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California Open State Fair Results

By Greg Cardey

A fine Shorthorn P.A.C.E.show was had at the Open Shorthorn Show at California State Fair with 26 heifers and 24bulls exhibited. Full results are available at www.bigfun.org.

California Junior State Fair Results

By Greg Cardey
A great show was had at the Junior Shorthorn Show at California State Fair with 24
heifers and 3 bulls. Full resultsare available at www.bigfun.org.

Spotlight on Quality '05

New Dates this year for the Fall Shorthorn Sale!!! We aretaking advantage of Cow Palace moving to the spring to have aweekend to call our own at Plymouth. A variety of show heifer calves, bred heifers and steers will be among the offerings.

There is a block of rooms reserved for Shorthorn enthusiasts at the Shenandoah Inn in Plymouth, 209-245-4491,make sure to call before October15 to get the discounted roomrates.If you don’t already have one,the SOQ Sale Catalog is available to be downloaded at our website, www.californiashorthornbreeders.org.

Spotlight on Quality Schedule
Amador County Fairgrounds
Plymouth, CA
October 29
- 8 a.m. Process Sale Cattle
- 12 p.m. Sale Cattle Show
- 6 p.m. Social Hour
- 7 p.m. Dinner followed by
Annual CSBA Meeting
October 30
- 1 p.m. Spotlight on Quality Sale

CJSA President Whitfield’s
Message

              Another successful year in and out of the show ring is ending for all of us Shorthorn enthusiasts. We started the year off with the CJSA Spring Show, which was a huge success thanks to our sponsors. Extra special thanks to E.M. Tharp/Golden State Peterbuilt, who donated money and prizes. Congrats to all of the winners. We followed by competing successfully in local fairs and shows.
              We have traveled 2,880 miles across the country to participate in the Shorthorn Jr. Nationals in Harrisburg, PA. While there, Amy Gipe and I did very well in the photography contest. Brooke Bennett won Showmanship, Amanda Gipe was selected to represent the ASA overseas in Australia, and Emily Poncetta got a new digital camera. There was truly something for everyone in the California delegation at this year’s Junior Nationals.
               Then it was off to the CA State Fair. This year’s theme was Poppy Beach, complete with the California Bear surfing the waves of the delta. The Shorthorn Jr. show went very well, although we didn’t hold our meeting.
               That brings us to the present.We are currently looking forward to a wonderful Spotlight on Quality Sale and Annual Meeting. We plan to have cow bingo as our fundraiser this year in addition to our Dessert auction. Juniors, bring those desserts and don’t forget to bring decorations for the table-decorating contest. This year’s banquet will be decorated in Halloween style.
               As your California Junior Shorthorn Association President, I would just like to thank everyone who helped make this year the best yet. Without your support, we wouldn’t have been able to excel in the many areas that we did.
               I need to say thank you to those of you who elected me to lead you for the 2004-2005 season. We had a good year, and good luck to the next group of officers that we will elect at the Spotlight on Quality, 2005. As I look back after a year has passed by, I have to wonder, where does the time go?

Schedule of Events

October 29, 8 a.m. – SOQ Sale entry processing, Plymouth
October 29, 12 p.m. – SOQ Sale Cattle Show
October 29, 6 p.m. – Social Hour followed by dinner and CSBA Annual Meeting
October 30, 1 p.m. – Spotlight on Quality Sale

November 14, 8 a.m. – NAILE East Major P.A.C.E. Shorthorn Show, Louisville, KY

January 16, 1 p.m. – Midwest Major P.A.C.E Bull Show, Denver, CO
January 17, 8 a.m. – Midwest Major P.A.C.E Heifer Show, Denver, CO

April 8, 8 a.m. – Jr. Shorthorn Association Jackpot Show and CSBA Picnic, Merced Fairgrounds

April 13, 8 a.m. –Cow Palace Jr. Heifer Show, San Francisco, CA
April 14, 8 a.m. –Cow Palace Open Show, San Francisco, CA

SILENT AUCTION

The ever popular and most fun events of the Saturday night after dinner activities at the SOQ sale will be held again! There are always a lot of unique and enjoyable items available at the silent auction, along with the usual unique and enjoyable celebrity auctioneering crew for the junior’s items. Remember to bring a special item or two!

LASSIE QUEEN APPLICATION

The application for 2006 CA Shorthorn Lassie Queen is available at http://www.californiashorthornbreeders.org/lassies.html. These applications are due October 24, 2005.

World Wide Web Advertisements

In today’s fast paced world, when someone needs to find some information, where’s the first place they look? I know what you’re thinking: in the yellow pages or the newspaper. But there is something more convenient and more and more people are starting to use it. It is called the Internet. You can type something into Yahoo.com, such as “California Shorthorns,” and guess who is listed first? That’s right, the California Junior Shorthorn Association and not too far beyond that is the California Shorthorn Breeders Association.
           What does this mean? It means that if someone is looking for Shorthorns in California and they use a search engine, then they will bring up the Junior or the Senior website. What better way to advertise than on a site that is listed first on the search engines?
           For a limited time, you can be listed both on the Junior and Senior website for a fee of $15.00. Your name, address, and phone number will be listed under Featured Breeders on both sites. For a fee of $20.00, we will list your website and e-mail address on both sites and add a ranch logo for $5.00 more. If you would like to have a banner at the top of each content page, which would run at least once a week, the cost is $50.00.
            All proceeds raised through the sale of Internet advertising will go into the Hosting Fees and Domain renewals of both the Senior and the Junior site.
 

MINUTES

California Shorthorn Breeders Association

Board of Director Meeting

April 9, 2004 – Merced, Ca.

The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. by President Gary Witte.

Directors present were Witte, G. Cardey, Gipe, D. Cardey, M. Bigelow, Mooney, Pluth, Albiani, Valdez, Gudel and Dillabo.  Absent was F. Bigelow.

Mooney moved to approve the minutes from the previous meeting.  Seconded by Albiani.  Motion carried by voice vote.

Greg Cardey reviewed the financial report, noting a balance of $8,995.36.

 OLD BUSINESS:

None

NEW BUSINESS:

A.      Mooney moved and Gipe seconded that Tim Whitfield have approval to develop and maintain a website for CSBA at www.californiashorthornbreeders.org.  Tim reported that the initial cost would be around $130 and around $100 per year after that.  Greg Cardey said that $190 is currently spent on mailing newsletters per year and money would be saved by not mailing out as many newsletters anymore as emails would be sent to many people to let them know that the current newsletter was available on the website.  Tim also reported that ad space could be sold on the website to help defray the cost of the website.  Motion passed by voice vote.

B.      Dillabo moved and Mooney seconded that a steer sweepstakes show similar to the heifer sweepstakes show be funded at $250 for 1^st, $125 for 2^nd, and $50 for all other entries.  The effectiveness of the show would be reviewed the following year.  Motion passed by voice vote.

REPORTS:

Spring Field Day – Gudel reported that the advisory role for the Junior program had been transitioned over to himself and Chantalle Albiani.  There was $1600 in the bank account and the CJSA website was up and running.  The show in the morning had a good turnout with 21 heifers and 12 steers shown.  Alpha Gipe reported that in future years the show may have to be moved as the dog show at the fairgrounds at the same time was expanding every year.

SOQ Sale –Greg Cardey reported that the sale date would be October 29-30^th.  As previously agreed by the board, the last weekend in October would be the new sale weekend.  Mike Albiani reported that he would have to check with the caterer to see if they could still do the dinner as they would be arriving back from the FFA convention that day.  Many compliments were given on the last dinner, especially the baked potato bar.  Nobody had any objections to Kevin Kimmerling being asked to judge the sale again so Alpha is to see if Kevin will do it again this year.

Jr. Awards – Albiani reported that he was in process of using up Jr. awards for the county fairs that Xanthus had passed on to him.  He asked that people give him names of livestock superintendents at fairs that would need awards.  He also was going to check the list of paid Jr. members and make sure that their fairs received an award this year.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Greg Cardey

Secretary-Treasurer

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