South Carolina Angus Newsletter

August 5, 2011
Windy Bartee

Hot! Hot! Hot! Summer in South Carolina has reached 100 degrees on the temperature scale. Hot! Hot! Hot! Our juniors from South Carolina are hot in the winning category. The National Junior Angus Show took place in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on July 10-16.

The AAA press release announced:
"More than 500 Angus juniors and their families traveled to Harrisburg, Pa., to compete in the 2011 National Junior Angus Show (NJAS) July 10-16 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex. National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) members "Let Freedom Ring" as they exhibited 815 entries during the weeklong event that included more than a dozen educational contests in addition to the cattle show."

Hot Off the Press

Sally Yon was elected as a director of the National Junior Angus Association. This accolade follows her year as the 2010 American Angus Queen. This is a quote from the press release from the AAA.
"The 2011-2012 National Junior Angus Association Board of Directors was announced Friday evening, July 15, 2011, during closing ceremonies at the 2011 National Junior Angus Show (NJAS) in Harrisburg, Pa.

Voting delegates selected six candidates to join the board, including: Megan Ahearn, Wills Point, Texas; Meghan Blythe, White City, Kan.; Jennifer Ewing, Rushville, Ill.; Kelli Retallick, Glen Haven, Wis.; JanLee Rowlett, Hurricane Mills, Tenn.; and Sally Yon, Ridge Spring, S.C. …. Yon is the daughter of Kevin and Lydia Yon and has been involved in the NJAA and her state association. She will be a junior at Clemson University with a major in agricultural education and a minor in animal sciences."

Drake Yon won a $5000 scholarship named in memory of Dick Spader.

The AAA press release reports:
: "The Angus Foundation awarded more than $210,000 in college scholarships to 80 Angus youth at the 2011 National Junior Angus Show (NJAS) July 15 and 16 in Harrisburg, Pa.The Angus Foundation's mission is to fund education, youth and research activities to advance the Angus breed. Applicants, to the Angus Foundation's undergraduate and graduate student scholarship program, are evaluated on involvement in the National Junior Angus Association (NJAA), involvement in the applicant's state junior Angus association and other criteria. Angus Foundation President Milford Jenkins says, "The transformational difference made in Angus youth — because somebody believed enough in them to make an outright cash gift to the Angus Foundation — is priceless."

Since 1998, the Foundation has awarded more than $1.3 million in graduate and undergraduate scholarships to 756 Angus youth." We are proud of our winner. Which was listed as "The Angus Foundation Richard L. Spader Scholarships ($5,000): Kassandra Pfeiffer, Orlando, Okla.; and Drake Yon, Ridge Spring, S.C."

Then our South Carolina juniors won first place in senior division of the team sales contest. In this contest the youth playout a scenario of a cattle buyer visiting their farm to buy a cow. The best team effort wins. Our winners were the team consisting of Drake Yon, Cory Watt and Corbin Yon.

Cory Watt won Junior Champion.

The South Carolina juniors were at the Nationals with their cows as well. In the owned category of Angus where 482 owned heifers were shown. Cory Watt from Iva, SCshowed his Champion Hill Emblynette7571 and won Junior Champion of Division 6.

Watch Juniors on TV and the Net

Also available to find out more about the Angus juniors and what they are doing watch on RFD TV hopefully there will be a rerun and/or www.angus.org :

"Angus Youth to be Featured in Champion of Champions Television Program to Air on RFD-TV"
Angus junior exhibitors and their families from across the country will be featured in the program that will air Aug. 8th.

One of the largest single-breed cattle shows in the world, the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS), will not only provide the place for dialogue and camaraderie among Angus junior exhibitors, their families and leaders in the agricultural industry, it will also create the setting for the television program, Champion of Champions, which will air Aug. 8, 2011, on RFD-TV. The program will provide coverage of many aspects of the NJAS—from exhibitor interviews to cook-off contest results to scholarship recipient profiles.

Robin Ruff, director of junior activities for the American Angus Association, says the television program will feature the NJAS in and out of the show ring, as the NJAS is a family-fun activity that offers something for everyone.

"We have many exhibitors who come to NJAS to not only exhibit in the show ring, but participate in the contests, serve as voting delegates, or to compete in the top showman of the year contest," Ruff says.

Champion of Champions will be brought to viewers by the Angus Foundation, BioZyme®, Inc. and the National Junior Angus Association.

Lisa Norton of Biozyme says it is natural to support the television program, as it will allow more people who cannot be at the NJAS to experience the show and all of the activities and valuable learning experiences it provides for youth. She and her husband Bob, along with the company and its Sure Champ™and Vita Ferm® brands, has had a presence at the NJAS for five years, and they continue to support the show and young exhibitors who will carry the agricultural industry forward.

"Our belief is that the kids are the future, and as a company we feel it is our responsibility to invest in our industry's future," Norton says. "We see our support as making a commitment to agriculture, an industry that has been so good to us."

Milford Jenkins, Angus Foundation president, says this exciting endeavor was truly made possible by Bob and Lisa's generous gift to the Foundation.

"Bob and Lisa Norton's announcement of their $250,000 leadership gift to the Vision of Value: Campaign for Angus in November 2006 at our campaign kick-off illustrated their commitment to help 'champion' the Angus breed's future and our mission," Jenkins says. "Their investment has inspired Angus youth and our American Angus Association's adult members alike to achieve even higher levels of success and to become 'champions' ever since."

Champion of Champions will air at 8 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. CDT), Aug. 8th on RFD-TV. RFD-TV is distributed by more than 625 cable operators, and can be found on DirecTV channel 345 and Dish Network channel 231. Check local listings for more information.

For those who miss the program on Aug. 8th, it will also be available online at www.angus.org.

As this article is being composed the South Carolina Juniors are hot on the trail to compete in the Junior Beef Round-Up at Clemson, SC. These youth are our messengers to a time and place we will never go and our wish is for their success and happiness.. Thanks goodness for our Angus youth and the values and work ethic they carry into the future. Congratulations for all these accomplishments and the hard work they are willing to invest to " Get er done."

Thanks to the American Angus Association and their PR office for help with this information. If you have news for South Carolina Angus Association, please send it and/or your dues ($20) /to SCAA, Windy Bartee, secretary, 1717 St. Paul Church Road, Clover, SC TEL: 803-222-7533, Email: tumblet8@bellsouth.net. Our web site is www.scangus.org.