I cannot
believe that the summer is already over half way done! Only a couple more
months and us interns will be back in University hitting the books.
After Paradise Valley I continued my travels
up to Spiritwood for two days attending their regional show. I ringed the show
alongside judge Tyler Libke. Also, I helped to judge the club displays which
was a challenge in itself as they all had great displays set up. The two day
event wrapped up with a successful sale that was said to be above average for
any of their other years.
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| Ambassador Competitors and Micheal Latimer |
Next on my list was Convention and we all know
how fun that was! I got to compete in the Ambassador competition with four
lovely ladies. HUGE congratulations to my fellow intern Stacey Domolewski on receiving
this honor. This was the first time that I ever competed in the Ambassador competition
and needless to say it was an amazing experience!
Towards the end of June is when I
started getting very busy! I attended the Moose Jaw Regional show the second last
weekend in June! It was an amazing weekend with some quality cattle being shown
and a lot of Angus or Angus influence cattle. Once again I judged the stall
display competition, I think that I am getting to be a pro at this! There were five
clubs there and they all had very attractive displays so my work was definitely
cut out for me. Overall, it was a weekend filled with fun and good times for
all the 4-H members there.
The next three days saw me in the office
working with Belinda and Ruth putting together the finishing touches for our Saskatchewan
Gold and Junior show. All I have to say about that few days is WOW! There is a
ton of work that goes into those shows last minute. We all need to give
Belinda a pat on the back for what she does for the Saskatchewan Angus and
Junior Angus Associations!!
That weekend I attended Frontier
Days in Swift Current. This weekend is always very fun and there were a lot of
good cattle being shown there by 4-H’ers. It was unbelievably hot there during
this show, as it always seems to be. Needless to say after Sunday afternoon and
not wearing sunscreen all weekend I got burnt! All of my loving friends who
were in attendance of this show nick named Rudolph. The weekend all in all was
enjoyed by all and the reserve champion steer brought a whopping $8.00/lb!
I had a couple days at home in
Regina then packed up and headed to Yorkton for our Saskatchewan Gold and
Junior show. Everyone was a little nervous going into it without having Belinda
in attendance. Her son was playing ball in the States so that obviously trumped
the Gold Show. The junior component of the show saw a lot of juniors in
attendance who had never came to our Saskatchewan Junior show before which was
great to see. We all had fun and I am sure that we gained a few more regular
Saskatchewan Junior Angus members. The Gold show also went well with no
mistakes or mix ups! The two days went very smoothly and we successfully pulled
it off without having Belinda there to depend on.
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| Rancher Endorsed Day at Convention |
Currently Stacey and I are
calling the Port O’Call Best Western in Calgary home as we attend the Calgary
Stampede. We are working the cattle trail and it has been quite the experience
so far. I have worked one day and it was interesting to see the extreme
difference between what the people know about cattle. I am excited to be a part of the 100th
Stampede and am looking forward to the next few days here!
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