The Newsletter of the Wyoming CattleWomen

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1 Volume 31 Issue 2 May 2016 Editor: Marcia Campbell BEEF IT NEWS The Newsletter of the Wyoming CattleWomen A Message From Our President Join Us! ere it is, time to do another Wyoming CattleWYOMING H Women Beef-It News article. I have always wondered why they called them Bogs and Muck Boots. CATTLEWOMEN After all of this amazing moisture, I have no doubt that we muck around in our Muck Boots and bog MEETING down in our Bogs. I m loving the fact that there will Wed., June 1 10 a.m. Railroad Room Hilton Garden Inn Laramie Held in conjunction with the Wyoming Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show June 1-4 Questions or input? Contact President Janet Givens at: grammafarm@icloud.com be grass, but I m pretty tired of packing the mud around on my feet. Patience, patience, patience. Wyoming CattleWomen had a very good turnout for our spring meeting. We met for lunch at the Fire Janet Givens Rock Steakhouse in Casper on April 2. Jim Magagna and Haley Lockwood from WSGA and Wyoming Livestock Board Director Steve True were our guests. Haley gave an interesting presentation on the young ranchers group that is being started. Jim shared some tidbits of the upcoming Summer Convention. Director True is working diligently to get the word out about how to address the issue of rustling and/or misplaced livestock. There is a problem and it needs to be addressed. He presented several ideas on how to prevent or eliminate the situations. If anyone has an interest in having him attend any of their meetings, please feel free to contact him in Cheyenne. Several Wyoming CattleWomen were able to attend the Region V meetings recently held in Washington. We hope that the meetings were successful and informative. Gwen Geis from Gillette has been recently elected as the national Vice President for ANCW. Wyoming will be well represented and we are proud of Gwen for stepping up for our industry. Thank you Gwen! We look forward to seeing all of you in June during the WSGA Summer Convention. CattleWomen will be meeting on June 1 at 10 a.m. The Convention is in Laramie at the Hilton Garden Inn. We hope you will be able to join us there. Til we meet again, Work Hard, Live the Life, and Wear a Cowboy Hat! - Janet Givens, WCW President FEATURED COUNTY: Niobrara CattleWomen Provide Beef to Local Schools N iobrara County CattleWomen have begun a new venture. They have teamed up with local ranchers and the Niobrara County School District to provide local beef to area schools. This is the first year that Niobrara County School District trustees have supported the lunch program with strictly district funds without taking any federal assistance. This move has proved to be very beneficial since strict federal guidelines do not have to be followed. The Food Service Director has noticed a huge increase in the amount of lunches purchased as well as substantially less waste. Last fall, local ranchers Loren and Robyn Heth donated a beef to the school lunch program in Niobrara County. Word CONTACT US: spread quickly about how much the kids enjoyed the tasty beef. Soon other area ranchers stepped forward to donate beef. Niobrara County CattleWomen realized how important it was to keep the program going. Consequently they decided to coordinate the efforts to make sure there was always local beef available for the lunchroom. We had several of the kids ask last year if we were using mystery meat and I had a hard time convincing them it was indeed beef, but this year they don t even question it. They simply KNOW it s real and it s delicious, said Food Service Director Judy Lucas. NIOBRARA CONTINUED ON PAGE GRAMMAFARM@ICLOUD.COM

2 PAGE 2 BEEF IT NEWS - WYOMING CATTLEWOMEN MAY 2016 NIOBRARA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 At the local Food Expo on April 14th, the CattleWomen spotlighted the Beefing Up School Lunch program by handing out flyers as well as providing a signup sheet for potential donors. It was a successful venture, enough beef has been lined up to carry the program through the school year. The Niobrara County CattleWomen would be happy to answer any questions. Contact Lacy at or Donna at In other county news, the Niobrara County CattleWomen started 2016 by hosting a Sip & Paint at the Lusk Pizza Place as a membership drive. Local Artist Carla Stroh gave instructions on painting. Everyone enjoyed this social event. We plan to do it again. In February we hosted an Etiquette Business lunch for the High School FBLA group. In March and April we served a Roast Beef lunch at the ZumBrunnen and WEBO Bull Sales. In April we participated in the local Food Expo sponsored by the Extension Office. We handed out pamphlets and served several different beef recipes Niobrara County CattleWomen serving a bull sale lunch. to Millennials and all attending. Currently we are gearing up to host our Ag Expo with the 3rd and 4th graders. We are excited to announce two of our members children, Melody ZumBrunnen and Blake Miller, were chosen in top 10 bookmarks of the Wyoming Ag in the Classroom program. Submitted by Barb DeGering. Thank You 2016 Associate Members! Please help support the businesses that help to support your local and state CattleWomen! Farm Bureau Insurance, Big Piney Castle Land & Cattle Company, Bosler Lou Taubert Ranch Outfitters, Casper Wyoming Livestock Roundup, Casper Cow Tran, Inc., Dayton Big Bale Company, Encampment First National Bank of Gillette Wyoming Custom Meats, Inc., Hudson Farmer s Insurance, Laramie The Hair Loft, Laramie Bloomers, LLC, Lusk Clark Land Company, Lusk DeGering Livestock, Lusk Hiway Super Service, Lusk Lusk State Bank, Lusk Rich and Virginia Pullen, Lusk Shelly Larson, CPA, Lusk Silver Cliff Vet Clinic, Lusk Trail Motel, Lusk Triangle 4, Lusk Valley Motor Supply, Lusk FDL Energy, Midwest Plants Plus Greenhouse, Parkman Pinedale Auto Supply, Pinedale Sublette County Conservation District, Pinedale Western Skies Veterinary Services, LLC, Pinedale Cowboy State Bank, Ranchester Bank of Commerce, Rawlins J.H. Kaspar Oil Co., Rawlins Bailey Enterprises, Inc., Riverton Bob Jeffres Trucking, Inc., Riverton Lynette Jeffres Accounting, Riverton Saratoga Auto Parts, Saratoga Shively Hardware Co, Saratoga The Wolf Hotel, Saratoga Town & Country Realty, Saratoga Valley Foods, Saratoga Big Horn Livestock Services, Inc, Sheridan C&K Equipment, Sheridan King s Saddlery, Sheridan Sundance Equipment Company, Sundance Sundance State Bank, Sundance Pinnacle Bank, Torrington Platte Valley Bank, Torrington Graves Ranch, Inc, Wheatland Platte Valley National Bank, Wheatland WCW Associate Members pay $40 annually, receive a WCW window cling, and are listed in CattleWomen publications and at our event booth. Ten dollars is returned to the county affiliate. Ask your local businesses to join as associate members! Collect names, addresses, contact information and dues from each business and send to Lindsay Wood, 6946A US Hwy 14-16, Arvada Questions? Contact or lrt83@live.com.

3 PAGE 3 BEEF IT NEWS - WYOMING CATTLEWOMEN MAY 2016 WCW OFFICER & COMMITTEE REPORTS Treasurer s Report Thank you to all who have sent in their Affiliation dues for this year!! We have about collected all of them again this year. Your Affiliation dues go to help pay for the insurance we carry that also covers all of you for liability for your events such as Expos, Runs, Dinners, etc. If you need a proof of insurance form for your events, I can get you one within a week. I need about a week s notice to get all the phone calls going! The Budget for next year is being finalized. If you have any comments about expenditures for the next year, please let me know! Also if you have any other questions for the Treasurer or on expenses, please, please give me a call or !! - Kim DesEnfants, WCW Treasurer Grassroots Funding Grassroots activities continue to grow. We are slowly finding ways/activities to reach the Millennial parents. We have had several affiliates participate this year. There are a few activities on the horizon but have not been completed yet. Please share activity ideas with other groups so we can make this as great as we have our Ag Expos. - Angela Whitlock, Grassroots Chairwoman Membership The 2016 membership renewal period was January 1 through March 31, At the time of this writing there were 297 members registered for Of those, 187 of the 2015 members had not yet renewed. reminders were sent at the end of April to members who had not renewed. Lists were also sent to affiliate clubs to ensure that lists are accurate and to encourage renewals. Reminder postcards will also be sent out during the month of May. Membership forms continue to be received daily. Late memberships will NOT be turned away. Forms are at the Wyoming CattleWomen website: org/membership.htm. Changes are being recommended for membership in the WCW Bylaws. The changes are currently under review by the Bylaws Committee. They will be discussed at upcoming meetings throughout the year. We strongly encourage all members to attend the meetings to join in the discussions and vote on these changes. - Jenny Conrad, Secretary and Membership Chairwoman Condolences 2015 May 28 Margaret Saunders Gillette Oct. 10 Bernett Sieweke Sheridan Nov. 18 Dr. John Lunt Saratoga Nov. 21 Waldon York Lusk Dec. 1 Rex Shoults VanTassell Dec. 8 Susannah Lee Susie Lunt Saratoga Dec. 12 Mae Ann Manning Lost Springs Dec. 17 Evelyn Hakert Buffalo Dec. 17 Ann Hester Keeline Dec. 26 Duane Foss Buffalo Dec. 29 Ralph T Hap Godley Kaycee/Casper 2016 Jan. 22 Marie Garrett Huntley/Torrington Jan. 22 James E Tobin Casper Jan. 25 Merna Reed Lusk Feb. 2 John Tom Grigg Riverton Feb. 5 Catherine Rose Upton Worland/Upper Gooseberry Creek Feb. 6 Robert F. Bob Shepard Wheatland Feb. 23 Ronald Gibson Heward Shirley Basin/St George,UT Feb. 25 Kathleen R. Sun Rawlins/Oshkosh, NE Feb. 27 Delbert Dean Vaughn Chugwater March 9 Glen Lohse Kaycee March 16 Ben Cline Encampment March 17 Bette Hagenstein Pinedale April 9 Claude Walker Lyman April 12 Stephen F Adams Baggs April 16 Peggy Symonds Sundance April 18 Margaret Ellenwood Sheridan April 21 Don Wilkes Hawk Springs/Torrington We do our best to list all state and local stockgrowers and CattleWomen members who have passed away. If your loved one was not listed and you would like to see them included, please contact Condolence Chairman Karen Buchanan at , or wyo47horses@yahoo.com.

4 PAGE 4 BEEF IT NEWS - WYOMING CATTLEWOMEN MAY 2016 Albany County CattleWomen Albany County CattleWomen are celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. We are making a quilt to commemorate this milestone and it will be displayed through the summer and raffle tickets sold. We are also having Eat Beef signs made by the Snowy Range FFA members as our cornerstone project for the year. A Beef Tasting Gala, reminiscent of our old-fashioned Beef Tasting Bee held in the 80s, will be June 4 at The Cavalryman Steak House. The Laramie Jubilee Days Board of Directors has invited our 18 charter members to be the Grand Marshalls in the parade on July 9. The theme is Unsung Heroes and we are looking forward to honoring our hero members, many of whom are still very active in our organization. Our Ranch Tour will be July 16 and will highlight some of our charter member s ranches. The first stop will be at the Page Angus Ranch. Margaret Page was our first president and her father, Bob Burns, started the Ranch Tours in In September we are planning a Big Barn Dance to cap off the year s festivities. It will be a potluck dinner and will include a Kid s Rodeo! Our Ag Expo was a great success again this year. Kudos to Betty Wortman and Mary Louise Wood and their amazing team. Over 365 third graders participated. Family Night featured local artist Cassidy Newkirk, who is from a long-time Albany County ranch family. Half time featured Billy Pickel and his stock dogs. Ag books were provided to each class and the schools libraries ahead of time, along with posters to be judged. The books and poster contest were sponsored by the Albany County Farm Bureau and the Laramie Rivers Conservation District. Members honored as Cow-Belles of the Month in 2016 have been: January Debbie Wessels; February Trish Penny; March Thyra Page; April Sharleen Castle. Thanks for all they do. Submitted by Sharleen Castle. COUNTY HAPPENINGS THANK YOU TO FDL OPERATING, LLC FOR SPONSORING THE PRINTING OF BEEF IT NEWS! Campbell County CattleWomen Lindsay Wood telling students about Beef Byproducts at the Campbell County Ag Expo. Campbell County CattleWomen participated in our local Ag Expo this year. The Campbell County Conservation District, in conjunction with many sponsors, hosts an Ag Expo for every third grade student in the county. This year we had over 800 students and about parents/chaperones attend. Youth tour through booths hosted by everyone from the local Weed & Pest, to the Master Gardeners, and of course the Campbell County CattleWomen. This year our booth consisted of the beef life cycle. We walked the students through a makeshift working facility and took them from the Cow/Calf sector, to retail cuts of meat and by-products. We have been participating for years, but are constantly evolving our booth and think this may be a fun and impactful way to share our livelihood with a very large audience of future consumers! Jeanie Schlautmann and Georgia Barbour from our club also put on the beef focused lunch to serve the 75+ volunteers that make this event possible. Submitted by Lindsay Wood. Crook County CattleWomen Crook County Cattlewoman, Criss Crozier designed a 2-year website for Crook County CattleWomen: CattleWomen.com. If you wish to be placed on the website with events, recipes, and articles send to crookcocattlewomen@ gmail.com. Check out our Crook County Facebook Page. New Crook County Brand napkins, notecards and pens have creatively been placed in gift bundles to sell at retail outlets in Aladdin, Hulett, Sundance and Moorcroft. Members have purchased bundles to have on hand to give to hunters, livestock sales or visitors. Denise Wagner, Hannah Ista, Linda Larsen, and Roxie Dacar come forth with ideas and decorations for the gift bundles. This spring and summer we will promote beef with booths at the Crook County Health Fair and at Hulett and Sundance Farmers markets held for residents and tourists. A spring beef promotion was in Sundance Times, Moorcroft Leader and Hulett Pioneer newspapers a week before Mothers Day and will be again before Fathers Day. We are looking for a Crook County Resident baby born closest to the holiday dates who will be given a beef roast weighing the same as the baby. Crook County CattleWomen would like to give a shout out to Denice Wagner who has brought in 11 new members into our local organization. Wonderful feeling to have all these younger members with modern ideas to promote beef. Submitted by Janet Jensen.

5 PAGE 5 BEEF IT NEWS - WYOMING CATTLEWOMEN MAY 2016 COUNTY HAPPENINGS Goshen CattleWomen The Goshen CattleWomen have produced brand products that are being sold in Goshen County to help finance our efforts of promoting beef. These items include two volumes of books detailing the history of individual cattle brands of local producers, tote bags, and napkins. Both the tote bags and the napkins feature the livestock brands of cattle producers in the Goshen County area. The items can be found at area merchants including Newman Realty and Farm Girls Boutique in Torrington. With the funds generated by the sale of these products the Goshen CattleWomen are able to make contributions to our community including funding an agricultural scholarship at Eastern Wyoming College, awards for the beef shows at the Goshen County Fair, and an annual subscription of the Western Livestock Roundup for the Goshen County Library. On May 6, the Goshen CattleWomen installed their new officers for : President, Laurie Befus; Vice President, Donna Cay Heinz; Secretary: Erin Hager; Parliamentarian: Donna Beth Downer; Auditor: Aletha Garson; and Historian, Jenny Conrad. We are excited for the coming year with these ladies leading the way. Our warmest gratitude is extended to the ladies who served in these positions over the past year! Submitted by Jenny Conrad. Green River Valley Cow-Belles/CattleWomen To start the 2016 year off, Green River Valley Cowbelles/ CattleWomen are working hard to publish a book about the history of the brands in the Upper Green River Valley. This should be done in the fall of The 2016 annual convention was held February 27 at the Daniel School House in Daniel. After the luncheon was served by The Den and the business meeting in the morning was over, Sue Briggs-Stanfill did sing along songs with everyone and then a spoof about a ranch woman which had everyone laughing so hard they were in tears. Susan Bousman was honored as 2016 Ranchwoman of Sue Briggs-Stanfill doing a musical spoof at 2016 Convention with Joni Mack playing the piano. the Year. The 2016 Lifetime Members who were honored were Beth Bray and Rosemary Aultman. Kay Jensen s name was drawn from the raffle tickets for the brand quilt. The officers for are Jonita Sommers, president; Janet Beiermann, vice-president; Brenda Carnahan, secretary; Terrie Springman, treasurer; Kailey Barlow, historian. The 2016 Friend of Agriculture award was given this year to Bondurant Community Club and Barbeque. Janet Givens spoke to the group after the awards along with Kailey Barlow, who spoke on ag advocacy. Submitted by Jonita Sommers. Lander Valley & Fremont County CattleWomen Lander Valley CattleWomen hosted the Fremont County CattleWomen for their Spring Meeting. A great dinner was served at Svilar s Supper Club in Hudson. There were 25 ladies from across Fremont County who attended. New officers for the 2016/2017 year are Tami Marshall - president, Carmen Vasco - vice president, Angela McCann - 2nd vice president and secretary/treasurer, Deanna Crofts - membership, and Deb Gallagher - historian. Martha Hellyer and Andrea Dockery will serve as beef education and beef promotion chairladies and Cindy Thompson will be the auditor. We are happy to report that an opportunity has appeared to share our beef message with Millennials. Fremont County CattleWomen will be pairing with The Stock Doc Veterinary Clinic to host a 1K, a 5K and a Kiddy Run on June 4. We are planning to have our beef bags filled with Beef goodies and information to hand out at the race registration. We have been searching for a way to reach Millennials and know that we will have an opportunity at this race. Fremont County CattleWomen prepared and served two luncheons during the Fremont County Farm and Ranch Days in February. Nearly 350 meals were served and those who ate complimented what a nice meal it was. This is another opportunity to get out the word about our beef industry. Submitted by Janet Givens. Laramie Peak CattleWomen Our annual banquet was well-attended in December. A very deserving individual was bestowed with the title of 2015 Ranch Woman of the Year. Lindy Schroeder is a lifetime resident of Platte Co. Other than her years at UW, ranching has been her entire life. She s as comfortable on horseback as she is in the kitchen. Lindy, who is actively involved with Local and State CattleWomen, also supports ANCW. More than 183 ranchers were in the food line when we served the noon meal at the Reyes Bull Sale the end of Feb. This effort by the LPCW members successfully pads our bank account for future promotions. Our current project is installing 4 ft. x 8 ft. metal laser-cut signs that introduce travelers on I-25 coming in from the north or south direction to Platte Co. as Beef Country. The signs are finished so President Jan Hyche (R) indroducing we are now coordinating a time to put Woman of the Year for Platte County. Lindy Schroeder (L) as the 2015 Ranch them in place. We intend to have newspaper coverage as well as the attendance of the landowner, County Commissioners and other dignitaries. Our target date is before school is out since the Glendo FFA is responsible for the construction & installation of the signs. During the summer months, we ll continue to support the Push America bicycling group as well as our local fair. Sydney Burek is leading the effort to enroll Associate Members throughout our county. LPCW has yet to run out of things to do to promote our product of BEEF. Submitted by Donita Graves.

6 PAGE 6 BEEF IT NEWS - WYOMING CATTLEWOMEN MAY 2016 COUNTY HAPPENINGS Natrona County Cow-Belles with Greg and Dr. Jim Logan, Wyoming State Veterinarian. This new ruling will require producers to get a prescription from their veterinarian before being able to purchase medicated feed that contain certain drugs. The veterinarian will have to have a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship before writing the prescription. These prescriptions are only good for six months and can only be written for the number of animals to be treated. The veterinarian, producer and distributor will all have to keep the prescription on file, either electronically or hardcopy, for a period of two years. NO EXTRA-LABEL use of medicated feed products containing a VFD or combination of VFD drugs will be permitted. The VFD must include the statement: Use of feed containing this veterinary feed directive (VFD) drug in a manner other than as directed on labeling is not permitted. The issuing veterinarian must be licensed in the state where the animals are fed. For additional information the following web sites are available: Submitted by Suesan Parrott. Riverton/Shoshoni Cow-Belles November 19 was 4-H Achievement night and Becky Debolt and Julie Robinson served BBQ beef sandwiches to the group. In December, Kathy Bush and Betsy DeBolt bought and decorated a wreath for the Festival of Trees. Jan Warner volunteered to buy gifts for the Angel Tree for a boy from the Worland Boys School, plus three other recipients. The Cowbelles donated hamburger for the Christmas baskets for the needy and also food for the Food Bank. In addition, 50 lbs of beef and barbeque sauce was donated to the USA Swim Club. This year s Ten Sleep Parade of Lights theme was Rockin Country Christmas and the Cowbelles decorated a float that won 2nd place. February was the annual Westi-Ag days and the Cowbelles prepared and served a beef lunch and snacks for the two-day event. Beef sandwiches were also served at the annual Guardians of the Range meeting. Marlene Loudan and Julie Robinson baked for and served this meal. Four beef gift certificates were given at the two local grocery stores for St. Patrick s Day and National Ag Day. Additionally, meat was donated to the local American Cancer Society Relay for Life fund raiser. Big Horn County Extension Office/Washakie County Extension Office collaborated to offer classes for women in agriculture. This program, called Annie s Project, was offered in Hyattville and Ten Sleep. The Cowbelles served the evening meals for the Ten Sleep meetings. The Cowbelles also prepared and served the banquet for the State Weed and Pest Convention May 7 was our Mother Daughter Spring Luncheon. Dennis Sun spoke on issues we as producers are facing and of which we need to be aware. We enjoyed his talk and appreciate his philanthropy to ag organizations. Scholarships of $600 each were awarded to Tavee Meisinger and Jarett Wing, both planning to attend Casper College. The Senior Citizens Centers in Casper and Mills enjoyed a roast beef meal on ag day, April 15. We provided the money for the roasts and their cook prepared the meal. We help carry trays, refill drinks and bus tables. Cow-Belles enjoy this project and are very visible in our red beef aprons. We also gave $446 worth of frozen beef chubs to Seton House and Youth Crisis Center. The youth were so excited to have hamburgers and tacos in their future! Our Royal Natrona County Royal Court Girls. Court Girls are going to be acting as Greeters at the CNFR in June. They also help with the CNFR Special Olympics Rodeo. Our highway signs are coming along! Collecting the brands that will edge the signs has taken longer than expected, but we are almost full on all four highways coming into Natrona County. Submitted by Marcia Campbell. The Riverton and Shoshoni Cow-Belles hosted the annual Ag Expo on April 8, 2016 at the CWC Equine Center in Riverton. 321 third graders and 35 teachers participated in the Debbie Jordan and Liz Philp-Diltz helped Ag event. Eleven Expo students make wool balls. learning stations were available including horse care and grooming, horse hoof care, farms and farming, soils and soils health, food safety, beef and beef by-products, predators, pigs, electricity, ag bracelets and sheep and wool. Lunch was provided for the presenters who volunteered their time for the day-long event. Submitted by Cathy Meyer. Sheridan County CattleWomen The Sheridan County CattleWomen had Greg Faxon of Zoetis, a pharmaceutical company, speak about the new Veterinary Feed Directives taking effect Jan. 1, It was an interesting and informative program. The following is information from talking Washakie County Cow-Belles

7 PAGE 7 BEEF IT NEWS - WYOMING CATTLEWOMEN MAY 2016 COUNTY HAPPENINGS in Worland this year. The Cowbelles also donated a gift basket for the Weed and Pest s scholarship silent auction. Three $500 scholarships were given by the Cowbelles to Amanda Lewton of Ten Sleep and Callie Klinghagen and Levi Sinn of Worland. All recipients have to be attending college in some area of agriculture. Submitted by Kathy Bush and Martha Sutherland. Weston County Cow-Belles Weston County CowBelles sponsored four prizes at the Weston County Fair in August Our awards go to Best 1st or 2nd Year Market beef, Champion Leathercraft exhibit, a 4-H award to the Photographer whose picture best depicts life with beef and an Open class photo that best depicts life with beef. The fair judges choose the first three awards and a committee of CowBelles pick the best open class photo. Current members of CowBelles are not eligible for the open class photo award. In Autumn a number of Weston County ladies attended a meeting in Crook County to welcome the Wyoming Cattlewoman president to north east Wyoming. Just before New Year s the CowBelles provided prime rib for the residents of Mondell Heights (a private senior living group). Local chef and owner Pam Gualteri of Pizza Barn and the Slatewood Inn prepared and served the prime rib to the residents. Several members also attended the dinner. We gave the residents informational brochures about the nutrition in beef. The Christmas party was a carry-in dinner for members. In May we will provide a sloppy joe lunch to the Newcastle FFA members at their Ag Day for fourth graders. We are also making plans to judge 4th grade essays on, Why my father should be Father of the Year. The best essayist will receive a certificate for a beef meal for the Father of the Year and his nominator and a framed photo of the two of them. Class winners will receive two tickets to the local movie theatre. This is our Beef for Father s Day promotion. Submitted by Nancy Darnell. BEEF IT NEWS layout by Liz Lauck Public Relations lauck.liz@hotmail.com farmpaparazzi.com REGION V UPDATE Submitted by Gwen Geis, ANCW Vice President Region V meeting was in Richland, Washington April Angela Whitlock and Gwen Geis were in attendance from Wyoming. There were 40 women from the region attending with no one being able to attend from Colorado. The social and entertainment on Thursday evening was enjoyed by all. Friday morning started off with the business meeting and state reports followed by a presentation from the Washington Beef Commission Executive Director Patti Brumbach. Her presentation was on how well we are sharing our story and listening to the consumer. She told of a panel they did last year at their convention by bringing in Millennials that didn t know what they were going to be talking about and had the producers who did not know they would be questioned by the Millennials until the last minute. The producers asked question about perception and what the Millennials were wanting from them. The producers reported that they didn t know a lot of what they were hearing. The Millennials enjoyed getting to know the producers so much they stayed and talked with the producers for a good portion of the day. What a great take away and interaction. Gwen Geis then spoke about the ANCW and what has been happening on the national level. Annual Convention was in San Diego and the new officers were installed. Ann Nogan President (PA), Penny Zimmerman President-Elect (MN), Gwen Geis Vice President (WY), and Crystal Walker Treasurer/CFO AL. The Treasurer/CFO position is new this year as per the change in the by-laws. This was done to try and keep the financial info current for the members by having a member more actively participating in the function. This is going to be an elected position for two years and will not have to move up the officer list if they choose not to. This person will chair the Ways and Means Committee and have a vote on the Executive Committee and be part of the Officer Team. The proposed name and logo changes did not pass. There is contest for a new redesigned logo happening at this time if people are interested in submitting suggestions please check the website for ANCW (ancw.org). The Collegiate Beef Advocacy program is slowly starting to come together. There have been some parameters put in place and the ANCW is looking for someone to take this on and help create a great program. Summer Conference is coming up in July in Denver and there is to be a workshop for State President-Elects. Twelve women from ANCW attended the Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. mid-april and experienced the working of our government first hand. Also mid-april the Executive Director of ANCW resigned leaving us with no staff. This was partially due to funding as ANCW is experiencing financial difficulties. Miss Rodeo America Katherine Merck (WA) spoke on her year as Miss Rodeo and how she is carrying the message of Agriculture and trying to change the way that Miss Rodeo is perceived by the industry. The Washington State Beef Ambassador (Alexis Andrews) spoke and is going to be attending Casper College (WY) this fall on a Livestock Judging Scholarship. The day was finished with lots of visiting and networking at the Targaris Winery. Meetings were held the next morning with elections of committee people and then Dr. Joe Baker, Washington State Veterinarian,spoke and Toni Meacham, an Attorney, spoke followed by a tour of a Winery and shopping. Region V will be held in Wyoming next year and Gillette has been chosen as the site. So plan on attending in April of 2017.

8 Wyoming CattleWomen, Inc. P.O. Box 250 Midwest, WY WCW OFFICERS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS OFFICERS President Janet Givens Mile Rd Arapahoe Vice President Deanna Crofts PO Box 226 Riverton Secretary Jenny Conrad 5648 Rd 27 Veteran Treasurer Kim DesEnfants 5182 Van Tassell Rd. Torrington Auditor Liz Lauck th St Wheatland Parliamentarian Amanda Hulet 259 Sunset Ave Buffalo Director & Nominating Angela Whitlock 1221 Southfork Rd. Cody Director Gwen Geis 128 Clarkelen Rd Gillette Wyoming Beef Council Executive Director Ann Wittmann P.O. Box 1243 Cheyenne Wyoming Stock Growers Association Executive Vice President Jim Magagna P.O. Box 206 Cheyenne COMMITTEES Associate Membership Lindsay Wood 6946A US Hwy Arvada Beef It News Marcia Campbell, Editor P.O. Box 250 Midwest Janet Givens, Co-Editor (see President contact info) Condolence: Karen Buchanan 34 E Pavillion Rd Pavillion wyo47horses@yahoo.com Legislative: Janet Jensen 295 Jensen Rd Belle Fourche, SD janetajensen@gmail.com Membership: Jenny Conrad (see Secretary contact info) Beef Promotion: Liz Lauck (see Auditor contact info) Grassroots Funding Angela Whitlock (see Director & Nominating contact info) Historian: Vacant Website/Social Media Liz Lauck (see Auditor contact info) Angela Whitlock (see Director & Nominating contact info) Animal Well-Being Amanda Hulet (see Parliamentarian contact info) *All phone numbers have a (307) area code, and all addresses are Wyoming, unless otherwise stated.