PREMIER Santa Gertrudis
Association
N e w s l e t t e r
Issue 7 /
Volume 1 / Date: Spring, 2006
PREMIER SANTA
GERTRUDIS
IS BUSY. . . .
The members, junior members, and officers of Premier have really
been busy during the first half of the 2006 year.
Premier hosted the Open Show in Fort Worth in January. Pat
Stults headed up a committee of hard-working folks who did a
super job! Thanks to you all.
There have been several sales this spring, beginning with the
sale in Fort Worth as part of the National Show festivities. In
April, the Annual Red River Sale was held at the Double TT Ranch
in Rosser.
In May, there was the Polled Gold Sale at Liberty Ranch in
Kiowa, Ok. Rock Creek Ranch, Ron and Sandy Glover, had a
dispersal sale along with the Santa Marketing Coalition 1 sale
at the Pitchford facility in Athens.
The annual Five Oaks Ranch sale and junior show was held on June
2 & 3, at the Clifton Livestock Auction.
And then, most important to our association, we will have the .
. . . .
54th ANNUAL SUMMER SALE
AT THE WEST SALE BARN
JULY 8th
We are still
accepting nominations for our 54th Summer Sale. This is a major
fund-raiser for our association and a great show-case for our
cattle. We have a great time with fellow breeders and we invite
you all to join us.
We will have
a fish fry again this year on Friday night before the sale. It
will be held there on the grounds at the West Sale Barn. Rudy
Zacharias heads up the Fish Fry committee and they do a
"bang-up" job.
Mark your
calendars for July 7th & 8th!
PREMIER HAS ELECTED NEW OFFICERS FOR 2006
Premier held
its annual meeting in Fort Worth in January, during the National
Show and weekend. It was a brief meeting with reports on our
activities of 2005 and things being considered by SGBI. Due to
the pending show, a Board of Directors meeting was postponed,
following the announcement of the results of the election of new
Board members.
New board members elected were Patrick Lyness, Sandy Miller, and
Brad Bland.
At a later Board meeting, held at Harvey Lemmond's home in
Rockwall, Pete Lucas was elected president. Chris Taliaferro
was elected 1st vice president; Patrick Lyness was elected 2nd
vice president. Sandy Miller was elected secretary and Jane
Fulton was elected treasurer. Darrell Pitchford was asked to be
Sale Chairman for the 2006 Summer Sale at West, Tx, July 8th.
CZECH INN OF WEST, Ltd.
West,
Texas, now has a motel. After years of staying in Hillsboro or
Waco during weekend of our Summer Sale, the Czech Inn of West is
open and waiting for your call. It is on the same side of I-35
as the Sale Barn. It is the same exit as the VFW if you
attended last year. Ask the motel.
We have a
block of rooms waiting for calls from Premier folks. Call
(254) 826-0900 and ask for a room and mention Premier
Santa Gertrudis.
This
will make it easier to feed and check your cattle and
participate in the fellowship with others. Come join us!
WANTED: A NEW EDITOR
I am finding
that I have too many irons in the fire to do justice to this
newsletter. If anyone would like to have a turn at this, please
contact me. 940-368-3647 and leave a message.
PREMIER ANNUAL JUNIOR
HEIFER SHOW HELD
MAY 1
The Annual
Premier Junior Heifer Show was held in Denton at the North Texas
State Fairgrounds on the 1st day of May.
The judge
was Michael Schertz, a former county agent, now with the Farm
Bureau.
Grand
Champion was ES 39, also Senior Champion, shown by Logan
Fulton. Reserve Grand Champion was Miss Dbl TT Lacie 22/5, also
Calf Champion, shown by Lauren Miller.
Intermediate
Champion was Pl.L. Couch 25, shown by Philip Mynarcik. Junior
Champion was Candi Cane, shown by Logan Fulton.
The Reserve Champions
were:
Calf was
Pajamas, shown by Olivia Grounds
Intermediate was Ruby, shown by Nick Verner.
Junior was
Texas G Reba, shown by Olivia Grounds.
Senior was
Sunshine, shown by Larissa Fulton.
Best of Polled was
also ES 39, the Grand Champion.
Senior showmanship went to Berry Noles; Intermediate showmanship
went to Seth Corder; Junior showmanship went to Larissa Fulton .
It was a good show and a good tune-up for the National Junior
Santa Gertrudis Heifer Show which will be held in Mercedes,
Texas, over the week of June 18 thru 24.
JUNIORS ELECT OFFICERS
Following
the Junior Show, a meeting was held to elect officers for
2006-07. Katy Kunkel was elected president and Ryan Bland was
elected vice president. Secretary will be Mark Preston and Luke
Lyness will be the treasurer. Jacy Smallwood will be
reporter-historian.
Katy Kunkel
will represent Premier as our queen and Larissa Fulton will
represent Premier as our princess.
PREMIER HAS LOST A FRIEND WYMAN TIDWELL
1937 - 2006
Dennis Wyman Tidwell, of New Ulm, TX, died on March 23, 2006, of
natural causes at his home. He was born on September 22, 1937,
to Jack and Aree Tidwell in Knox City, Texas. Wyman was a 1956
graduate of Munday High School in Munday, Texas. He married
Belinda Coates on August 16, 1956. The Tidwells had 3
daughters: Tammy, Terri, and Traci. Wyman graduated from Texas
Tech University in 1961, and started his career as a chemical
engineer with Union Carbide Corporation at their Seadrift, TX,
plant. In 1965, he was put in charge of the computer systems at
a new grass-roots chemical plant at Taft, LA. In 1971, he left
Union Carbide to join a computer process control consulting
firm, and with 9 associates, he founded a computer process
control consulting company call Setpoint, Inc. As president of
Setpoint, Wyman developed a highly successful,
internationally-active company. After retirement from Setpoint,
Inc., Wyman and his wife became active Santa Gertrudis cattle
breeders. Wyman has been a long-time member of Premier and Mid
Coast Associations.
Wyman was
preceded in death by his father, daughter, Tammy Tidwell
Patterson, and grandson, Brandon Patterson. He is survived by
his wife, Belinda; mother, Aree Tidwell of Haskell; daughters,
Terri and Traci and their families; and many more extended
members of his family. Services were held March 27, 2006, in
Tomball, TX.
Wyman will be missed by many.
LAST SHOW OF THE 2005-06
SHOW CIRCUIT
The last
show of the Circuit was held in Denton on April 30. Shane
VanZandt of Oklahoma City, was the judge. He was formerly a
manager of Express Ranches.
Grand
Champion Bull was Bar T 32/4, shown by Rick Thomas, Bar T
Ranch. The Reserve Grand Champion Bull was Caesar KC 15/3,
shown by Adrian Casey, Casey Ranch.
Grand
Champion Female was ES 39, shown by Logan Fulton, Fulton Farms.
Reserve Grand Champion Female was Candi Cane, also shown by
Logan Fulton.
Heifer Calf
Champion was Candi Cane also. Reserve Heifer Calf Champion was
T Man's Sarrah shown by Corby Mosley.
Yearling
Heifer was Elle, shown by Logan Fulton. Reserve Yearling was
Miss Dbl TT 41, shown by Jared Carpenter.
ES 39 was
Senior Champion and Sunshine, shown by Larissa Fulton was
Reserve Senior Champion. ES 39 was also Best of Polled.
Champion
Bull Calf was Pork Chop of Fulton Farms. Reserve Bull Calf was
Paulo KC 5/5, show by Adrian Casey, Casey Ranch.
The Yearling
Champion Bull was also the Grand Champion, shown by Rick
Thomas. The Senior Champion Bull was Caesar KC 15/3, also
Reserve Grand Champion Bull, shown by Adrian Casey.
Get of Sire
was Mr Winrock G-234, shown by Lyness Farms. Best of Polled
Bull was Porkchop shown by Logan Fulton.
The Star 5
champion was T Man's Freckles, shown by Tyler Lucas, Tippin T
Farms.
REMEMBER!
SUMMER SALE AT WEST SALE
BARN - JULY 8TH
FISH FRY AND AWARDS -
FRIDAY, JULY 7TH
Czech Inn of
West - 254-826-0900
Ask for
Premier Santa Gertrudis
For Sale
Redistered Red
Gelbvieh Bull, Top Cut 24L
DOB
02-15-2001
Excellent
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heifers, 610# bulls.
Good EPDs,
large ribeyes. Throws dark red calves and smooth polled. Very
Reasonably priced.
Call Don
(903) 537-4762
Premier Santa Gertrudis Association
Newsletter
729 Greenwood
Denton,
Texas 76209
Premier
Officers & Board Members
President
Pete Lucas (08)
1st
V P Chris Taliaferro (972) 486-3140 (08)
2nd Vice
Pres Patrick Lyness (08)
Secretary
Sandy Miller (214) 793-0512 (08)
Treasurer
Jane Fulton (940) 368-3647 (07)
Adrian
Casey (07)
Pat
Stults (817) 790-6207 (07)
Darrell
Pitchford (903) 677-0664 (07)
Rudy
Zacharias (940) 325-3930 (08)
Phillip Sanford (972) 524-2427 (07)
Sam Thornton (08)
Brent Carroll (07)
Brian
Cummins (07)
Brad
Bland (08)
Suzanne
Terry (940) 368-7630 (08)
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Premier Junior Officers
President -
Katy Kunkel
Vice
President Ryan Bland
Secretary
Mark Preston
Treasurer -
Luke Lyness
Historian/Reporter Jacy Smallwood
Queen Katy
Kunkel
Princess
Larissa Fulton
PREMIER Santa Gertrudis
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