Showtimes hog boards and pen numbers to be used at the American Royal, Ak-Sar-Ben & the Colorado State Fair.

19. Created a YouTube account to provide readers with videos about what’s going on with the Showtimes. 20. Gave away Showtimes antenna balls!

21. Was excited to feature an article on Tuff Hedeman and his family who are actively involved with the Lim-ousin breed, rodeo & Championship Bullriding!

22. Hit a milestone of printing 10,000 copies of the Denver issue! 23. Switched printers to Publication

Printers - the official printers of the

Denver Broncos! They also print the

Rose Bowl & NBA All-Star official

programs!

24. Gave readers an insight of Rock-efeller’s Hudson Pines Farm.

25. Sponsored the National Champion 4-H Livestock Judging Team.

26. Was the first full-sized magazine to print in full color!!!

27. Gave away Showtimes buckets, buckets & more buckets at Denver!

28. Gave away an iPod to a new subscriber during Junior Nationals!

14. Used a special belly band to wrap around our summer issue.

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MARCH 17, 2012

APPLICATION FORMS ONLINE: January 1, 2012 The Showtimes Magazine and Bob May are excited

to announce our new Blackout Jackpot & Bob May Show Steers$500 Giving Back Scholarship! Look for more information

in our January/February 2012 Stock Show Edition!

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20. Gave away Showtimes antenna balls!


Meet the Exhibitor

Growing up in Louisi-ana has been very interest-ing with

its diverse culture and

people. How-ever 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 in-fluence, mainly because of the hot and humid weather. When I began my showing career I started with a heif-er out of my grandfather's pasture. This heifer was a black baldy Brahman influ-enced 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 “Prin-cess” 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 in-fluenced 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

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 miss-ing. Winning was missing. In Louisiana we have The State Fair of Louisiana every Oc-tober 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 final-ly did my last year of show-

ANNA LOFTINShowing in the Deep South

BY ANNA LOFTIN, LOUISIANA

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 dif-ferent 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 commer-cial show is big in both number and performance. This show was also impor-tant to me because it was in honor of a good friend of my family Mr. Bill Dob-son 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 defi-nitely stop by! ▪

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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Champion HW American Steer► Samuel Moczygemba, Floresville, TX

Champion HW British Steer► Tyler Lettunich, DeLeon, TX

Champion HW Cross Steer► Laramie Priest, Lorena, TX

Reserve HW American Steer► Tyler Schilling, Farwell, TX

Reserve HW British Steer► Justin Rico, Santo, TX

Reserve HW Cross Steer► Flint Newman, Stanton, TX

Champion LW American Steer► Hannah Browning, Bremond, TX

Champion LW British Steer► Madisson Garza, Stanton, TX

Champion LW Cross Steer► Alexis Wagner, San Antonio, TX

Reserve LW American Steer► Tyler Klatte, Brenham, TX

Reserve LW British Steer► Tanner Schwartz, Brenham, TX

Reserve LW Cross Steer► Zoee Jeffrey, Sweetwater, TX


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Champion Red Angus Heifer► Chessie Garrett, Mount Pleasant TX

Reserve Angus Heifer► Emery Geye, Rising Star TX

Reserve Red Angus Heifer► Audrey Daniel, Woodson TX

Champion Shorthorn Heifer► Cameron Fallon, Denison TX

Champion ORB Heifer► Emily Jenkins, Crandall TX

Reserve Shorthorn Heifer► Blake Madewell, Commerce TX

Reserve ORB Heifer► Richie DeMoss, Bowie TX


Show Results

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Champion ORAB Heifer► Kelly Garrett, Cuero, TX

Champion Maine-Anjou Heifer► Dulcie Fields, Mt. Pleasant TX

Champion Limousin Heifer► McKinley Begert, Allison, TX

Reserve ORAB Heifer► Ari Montemayor, Laredo, TX

Reserve Maine-Anjou Heifer► Brittany Krueger, Wills Point TX

Reserve Limousin Heifer► Troy Holdman, Sundown, TX

Champion Charolais Heifer► Amanda Tinkle, Tomball, TX

Champion Brangus Heifer► Alexandra Wilson, Fairview TX

Champion Beefmaster Heifer► Shawn Skaggs, DeLeon TX

Reserve Charolais Heifer► Kyler Juergens, Celina TX

Reserve Brangus Heifer► Alexandra Acord, Madisonville, TX

Reserve Beefmaster Heifer► Ethan Saye, Pilot Point TX


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Grand Champion Prospect Steer► Colton Shackelford, Prosper, TX

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


Show Results

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Champion ABC Steer► Noah Stockman, DeLeon TX

Champion Angus Steer► Cody Kimbro, Paradise, TX

Champion AOB Steer► Mason E. Maddox, Colorado City, TX

Reserve ABC Steer Reserve Angus Steer Reserve AOB Steer► H. Dylan Moore, Paradise, TX

Champion Brahman Steer► Madelaine Caughron, Midland, TX

Champion Charolais Steer► Colton Shackelford, Prosper, TX

Champion Chianina Steer► Reagan Troxtell, Howe, TX

Reserve Brahman Steer► Kase Clark, Kenedy, TX

Reserve Charolais Steer► Dylan Moore, Paradise, TX

Reserve Chianina Steer► Caeley Cody, Weatherford, TX


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Champion Santa Gertrudis► Kaimi Williams, O’Donnell, TX

Champion Hereford Steer► Allie Henrie, Wolfforth, TX

Reserve Santa Gertrudis► Katelyn Underwood, New Braunfels, TX

Reserve Hereford Steer► Trenton Whan, McKinney, TX

Champion Limousin Steer► Hanna Honnea, Melissa, TX

Champion Maine-Anjou Steer► Kaimi Williams, O’Donnell, TX

Reserve Limousin Steer► Anna Seeley, Hearne, TX

Reserve Maine-Anjou Steer► Madeline Little, Abbott, TX


Show Results

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Champion Polled Hereford► J.D. Schnitker, Turkey, TX

Champion Shorthorn Steer► Colton Shackelford, Prosper, TX

Champion Simbrah Steer► L

Reserve Polled Hereford► Aaron Wellborn, Paradise, TX

Reserve Shorthorn Steer► Tyler Kelly, Tyler, TX

Reserve Simbrah Steer► Calvin Ray Welper, Shallowater, TX

Champion Simmental Steer► Nathan Hilburn, Denver City, TX

Champion Brangus Steer► Raegan Miller, Abbott, TX

Reserve Simmental Steer► Hank Honnea, Prosper, TX

Reserve Brangus Steer► Yates, Waxahachie, TX


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Champion Black OPB► Sarah Jones, Conroe, TX

Reserve Black OPB► Hannah Gaddy, Bushland, TX

Grand Champion Market Barrow► Madeline Baker, Stanton, TX

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


Show Results

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Champion White OPB► Juan Morales, Dumas, TX

Champion Cross► Rylie McKinney, Navasota, TX

Champion Dark Cross► Holly Halfmann, Garden City, TX

Reserve White OPB► Harris Albracht, Bushland, TX

Reserve Cross► Kastin Wilde, Garden City, TX

Reserve Dark Cross► Micah Harmel, Burton, TX

Champion Duroc► Madeline Baker, Stanton, TX

Champion Hampshire► Colt Wolf, Whitesboro, TX

Champion Yorkshire► Thaxton Boyd, Spearman, TX

Reserve Duroc► Morgan Latham, Stanton, TX

Reserve Hampshire► Cierra Dickerson, Bryan, TX

Reserve Yorkshire► Lexie Brooks, Junction, TX


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Grand Champion Market Lamb► Robert Hargrove, Stephenville, TX

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


Show Results

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Champion Finewool► Ryan Byler, Ballinger, TX

Champion Finewool Cross► Scotta Faulkenberry, Stephenville, TX

Reserve Finewool► Cameron Crenwelge, Comfort, TX

Reserve Finewool Cross► Kersten Criddle, Alpine, TX

Champion Hair Sheep► Jordan Crouch, Hico, TX

Champion Southdown► Rachel Kaplan, Robstown, TX

Reserve Hair Sheep► Audrey Turner, Dublin, TX

Reserve Southdown► Lauren Verfurth, Georgetown, TX


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Grand Champion Market Goat► Cuatro Schauer, Beeville, TX

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


Show Results

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Reserve LW Goat► Chama Martin, Mason, TX

Champion LW Goat► Logan Lee, Rankin, TX

Champion HW Goat► Cuatro Schauer, Beeville, TX

Reserve HW Goat► Lindsey Cobb, Slaton, TX

Champion MW Goat► Rachel Kaplan, Robstown, TX

Reserve MW Goat► Paige Williams, Denver City, TX


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4th Overall Heifer► Kenton Lain, Corydon, IA

5th Overall Heifer► Matt Purfeerst, Fairbaolt, MN

Supreme Champion Heifer► Mitchel Udell, Sioux City, IA

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3rd Overall Heifer► Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA


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Champion Angus Heifer► Matt Purfeerst, Fairbaolt, MN

Reserve Angus Heifer► Marondee Allee

Champion AOB Heifer ► Austin Wooster, Chantee Oak, IA

Reserve AOB Heifer► Addison Van Vliet, Pella, IA

Champion Charolais Heifer► Haley Stalcup, Prescott , IA

Reserve Charolais Heifer► Mandy Marthaler, Rosemount, MN

Champion Chianina Heifer► Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA

Reserve Chianina Heifer► Jacob Ihen, Wilton, IA


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Champion Commercial Heifer► Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA

Reserve Commercial Heifer► Kennedy Core, Pleasantville, IA

Champion Hereford Heifer► Megan Black, Batazia, IA

Reserve Hereford Heifer► Thomas Friesz, New Salem, ND

Champion Maine-Anjou Heifer► Mitchel Udell, Sioux City, IA

Reserve Maine-Anjou Heifer► Kendra Berg, Osage, IA

Champion MaineTainer Heifer► Kemton Lain, Corydon, IA

Reserve MaineTainer Heifer► Kaitlin Ihns, Wilton, IA


Show Results

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Champion Saler Heifer► Abigail Peterson, West Point , NE

Reserve Saler Heifer► Eden Moore, Mead, NE

Champion Shorthorn Heifer► Joseph O’Sullivan, Maple Lake, MN

Reserve Shorthorn Heifer ► Truman Chamness, Blairsburg, IA

Champion Simmental Heifer► Maverick Winther, Woodvine , IA

Reserve Simmental Heifer► Paige Henderson, Cambridge, IA

Champion Heifer Showman► Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA

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Grand Champion Market Heifer► Macey Goretska, Corybon, IA

Reserve Champion Steer► Bailey Core, Pleasantville, IA

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 fortu-nate 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.

Reserve Champion Market Heifer► Blake Kuesel, Victor, IA


Show Results

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Champion Division I Steer► Blake Hinners, Arcadia, IA

Reserve Division I Steer► Danielle Taylor, Mandan, ND

Champion Division II Steer► Mitch Maurer, Royal, IA

Reserve Division II Steer► Madisyn Jorgensen, Guthrie, IA

Champion Division III Steer► Bailey Core, Pleasantville, IA

Reserve Division III Steer► Haley Erhke, Orleans, NE

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Grand Champion Market Lamb► Shelby Karr, Newhall, IA

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Champion Division I Lamb► Shelby Springman, Willmont, MN

Reserve Division I Lamb► Chance Deppe, Maquoketa, IA

Reserve Champion Lamb► Ethan Freund, Elizabeth, CO

Champion Lamb Showman► Tanner Berry, Sac City, IA

Reserve Lamb Showman► Logan Stutsman, Iowa City, IA

Showmanship


Show Results

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Champion Division II Lamb► Hunter Gerths, Albia, IA

Reserve Division II Lamb► Chandler Schelkopf, Geneva, NE

Champion Division III Lamb► Mitch Stahley , Kersey, CO

Reserve Division III Lamb► Maire Walsh, Kearney, NE

Champion Division IV Lamb► Shelby Karr, Newhall, IA

Reserve Division IV Lamb► Ethan Freund, Elizabeth, CO

Champion Division V Lamb► Jenna Frink, Eaton, CO

Reserve Division V Lamb► Jacque Murdoch, Orleans, NE


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Champion Division I Hog► Hilary Fujan, Prague, NE

Reserve Division I Hog► Jessica Wallander, Bertrand, NE

Reserve Champion Hog► Larame Boysen, Columbus Junction, IA

Champion Hog Showman► Jess Wallander, Bertrand, NE

Reserve Hog Showman► Scott Westra, Rock Valley, IA

Showmanship


Show Results

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Champion Division II Hog► Laramie Boysen, Columbus Junction, IA

Reserve Division II Hog► Blake Holmes, Lebo, KS

Champion Division III Hog► Seth Warren, Glenwood, IA

Reserve Division III Hog► Jacob Hodges, Lebo, KS

Champion Division IV Hog► Austin Holmes, Lebo, KS

Reserve Division IV Hog► Kylie Holmes, Lebo, KS

Champion Division V Hog► John Rietema, Sioux Center, IA

Reserve Division V Hog► Cody Cain, Guthrie Center, IA

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Reserve Champion Meat Goat► Jakob Juul, Manzanola, CO


Show Results

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Champion Feeder Steer► Kysa Downing, Creston, IA

Reserve Feeder Steer► Morgan Mcdermott, Atlantic, IA

Champion Feeder Heifer► Drew Curtis, Madrid, NE

Reserve Feeder Heifer► Stephanie Kersten, Gretna, NE

Champion Catch-A-Calf► Katie Cumming, Moorhead, IA

Reserve Catch-A-Calf► Samantha Schneider, Cozad, NE

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

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.


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Supreme Champion Heifer► Calli Bayer, Ringle, WI

Reserve Supreme Champion Heifer► Lucas Wisnefski, Wyoming, IL


Show Results

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Champion Shorthorn Heifer► Courtney Swalve

Champion Red Angus► Cali Bayer

Champion Chianina Heifer► Sydney Wisnefski

Champion Hereford Heifer

Champion Simmental Heifer Champion Commercial► Hailey Becking


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

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


Show Results

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Grand Champion Prospect Steer► Lacey Poad, Lone Road, WI

Reserve Champion Prospect Steer► Summer Fournier, Winneconne, WI

Supreme Champion Bull► Pierce’s Hereford Haven and Mud Creek

Supreme Champion Cow► Peyton Leisgang, Miss Lexi, Seymour, WI

Supreme Champion Heifer► Country Lane Farm


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Reserve Supreme Champion Heifer► SyAnn Foster

►Heifer Judge: Jeff Bedwell, OK


Show Results

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Grand Champion Steer► Madeline Bezner

Reserve Champion Steer► Lexie Bain

►Steer Judge: Tyler Norvell, OK


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Reserve Champion Barrow► Malory Martin

►Barrow Judge: Bob Listen, OK


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Grand Champion Lamb► Ty Ford

►Lamb Judge: James Duffey, NM

Reserve Champion Lamb► Jordan Vogel

Grand Champion Goat► Payton Leffew

Reserve Champion Goat► Payton Leffew

►Goat Judge: Amanda Beshear, OK


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Grand Champion Steer► Meghan Nicholson

Reserve Champion Steer► John Thomas Heyl


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Reserve Supreme Female► Cory Bennett - Shorthorn

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 Over-all at the 2011 American Royal in Kansas City, Missouri! Look for our full livestock judging results from the 4-H, Junior Colle-giate and Senior Collegiate contests in our Stock Show Edition!

Emma Vickland (Longmont, Colorado)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 Vick-land.

Kyndal Reitzenstein (Kersey, Colorado)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 exhib-its 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 occasion-ally 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

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 cham-pion 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 Univer-sity, 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

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 ap-proach to evaluating livestock have always made his kids competitive, and his sheer knowledge of the in-

dustry makes him a perfect teacher of young livestock judges. My con-gratulations to Steve and the Weld County team for winning Kansas

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BAUMANFAMILY

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 ex-ample of what the livestock industry is all about.

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Bauman Ranch was located at Carpenter, WY and found-ed in the 1880’s by Anthony Wilkinson. Wilkinson came from England and home-steaded 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 con-tinued 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 exhibit-ed 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; Deb-bie, 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,

began showing cattle all over the U.S. and Bauman’s Charolais cattle began to dominate the show ring. As each of the three Bau-man sons married and had children of their own, each family began showing different species of live-stock.

John and his wife, Patsy, focused on cattle raising Charolais, Maine An-jou 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-

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 suc-cessful in the show ring at county, state and regional shows. They looked forward each summer to traveling to the Charolais Jr. National Show.

Kassi gradu-ated from the University of Wyoming with a degree in animal sci-ence. While at the university,

Kassi won second in the 10K Busi-ness 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 nutri-tional supplements. Chance attend-ed 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-

BAUMAN FAMILY

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ply dealer.

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 Parliamentar-ian 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 competi-tion.

Bruce and his wife, Debra, each had a small group of cows that they commingled when they were mar-ried. 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 mar-keted 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 pro-ducers to further the success of their breeding. The top calves are usually consigned to John, Patsy, Kassi, and Chance’s “Final Drive Sale”.

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

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 in-terest broadened to different prefer-ences. 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.

THAT GOOD ONE IS WHAT KEEPS US MOVING FORWARD.

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If you would like to nominate someone for our Hall of Fame, please email [email protected].

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Kent HabegerMarch 2009

Ky StierwaltMarch 2009

Phil LautnerJuly 2009

Jim WilliamsJuly 2009

Wayne ColetteSeptember 2009

Steve BonhamJanuary 2010

Christy CollinsMarch 2010

Kirk StierwaltJuly 2010

Randy DanielSeptember 2010

John SullivanJanuary 2011

Bob MayMarch 2011

Schnoor SistersMay 2011

Dan HogeAugust 2011

American RoyalOctober 2011

Bauman FamilyNovember 2011

The ShowtimesMagazine presentedthe American Royalwith their Hall ofFame plaque during the AOB HeiferShow in Kansas Cityon October 29th.

Left to Right:Brian Reid, Showtimes

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Brant Laue, Chair-Elect, Ameri-can Royal Board of Directors

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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 Colo-rado 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.

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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 bit-ten by the show bug and fell in love with the show ring. So I began my new career as Pay-ton’s show mom and it is my life. Our daugh-ter is very busy with the gifted class at school,

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We had a major highlight in our life this year with Payton being named the Re-serve Supreme Female at the Indiana State Fair…now we have had several families in this line-up over the years

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

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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


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In the spring of 1966, I was working for Hay-stack Angus Ranch, headquartered at Platte-ville, Colorado. Jim Stroh was the herdsman and I was helping him in the show barn. Sev-eral reps from The American Angus Associa-

tion 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 mid-dle on opposite sides and we loaded 12 or 13 heifers

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 Fran-

cisco 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 wa-ter, the railroad had to pull my four cars off the train and move them to where there was a high pressure

Shipping Cattle to JapanFrom the Denver Railyards to riding the waves on a freighter ship, Roger shareshis adventure to Japan back in 1966.BY ROGER ALLGEIER, CO

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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.

I had planned to be gone about six weeks and I was traveling reasonably light, with no sleeping bag. Colorado nights in April are still cold and I couldn’t seem to get warm in the boxcar with the door open and the train moving right along. Sometime during the night, we stopped at a little town (not a water stop, thank goodness) and I was about froze out. I climbed up in the rear engine to see if it was warm. I should mention that we spotted the cars up close to the engines as the cars don’t sway as much as they do further back. There were a couple ofseats like bar stools at a console with lots of lights and gauges and it was nice and warm. I dozedoff but the rocking of the engine about rolled me off that seat so I laid down on the narrow floorand fell asleep. Sometime later, one of the engineers coming to the back stepped right on me.He sure yelled as I came up swing-ing. He thought some wild animal had him for sure. We allcalmed down, had a good laugh and I slept ‘til the next stop.

As we left Trinidad and started up Raton Pass, I got ready to handle the one thing that wor-ried me. Keith Russell had “box carred” show cattle to the west coast and had warned me about the tunnel at the top of the pass. He said the train would be traveling about 7 mph as it entered the long dark tunnel and if any bums were going to hitch a ride, that would be

the place they would jump on. He explained that as it got light at the far end of the tunnel and the speedpicked up, to be ready ‘cause it would be them or me that left the car. I found my short piece of pipe I had picked up earlier and backed way up on the hay pile with my back to the closed door....and waited! I couldn’t hear anything but the rumble of the train and it was pitch black. Then it started to get grey and I was sure ready. At full light and full speed at the end of the tunnel it was just me and 25 registered Angus heifers. I felt kinda foolish and always won-dered if maybe Keith hadn’t set me up a little on that deal. Someday I will ask him.

The rest of the trip to Belen, N. M. was uneventful except for wa-ter stops and the beautiful scenery, including some Indian Pueblos along the way. In Belen, we were to meet up with the rest of the shipment coming from Kansas City, Mo. which was to include some additional help for me. As I walked through the yards to the depot to wash up and get my first warm meal in a couple of days, a bum stuck his head over the edge of an empty gondola car andasked where we were and what time it was. I answered and he thanked me and dropped out ofsight.

It was full dark by the time I got back to my cars and checked the cattle. I just settled down for a nap when a wild looking hombre with a hatchet whooped and land-ed at my feet. Behind him was a chubby kid that couldn’t get in the car without some help. My help-ers Kozu Soma and Larry Atkins

had arrived. Kozu was working his passage back to Japan and Larry was on leave from the Angus As-sociation. Kozu had bought the hatchet in a shopping spree ata hardware store and he took the “hatch” everywhere he went. The boy’s boxcars contained tworegistered Angus bulls, two paint geldings, two Shetland ponies and a couple dozen hogs. Thebest part was a drovers car provid-ed 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 inSeligman, 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 antici-pated 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 ther-mometer at the depot -- 99 degrees at 9 a.m. We headed on through Barstow, Bakersfield, Fresno and finally San Francisco. The adven-ture 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 busi-ness. 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 pop-ping. 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 longshore-men 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 op-erator 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 steve-dore 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 car-ried freight but also 15 passengers. Our rooms were fine, but the din-ing 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” includ-ed shaving, so off it came.

The passengers were interest-ing. Several were involved in the movie business and one feller worked for MGM. His best fish-ing buddy had been Mike Todd who was married to Elizabeth Tay-lor 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 be-fore 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. Scup-pers 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 min-utes to get the attention of the crew below to turn on the big hose


and when it came it came with full fury. One of us would try to con-trol 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 re-laxed to enjoy the trip. One morn-ing we had to clean up for a cer-emonial 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 rou-tine, 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 morn-ing 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 har-bor on May 15 of 1966. Now, not being an astute student of world geography, I figured all orien-tal 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 Yo-kohama 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 cup-cake 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 acciden-tally 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

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 go-ing 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 restau-rant 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 Jap-anese 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 sup-posedly 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 Austra-lia 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 pro-tein and mineral deficient. I was directed not to make any recom-mendations directly to the farm managers or the owners. They were concerned that I might be misunderstood because of the lan-guage barrier and it was not until I returned to the U.S. that the Amer-ican 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 introduc-tion 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 ex-plained a lot about the pearl indus-try. 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 load-ing 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 im-pressed with the efficiency of those little electric engines running around and the rail yard quietly making up trains. Ours was fi-nally 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 repeat-ed 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 lead-ing 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 Ho-kaido to his mother’s thoroughbred farm. On the ship coming


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 sta-tion, 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 un-der that same coat and with hand signals that no one else could see would make his offer. This might be repeated several times with sev-eral 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 car-go. 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 men-tion 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

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 Fran-cisco 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 any-thing 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 Plat-teville, 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 Wyo-ming 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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“And the Lord shall guide thee continu-ally, 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

In a recent Western Horseman magazine, which my wife has since tossed (we have a special stash of all The Showtimes is-sues 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 noth-ing 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 pos-sible, 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. ▪

BY BRAD HENDERSON, HIS OUTFIT, KIOWA, COLORADO

His Outfit Standing on the Truth of God’s Word in the Livestock Show and Rodeo Arenas

We are His Outfit chapter of The Fel-lowship of Christian Cowboys located in Kiowa, Colorado. You can learn more about us by visiting our web site at www.christiancowboys.com or by contacting us at [email protected].

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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Cody shares his story of winning the 2011 Colorado State Fair

and how he generously donatedmoney to his sister's team.

BY CODY HUWA, CO

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 col-lege, use some for future projects but I also wanted to give some to help others that needed it.

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 syn-drome 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 Breal-ynn do new moves to her routine that they are learn-ing. 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

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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 medi-cal bills and stuff that they can’t always make it to Nationals.

Mr. Sam Brown and his fam-ily were very generous for buy-ing 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 in-spiration 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. ▪

Kylie selling her hogat the Colorado State Fair.

Cody and Kylie in the holdingring at the Colorado State Fair.

Kylie's cheer team.

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

Fremont, NebraskaChristensen Field - 1:00 P.M.

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Recipe

Baklava

Ingredients:Syrup: 3 ½ cups sugar 2 cinnamon sticks½ cup honey 2 cups water½ of an orange cut squeeze put orange in syrup

Filling and Dough: 6 cups walnuts add 3 Tlb. Sugar & 1 tsp ground cinnamon to nuts1 – 2 pounds butter 1 – 1 ½ pounds thawed phyllo dough 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 nutsMelt butterUsing 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.

• Score the dough in diamond pieces and put a whole clove into each piece.• Bake at 325o for around 1 hour or until golden brown & pulls away from side of pan• Pour the syrup over – cool – cut – enjoy. Refrigerate you can also freeze.

Greek Salad

1 green – 1 red pepper cut into slices1 yellow or smaller pepper cut into slices

2 cucumbers (English are the best) peel and slice 1 package grape tomatoes cut in two½ of red onion sliced thin1 can garbanzo beans wash and drainedFeta Cheese a 2 – 3 TBL and Kalmata Olives

Dressing: I do this to taste so you will need to try this & taste1/8 cup wine vinegar - 4-6 TLB olive oil½ tsp garlic salt - ½ oregano

Rice Pilaf

Ingredients:8 cups Uncle Bens Long cooking Rice18 cups chicken broth3 cubes butterJuice of 1 lime, 1 orange, about 8 lemons

Directions:Boil broth, butter, and juice add rice. Cook and stir from bottom. This will feed 50 people.

Caramels

Ingredients:1 cup Butter2 ¼ cups Brown Sugar (packed)1 cup Light Kero Syrup1 15oz can Eagle Brand Milk1 tsp vanillaDash saltMelt butter in heavy sauce pan – add brown sugar and salt - stir until well mixed. Add kero and gradually add milk stirring constantly. Cook over medium heat until candy reaches a firm ball. Stir in vanilla. Add chopped nuts if desired. Pour into a greased 9x9x2 glass pan. Cool, cut, and wrap.

THENEILSONFAMILYRaising livestock and host-ing big family gatherings with traditional Greek food are just part of the Neil-son’s lives. Paul is a local veterinarian, and Renae is the county Assessor. Her family operates a large com-mercial sheep ranch in the mountains of northwestern Colorado. There three girls, Kelcee, Morgan and Tay-lor 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 join-ing the family ranch. Renae looks forward to passing on her families’ heritage of Greek cooking to another generation. She loves cook-ing for family and special occasions where often barbeque lamb on a spit is the main dish. The secret to good Greek food: little mea-suring, a lot of taste testing and plenty of butter. Enjoy!


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