Angus Update
Nov. 18, 2008

Louisville Update: Board Elections, Auxiliary News, Honorees

American Angus Association® members gathered in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 15-18 for the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) and related Angus events.

Delegates met Monday, Nov. 17 for the 125th Annual Meeting to conduct Association business and elect five members to the Board of Directors. Newly elected directors include Arlen Sawyer, Bassett, Neb.; Doug Schroeder, Clarence, Iowa; Darrell Silveira, Firebaugh, Calif.; Jim Sitz, Harrison, Mont.; and Gordon Stucky, Kingman, Kan.

Chosen as officers were Jay King, Rock Falls, Ill., president and chairman of the Board; Bill Davis, Sidney, Mont., vice president and vice chairman of the Board; and Joe Hampton, Mount Ulla, N.C., treasurer.

Click here for biographies of Board candidates, which first appeared in the October Angus Journal,® pages 72-76.

Newly elected directors include (standing, from left): Darrell Silveira, Firebaugh, Calif.; Doug Schroeder, Clarence, Iowa; Arlen Sawyer, Bassett, Neb.; Jim Sitz, Harrison, Mont.; and Gordon Stucky, Kingman, Kan.

Chosen as officers were Bill Davis, Sidney, Mont., vice president and vice chairman of the Board; Jay King, Rock Falls, Ill., president and chairman of the Board; and Joe Hampton, Mount Ulla, N.C., treasurer.

The American Angus Auxiliary also conducted business during Angus activities in Louisville, Ky. Auxiliary members met Saturday, Nov. 15. Elected officers include Michelle Rieff, Bentonville, Ark., president; Kathi Creamer, Montrose, Colo., president-elect; Barb Ettredge, Pilot Point, Texas, secretary/treasurer; and Nancy Thelen, Saline, Mich., advisor.

Auxiliary regional directors were also elected. They include: Mary K. Vejraska, Omak, Wash.; Annie Viator, Franklin, Texas; Lynne Hinrichsen, Westmoreland, Kan.; Martha Holshouser, Gold Hill, N.C.; Leslie Mindemann, Sullivan, Wis.; and Cortney Hill-Dukehart, Sykesville, Md.

In addition, Katie Gazda, Athens, Ga., was named 2009 Miss American Angus. Five young women vied for the title during the competition, including Gazda; Megan Ahearn, Wills Point, Texas; Krystin Bachman, Lancaster, Ohio; Kaley Bockhop, Belmont, Wis.; and Katrina Frey, Quarryville, Pa.

Also during events at Louisville, the American Angus Association and National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) honored several Angus members.

Haley Rieff, Bentonville, Ark., was recognized as the NJAA Outstanding Leadership Award recipient, and five individuals were inducted into the Angus Heritage Foundation. Inductees include: Minnie Lou Bradley, Memphis, Texas; Joseph Schaff, Bismarck, N.D.; Robert (Bob) Schlutz, Columbus Junction, Iowa; Richard Wilson, Saint Joseph, Mo.; and Roy Wallace, Plain City, Ohio (deceased).

For other coverage from the NAILE and other Angus activities, visit Angus Productions Inc.’s (API’s) web site, www.angusjournal.com/louisville/.

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Canada Confirms Latest BSE Case

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a seven-year-old dairy cow from British Columbia. No part of the animal’s carcass entered the human food or animal feed systems, CFIA reports.

The animal’s birth farm has been identified, and an investigation is under way. The CFIA is tracing the animal’s herdmates at the time of birth and examining possible sources of infection. The age and location of the infected animal are consistent with previous cases detected in Canada.

— compiled by Crystal Albers, associate editor, Angus Productions Inc.