Daffodils are jumping in the wind and basketball players are jumping for a goal. Folks in South Carolina are jumping to get to the 40th Carolina Angus Futurity banquet, meeting and sale of select Angus females.

At the Friday night meeting of the SCAA members and guests on March 18th, the Futurity will be dedicated to Lewis Smith. Lewis has served as a South Carolina Junior Angus advisor, Carolina Angus Futurity chairman as vice-president of the SCAA, director of the SCAA, and many other untitled jobs to benefit the South Carolina Angus Association. He currently serves as president. Walter Shealy as chairman of the committee to select the South Carolina Angus Hall of Fame will announce the new inductees as F. B. Davis and Zack Livingston.

The Angus females will enter the auction ring at noon on Saturday, March 19th. The bidding will be jumping to take home a select female from the Carolina Angus Futurity. Frankie Mullikin is chairman of the event. Jeremy Haag will represent the Angus Hall of Fame. Mike Jones is the auctioneer.

Our SC juniors who show Angus Jump into great careers. In the February 8, 2011 issue of the Charlotte Observer, a former SCJAA showperson and president was featured on the front of the Carolina Living section. Heather Blackmon began her career in animal science as an embryologist and now is working with human fertility. In the photo in the Charlotte Observer she is performing the vitrification process in the lab at Carolina Conceptions in Raleigh. There they can harvest and freeze human eggs for clients who may use them later after cancer treatments. Heather is the daughter of Doris Blackmon of Famoda Angus in Tigerville, SC. Shirley Brown is Heather's aunt.

Lewis and Barbara Smith jumped for joy at the birth of a baby boy to their daughter Caroline and Jon Lamb in Virginia. Clay Reed Lamb was born on March 5, 2011 at 8.5 lb at 3:24 PM. Mother and child are doing fine.

Bulls were jumping at the auctions to get to work in the pastures. The prices were too. The South Carolina bull sale results that were available follow.

Clemson Bull Test on Feb. 5, 2011(unofficial)

Other sales will be reported as they are available.

The sales of Angus usually jump to the highest dollars. They are in greater demand. The Angus breed is the largest registered breed in the world. Consumers are demanding the Angus beef. What’s for dinner? Mostly it is Angus when high quality beef is required. Angus breeders can jump for joy to celebrate the success of the Angus breed.

Heather Blackmon works as a clinical embryologist in Raleigh. She is past president of the SCJAA and from Famoda Angus in Tigerville, SC.

Robert Whitaker, Genex, and David Gazda, AAA representative, are promoting the Angus breed at the SC Cattleman's Convention in March.

Paul Wilkie, Evelyn Edmunds, and Linda Wilkie plan on attending the Carolina Angus Futurity after the SC Cattlemen's Convention.

Lydia Yon enjoys the banquet

Keith Hawkins of Hawkins Nest Angus had the high ADG in both the Junior and Senior bulls at the Clemson Bull Test in February.

Drake Yon, Cory Watt and Sally Yon have all held offices in the SCJAA. Cory serves as the president now and is attending Clemson University. They are also active as SC Cattlemen and Block and Bridle. All three won scholarships at the Cattlemen's Convention.

Frankie Mullikin and Lewis Smith met with the officers of the SCAA after the Clemson Bull Sale to plan the Carolina Angus Futurity. Frankie is the sales chairman. Lewis is president of SCAA.

Thank you to Dr. Larry Olson, Lydia and Kevin Yon, Barbara Smith for their help with the news. If you would like to become a member of the SCAA, please send your information and $20 to SCAA, c/o Windy Bartee, sec. 1717 St. Paul Church Road, Clover, SC 29710. www.scangus.org is the website for SCAA. Ads in the newsletter are $100.