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October 2009

The ShropShireVoice

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~ The ShropShire Voice ~Volume 29, Issue 3 October 2009

Board of DirectorsAmerican Shropshire Registry

Association

Mark McCabe – Pres. (2009) 5154 Nickelson Road Prospect, OH 43342 (740) 494-2969 [email protected]

Darrell Dockter – V. Pres. (2010) 19411 S. Carpenter Rd. Snohomish, WA 98290 (425) 334-9130 [email protected]

Gary Brockmann (2009) 2011 Blake Road Garden Prairie IL 61038 (815) 544-4515 [email protected]

Re Call (2009) 964 Mohawk Trail Shelburne, MA 01370 (413) 625-2436 [email protected]

Robert Dinsmore (2011) 5842 Broad Run Road Jefferson, MD 21755 (301) 371-4483 [email protected] Cody Hiemke (2010) 2324 Webster St., Apt. B Berkeley, CA 94705-1970 (FamilyflockisinWisconsin) (415) 302-8025 [email protected]

Norbert Jackson (2011) 4125 W. State Route 28 Alexandria, IN 46001 (765) 754-7057 [email protected]

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Robert Johnson (2009) 569 State Highway Marshfield,MO65706 (417) 859-4452 [email protected] Ralph Lovely (2011) 292 Cold Stream Farm Rd. Madisonville, TN 37354 Cell: (865)-604-5747 Jim Percival (2011) 961 Hoop Road Xenia, OH (937) 374-3371 [email protected]

Tim Roberts (2009) 27954 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, OK 73093 (405) 485-9255 [email protected]

Carol Rueber (2009) 24632 210th Street Sumner, IA 50674 (563) 578-8663 [email protected]

Bill Seals (2011) 2360 B Shafer Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408) 779-1789 [email protected]

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I attended the All-American Junior Show on July 4th. I was born and raised in Green-ville, Ohio and it was nice to go back there. A tremendous show, with young people from all over the East, Midwest, and Southwest, attend-ing. Each young person brings with them enthusiasm, fam-ily, and sheep. What a great op-portunity to make new friends from all over the country. There are lots of things to participate in besides the show. Over 200 head were entered with 173 head actually shown. There were 44 rams, 42 yearling ewes, and 77 ewe lambs shown. A lot of excitement and a nice crowd was watching the show. Make plans for next year to attend the All-American Junior Show in Michigan at Michi-gan State University over the Forth of July weekend. The sale season this spring and summer was active and busy with lots of good Shrop-shires finding new owners. In my 20 years in the Shropshire breed I have not seen the interest or demand for rams. At the Classic Sale, the stands were full and most all of the rams in the sale found new homes. The eighth annual Shropshire futurity is once again bigger and better than last year. We had tremendous support from our Shropshire breeders as 106 ewe lambs were nominated for a purse of $2120. So far every year for eight years the futurity has grown! Wow! I have received point cards for 36 ewe lambs exhibited by 24 different junior exhib-itors. Every year the futurity gets more com-petitive. Two ewe lambs have perfect point totals, one with five shows and 60 points and one with four shows and 50 points. The National Junior Show at Louisville will be monumental in determining our winner and final standings. The two regional open shows for the

125th were well attended, with 88 heads at the Oregon Northwest show and 215 at the Indiana regional Show. All Shropshire breed-

ers should thank Becky Peter-son, our breed secretary, for at-tending all regional and national Shropshire events this summer– a lot of time and travel! The first ever Shropshire NAILE sale will be part of the events at Louisville this No-vember. Around 25 head of high quality bred ewes and show quality ewe lambs will be in the sale. The ewe lambs will be nom-inated for the 2010 first ever

Shropshire Yearling Ewe Futurity. Should be an excellent opportunity to add high quality females to any flock. Plan to be in Louisville this November for the culmination of our 125th year celebra-tion. Our events are such that everything happens over a three day period, starting Friday evening with lead-line and ending with the national show Monday morning at 8:00 a.m.

See you in Louisville!Mark McCabe

From the President

Mailing lists If you know of anyone who has not been active for two years and is not re-ceiving a copy of The Voice, but are still active in Shropshires, are life members and want to continue receiving the Voice, just let Secretary Becky Peter-son know and she will see that they get back on the mailing list. Also, if you are receiving copies of the Voice but are not interested in con-tinuing to do so, please contact Secre-tary Peterson.

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The summer of 2009 has been very busy for Shropshire enthusiasts. Shrops were tops at several state fairs and were featured at two special regional shows. The futurity program boasts record numbers with 106 ewe lambs nominated and 34 competing for points. There is a fine Junior Am-bassador in Monica Ebert of St. George, Kansas. The All-American Junior Show hosted a record number event in Greenville, Ohio where 218 Shrops were shown. There has been a lot of remem-bering going on with 2009 being the 125th Anniversary of the incorporation in 1884. Several old-time Shropshire breeders or their families have ventured out to these events. Those showing now are celebrating their suc-cesses. The youth of the breed are definitely positioning themselves for the future. By the time this issue is out, two scholarships will have been awarded. I have had opportunity to travel to two regional shows, so far. The Midwest Regional was held in Indiana and the Northwest Re-gional was held in Oregon. Both shows were in honor of the 125th Anniversary and both had an excellent representation of the en-thusiasm for the Shropshire breed. Each time I travel like that, I have another adventure and I meet more breeders and members. Of course, that helps to put a name with the voice on the telephone, on both ends of the line! I enjoy meeting with, and talking with, the members, young and old alike. It’s hard to tell sometimes which age group has more enthu-siasm for the breed. Either way, there is a lot of it out there. In the Shropshire office, every day brings a new report on the weather and crop con-ditions from around the country. Stories are told from different events and shows. A youngster will report in with the honors they have won with their Shropshires and I still get a smattering of what is happening in other

breeds. Registration numbers are very similar to last year. The ASRA would still appreciate receiv-

ing copies of the older style reg-istration papers to help fill in the blanks on pedigrees. If you have current registration papers and wonder why the pedigree has holes in it, please take a little time and look through your collection of the previous papers typed on the half sheets. If those animals have a bearing on your current pedigrees and can fill in the empty

lines, then go on, send it in! This will help us all recover from the loss of some of the old filed pedigrees that disappeared when the former registry office was cleaned out. Plans are coming along well for the culmi-nation of the celebration of this momentous year. Things will be very busy for three days in Louisville in November. We’ll be kicking off the fun with the Stars of Louisville Shrop-shire Female Sale on Saturday morning, Nov. 14. We’ve worked hard making this first time event a great sale. The popular youth Quiz Bowl and also the wether show happen Satur-day afternoon. The Annual Meeting and 125th Anniversary banquet will take place on Sat-urday evening. Please make your attendance intentions known to the office. A very impres-sive Shropshire Junior Show is scheduled for Sunday morning. The open Shropshire show will be the first open show out of the gate (that’s race track talk in Louisville) on Mon-day morning. Attendance as exhibitors and spectators is expected to be super. There are some very fine awards being created for the sheep shows. 2009 will be a year to remem-ber in the Shropshire scheme of things. Just think, 2010 will be 126 years and counting. There has been a lot of fund-raising going on. There have been baskets at silent auc-tions since June 2008. The Centennial History Book “The First Hundred Years” has been auctioned at a few sales. Donations have been

From the Secretary

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made. Let’s not forget the T-shirts. Do you recall Janet Dockter’s logo that was unveiled in the spring? One can be yours on a T-shirt (long or short sleeved), a sweat shirt (crew neck or hooded), black or khaki hats or very nice decals. I put a decal on a sheet of plexi-glass and hung it next to our outdoor farm sign and it has weathered our very wet sum-mer very well. Prices and sizes of these items are elsewhere in this issue of the Voice and on www.shropshires.org. I continue to enjoy the secretaryship of the American Shropshire Registry Associa-tion. I can work from home, continuing to meet some very nice folks with a common enthusiasm and interest in the sheep industry. I have made some good friends in my travels. I’m enjoying reading the pedigrees that I print. Registrations continue to go out in a timely manner with very few delays and many late nights. Most of all, I enjoy seeing the enthusi-asm grow for the breed. Feel free to give me a call in the office to report on what’s going on in your neck of the woods.

Becky Peterson, Secretary


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Thanks! to Jesse Long of shelbina, Mo for purchasing 15 ewes and a yearling ram. also, thanks to all the buyers at the Ohio Classic and shropshire spectacular. Congratulations to Mariah shearer for her supreme Champion ewe at her county fair on a fall ewe she purchased from me at the Classic.

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The North American International Sheep Show will run from Nov. 13-20 in Louisville, Ky. at the Kentucky Exposition Center. A host of events for Shropshire enthusiasts, young and old, is planned to help com-memorate the 125th Anniversary. Junior Division events begin on Friday, Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. with both the Market Lamb Showmanship and the Lead Line Contest. The Junior Wether Show begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Nov. 14 and will run all day. Kyle Smithwick of Miles, Texas will serve as judge for this contest. The ASRA will sponsor a Junior Quiz Bowl Contest and afternoon of bowling at 1 p.m. on Saturday. This will take place at the bowling alley right outside the main gate. Quiz Bowl teams shall consist of three per-sons, one of which shall be under 14 years of age and also shall contain at least one boy and at least one girl. Cash awards are as fol-lows: $15 per team member for first place, $10 per team member for second place and $5 per team member for third place. A pizza party and meeting for all youth to discuss future plans will follow the Quiz Bowl. The National Junior Shropshire Breed-ing Sheep Show will be on Sunday, Nov. 15. Shropshires will be the second breed of the day and will be judged by Larry Shroyer. The ASRA provides special awards to all of the class winners. The National Shropshire Show Open Division will be at 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 16. These sheep will be judged by Brad Payne of Weston, Mo. Please note that the ASRA has added extra funding to both the Junior Division and the Open Divi-sion in 2009 and offers a total of $2806 for both shows.

The yearling ewe class has been split for both shows as has the spring ewe lamb class which is now split by month of birth. The

Matching Funds program con-tinues in 2009 but has been

revised in order to fund the premiums pro-vided. A fee of $10 per head and group class will be required from each exhibitor in the open show. These fees will be payable to the

ASRA prior to show day and should be sent to the

secretary. These fees will be retained by the association again in 2009. Shropshire show spectators might enjoy morning snacks in certain penning areas along the west wall of the sheep facility prior to the shows on Sunday and Monday. This would be an opportunity to catch up with folks you haven’t seen in some time. In conjunction with the 2009 National Shropshire Show, the Annual Meeting of the Members of the American Shropshire Registry Association and 125th Anniversary Banquet will also be held in Louisville. This gathering is set for Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. It will be a buffet-style meal catered by Center Plate, the official meal service at the North American. Past ASRA presidents have been invited and will be introduced. Larry Mead will serve as the Master of Ceremo-nies and will offer some of his Shropshire remembrances and anecdotes. Tickets are $22 for adults and at a reduced rate for youngsters. Tickets will be available at the door but please make your intentions to at-tend known with the Shropshire office. F o r further information regarding the 125th An-niversary schedule, see www.shropshires.org. For other aspects of the Exposition, go to www.livestockexpo.org.

125th Anniversary events to highlight National Show at 2009 NAILE

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Official notice is hereby given to all mem-bers of the American Shropshire Registry Association, Inc. that the 2009 Annual Meet-ing of the Members will be held on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. (EST) in Louisville. The pur-pose of said meeting is to hear and approve the reports of the President and Secretary/Treasurer to ratify the acts of the Board of Directors since the last annual meeting of the members; to act on any old or new busi-ness which may be brought before the meet-ing; and to elect directors for districts having directors whose terms expire in 2009. Article VI, Section 2 of the By Laws allows for the direct election of a director for a dis-trict if that district has an active, recognized Shropshire association. Directors whose terms will expire: Robert Johnson – Southwest District (Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tex-as, Louisiana)

LEGAL NOTICEANNuAL MEETING Of ThE MEMbErs

Tim Roberts – Southwest District Gary Brockmann – Illinois District Mark McCabe – Ohio District Carol Rueber – North Central District (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa) Re Call – New York, New England District (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.) Each membership in the American Shrop-shire Registry Association, Inc. is entitled to one vote at the Annual Meeting of the Members. Such vote must be cast in per-son. Those members attending the Annual Meeting shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting the business of the Association. All members are encouraged to attend and participate. Becky Peterson

Secretary

The following amendments to the ASRA By-Laws were approved by the Board of Di-rectors at the June 18, 2009 meeting. These motions will be brought to the general membership for a vote at the Annual Meet-ing of the Members on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. EST at NAILE. Approved Motion: To add Article IV, Sec-tion 6 to the Articles of Incorporation, which will read:

The Executive Committee of the Association will consist of the Presi-dent, Vice President, most recent past President, and the Secretary/Treasurer.

Approved Motion: To change ARTICLE V, Section 3 to read the following:

Notice of the annual or special meeting of the members shall be served by postal mail to each active

lifetime membership at such address as appears upon the records of the association. This notice must state day, hour and location of the meet-ing and must be given at least 15 and no more than 45 days prior to the meeting. Notice can be made in the Official Publication of the Associa-tion in the issue preceding said meet-ing, providing the mailing falls within the appropriate time requirement. Notices regarding special meetings of the membership must state the explicit purpose of the meeting.

Approved Motion: To rewrite Article VIII, Section 1 to read:

Any person or persons interested in purebred Shropshire sheep and pays a lifetime membership is eligible to be a member of the Association.

LEGAL NOTICEAsrA by-Law revisions to be voted on at Annual Meeting

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Approved Motion: To strike Article VIII, Section 3 from the Articles of Incorporation. Passage of this motion will automatically re-number Article VIII, Section 4 so that it will be Article VIII, Section 3. Article VIII, Section 3 (the motion we are recommending should be struck) currently reads:

Any owner of stock in the dissolved American Shropshire Registry As-sociation will be issued a certificate of membership in this Association without charge upon surrender of his stock or satisfactory evidence to the Board of Directors of stock owner-ship.

Approved Motion: To add Article VII, Section 4 to the Articles of Incorporation, which will read:

Active lifetime memberships are de-fined as those which have paid an-nual dues in two of the preceding three fiscal years.

Note: Becky will be changing “annual ser-vice fees” on the registration forms to read “annual dues”. Approved Motion: To rewrite Article X to read:

By-Law Amendments must first be adopted by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. Notice of the Board of Directors’ amendment adoption must be published in con-secutive editions of the Official Publi-cation of the Association. The second such notice will include a time frame for the vote to take place. The offi-cial ballot will be distributed by first class mailing. Votes are limited to one per active membership. Completed ballots will be sent to the Secretary/Treasurer, who will be responsible for verifying there are no duplicate votes per membership. The Secretary/Treasurer and three Board Members appointed by the President shall be responsible for tallying the vote.

Approved Motion: To add Article VI, Sec-tion 2, Sub-point c, to the Articles of Incor-

poration, which will read:“If a director is expelled from the board the President will appoint an individual from said district to finish out the term.

Lastly, Article III Section 2 requires: “every six years, beginning in 1994, the Board of Directors shall present to the Annual Meet-ing a proposal regarding the allocation of seats on the National Board.” In Fall 2008 the By-Laws committee evaluated member-ships and registrations per state and district for each of the preceding three years. Based on this evaluation the Committee brought a redistricting recommendation to the Board. The Board opted to not adjust the Districts. The next evaluation of Districts should oc-cur in 2014.________________________________

PREAMBLE Fully recognizing the importance to all interests in the culture of the Shropshire sheep, and of having reliable record, which may be accepted as final authority in ques-tion of pedigrees; desiring to unite the ex-periences and interests of all in guarding and perpetuating the purity of their flocks, we do now unite in organizing this Association.

ARTICLE I. – NAME AND LOCATIONThe name of this Association shall be “THE AMERICAN SHROPSHIRE REGISTRY AS-SOCIATION, INC.” with the principal office in the city and state of the residence of the secretary-treasurer. ARTICLE II – DURATION AND PURPOSEThe Duration of this association shall be in perpetuity. The Purpose shall be to make and preserve an American Flock Record known as the “American Shropshire Sheep Record”, to promote the distribution and use of Shropshire Sheep registered therein, and to do all such other work necessary to be done in the management and maintaining of such Association. ARTICLE III. – OFFICERS �

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE AMERICAN SHROPSHIRE

REGISTRY ASSOCIATION, INC.

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1. The officers of this Association shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary-Treasurer who shall perform both of-fices, and a Board of Directors.

2. The Board of Directors shall be composed of fifteen members, including the Presi-dent and Vice President. All Board Mem-bers shall represent one of ten districts: Northwest – 1, West – 1, North Central – 1, Southwest – 2, Illinois – 2, Indiana – 1, Ohio – 2, Wisconsin/Michigan – 1, New York/New England – 2, Pennsylvania/South – 2. Every six years, beginning in 1994, the Board of Directors shall pres-ent to the Annual Meeting a proposal re-garding the allocation of seats on the Na-tional Board. This proposal will take into account the number of registrations by area, but in no case shall any district have more than two representatives. Should any redistricting result in the loss of the seat of an existing Board Member from a district, the existing member shall serve out the term. As the expiration of that term, the seat will no longer be available. Should redistricting add a member to a district, that district should elect a mem-ber at the next annual meeting. It is real-ized that this may occasionally result in a Board of greater than fifteen members for an interim period of time.

3. All officers and directors shall be members of this Association, not more than two of whom shall be residents of any one state.

ARTICLE IV. – DUTIES OF OFFICERS1. The President shall preside at all meetings

of the Association, and all meetings of the

Board of Directors. The President shall sign all certificates of membership which may be issued and shall be the custodian of all bonds given by the officers of the Association and renewals thereof and also perform all duties usually expected of such officer. In case of the absence or disability of the President, the Vice President shall assume the duties of the President.

2. The duties of the Vice President shall be to preside at all meetings of the Association and Board of Directors in the absence of the President and in such event he shall have the authority to perform the duties of the President. He shall also assume the duties of the President in the event of the death or disability of that officer.

3. The duties of the Secretary-Treasurer shall be to take charge of all properties, books, papers, records, and correspondence of the Association, and to hold them subject to the inspection of any member thereof; to have charge of all funds paying there from all bills ordered by the Association when presented in detail, making reports of such payments at the annual members’ meeting as well as at any time he or she may be required to do so by the Board of Directors; to conform with all instruc-tions prescribed by the Board of Direc-tors, and to record and maintain a regis-try of pure bred Shropshire sheep, under the direction of the Board of Directors for the benefit of the Association. He or she shall give a bond to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors.

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4. The Board of Directors shall have the power to transact all business neces-sary to be done under the By-Laws and Articles of Incorporation, and for the advancement of the breed. They shall audit or cause to be audited the books of the Association after the close of the fiscal year and before the annual mem-ber’s meeting. They shall determine the salaries of all salaried officers. They shall make rules for registrations, transfers, extended pedigrees and other work. They shall meet following the annual meeting of the members, and from time to time on their own motion or on a call from the President, signed by two mem-bers of the Board, or twenty members of the Association. Any and all voting is by a simple majority of those directors in at-tendance, with the following exceptions: any changes regarding salaries, rules for recording, breed standards, “Points of Excellence”, and registry changes will require an affirmative majority of a mini-mum of five directors.

5. All directors shall be notified of all direc-tors’ meetings by U.S. mail at least 5 days prior to such a meeting.

ARTICLE V. – MEETING OF MEMBERS1. The Annual Meeting of the Members

of the Association shall be held within twelve months after the close of each fis-cal year of the Association at such time and in such place in the United States of America as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

2. Special meetings of members may be

called by the President, by a majority of the Board of Directors, or by written pe-tition signed by not less than one-tenth of all the members authorized by the Ar-ticle of Incorporation to vote.

3. Notice of annual or special meetings of the members shall be served by mailing a written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose for which such meeting is called, to each member of record at such address as ap-pears upon the records of the corpora-tion, at least ten days before the date of meeting provided, however, that in case the total number of members exceeds 1000 such notice may be given by one publication in a newspaper of general cir-culation, printed in the English language in the county in which this Association has its principal office, such notice to be pub-lished not less than ten days nor more than thirty days prior to the date of such annual or special meeting. Such notice shall also be published in the issue of the Official Publication of this Association for the month preceding the month in which such annual or special meeting is held.

4. Each membership shall be entitled to one vote at each annual or special meeting of the members. Such vote must be made in person and no proxy vote shall be voted. Those members attending any legally constituted annual or special meeting shall constitute a quorum for the trans-action of business.

5. All meetings shall be conducted �

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inaccordance with Robert’s Rules of Or-der.ARTICLE VI. – ELECTIONS OF THE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS1. Initially, four Directors shall be elected

for a term of one year; four Directors shall be elected for a term of two years; and four Directors shall be elected for a term of three years. As these terms of of-fice expire, five Directors shall be elect-ed each year for a term of three years.

2. All Directors for districts not having an ac-tive state or regional Shropshire associa-tion shall be elected at the annual meet-ing of the members. A district which has an active, recognized Shropshire asso-ciation may elect its director(s) through the association. All directors’ terms shall begin at the time of the annual meeting of the members and continue until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

a. Only those members of the Association who are owners and breeders of pure bred Shropshire Sheep, and who regu-

larly record Shropshire Sheep, shall be eligible to serve as a member of the Board of Directors.

b. Directors missing two consecutive meetings of the board will be placed on probation. If a third meeting is missed, such director shall be expelled from the board.

3. The President and Vice President shall be elected by the Board of Directors for the commencing year, for terms of one year.

a. To serve as President of the Asso-ciation, not only should a person be a member of the Board, but he or she must have served the preceding three years as a Director.

b. To serve as Vice President, in addition to being a member of the Board, he must have previously served a minimum of one, three-year term as Director.

4. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be em-ployed by the Board of Directors for a term of one year and shall not be a mem-ber of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VII. – VACANCIES In case of vacancy of any office, the Board of Directors may have power to fill such va-cancy for a time not extending beyond the next succeeding annual members’ meeting.

ARTICLE VIII. – MEMBERS1. Each applicant shall be recommended by

a member of this Association, and upon approval of the President and Secretary, and a payment of $10.00, said applicant shall be admitted as a member, subject to the review and sanction of the Board of Directors.

2. Membership in this Association shall be a life membership and non-transferable.

3. Any owner of stock in the dissolved Amer-ican Shropshire Registry Association will be issued a certificate of membership in this Association without charge upon surrender of his stock or satisfactory evidence to the Board of Directors of stock ownership.

4. Any member charged with willful mis-representation in regard to any animal, owned, bred or sold by said member or

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with any other dishonorable conduct, and if such charge be fully sustained the Board of Directors may suspend such member until the next annual member’s meeting, at which time, after a full hear-ing of the facts, such offending member may be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the members present.

ARTICLE IX. – PEDIGREES Pedigrees presented and passed upon by the Secretary, and meeting the necessary require-ments of the rules shall be accepted for registry.ARTICLE X. – AMENDMENTS The By-Laws may be amended at any an-nual or special meeting of the members by a majority of the voting members present, provided such proposed amendment shall first have been adopted by the Board of Di-rectors and notice of such proposed amend-ment, including a brief statement thereof, shall have been given to the members in the same manner as provided in Article V, Sec-tion 3 of the By-Laws for notices of annual or special meetings of members. The districts outlined above were ap-proved by the membership at the Annual Meeting and By-Laws amended November 14, 1979. Numbers of Directors from Each District: Northwest-1 West-1 North Central-1 Southwest-2 Illinois-2 Indiana-1 Ohio-2 Wisconsin-Michigan-1 New York-New England-2

Pennsylvania & South-2 Amendment approved by the membership and By-Laws amended at the Annual Meeting, November 21, 1985:

The Indiana District shall be reduced to one (1) director and the Pennsylvania & South District be increased to two (2) directors. The districts shall be evaluated every six years. No more than two (2) di-rectors may come from any one district.

Amendment approved by the membership and By-Laws amended at the Annual Meeting, November 15, 1994:

The Wisconsin-Michigan District shall be reduced to one (1) director and the

Southwest District shall be increased to two (2) directors.

Amendment approved by the membership and By-Laws amended in Article VI Section 2 at the Annual Meeting, November 12, 2001:

Previous wording: All Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the members, and shall hold their offices un-til their successors are duly elected and qualified.New approved wording: All Directors for districts not having an active state or regional Shropshire association shall be elected at the annual meeting of the members. A district which has an active, recognized Shropshire association may elect its director(s) through the asso-ciation. All directors’ terms shall begin at the time of the annual meeting of the members and continue until their suc-cessors are duly elected and qualified.

Amendment approved by the membership and By-Laws amended adding Article VI Sec-tion 2b at the Annual Meeting, August 13, 2002:

Directors missing two consecutive meet-ings of the board will be placed on pro-bation. If a third meeting is missed, such director shall be expelled from the board.

Amendment to By Laws in Article 1 ap-proved by the membership at a special meet-ing of the membership on June 20, 2008, changing the location of the principle office from Harvard, IL to “the city and state of the residence of the secretary-treasurer.”

Win a heavy-duty blocking stand

Chances are being sold to win a heavy duty blocking stand donated by Ketcham’s Sheep Equipment Manu-facturing. Each ticket is $10 and the winner will be drawn at Louisville. The proceeds will go toward the Shrop-shire Ambassador program.

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of LouisvilleStars Sale The clock is ticking toward the first-ever Stars of Louisville Shropshire Sale on Sat-urday, Nov. 14. Being a first-time sale, effort has been made to ensure that high quality animals are entered. A number of elite fe-males, including bred yearling ewes and bred or open ewe lambs have been committed to sell in this very prestigious sale. For those of you unfamiliar with the loca-tion, there is a hall just off the sheep facility, where the sales are held. This area is near the “office trailer” and will be identified and readily visible from the general sheep pen-ning area. We have been very fortunate to have been able to secure the opening time slot in the day’s sale events. We will begin our morning with the entries being evaluated. Don Hopkins, noted Southdown breeder from North Scituate, Rhode Island, will be sorting the ewes beginning at 9 a.m. The en-tries will be available for buyers’ inspection. The order of sale will be posted and the sale will follow as soon as possible after 10 a.m. in order to maintain the schedule of the re-maining breed sales of the day. Danny Westlake of Marysville, Ohio will serve as auctioneer. There will be a mini-mum bid of $300 on ewe lambs and $400 on yearling ewes. Terms of sale are cash or good check paid on sale day. If you are unable to attend the sale in person, any member of the sale committee can handle a bid for you but requests for mail bids should be directed to Sale Manager, Becky Peterson. The sale com-mittee consists of Chairman Randy Rife, Bob Johnson, Gary Brockmann, Jim Brandt and Mark McCabe. As in any other sale, owner-ship transfers will be made in the ASRA of-fice after the sale and will be returned to the buyer as soon as possible. Nancy Miniter, sheep breeder and ultra-sound technician, will be determining preg-nancy status, as of sale day, of consigned ewes. The resulting information will be an-

nounced at the sale block. Ewes DNA test results will also be made available. Consign-ors have been asked to guarantee that sale entries are free of the “spider gene” and be resistant to Scrapie by being either QR or RR at codon 171. A veterinarian will be on hand to issue health certificates. If your state requires a permit to enter the state, please contact your state veterinarian’s of-fice ahead of time to make the necessary arrangements. All sheep will be identified by a USDA approved ear tag or tattoo. For a few other sale perks, consignors will be able to nominate ewe lambs entered in this sale to be eligible to compete in the new 2010 Shropshire Yearling Ewe Futurity, if purchased by youth buyers. Also, sale man-agement has been able to allow consignors to retain rights to show their entries in the Junior Shropshire Show on Sunday, Nov. 15 and/or the Open Show on Monday. This en-courages the breeder to consign a sheep that he considers worthy of showing in the National Show in Louisville and making that quality available to buyers. We will assist purchasers who are not exhibitors in obtaining an early release for purchased animals only after the Junior or Open Shows if the animal is entered. Also, with exhibitors attending from across the country, consignors and the sale committee will work with buyers needing transporta-tion of sheep purchased at the sale. A sale catalog may be obtained by con-tacting ASRA secretary and Sale Manager Becky Peterson at 413-624-9652 or [email protected]. The catalog is also avail-able on the Shropshire website www.shrop-shires.org. Photos of consignments will also be available on the website. So be sure to join us in Louisville in No-vember for the first ever Stars of Louis-ville Shropshire Sale. It is just another good reason to come and celebrate 125 years of Shropshire sheep in the United States!

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The planning of the 125th Anniversary Celebration has been a busy time. The event couldn’t have happened without the efforts of many people. A committee of just a few organized the works. Several more found time to gather items to put in baskets to be sold in silent auctions at shows and sale over the past two years. Many joined the fun and listed their winning bids for those items. Others saw value in the few remaining Centennial History Books and purchased them at events. Some members contributed stories of their Shropshire endeavors to be shared with others. A few sent in photos and other materials. Without all of your help, 2009 would have been just another year. Thank you to the following list of enthusiasts who either made outright donations, provided and purchased baskets or made or sponsored awards: Merle Miller, DC Rogers, Robert and Karen Johnson and family, Christopher McKinzie, Marie Gillett, Michael and Diane Friez, Tor Sorensen, Scott Long, Mary Mohr, Kristina Repasky, Mandy Swartz, Jim and Nancy Cessna, Country Silver, Matthew and Kristi Anderson, Glenn High and family, Ruth Hodges, Jim and Denise Percival, Robert Fogle, William Brandt, Brian and Jill Mohr, Randy and Julie Rife, Mark McCabe, Rebekah Pearson, Tim and Debbie Barnes, Becky Peterson, Steve Majchrzak, Russ and Molly Johnson, Heinold Feeds, Donna Gruenhagen, Don Knepp, Mitch Michalak, A.L. Hayward, Molly Woods, Larry Simmons, Jane Roalsvig, Re and Don Call, Lynette Taylor, the Ohio Shropshire Breeders Assoc., the North West Shropshire Breeders and Rinda and Steven Maddox for the Shropshire Voice & Website. Much appreciation goes out to all of you. Many thanks also go to the show committee at the North American. They

have been extremely cooperative in helping us to attain our goal of a really nice event. The job, however, is not complete. There are several expenses yet and information to put together. There will be more opportunity in Louisville to provide and bid on baskets. If you have an idea for a basket to offer in Kentucky, then go ahead and bring it. They will be on display for bidding from Friday through at least the open show on Monday. If you have been putting off writing that story about your flock, now is the time. If you have older photos or other memorabilia, then give Russ Johnson a call. Time is marching on and our stay in Louisville will be here before you know it.

New for 2010

Yearling Futurity The American Shropshire Association will have a Yearling Ewe Futurity as part of the futurity system in 2010. The yearling futurity will be similar to the Ewe Lamb Futurity in many ways. The exhibitor rules, payout per-centages, and point scoring will all be the same. The nominated ewe lambs purchased in 2009 by junior exhibitors and the ewe lambs nominated in the NAILE Sale will be eligible for the yearling futurity. The ewe lambs sold in the NAILE Sale, if nominated by the con-signor and bought by a junior exhibitor, will be eligible. The NAILE Sale ewe lambs will not need to be renominated by the junior exhibitor. All others will need to be renomi-nated by April 1, 2010. A complete set of rules for the Yearling Ewe Futurity will be on the Shropshire web-site by November 1. Questions can be di-rected to Mark McCabe 740-494-2969 or [email protected].

Thanks to many supporters

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Pilot’s grand dam is Avery 03-36, Champion Ewe at the 2003 NAILE. We bred her to Rife’s “Fore Play” and got “Avery 06-36, the dam of “Pilot”. Pilot is sired by Bechtold 8078. I saw this ram at the 2008 Indiana State Fair and bred 06-36 to him last fall. Next spring we will have lambs for sale sired by “Pilot,” “Juice” 05-07 and Bechtold 8078.

“A big thank you to all our buyers in 2009”

See you in Louisville to celebrate the 125th!

AVERY SHROPSHIRES

Dennis & Nancy Avery Floyd & Sharon Avery Bremen, Ind. Cell: (574) 209-0988

Your source for quality Shropshires

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Come see us for your club lambs and breeding stock needs.

We will be consigning to the stars of Louisville bred Ewe Sale a Breakthrough daughter bred by Juice.

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Minutes of Board MeetingThursday June 18, 2009 7 p.m.

Springfield, Illinois The meeting was called to order by Presi-dent Mark McCabe at 7:01 p.m. in the Illinois Extension Building on the grounds of the Il-linois State Fair. The following board mem-bers were present: Mark McCabe, Darrell Dockter, Re Call, Sandy Cross, Cody Hiemke, Norbert Jackson, Jim Percival, Carol Rueber, Brad Slutz, and Gary Brockmann. Members Robert Dinsmore, Bob Johnson, Ralph Love-ly, Tim Roberts, and Bill Seals were not in at-tendance. Also present were Rinda and Steve Maddox representing the VOICE. Becky Pe-terson attended as secretary. Monica Ebert was present as Youth Ambassador. Secretary’s report: The minutes of the last BOD conference call of Feb. 8 were previ-ously distributed and there was no discus-sion. Carol Rueber moved, and Brad Slutz seconded, that the minutes be accepted as presented. Treasurer’s report: Becky handed out a re-

port of the activities from January 1 to May 31. The current checking account balance is $25405.55. Total income has been $15104.76. Total expenses has been $21586.29. The bal-ance sheet dated May 31 showed assets of $34516.44. Becky noted that the accounting program Quickbooks does not keep track of the members’ balance so “Accounts Re-ceivable” on this report does not include what is owed (approximately $5470 in fees and advertising). Becky noted that an audit had been completed during the winter and looked good. That report had been provided to the Board earlier. Committee Reports: 125th Anniversary–Norm Jackson: This committee met by teleconference in April. Shirts and hats with the new logo have been purchased to sell. Approximately $1565 has been raised so far with the baskets and shirts. The ewe lamb that Mark McCabe had provided at the Classic raised $675. Thank you to Randy Rife, Tim Barnes and Rebekah Pearson for their support on the lamb. Indi-

Since 1955

Steven S. MaddoxSidell, IL ~ 217-474-1686

“Centurian” was National Champion Ram at the 100th Anniversary of ASRA. He was bred and raised by Ste-ven and his father, Boyd. Pictured: Steven, Rinda & Amanda Maddox at the 1985 Spectacular.The 1968 Illinois State Fair Premiere Flock, the late Boyd Maddox, left, David Maddox, standing, Steven Maddox, right. Today, Steven continues the Maddox flock that was started in 1955 by his brother, David.

Maddox ShropshiresProud to be part of the ASRA’s history.

Congratulations on 125 years!

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ana State Fair will host the Midwest Regional Show Aug. 13 with Van Cruit judging. Oregon State Fair will hold the Northwest Regional Aug. 30 with Jim Brandt judging. Louisville arrangements are coming along. The Open Show will be on Monday, Nov. 16. The NAILE committee was able to contribute a total of $585 to add to the 2009 premium sched-ule with $200 going to the Junior Show and $385 going toward the Open Show. Budget–Re Call: Re had prepared a budget report with Becky. It showed that the year was pretty much on schedule with the bud-get prepared last November. Re Call moved, and Carol seconded, that Becky move about $10,000 to a CD or Money Market Account. Advertising & Voice–Rinda Maddox: The February issue of the Voice had been mailed by bulk mail from a service near Rinda. Some members received it quickly, others reported several weeks. The estimate sav-ings was about $400. Discussion followed. Rinda thought that the February issue could be dedicated mostly to NAILE results and

the Ohio Classic while the May issue could address the Spectacular and other summer events. With that, all of the issues could be possibly sent via bulk mail. After more dis-cussion, Brad moved and Gary seconded that the upcoming October and February issues be mailed via bulk mail and the May is-sue should be sent via first class mail. Mailing method should be reviewed again next June. No one was opposed. The motion passed. Website: Rinda also asked the directors to send scenic pictures and other news such as state fair stories to her for the website. She and Steve have also had printed 1000 flock record books with the 125th logo. The cost was $648.18. Becky has offered $100 toward the cost and Rinda will split the balance of the expense with ASRA. There is still talk about the Shropshire head on the home page of the website. The “perfect head” photo has not materialized. It was decided that Cody and Jim will work on finding the right sheep. Youth Programs–Mark McCabe (for �

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Tim Roberts): Mark reported that 72 lambs had been nominated at the Ohio Classic for a total of $1440 so far. There are two sales yet for futurity lambs to be nominated and sold. Youth participants will have to respond with three point cards to be eligible for awards in 2009. Monica reported that she has created a display that she will have at the Spectacular, the Midwest Sale and the All-American. She also has available raffle tickets for a trimming stand to raise money to fund the Ambassa-dor Program. It was thought that there had been monies donated in Dale Blackburn’s memory to youth programs. Becky should check with George Buckham, and if so, per-haps the funds could be directed toward this program. This could be done at the Novem-ber Board meeting. Mark reported that there were four very good scholarship applications and he has al-ready had interest in the Ambassador Pro-gram for 2010. Futurity Program: Mark reported that 72 lambs had been nominated at the Ohio Clas-sic for a total of $1440 so far. There are two sales yet for futurity lambs to be nominated and sold. Youth participants will have to re-spond with three point cards to be eligible for awards in 2009. Discussion followed re-garding the Yearling Ewe Futurity Program that is scheduled to begin in 2010. It was thought that only yearling ewes who were nominated as ewe lambs the year before be eligible. Youth purchasers of such ewes should be able to re-nominate them as year-lings for $20 each. The ownership of these sheep cannot have changed since their pur-chase as futurity lambs. Ewe lambs sold in the 2009 NAILE sale will be eligible if nominated by the consignor at the usual $20 fee. Youth would be eligible to participate in these futu-rities until their 22nd birthday. It was thought that the points be distributed the same as the ewe lamb program but the payout will depend on the money collected. Performance–Cody Hiemke: Cody re-ported that there are 13 breeders signed up for the NSIP program. July 3rd is the

deadline to submit data. He has a scale and Ultrasound Equipment to take measure-ments at the Spectacular if there is interest. He said he would also check to see if same scanning equipment would be available for NAILE. Becky should check with Jeff Zinner at NAILE to see of a scale would be available after the wether show and if measurements could be made there also. Probably the best time for such work would be Sunday after-noon after the Junior Show. NAILE Sale–Gary Brockmann and Becky Peterson: The committee had met via tele-conference on June 7 to finalize plans. The sale has been approved for Saturday, Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. Chairman Randy Rife has had com-mitments for 24 head. Entry info should be available after the board gives the go-ahead. Entry fee is $50 per head and a 10% com-mission will be charged on the gross amount. There will be a minimum bid of $300 on ewe lambs and $400 on yearling ewes. The sale catalog should be completed in time to mail out with the October Voice and will also be available on Shropshires.org. Sheep should collect in the sale area by 8:30 a.m. and will be evaluated at 9 a.m. to make a sale order. The auction should kick off promptly at 10 a.m. Darrell moved that the sale go ahead as planned and that consignors be able to guar-antee that all entries be “spider-free” and at least QR. Carol seconded this motion. There was no discussion and the motion passed. Old Business: Photo Contest: A total of nine photos from two members had been submitted for the contest. They had been displayed at the Classic in May where people could cast their vote. The end result was a tie between two photos that were passed around the table. The board decided to split the prize money between the two. The winners were Cody Hiemke and Re Call. By Law Amendments: Revisions had been discussed at the Louisville meeting but it was felt that the Board had not had time to prop-erly review them. Cody prepared revisions again and provided everyone with copies. A report of these revisions will be supplied by

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Check out our website at www.mccabeshropshires.com

MARK, MARILYN, JANICE AND ANDREW McCABE5154 Nickelson Road, Prospect, Ohio 43342

(740) 494-2969 Email: [email protected]

See you in Louisville for the

125th Shropshire Celebration.

We’re bringing our best ewe lamb for the Shropshire NAILE Sale.

McCabe’s Suri 0902RR--NNP 2nd of 30 in the early ewe lamb

class at the Ohio State Fair.

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Cody separate from these minutes. Slick Shearing of Shropshires: This had been tabled at the June 2008 Board meet-ing. There was no motion to untable this but there was discussion about what would be done if the issue were opened again. There had been member surveys before and no one wished to repeat them. If the issue were to remain tabled, then there would be no change and only shows involving ASRA funds (National Show and Junior Shows using the supporting funds) would have to be slick shorn. There was no further discussion. New Business: Judge Evaluation: There had been a mem-ber request to develop a program to evalu-ate judges of Shropshire shows. Jim sug-gested a committee of three to determine if there should an evaluation program. Jim will work on this with Gary and Mark. Expansion of Futurity Sales: There had been a member request to allow other sales to offer futurity nominated lambs. Currently they are offered only at the Classic in Ohio, the Spectacular in Illinois and the Midwest

in Missouri. Carol moved that there be no changes and Sandy seconded. There was no other discussion. All-American Junior Show: Becky report-ed on the budget for the AAJS. It is a very costly event. Each breed is assessed a certain amount which includes the Top Gun Buck-les, premiums and other prizes. This is usu-ally $1000 or more. It was thought that the ASRA could do a better job soliciting dona-tions to help support this event. National Show Proposal from the Big E: The management at the Big E is soliciting to hold national shows for breeds that do not limit national shows to NAILE. 2011 is available for the Shropshire breed if ASRA is interested. The show had submitted a pro-posal using $5092 in premiums. That would include normal premiums, additional auto-matic $500 from the Big E and an additional $250 if matched by ASRA $250. The two New York and New England region direc-tors, Re Call and Sandy Cross, were asked to go back to their association and see if it would spearhead the effort to hold this �

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show. The board would be willing to con-sider this location if the ground work were done. Opportunity for Shropshire Sale in Okla-homa: The ASRA has been approached by an Oklahoma sheep breeder who would like to organize a multibreed sale and would like to partner with other breed registries to make it happen. His proposal was submitted to the board. There was little discussion but the general response was that the ASRA was not interested in being involved at this time. Emergency Office Planning: There was concern expressed over emergency planning for the Shropshire office. Becky will request a signature card to allow the President access to the checking account. Becky is planning on building a manual outlining office procedures so that someone else could fill in should circumstances require. She noted that the registry software is backed-up weekly as is the financial and other electronic files on an external drive which is kept outside of the office.

Banner Notes Assignments: The Ban-ner Breed Notes schedule was discussed. Becky would welcome volunteers to submit “Notes” to alternate issues. Monica Ebert offered to write for the July/August issue. Becky will do September. Norm said he would do the pre-Louisville issue in October. Mark will write for the issue after Louisville. Becky said that she receives an e-mailed re-minder from The Banner before each issue and that she will forward the request to the interested contributors. Next meeting: Mark has requested a tele-conference for Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. The Annual Meeting of the Members will be at the 125th Anniversary Banquet on Saturday, Nov. 14. The Board of Directors will meet on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. in Louisville. There being no further business to ad-dress, Jim moved to adjourn. Darrell second-ed. The meeting was adjourned at 10 p.m.

Respectfully submitted:Becky Peterson,

Secretary

Buckham Farms 09-183Grand Champion Ram

Michigan State Fair

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Ohio Classic Champion Ewe

Shropshire Spectacular Champion Ewe

Best ConsigmentIllinois State Fair

Res. Champion RamRes. Champion Ewe

CITY LIMITS SHEEP FARM

Tom SlutzLaMoille, IL

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Brad SlutzSycamore, IL

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’09 Spectacular Champion Ewe

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Congratulations To ASRA on 125 Years

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Midwest Regional ShowIndiana State Fair, Aug. 13

By Becky Peterson The Toyota Blue Ribbon Pavilion was the venue for the 125th Anniversary Midwest Regional Shropshire Show. Outside it was warm but inside was air conditioned. One could not ask for a more pleasant summer sheep show atmosphere. This milestone year drew 215 head, requiring several class-es to be split including some groups. Breed superintendents Mike Elsbury and Mark Wisehart assembled the info and made the splits. Single classes were split by age and the groups were sorted by even or odd exhibi-tor number. Indiana exhibitors were entitled to extra premiums. This show also drew several people who were no longer exhibiting Shropshires. Ja-net Jackson, wife of Norm Jackson, did an admirable job providing attendees with hot coffee, cold drinks, and many yummy snacks and there were many repeat customers to the hospital-ity table. The S h ro p s h i r e p r o m o t i o n booth was on hand as were a good selec-tion of 125th Anniversary T-shirts and sweatsh ir ts . Once again, the hat inven-tory sold out while at the Indiana Fair. There were things to do outside the

comfort of the sheep barn. The morning of the show, I took a quick trip through the donkey and mule show and then made the trek across the infield to the FFA building and the pioneer village. There was the an-tique tractor barn and the $389,000 com-bine and the pricey 12-row corn head. I also experienced public transportation in Indianapolis. There were several cab and bus drivers who wanted to know why sheep were exhibited at the Indiana State Fair. Pro-motion work goes on outside the sheep show venue, also! Many thanks to Mike and Karen Elsbury for the rescue from the bus lines. Van Cruit of Illinois sorted through the large classes. Pence Farms of Tiffin, Ohio garnered Champion Ram honors in their yearling ram. City Limits Sheep Farm of Lamoille, Ill. had Reserve Champion on their late spring ram lamb. Champion Ewe honors were won by City Limits Too of Oxford, Ill. on a yearling ewe. Bryant Shrops of Freder-icktown, Ohio exhibited the Reserve Cham-pion Ewe, also a yearling. Mike and Karen �

Two regional shows held to commemorate 125th

A quality group of ewes was shown at the Regional Show in Indiana.

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Elsbury & Family were at the top of the points list for Pre-mier Exhibitor. When all was said and done, the classes shook out as follows:Yearling Ram

1. Pence Farms2. City Limits Sheep Farm3. Knepp Shrops4. Mike & Karen Elsbury 5. Mike & Karen Elsbury 6. Randy & Julie Rife7. Tim Elsbury8. Sean Bryant9. Dave Elsbury

Fall Ram Lamb1. Randy & Julie Rife2. Mike & Karen Elsbury 3. Mike & Karen Elsbury 4. Duane Elsbury5. Duane Elsbury6. Merle Miller & Family

Early Spring Ram Lamb, Class 1

1. City Limits Sheep Farm2. Mike & Karen Elsbury 3. Tim Elsbury4. Pence Farms5. City Limits Sheep Farm6. Mark & Patty Wisehart 7. Sean Bryant8. Tyler Bruhin9. Steve Elsbury

Early Spring Ram Lamb, Class 2

1. Mark & Patty Wisehart 2. Sierra Elsbury3. Knepp Shrops4. Tim Elsbury5. Mike & Karen Elsbury 6. Randy & Julie Rife7. Randy & Julie Rife8. Sean Bryant9. Knepp Shrops

Late Spring Ram Lamb1. City Limits Sheep Farm2. Mike & Karen Elsbury 3. Sean Bryant4. City Limits Sheep Farm

5, Mike & Karen Elsbury 6. Knepp Shrops7. Pence Farms8. Knepp Shrops9. Norbert Jackson

Pair of Lamb Rams1. City Limits Sheep Farm2. Mike & Karen Elsbury 3. Mark & Patty Wisehart 4. Sean Bryant5. Pence Farms6. Knepp Shrops7. Duane Elsbury8. Tim Elsbury9. Randy & Julie Rife

Yearling Ewe, Class 11. City Limits Too2. Mike & Karen Elsbury 3. Mike & Karen Elsbury 4. City Limits Sheep Farm5. Duane Elsbury6. Duane Elsbury7. Julie Elsbury8. Norbert Jackson9. Kaylee Elsbury

Yearling Ewe, Class 21. Knepp Shrops2. Sean Bryant3. Knepp Shrops4. Randy & Julie Rife5. Blaze Brooks 6. Mark & Patty Wisehart 7. Tim Elsbury8. Wayne Brooks9. Logan Elsbury

Yearling Ewe, Class 31. Sean Bryant2. Kaitlyn, Kyle, Kelsey Verhaeghe3. Pence Farms4. Pence Farms5. Jacob Elsbury6. Merle Miller & Family7. Jared Bruhin8. Merle Miller & Family9. Jacob Rogers

Yearling Ewe, Class 41. Steve Elsbury2. City Limits Too

3. City Limits Sheep Farm4. Randy & Julie Rife5. Julie Elsbury6. Tim Elsbury7. Mark & Patty Wisehart 8. Tyler Bruhin9. Mariah Shearer

Pair of Yearling ewes, Class 11. City Limits Sheep Farm2. Duane Elsbury3. Knepp Shrops4. Wayne Brooks5. Blaze Brooks6. Mark & Patty Wisehart 7. Tyler Bruhin8. Dave Elsbury9. Rylie Miller

Pair of Yearling Ewes, Class 21. Mike & Karen Elsbury 2. City Limits Too3. Sean Bryant4. Pence Farms5. Julie Elsbury6. Randy & Julie Rife7. Tim Elsbury8. Logan Elsbury9. Merle Miller & Family

Fall Ewe Lamb1. Mike & Karen Elsbury 2. City Limits Sheep Farm3. Mike & Karen Elsbury 4. BWB FARMS5. Mark & Patty Wisehart 6. Randy & Julie Rife7. Duane Elsbury8. Mariah Shearer9. Duane Elsbury

Early Spring Ewe Lamb Class 11. Mike & Karen Elsbury 2. Tim Elsbury3. City Limits Sheep Farm4. Catherine Mrozinski5. Mike & Karen Elsbury 6. Tim Elsbury7. Steve Elsbury8. Pence Farms9. Pence Farms

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el buryshropshires5385E 500N

Greenfi eld, IN 46140(317) 326-4461

Premier Breeder IN State Fair 1993-2009 Premier Exhibitor IN State Fair 1995-2009

To see additional pictures visit

ElsburyFarms.com

Mike &Karen Elsbury

& Family

THANKSto all our

buyers at the sales and on

the farm.

Elsbury 1102Sold at the

2008 Ohio Classic as a lamb to City Limits.

2009 Champion EweMidwest Regional

Show, Indiana

2009 Reserve Champion Illinois State Fair.

In 2008 she was Champion Ewe at Indiana and

Jr. Champion at Wisconsin.

Elsbury 1121Reserve Champion Ewe and top-selling Yearling

Ewe at $1300 Ohio Classic Sale.

Sold to Riley Peak of Ocoee, TN.

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1. Sierra Elsbury2. Erik Mrozinski3. Wayne Brooks4. Sean Bryant5. City Limits Too6. Knepp Shrops7. Kaitlin Whiting8. Catherine Mrozinski9. Erik Mrozinski

Late Spring Ewe Lamb, Class 11. Randy & Julie Rife2. City Limits Sheep Farm3. J. N. Dirlam and Sons4. Norbert Jackson 5. City Limits Too6. Sean Bryant7. Wayne Brooks8. Wayne Brooks9. Knepp Shrops

Late Spring Ewe Lamb, Class 21. City Limits Sheep Farm2. Mike & Karen Elsbury 3. Erik Mrozinski4. Sean Bryant5. Mike & Karen Elsbury

6. Randy & Julie Rife7. Julie Elsbury8. Duane Elsbury9. Blaze BrooksPair of Ewe Lambs, Class 11. City Limits Sheep Farm2. Duane Elsbury3. Catherine Mrozinski4. Knepp Shrops5. Erik Mrozinski6. Mark & Patty Wisehart 7. Wayne Brooks8. Blaze Brooks9. Dave Elsbury

Pair of Ewe Lambs, Class 21. Mike & Karen Elsbury 2. City Limits Too3. Tim Elsbury4. Pence Farms5. Sean Bryant6. Randy & Julie Rife7. J. N. Dirlam and Sons8. Julie Elsbury9. Kaitlin Whiting

Mixed Pair

1. City Limits Sheep Farm2. Randy & Julie Rife3. Mike & Karen Elsbury 4. Pence Farms5. Erik Mrozinski6. Sierra Elsbury7. Knepp Shrops8. Julie Elsbury9. Sean Bryant

Best Four Head, Class 11. City Limits Sheep Farm2. Duane Elsbury3. Knepp Shrops4. Erik Mrozinski5. Wayne Brooks6. Mark & Patty Wisehart 7. Tyler Bruhin8. Dave Elsbury9. Mariah Shearer

Best Four Head, Class 21. Mike & Karen Elsbury 2. City Limits Too3. Pence Farms4. Sean Bryant5. Tim Elsbury

Raising Shroposhires for four generations!Smith Sisters Shropshires

Lance and brenda smith2129 130th Ave., Russell, MN 56169-3072

(507) 823-4784 [email protected]

These are three of the yearling ewes we showed this summer.

Rams forsale

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6. Randy Rife7. Julie Elsbury8. Steve Elsbury9. J. N. Dirlam

Flock1. City Limits2. Mike Elsbury

3. Pence Farms4. Sean Bryant5. Randy Rife6. Knepp Shrops7. Duane Elsbury8. Tim Elsbury9. Julie Elsbury

Northwest Regional Open Show exhibitors, from left, Tracy Hannan, Stephanie Barker, Janet Dockter, Darrell Dockter, Tatiana Thompson, McKenzie Walker, Karol Willie,Chris Peppmeier, Ashley Harold and Nellie Oehler.

Northwest RegionalShow at Oregon

By Becky Peterson The dedicated attention of the North-west Shropshire Association created a very nice display of Shropshires at the Oregon State Fair Aug. 30. Sue Barker and Christine Peppmeier, aided by Nellie Oehler, Laura and Cassidy Davis and Darrell and Janet Dockter, coordinated donations and prizes and presented a very nice show. Many, many thanks to the numerous sponsors who in-clude Karol Willie, the Thompson Family, 3-D Sheep Co., the Davis Family, Matthew and Caleb Peppmeier, Stacey Robinson Neil, Ashley Harold, Marjorie Robson, Peppmeier Family Shropshires, Tracy’s Shrops, Koch Family Farm, Tatiana Thompson, Rachel War-

ren-Allen, Bill and Linda Seals, the Deedon Family, The Oehler Family, Stephanie Barker, the Keck Family, the Miller Family, the Kalina Barker Family, Bob McNeal, Midstates Wool Growers and Pendleton Woolen Mills. Each open show exhibitor received a prize sponsored by Wilco Farm Supplies. The open show Champion and Reserve Cham-pion Ram and Ewe also received blankets. Single class winners received tote bags and group class winners were presented with sheep silhouette metal hangers. When the open show was over, the Northwest breed-ers also sponsored an informal get-together over lemonade, chocolate and carrot cakes and fruit. Northwest Shropshire Breeders As-sociation secretary, Chris Peppmeier and husband, Mick, thankfully saw to all of my needs with Chris making the airport and fairgrounds runs and Mick making fine breakfasts. On the day after the show, Chris treated me to a brief, but very enjoyable visit to the Columbia River area near Portland. It was wonderful to get to go to the North-west and meet the Shropshire breeders in that area. Results of the open show, judged by Jim Brandt of Anna, Ohio, are: �

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Yearling Ram1. Emma Joy Hawkins, OR2. Darrell & Janet Dockter, OR3. Tracy Hannan, OR4. Kalina Barker, OR5. Nellie Oehler, OR6. Brett Deedon, OR

Fall Ram Lamb1. Karol Willie, OR2. Darrell & Janet Dockter3. Darrell & Janet Dockter4. Kalina Barker Family5. Karol Willie6. Kalina Barker Family7. Christine Peppmeier, OR

Spring Ram Lamb1. Darrell & Janet Dockter2. Darrell & Janet Dockter3. Emma Joy Hawkins4. Kalina Barker Family5. Ashley Harold, WA6. Ashley Harold7. Emma Joy Hawkins8. Kalina Barker Family9. Christine Peppmeier

Pair Ram Lambs1. Darrell & Janet Dockter2. Karol Willie3. Emma Joy Hawkins4. Ashley Harold5. West Coast Lambs, OR6. Kalina Barker Family7. Christine Peppmeier8. Laurie Koch, OR9. Brett Deedon

Champion Ram Darrell & Janet DockterReserve Champion Ram Darrell & Janet DockterYearling Ewe

1. Karol Willie2. Kalina Barker Family3. Darrell & Janet Dockter4. Darrell & Janet Dockter5. Ashley Harold6. Emma Joy Hawkins7. Karol Willie8. Emma Joy Hawkins9. Kalina Barker Family

Pair Yearling Ewes1. Darrell & Janet Dockter2. Karol Willie3. Kalina Barker Family4. Emma Joy Hawkins5. Ashley Harold6. Nellie Oehler7. Christine Peppmeier

Fall Ewe Lamb1. Darrell & Janet Dockter2. Darrell & Janet Dockter3. Kalina Barker Family4. Karol Willie5. Kalina Barker Family6. Karol Willie7. Christine Peppmeier8. Chance Olufson, OR

Spring Ewe Lamb1. Darrell & Janet Dockter2. Hannah Myers, WA3. Darrell & Janet Dockter

4. Ashley Harold5. Karol Willie6. West Coast Lambs7. West Coast Lambs8. Emma Joy Hawkins9. Emma Joy HawkinsPair Ewe Lambs1. Darrell & Janet Dockter2. Kalina Barker3. Karol Willie4. West Coast Lambs5. Emma Joy Hawkins6. Ashley Harold7. Nellie Oehler

8. Palmer Deedon, OR9. Christine Peppmeier

Young Flock1. Darrell & Janet Dockter2. Karol Willie3. Emma Joy Hawkins4. Kalina Barker Family5. Ashley Harold6. West Coast Lambs7. Tracy Hannan8. Christine Peppmeier9. Nellie Oehler

Get of Sire1. Darrell & Janet Dockter2. Karol Willie3. Emma Joy Hawkins4. Kalina Barker Family5. Ashley Harold6. West Coast Lambs7. Christine Peppmeier8. Nellie Oehler9. Brett Deedon

Flock1. Darrell & Janet Dockter2. Karol Willie3. Emma Joy Hawkins4. Kalina Barker Family5. Ashley Harold6. Nellie Oehler7. Christine Peppmeier

Best Pair1. Darrell & Janet Dockter2. Karol Willie3. Emma Joy Hawkins4. Kalina Barker Family5. Ashley Harold6. Laurie Koch7. West Coast Lambs8. Christine Peppmeier9. Nellie Oehler

Champion Ewe Darrell & Janet DockterReserve Champion Ewe Karol WillieBest Headed Shropshire Emma Joy HawkinsPremier Breeder Darrell & Janet DockterJim Brandt judges the Oregon show.

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By Gale DiehlDeerfield, Ohio

My Shropshire flock was started in 1943, when my neighbor gave me a bottle lamb. The bottle lamb put me in the sheep busi-ness, as she had twin ewe lambs eight years in a row. There were a lot of Shropshire farm flocks in northeast Ohio and my first ram came from the Howard Flock. In 1958 I needed a new ram, so I went to the county fairs to look for one. I bought a ram from Mrs. Robinson, a well-known breeder from Ashtabula County. After searching for the ram, I decided to show at these county fairs. I showed all over eastern Ohio in the 60’s, sometimes even three fairs a week. My re-tired father cared for the sheep at the fairs and my three sons and one daughter helped. The county fair circuit was a good place to sell ram lambs as there were still a lot of farm flocks. In the 60’s I could make in winnings at one county fair the same as my job paid in a week. At most of these eastern Ohio county fairs I showed against Asa Liming from Ca-diz, a long-time Ohio Shropshire breeder. I bought a ram lamb from Tim Barnes in the late 60’s, as I had sold all mine and needed one to show. The last females I purchased was from Max Bryant (Fredericktown Ohio) in 1984. I’ve owned and used a lot of rams over these 66 years. I have seen many changes showing Shrop-shires over the years. I have seen Shrops go from wool-blind to no wool on the face.

Breeding Shropshires for 66 years

Gale Diehl in 1958 with his Robinson stud ram.

Gale’s first Shropshire lamb, Molly, 1943. John Diehl with the first good ram they raised, 1960.

Shropshires and Southdowns were the king-pins of the market lamb shows in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. Then in the 70’s the judges started picking sheep with long necks and lots of “air” under them. Shropshires still win a lot of carcass shows. In 1969 we started showing at the Key-stone International in Harrisburg, Penn. We have only missed one show at Keystone in the past 40 years. We have shown at the Ohio State Fair from 1973 to 1981, and from 1995 to present. We also showed at the first North American in 1975. My son, John, has helped over the years and his wife, Sharon, and two sons, Chris and Mike, continue to help with the showing and care of the sheep. “Couldn’t have done it without their help.” It’s been a great ride, and I hope to con-tinue with my Shropshires for many more years.

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By Becky Peterson The ever-popular Ohio Classic was held this past May. This is not the first Shropshire Sale of the season, but is most definitely the biggest. This sale is held in conjunction with other breed sales at the Preble County Fairgrounds in Eaton, Ohio. A very nice showing of the consignments was held on Friday. Judge Farby McCarthy of Sycamore, Ohio sorted the classes. Prior to the sale on Saturday, all of the entries were displayed by class in the annual “Preview.” Buyers got the opportunity to view and handle their choices. When that was completed, a Come Back Class of the 2008 Ohio Classic Futurity Lambs was held. Nicole Martin won that go-round with a ewe from Rolling Hills Farm. There was a total of 132 lots sold in the sale with an overall average of $500.57. The high-selling ewe was an Early January Ewe Lamb from Rife Shropshires. She sold to Tim Roberts of Washington, Okla. for $2400. The Grand Champion Ewe was a yearling ewe consigned by City Limits Sheep Farm and she sold to Robert Peak of Ocoee, Tenn. for $800. The Reserve Champion Ewe, also a yearling, came from Elsbury’s Shropshires and

2009 Classic Sale sells 132 lotssold to Riley Peak of Ocoee, Tenn. for $1300. Other popular yearlings were the ewe from City Limits going to David Seals of Calif. for $900 and Knepp Shropshires’ ewe going to SS Shrops of Iowa for $800. Rifes consigned a fall ewe lamb going to Monica Ebert of Kan. at $950. Brianna Brockmann of Ill. picked up a Rolling Hills January ewe lamb for $1050. Kaitlin Whiting of Ohio found a Rife February ewe lamb she liked for $1050. Colby Clark of N.H. liked a Mrozinski February ewe lamb and got her for $900. The high-selling ram was the Grand Champion, a yearling ram entry from Highlife Farm. He sold to Schoolhouse Shropshires and Highlife Farm for $2500. The Reserve Champion Ram was also a yearling consigned by Rife Shropshires and sold to Jacob Wenner of Ohio for $575. Another highly-sought ram was a Caleb Fritz’s yearling selling to James & Terri Kipp of Wis. for $1400. Tom Sargent & Family found a yearling from Bee Ewe Shropshires for $1250. Colby Clark made his pick of the fall ram lambs on a Rife ram he bought for $1400. Rife Shropshires received $950 from Monica Ebert on a January ram lamb. Randy and Julie Rife received the Town-

send Best Consignment Award. The nicest gesture of the day was when Mark McCabe sold a ewe lamb to benefit the fund raising efforts for the 125th Anniversary. She sold to Rebekah Pearson of Tenn. for $275. Before she sold, however, Randy Rife and Tim Barnes each contributed $200 toward the fund on the ewe. Thank you Mark, Randy and Tim, for your assistance and generosity.The preview ahead of the Classic Sale is popular for buyers.

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76 years of family tradition where top quality Shrops have been raised year after year

Bryant 08 442nd at the Ohio State Fair and

Indiana State Fair in theOpen Shows

Premier Exhibitor – 09 Ohio State Fair

✔ Champion Ewe09 Ohio State Fair Open Show

✔ Champion Ram09 Ohio State Fair Junior Show

✔ Res. Champion Ewe National Regional Show Indiana State Fair

Thanks to all those that helped make 2009a successful year.

Will be sold at theStars of Louisville

Sale!

Bill Bryant, Jr.6838 Bryant Road, P.O. Box 136, Fredericktown, OH 43019

Phone: (740) 398-2053 • Cell: 740-398-2053Email: [email protected] • Website: bryantsheepandhorses.com

Quality sheep always for sale ~ Visitors always welcome.

BRYANT SHROPS

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The beginning of Joe Steichen’s love of Shropshire sheep. John M. Steichen, Joe’s fa-ther, is holding some of his initial flock pro-duced around 1937 from sheep purchased from John Rice, a Ponca City farmer.

Larry Steichen, Joe’s son, is showing the Champion Shropshire Ewe for Silvertop Farm at the 1966 Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show, Ft. Worth.

Tom and Becky Steichen, Joe’s son and daugh-ter, show the Champion Shropshire Ram and Ewe at the Kay County Free Fair in Blackwell, Oklahoma. Joe Steichen stands in the back-ground grinning ear to ear for his kids. These sheep were 4-H projects.

The Early Years ~ Lots of wool

and short legs

By Mary Steichen Joe Steichen, founder of Silvertop Farm in Ponca City, Okla., thoroughly loved his sheep and particularly promoting the Shropshire breed. Joe raised Shropshire sheep for over 70

The Changing of the Breed 1937 ~ 2009

years. Joe Steichen passed away in December of 2006. His children are overseeing the farm and ranch operations, which includes a major com-mitment to maintaining a Shropshire breeding flock. These pictures chronicle the changes in the breed over the years.

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The Later Years ~ Changes to the

Shropshire Breed

Walter Stelzig, professional sheep show-man from Oklahoma, shows the Champion Shropshire Ewe for Silvertop Farm at the 1988 Houston Livestock Show. Walter and Joe worked together for many years and participated in many shows promoting the Shropshire breed in the Midwest region.

Joe Steichen with his Champion Shropshire Ram at the Arizona National Show in 1995. Joe Stelzig, Walter Stelzig’s son, was the showman for Silvertop Farm.

Silvertop Farm showing the Champion Shropshire Ewe at the 2001 Houston Livestock Show. Donny Lauver, Silvertop employee 35 years, was the showman.

Marc and Maggie Hodgson and Bud Coon, Silvertop Farm managers, carry on the Sil-vertop Farm Shropshire breed tradition by showing the Reserve Champion Shrop-shire Ram at the Houston Livestock Show in 2008.

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By Becky Peterson It is normally pretty warm in Sedalia but most thought that this year was unusually hot and miserable. But, the Shropshire enthusiasts endured the temperatures and enjoyed the showing of the sale sheep on Wednesday and did their bidding Saturday. This year, the breed combined the wether sires and dams with the breeding sheep and had one show. Judge Gary Saylor of Ohio

By Becky Peterson The 2009 Shropshire Spectacular saw numbers declined in the Shropshire show. Champion Ram was a late spring lamb from Eric Mrozinski. He sold to Peiter Shrops of Shelbyville, Mo. for $900. Reserve Champion Ram was a fall lamb from 3-D Sheep Co. he sold to Lesley Hampson of Shirley, Mass. for $2400.

2009 Shropshire Spectacular Champion Ewe was a yearling from City Limits Sheep Farm that sold to Bishop & Bishop Shrops of Gouverneur, N.Y. for $1600. Reserve Champion Ewe was a late spring ewe lamb from Craig & Patterson that sold to Mike & Karen Elsbury & Family of Green-field , Ind. for $800 Winner of the Best Consignment Award was City Limits.

Midwest sells 32 head, averaging $359evaluated the entries. The Champion Ram was a yearling consigned by Highlife Farm and sold to Kaitlyn Robinson of Arkansas for $200. The Reserve Champion Ram was an early spring ram lamb from The Cole Club Lamb flock that sold to Silvertop Farms of Oklahoma. The popular ram in the sale was the second place yearling ram from Morgan Cabaniss that sold to Randy Smith of Indiana for $3600. This made the yearling rams the highest averaged age group at $1333.33. The Champion Ewe was a yearling ewe from High Farms. She also sold to Kaitlyn Robinson for $300. In all, 32 head sold at an average of $359.56.

Wisconsin FairThanks to Cody Hiemke for providing these results. The Shropshires were judged by Jeff Held of Aurora, S.D. on Aug. 9. Exhibitors from Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana brought their Shrops for the judging. Grand Champion Ram honors were won by James and Terri Kipp of Loyal, Wis. on their yearling ram entry. Kipp’s March ram lamb garnered the Reserve spot. The ewe division Champion was a yearling ewe entry from the Knepp Shropshires flock of Barrington, Ill. Reserve Champion Ewe was won by City Limits Sheep Farm of LaMoille, Ill. on a January ewe lamb. The Exhibitor’s Flock class, as well as Premier Breeder, was also won by City Lim-its Sheep Farm.

Ph: (740) 494-2125, Fax: (740) 494-29135707 Mooney Road, Radnor, OH 43066e-mail: [email protected]: www.barnesfarms.com

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Congratulationsto the American

Shropshire Associationon 125 years!

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Congratulationsto the

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Best wishes on many more years to come

High Life FarmDavid, Jodi, Trevor and Taylor

“Darby” High3388 McDermott Pond Creek Road

McDermott, Ohio 45652(740) 259-1907

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S.A.S. Out of your flockGive us a call for more

information.

F&P Groverman Shropshires Dr. Fred Groverman

Petaluma, CA (707) 763-3132

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Mapleton Mynd Shropshires Cody Hiemke

Range-raised in Rio Vista, CA (415) 302-8035

[email protected]

Six of the rams in this photo are commercial range rams - Groverman Shropshires - pictured in April just before breeding on Ian Anderson’s ranch, a ranch producing premium lamb for Cody’s Niman Ranch Lamb Program.

Google hybrid vigor and one of the first search results you will find is a Wikipedia link for heterosis. The definition reads: “heterosis is a term used in genetics and selective breed-ing. The term heterosis, also known as hybrid vigor or outbreeding enhancement, de-scribes the increased strength of different characteristics in hybrids; the possibility to ob-tain a genetically superior individual by combining the virtues of its parents.”

The Groverman and Mapleton Mynd flocks result from decades of precise closed-flock line breeding. Their selection parameters are based on early growth, muscling, and true Shropshire breed type. Our Shropshires are different from what many breeders see today; they are shorter but more massive. They are only very distantly related to most American Shropshire flocks, and are the most pure Shropshires you will find in the United States. Use a Groverman or Mapleton Mynd ram - a ram that looks like a Shropshire, and is - if you’re looking add muscle or correct untrue Shropshire breed type. Their effect on your flock and the resulting hybrid vigor will show great benefits.

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By Cody Hiemke Five families participated in the Shrop-shire show held in conjunction with the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. Three of the six Shropshire NSIP flocks were rep-resented. Sheep were shown freshly slick shorn up to four weeks of wool (coinciding with a last shearing for the Wisconsin State Fair. ) The results of the open show on Sept. 12 are as follows:Yearling Ram

1. Ashley RajekWinter Ram Lamb

1. Maura & Ed Wieners – Oak Shade Farms2. Matt & Christie Anderson3. Maura & Ed Wieners – Oak Shade Farms

Spring Ram Lamb1. Matt & Christie Anderson2. Caitlyn Cull3. Rajek

Champion Ram Matt & Christie AndersonReserve Champion Ram Maura & Ed Wieners, Oak Shade FarmsYearling Ewe

1. Matt & Christie Anderson

Winter Ewe Lamb1. Maura & Ed Wieners – Oak Shade Farms2. Maura & Ed Wieners – Oak Shade Farms

Spring Ewe Lamb1. Matt & Christie Anderson2. Ashley Rajek3. Hiemke Family Shropshires4. Rajek5. Caitlyn Cull6. Hiemke Family Shropshires7. Cordell Rajek8. MariBeth Rajek

Champion Ewe Matt & Christie AndersonReserve Champion Ewe Matt & Christie AndersonFlock

1. Matt & Christie Anderson2. Maura & Ed Wieners-Oak Shade Farms

Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival

Clarissa Cull received a silver plate for winning the “10 and under” Lead Line at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival with a Shropshire ewe. She is pictured with her sister, Caitlyn, who had both Champion Ewe and Ram in the junior show with her spring ewe lamb and ram lamb.

Matt and Christie Anderson won Champion with their Shropshire ram, Anderson 172, in the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival.

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Knepp Shropshires

128 Old Barrington RoadNorth Barrington, IL [email protected]

Brian Mohr, ShepherdCarlock, IL 61725

[email protected]

Breeding for Capacity

Knepp 810 1st Yearling Ewe

and Grand Champion

Ewe 2009 Wisconsin

State Fair

1st in class Yearling Ewe at

Indiana State FairShe is a Tommy

(CLSF 622) Daughter

� anks to our 2009 buyersAll eight yearlings and lambs sired by Tommy

S&S Shrops (the Gruenhagens, IA) Shropshire Classic Megan Hardesty, Ohio Shropshire Classic Ed Meese Family, Illinois Private Sale

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By Everett DouceCaledonia, Ohio In 1926, R.E. Douce, my father, bought 10 registered Shropshire ewes from J.G. Sturtz of Plymouth, Ohio. We have kept registered Shropshire sheep on this farm ever since. The original ewes were large, open faced ewes. Then the trend turned to smaller shorter, with very woolly faced sheep that we had to trim wool off around the eyes so they could see. In the early 1940’s, F.M. Schutz (who at the time was winning most of the shows) imported a large Shropshire ram from Eng-land. He weighed over 300 lbs., which was huge at that time, and was bare faced. This seemed to bring on a rapid change in Shrop-shire type. We bought one of Schutz’s Flock-Master rams and that opened up the faces

Everett and Frances Douce are pictured with their son Tad, and his children, Savannah and Gabriel at the 2009 Ohio State Fair. The Douces were recognized as the longest running Shropshire breeders showing at the Ohio Fair.

and made our ewes much larger. Over the years, we had two other breeds beside Shropshires for a while. We have found the Shropshire to be the healthiest and most profitable sheep for us. At one time we kept over 100 ewes. I now have 10 registered Shropshire ewes. We have enjoyed the sheep and the sheep people over the years and would recom-mend the Shropshire breed to anyone want-ing to get into the sheep raising. “I’m sure we have used over 40 differ-ent rams over the last 83 years. We used to show at the county fairs, the state fair and the International in Chicago, Illinois State shows and sales. All of our children and many of our grandchildren have also shown Shropshires, so they have been a blessing to our family.”

Douce Shropshires started in 1926

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By Cody Hiemke The 125th Anniversary of the American Shropshire Registry Association (ASRA) co-incides with the inaugural year of Shropshires in the National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP). NSIP provides Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) on sheep based on pro-duction data submitted by breeders. NSIP is also pedigree based; meaning future and past performance of progeny and parents will add greater accuracy to the numbers. The EPDs generated from NSIP provide breeders with: a tool to objectively measure performance within their own flock, compare their flock’s performance to others’ (provided there is shared genetics among the flocks), and a tool to market good rams to commercial buyers. Seven flocks participated in NSIP in 2009: Adams Shropshires, Illinois; Anderson Farms, Nebraska (formerly California); the F&P Gro-verman and Mapleton Mynd (Co. Hiemke) flocks, California; Hiemke Family Shropshires

First year NSIP results

J & R Farm ShropshiresYou are all invited to Louisville in November to celebrate the

125th Celebration of the American Shropshire Registry.Make plans to attend the Junior and Open Shows.

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and Oak Shade Farm (Wieners Family), Wis-consin; and Kindred Crossings (Kowalyshyn Family) Connecticut. The first two flocks lacked adequate genetic linkage to the other flocks in the program; therefore Shropshire EPDs cannot be compared across the board. However, those flocks can use the EPDs as an internal selection tool to identify high – or low – producing sheep. Each of these breeders submitted produc-tion data (most provided birth, 60-day, and 120-day weights) on July 3. The resulting EPDs were provided back to the group Aug. 17. Overall, 41 flocks were identified when the data was submitted. It is very possible a ram or ewe from your flock is in the database! Each of the breeders in NSIP agreed to share their information. If you want an e-mail copy of the results e-mail Cody Hiemke at [email protected]. Active trait-leading rams (not including 2009 ram lambs) are listed next page:

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EPD PE 1 Adams A0460 429007 16-Sep-04 A0352 MLA0011 8.9 9.0 2 Groverman&M.Mynd 5429 432382 17-Dec-04 5045 5056 6.7 8.5 3 Groverman 5045 426337 28-Dec-01 4435 4850 5.6 8.0 4 K.Crossing 0523 429891 18-Feb-05 BN1160 0047 4.1 9.5 5 Groverman&M.Mynd 5055 426338 31-Dec-01 4231 4940 3.8 7.5

Birth Date Percent

lamb crop

Flock Name Eartag Registratio n Number

Dam Eartag Sire Eartag

Milk + growth (lbs)

EPD 1 Groverman 5689 29-Dec-07 5045 5574 1.3 2 K.Crossing 0523 429891 18-Feb-05 BN1160 0047 1.0 3 K.Crossing FPG5455 432380 19-Jan-05 FPG5045 FPG5078 1.0 4 M&C Anderson ANDF125 429469 . BN9754 ANDF90 0.4 5 Hiemke&Oakshade FPG5517 435071 29-Dec-05 FPG5347 FPG5078 0.4

Eartag Registratio n Number Birth Date

Flock Name Dam Eartag Sire Eartag

EPD PE 1 K.Crossing 0523 429891 18-Feb-05 BN1160 0047 0.7 1.0 2 Groverman 5347 429776 5-Jan-04 5235 3932 0.6 0.9 3 Groverman&M.Mynd 5623 438393 6-Jan-07 5235 5164 0.6 1.0 4 M&C Anderson ANDF125 429469 . BN9754 ANDF90 0.5 1.1 5 Hiemke&Oakshade FPG5517 435071 29-Dec-05 FPG5347 FPG5078 0.4 1.0

Maternal milk (lbs) Eartag Registratio

n Number Birth Date

Flock Name Sire Eartag Dam Eartag

EPD PE 1 Groverman 5689 29-Dec-07 5045 5574 5.2 2.5 2 Groverman 5045 426337 28-Dec-01 4435 4850 2.8 2.1 3 K.Crossing FPG5455 432380 19-Jan-05 FPG5045 FPG5078 2.5 2.5 4 M&C Anderson BRY0602 431135 . MCB0503 BRY0152 1.6 2.7 5 Adams A0460 429007 16-Sep-04 A0352 MLA0011 1.4 2.7

Birth Date Flock Name Eartag Registratio n Number

120-Day weight (lbs) Dam

Eartag

Sire Eartag

EPD PE 1 Groverman 5689 29-Dec-07 5045 5574 2.1 1.3 2 K.Crossing FPG5455 432380 19-Jan-05 FPG5045 FPG5078 1.3 1.1 3 Groverman 5045 426337 28-Dec-01 4435 4850 1.3 1.0 4 M&C Anderson BRY0602 431135 . MCB0503 BRY0152 0.7 1.4 5 K.Crossing 0719 9-Feb-07 0153 0085 0.5 1.3

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Senior ChampionShropshire

2009 TennesseeState Fair

JuniorChampion

andGrand Champion

Shropshire

2009 TennesseeState Fair

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Cross Family7712 Thorn Grove, Knoxville, TN

865-933-4979 • Cell- 865-548-6064

Maple Grove Farm

Congratulations to

the Shropshire Associationon its 125th Anniversary!

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All-American Champion Ram, a March Ram Lamb shown by Monica Ebert, KS.

All-American Champion Yearling Ewe shown by Cath-erine Mrozinski, IN

The All-American If your family was in need of a sheep relat-ed vacation and you didn’t go to Greenville, Ohio over the 4th of July, you missed your chance. The 16th All-American Junior Show was a record-setter this year with a total of 1900 sheep shown of 13 breeds by 345 ex-hibitors from 23 states. Every breed showed good numbers. Fourth-ranking Shropshires had 218 animals. Many thanks to Shropshire supporters Steve and Rinda Maddox of the Shropshire Voice, Becky Peterson and also the Illinois Shropshire Association that contributed one half of it’s Spectacular banquet auction income. Also Thank-you to Pat Myers of Rushsylvania, Ohio for coordinating many of the on-site affairs at the Darke County Fair-grounds. The Three-on-Three basketball was a rousing success with many teams compet-ing. Pizza was delivered in three van loads

to nourish the fun. A D.J.’d dance was held Saturday evening, however, the pool party was cancelled due to the cool temperatures. That was a blessing in disguise as there were still Shropshires being shown during the time that the party had been scheduled. Special Thank-yous go to event chairs Debra Hopkins and Carrie Taylor. Along with the regular help from event committee Stan Poe II, Karey Claghorn, Millie Moore and Jo Bernard, the event went off with a minimum of ripples. Dave Trotter did another stupen-dous job of keeping the show moving from the announcer’s stand. The 2010 event will be held July 2-4 in East Lansing, Mich. For more information, see www.allamericanjuniorshow.com Shropshire exhibitors won the following events: Group 4 Showmanship – Jacob Fowler,OH;Group 9 Showmanship–Hallie Walker, MA; Junior Skillathon–Ashley Blum, MD; �

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We’ve added Rife’s “Grandeur”

to our flock. He was Reserve Jr. Ram at Ohio Shropshire Classic Sale

Watch for his lambs in 2010.

SupReme CHampiOn EWE

Pottawatomie County Fair & Wabaunsee County Spring Show

3Rd plaCE YEaRling EWE

All-American Jr. Show and Nebraska State Fair Open Show

1St plaCE maRCH Ram lamb and

CHampiOn RamAll-American Jr. Show

See our show flock at Louisville.

We also had the 1st Place March ewe lamb in

Greenville.

Also breeders of Dorset, Suffolk and Hampshire club lambs and slick sheared breeding sheep.

Jeff, Kerri, Christine & Monica Ebert10015 Flush Rd - St. George, KS 66535

(H) 785-494-2436 (C) 785-458-9174 Email: [email protected]

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Senior Judging Contest – Catherine Mrozinski, IN; Intermediate T-Shirt – Jesse Long, MO; Ram Fleece – Ty-ler Bruhin, TN; Ewe Fleece – Catherine Mrozinski, Scholarship – Tyler Bruhin. The Top Gun Winner was Catherine Mrozinski.

Show ResultsJudge: Eric Bruns, Ohio

Senior Ram Lamb (2) 1. Catherine Mrozinski, IN 2. Colby Clark, NHJanuary Ram Lamb (13) 1. Hallie Walker, MA 2. Trevor High, OH 3. Catherine Mrozinski 4. Sean Bryant, OH 5. Caleb Fritz, TN 6. Mandy Swartz, NY 7. Trevor High 8. Sean Bryant 9. Mitchell Gillett, Il 10. Tyler Bruhin 11. Brianna Brockmann, IL 12. Chris Whittaker, IL 13. Wes Evans, OHFebruary Ram Lamb (19) 1. Sean Bryant

2. Catherine Mrozinski 3. Sean Bryant 4. Tyler Bruhin 5. Caleb Fritz 6. Megan Hardesty, OH 7. Mary Evans, OH 8. Nicholas Cross, TN 9. Kaitlin Whiting, OH 10. Nicole Martin, OH 11. Catherine Mrozinski 12. Monica Ebert, KS 13. Jacob Fowler 14. Megan Hardesty 15. Morgan Johnson, OH 16. Mitchell Gillett 17. Brianna Brockmann 18. Ashley Blum, MD 19. Ashley Fuss, MDMarch Ram Lamb (10) 1. Monica Ebert 2. Dalton Hicks, OK 3. Trevor High 4. Tyler Bruhin 5. Catherine MrozinskiChampion Ram–Monica Ebert, March Ram LambReserve Champion Ram – Dalton Hicks, March LambYearling Ewe 1 (21) 1. Catherine Mrozinski

2. Taylor High, OH 3. Monica Ebert 4. Trevor High 5. Catherine Mrozinski 6. Caleb Fritz 7. Denise Hardisky, PA 8. Sean Bryant 9. Tyler Majchrzak, MD 10.Brianna Brockmann 11. Nicole Martin 12. Megan Hardesty 13. Nicholas Cross 14. Mandy Swartz 15. Chris Whittaker 16. Colby Clark 17. Tyler Bruhin 18.Kaitlin Klair, DE 19. Logan Van Horn, KS

20. Tyler Majchrzak 21. Morgan JohnsonYearling Ewe 2 (21) 1. Dalton Hicks 2. Sean Bryant 3. Tyler Bruhin 4. Dalton Hicks 5. Colby Clark 6. Caleb Fritz 7. Trevor High 8. Chris Whittaker 9. Monica Ebert 10. Jesse Long 11. Josh Sargent, OH 12. Brianna Brockmann 13. Josh Sargent 14. Mitchell Gillett 15. Ashley Fuss 16. Ashley Fuss 17. Mitchell Gillett 18. Nicholas Cross 19. Jacob Mingus, OH 20. Morgan Johnson 21. Jesse LongPair Yearling Ewes (16) 1. Sean Bryant 2. Catherine Mrozinski 3. Dalton Hicks 4. Caleb Fritz 5. Tyler Bruhin 6. Trevor High 7. Monica Ebert 8. Jesse Long 9. Brianna Brockmann 10. Colby Clark 11. Josh Sargent 12. Chris Whittaker 13. Mitchell Gillett 14. Ashley Fuss 15. Tyler Majchrzak 16. Morgan JohnsonSenior Ewe Lamb (5) 1. Kaitlin Whiting 2. Catherine Mrozinski 3. Brianna Brockmann 4. Monica Ebert 5. Tyler MajchrzakJanuary Ewe Lamb 1 (14) 1. Tyler Bruhin 2. Catherine Mrozinski �

Reserve Champion Ewe (February Lamb), shown by Trevor High, OH.

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“YEP, WE’RE STILL SHOWING!”Diane, Cam, and Sydni have done a great job this year!

Roger Snyder Family ~ 309-734-4446

Champion Ram, Champion Ewe, and Premier Exhibitor 2009 Illinois State Fair

We want to Thank everyone for your support in this last year.

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Jacob Fowler, Group 4 Showmanship.Colby Clark, Group 8 Showmanship.

3. Brianna Brockmann 4. Sean Bryant 5. Nicholas Cross 6. Mitchell Gillett 7. Josh Sargent 8. Chris Whittaker 9. Dalton Hicks 10. Seth Evans 11. Kaitlin Klair 12. Tyler Majchrzak 13. Jesse Long 14. Jansyn Van Horn. KSJanuary Ewe Lamb 2 (15) 1. Trevor High 2. Catherine Mrozinski 3. Sean Bryant 4. Caleb Fritz 5. Taylor High 6. Trevor High 7. Morgan Johnson 8. Jacob Fowler 9. Ashley Fuss 10. Megan Hardesty 11. Jacob Fowler 12. James Mingus 13. Seth Klair, DE 14. Hallie Walker 15. Jesse LongFebruary Ewe Lamb 1 (20) 1. Trevor High 2. Taylor High 3. Monica Ebert

4. Caleb Fritz 5. Sean Bryant 6. Megan Hardesty 7. Trevor High 8. Dalton Hicks 9. Mitchell Gillett 10. Kaitlin Whiting 11. Caleb Fritz 12. Colby Clark 13. Chris Whittaker 14. Kaitlin Klair 15. Josh Sargent 16. Morgan Johnson 17. Nicole Martin 18. Colby Clark 19. Ashley Fuss 20. Nicole MartinFebruary Ewe Lamb 2 (19) 1. Catherine Mrozinski 2. Catherine Mrozinski 3. Denise Hardisky 4. Monica Ebert 5. Tyler Bruhin 6. Brianna Brockmann 7. Dalton Hicks 8. Jansyn Van Horn 9. Ryan Whiting 10. Megan Hardesty 11. Jacob Mingus 12. Kaitlin Whiting 13. Jansyn Van Horn 14. Wes Evans

15. Seth Klair 16. Mandy Swartz 17. Kaitlyn Fuss 18. Kaitlyn Fuss 19. Jacob FowlerMarch Ewe Lamb (14) 1. Monica Ebert 2. Catherine Mrozinski 3. Catherine Mrozinski 4. Tyler Bruhin 5. Denise Hardisky 6. Dalton Hicks 7. Caleb Fritz 8. Monica Ebert 9. Sean Bryant 10. Megan Hardesty 11. Sean Bryant 12. Nicholas Cross 13. Colby Clark 14. Mary EvansChampion Ewe – Catherine Mrozinski, Yearling (Cl.1)Reserve Champion Ewe – Trevor High, Feb. Lamb(Cl.1)Pair Ewe Lambs (23) 1. Trevor High 2. Catherine Mrozinski 3. Monica Ebert 4. Sean Bryant 5. Denise Hardisky 6. Caleb Fritz 7. Taylor High �

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8. Tyler Bruhin 9. Dalton Hicks 10. Brianna Brockmann 11. Jansyn Van Horn 12. Colby Clark 13. Jacob Fowler 14. Kaitlin Whiting 15. Josh Sargent 16. Ashley Fuss 17. Tyler Majchrzak 18. Kaitlin Klair 19. Morgan Johnson 20. Chris Whittaker 21. Kaitlyn Fuss 22. Nicole Martin 23. Jesse LongYoung Flock (17) 1. Sean Bryant 2. Monica Ebert 3. Catherine Mrozinski 4. Trevor High 5. Dalton Hicks 6. Taylor High 7. Megan Hardesty

8. Tyler Bruhin 9. Caleb Fritz 10. Brianna Brockmann 11. Kaitlin Whiting 12. Jacob Fowler 13. Colby Clark 14. Chris Whittaker 15. Morgan Johnson 16. Ashley Fuss 17. Nicole MartinBest Four Head of Ewes (16) 1. Catherine Mrozinski 2. Monica Ebert 3. Trevor High 4. Dalton Hicks 5. Sean Bryant 6. Tyler Bruhin 7. Colby Clark 8. Megan Hardesty 9. Brianna Brockmann 10. Josh Sargent 11. Caleb Fritz 12. Jesse Long 13. Chris Whittaker

14. Tyler Majchrzak 15. Ashley Fuss 16. Morgan JohnsonMarket Lamb (20) 1. Trevor High 2. Catherine Mrozinski 3. Kara McCarthy, OH 4. Monica Ebert 5. Laurie Fitch, OK 6. Catherine Mrozinski 7. Tory Vanderwey, IN 8. Tyler Bruhin 9. Kyle Verhaeghe, IN 10. Sean Bryant 11. Monica Ebert 12. Adam Taylor, MD 13. Dalton Hicks 14. Grace Murphy, IN 15. Nicholas Cross 16. Allison Smith, KS 17. Seth Michel, IN 18. Mary Evans 19. Meaghan Stevens, NY 20. Megan Hardesty

Watch for our show flock at Louisville and our consignment for the Stars of Louisville Sale.

Congratulations, ASRA, on 125 Years!

washburnshrops

Emily Washburn1755 Lead Mine Rd.

Gouverneur, NY 13642

Home: 315.578.2443

Cell: 315.408.2478

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Ebert named First Shropshire Ambassador Monica Ebert is currently a freshman in college at Kansas State University. She grew up near Saint George, Kansas and attended Rock Creek High School. She is the daugh-ter of Jeff and Kerri Ebert and currently co-owns Ebert Sheep Farm. Monica has been showing Shropshires for about 10 years and has enjoyed every minute of her show career. While at Kansas State she hopes to become actively involved in the sheep unit to continue her involve-ment with the sheep industry. She also hopes to become involved with ASI as she gets older. Her goal is to stay active with sheep while she is away at college and help others enjoy the sheep project just as much as she has.

She hopes that this will be a fun year and is excited to get to know more Shropshire breeders and youth.

Monica Ebert

1083 W.C. Rd. 61, Tiffin, OH 44883 Mike Doug Jay (419) 992-4305 (419) 986-5848 (419) 992-4701

PENCE FARMSNational Regional

Champion RamIndiana Regional Show

We plan to have a bred ewe out of him at the sale

in LouisvillePence 08-19

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Junior Show exhibitors at the Oregon State Fair, front from left, Chance Olufson, Emma Joy Hawkins and Hannah Myers. Back row, Cassidy Davis, Tatiana Thompson, Jaden Myers, McKenzie Walker, Palmer Deedon, Laurie Koch, Brett Deedon and Stephanie Barker.

Junior Showmanship winner Luke Hawkins at the Oregon State Fair.

Oregon State Fair Jr. Show

Judged by Kurt Burns, Mollala, Ore. Each Junior Show exhibitor at the Or-egon State Fair received a prize sponsored by Peppmeier Family Shrops. Class winners in the Junior Division received prizes and second place winners received gift cards supplied by Wilco Farm Stores. The Cham-pion and Reserve Junior and Senior Show-manship winners, as well as Champion and Reserve Champion Ewes received sheep blankets with the 125th Anniversary design.Yearling Ewe 1. Stephanie Barker 2. Emma Joy Hawkins 3. Stephanie Barker 4. Tatiana Thompson 5. Tatiana Thompson 6. Emma Joy Hawkins 7. Chance Olufson 8. Laurie KochSenior Ewe Lamb 1. Stephanie Barker 2. Stephanie Barker

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Spring Ewe Lamb 1. McKenzie Walker 2. Jaden Myers 3. Hannah Myers 4. McKenzie Walker 5. Emma Joy Hawkins 6. Brett Deedon 7. Brett Deedon 8. Palmer Deedon 9. Palmer Deedon 10. Laurie Koch 11. Emma Joy Hawkins 12. Tatiana ThompsonBest Pair

1. Stephanie Barker 2. Tatiana Thompson 3. Emma Joy Hawkins 4. McKenzie Walker 5. Brett Deedon 6. Palmer Deedon 7. Chance OlufsonChampion Ewe Stephanie BarkerReserve Champion Ewe Stephanie BarkerJunior Showmanship 1. Luke Hawkins 2. Tatiana Thompson

3. Jaden Myers 4. Brett Cates 5. Jordan Cates 6. Chance Olufson 7. Charlie Millard 8. Hannah MyersSenior Showmanship 1. McKenzie Walker 2. Ashley Culver 3. Stephanie Barker 4. Laurie Koch 5. Palmer Deedon 6. Brett Deedon 7. Michael Hartman

Fall Ram: 1. Brianna BrockmannSpring Ram: 1. Chris Whitaker 2. Brianna Brockmann 3. Tom Buckham 4. Maddison KirchmannFuturity Yearling Ewe: 1. Brianna Brockmann 2. Chris Whitaker 3. Sarah NyenYearling Ewe: 1. Jayden Slutz 2. Brianna Brockmann

2. Chris Whitaker 3. Maddison Kirchmann 4. Maddison Kirchmann 5. Mitchell GillettJunior Showmanship Winner: Austin Brockmann Participants: Jayden SlutzIntermediate Showmanship Winner: Brianna BrockmannSenior Showmanship Winner: Monica Ebert Participants: Maddison Kirchmann, Mitchell Gil-lett, Chris Whitaker, Mariah Shearer, Julie Elsbury

3. Chris Whitaker 4. Mariah Shearer 5. Mitchell Gillett 6. Monica Ebert 7. Maddison Kirchmann 8. Sarah Nyen 9. Sarah NyenFall Ewe: 1. Brianna Brockmann 2. Brianna Brockmann 3. Monica Ebert 4. Mariah ShearerSpring Ewe: 1. Chris Whitaker

Shropshire Spectacular Junior Show

Mitchell Gillett talks with Judge Jared Poynter in the junior show of the Spectacular.

The feeders with the 125th logo were given to the showmanship class at the Spectacular.

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NW Starter Flock winner 2009 marks the 25th year that the NW Shropshire Breeders Association has award-ed a Starter Flock. This year the association awarded the 40th Starter Flock to Jordan Cates of Filer, Idaho at the Western Region-al Junior Shropshire Show at Oregon State Fair. Jordan has been involved in 4-H for three years and has served on the safety and com-munity service committees. She has shown her sheep at several fairs in Oregon and

Jordan Cates was awarded the 40th Starter Flock.

Champion over all other breeds Sydney Johnson’s junior ram, “Rafiki Fan-tastic,” was named Champion Ram, all other breeds recently at the Junior Grand Nation-al Rodeo and Livestock Exposition, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. “Pretty high accolades for a lamb just 2-1/2 months old,” the 17-year-old breeder com-mented. “’Fantastic represents the fourth generation I’ve bred. It’s wonderful to see the dreams I had become a reality.” Sydney held her own against National Champion Cheviots with her flock of Shrop-shires.

Sydney Johnson and Rafiki Fantastic at Cow Palace.

Supreme for Fuss Kaitlin Fuss had the Supreme Champion 4-H ewe on a yearling Shropshire ewe at the Maryland State Fair. The Shropshires had the most flocks exhibited and the judge (Debbi Jo Holmquist of Sugarloaf Dorsets)com-mented many times about the quality of the Shropshires and their breed character. Danielle Moore had the Grand Champion of the open show on a yearling Rife ram (Rife’s Cutting Edge) and Tyler Majchrzak had the Grand Champion Ewe of the open show on his fall ewe lamb (Rolling Hills).

Idaho. As well as caring for her sheep, she participates in cross country at school and likes to cook. Jordan would like to build her flock to have quality market lambs and future breed-ing projects. She would also like to be able to provide quality lambs to other 4-Hers for their projects and get more people in-terested in the Shropshire breed. The NW Shropshire Breeders Association feels that Jordan will be a great ambassador for the Shropshire breed in Idaho!

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Heatons win rate of gain, reserve Luke and Lauren Heaton of Russia, Ohio showed their Shropshire wethers at the Shelby County Fair. One of Luke’s Shropshire wethers won the Rate of Gain. Pre -weight: 61 lbs; sale weight: 132 lbs.; Rate of Gain: 0.7889. Lauren’s Shropshire wether was re-serve Rate of Gain. Pre-weight: 72 lbs.; sale weight: 141 lbs.; Rate of Gain: 0.7667. Luke and Lauren are grandchildren of

Lauren and Luke Heaton

Futurity benefits Pearson and 125th Mike Pearson of Tennessee took home the futurity ewe lamb auctioned at the Clas-sic Sale in Ohio in May. The ewe was do-nated by McCabe Shropshires of Ohio with proceeds going to the 125th Anniversary Celebration of the American Shropshire Registry Association. The ewe was first sold for $400 to Tim Barnes and Randy Rife. They donated the ewe back for re-auction and Pearson bought the lamb for $275. All funds were donated to the ASRA 125th Celebration.

PA Farm Show The Pennsylvania Farm Show Junior Show was held at the Farm Show Complex in Har-risburg, Penn., Jan. 10-17. Junior Show judge was Doris Powell.Spring Ram Lamb 1. Shane RaffenspergerChampion Ram Shane Raffensperger Yearling Ewe 1. Benjamin Shughart 2. Jeffrey McConn Jr. 3. Shane Raffensperger 4. Shane Raffensperger 5. Jeffrey McConn Jr. Fall Ewe Lamb 1. Jeffrey McConn Jr. Spring Ewe Lamb Class 1 1. Shane Raffensperger 2. Michael Hardisky 3. Shane Raffensperger 4. Benjamin ShughartSpring Ewe Lamb Class 2 1. Jeffrey McConn Jr. 2. Benjamin ShughartChampion Ewe – Yearling Ewe Benjamin ShughartRes. Champion Ewe–Spring Lamb, Class 1 Shane Raffensperger

Janice (McCabe) Vida holds McCabe’s Cathy 0911 which was sold, donated back and resold at this year’s Classic Sale. The futurity lamb generated $775 for the American Shropshire 125th Celebration.

Fred and Pam Heaton, and the wethers were sired by Fred’s Shropshire ram, McCabe’s Overtime.

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Futurity Standing as of Sept. 18, 2009Rank pts Owner State Ewe Lamb #shows Reg. No.

1 60 Kaitlin Whiting OH High Life 9026 5 M438890 2 56 Josh Sargent OH Avery’s Madam 09-02 5 M439000 3 50 Sean Bryant OH Crago 1306 4 M438896 4 47 Megan Hardesty OH Creamer 2920 4 M438913 5 46 Josh Sargent OH Rolling Hills 9089 5 M438875 6 44 Kaitlin Whiting OH Rife 09-127 5 M438914 7 40 Sean Bryant OH Barnes Lady 5625 3 M438691 8 39 Jake Mingus OH Bryant 09-70 4 M438920 9 32 Kaitlin Klair DE High Farms F92 4 M438592 10 30 Seth Evans OH Bryant 0906 3 M438934 11 29 Colby Clark NH Mrozinski 09-05 3 M438984 12 27 Seth Klair DE Rife 09-043 4 M438739 13 25 Jesse Long MO Bryant 09-31 5 M438917 13 25 Seth Klair DE High Life Farm 9036 4 M438887 15 24 Morgan Johnson OH RoKaJo 1253 2 M438866 15 24 James Mingus OH FW Heaton 09-19 4 M438620 17 23 Ashley Fuss MD Barnes Lady 5620 3 M438690 17 23 Kaitlin Klair DE Avery 09-06 4 M439001 19 20 Dalton Hicks OK Whittaker 901 1 M438459 19 20 Seth Evans OH Brandt 9411 2 M438969 19 20 Jansyn Van Horn KS SS Shrops 9-12 3 M438541 22 19 Colby Clark NH Washburn 574 3 M438925 23 18 Mandy Swartz NY City Limits 0916 3 M438679 24 14 Morgan Johnson OH RoKaJo 1264 2 M438867 24 14 Monica Ebert KA Rife 09-013 2 M438727 26 12 Dalton Hicks OK Rife 09-080 1 M438753 27 11 Molly Jo Woods IL Brooks 09-163 3 M438838 27 11 Molly Jo Woods IL Schoolhouse 9023 3 M438696 29 10 James Mingus OH Schoolhouse 9049 3 M438705 29 10 Tyler Majchrzak MD Schoolhouse 9007 2 M438703 31 9 Mariah Shearer IN M Anderson 09-10 3 M438812 31 9 Kaitlyn Fuss MD Bryant 09-53 3 M438918 33 8 Tyler Majchrzak MD Rolling Hills 8511 3 M438966 34 5 Marissa Bilyea PA Rolling Hills 9011 1 M438868 35 1 Monica Ebert KS Rife 09-113 1 M439288 2009 makes the eighth year for the Shropshire Futurity. Shropshire breeders nominated 106 ewe lambs which is the most ever and will make a purse of $2,120. Juniors and parents need to remember that only five point totals count also only two ewe lambs per exhibitor are eligible for payment. Questions about points can be directed to Mark McCabe. E-mail [email protected] or phone 740-494-2969.

The Junior’s pizza party and quiz bowl will be from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the bowling alley just outside the main gate at the Louisville fairgrounds. The finals of the

quiz bowl will be held at the banquet Satur-day night. Plan for an afternoon of education, food, bowling and a big dose of fun for all Shropshire juniors!

Pizza, bowling & fun planned at NAILE

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Four scholarship applications were re-ceived in 2009 and they were very similar. This year, two equal scholarships of $400 are being awarded. One award goes to Julie Elsbury of Greenfield, Ind. She is enrolled as a sophomore at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ill. where she is pursuing a degree in agricultural education. Julie is the daughter of Mike and Karen Elsbury. She graduated from Eastern Han-cock High School in 2008. There she was a member of the National Honor Society and served as her class vice-president for three years. She was also active on the basketball team, played golf and tennis and ran track. She was also active in 4-H and FFA and was involved in numerous service activities. Julie was named Out-standing Senior Athlete in 2008 and was recog-nized for her outstanding achievement in several subject areas. In her first year at Purdue, she main-tained GPA of 3.07 Here is a portion of her scholarship essay:

My family has been raising and showing Shropshire sheep for many years. It all started in 1945, which is when my great-grandfather, Noble T. Apple, bought his very first Shropshire ewes. I am now the fourth generation of my family to raise and show Shropshire sheep. When I was just three months old I attended my very first Indiana State Fair and have been going back every year since. I am very lucky because I was born into this passion that my family has for the Shrop-shire sheep industry. When I was six years old I received my very first Shropshire ewe lamb. She was a bottle lamb and it was my job to take care of her. I named her Judy and

I ended up showing her at the All-American Junior Show at Franklin, Ind. in 1996. After the All-American Junior Show I fell in love with the sheep industry just like everyone else in my family. The fact that I have this passion for the Shropshire breed makes it very easy to help on our family’s farm. Depending on the sea-son my family can have anywhere from 150 to 250 head of Shropshire sheep. I have many responsibilities on the family farm. I have day-to-day chores; including feeding, running wa-ter and making sure all the animals look to be in superior health. I also help during the

lambing season. We lamb out about 100 Shropshire ewes each year. I assist by setting up lambing pens, feeding the bottle lambs in the middle of the night and making sure the new born baby lambs are doing well. I also help by mixing up the lambs feed. When it is time for worming, vaccination, ear tagging, banding tails, baling hay and shearing the sheep I am there to help. With all the hard work and time I

have put into my Shropshire flock I still have time to have some fun by showing them at shows and sales. I have been very fortunate to have the opportunity to show my Shropshire sheep at the county and state level for 10 years. Last year was my 10th year in 4-H and I exhibited at both the county and state level. Over my 10 years in 4-H programs I have received many honors. In 2003 at the Hancock County Fair I won the Champion Shropshire Ewe award. That same year I was honored to have the Reserve Supreme Champion Ewe over all the other breeds at my county fair. When I went to the Indiana State Fair that same year I also won the

Elsbury, Bruhin win ASRA Scholarships

Julie Elsbury

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Champion Shropshire Ewe award. In addition to wining Champion Ewe, I was honored to be the Premier Breeder at the Indiana State Fair. The next year at the Indiana State Fair I won the Premier Breeder award again. Then in 2005, I won the biggest honor you can win at my county fair. My Shropshire yearling ewe was selected to be the Supreme Champion Ewe over all the breeds at the county fair. That same year I was also selected to have the Supreme Champion Best Three Head at the county fair. In 2005, I received the honor of being the Premier Breeder for the third year in a row at the Indiana State Fair. My last year in 4-H, my yearling ewe was selected as the Champion Shropshire Ewe and then I went on to win the Supreme Champion Ewe award. That same year my Shropshire ewes were selected as the Supreme Champion Best Three Head. At the state fair last year I was awarded a beautiful pen set for showing my Shrop-shire sheep at the state fair for 10 years. I also won the Premier Breeder award my last year in 4-H. In my years of exhibiting Shrop-shire sheep I have shown the Shropshires at numerous shows and sales. I have shown at the Shropshire Spectacular Junior Show and Sale for many years. I also have attended the Ohio Shropshire Classic Sale. I have also shown at the National Shropshire Show and Sale that was held in Indiana in 2002. I also attended the National Shropshire Show in Wisconsin in 2007. I did not take any sheep myself but I helped several different breeders during the show and I showed in the show-manship class. I have also shown at a couple

different county fairs the past few years. I have also represented the breed at a lot of different shows and sales over the years. I have been the Indiana Bo-Peep in 1997, the Indiana Shropshire Princess in 2003 and the Shropshire Queen in 2006. I plan on showing at the Midwest Regional Show at the Indiana State Fair this year. I am also thinking about showing at NAILE for the first time this fall if everything works out with school. I am also planning on applying to become the 2010 Shropshire Ambassador. I have enjoyed the past 10 years in the 4-H program tremen-dously, and I plan to continue showing and raising Shropshire sheep. I love the Shrop-shire breed so I hope my children will have the opportunity and love to raise and enjoy the Shropshires as much as I have.

The second winner is Tyler Bruhin of Se-vierville, Tennessee. Tyler is the son of Alan and Debbie Bruhin. He graduated from Se-vier County High School this past May. He studies ag business as a freshman at Walter State Community College. In high school, he was in the top 10 percent of his class and received the Rotary Youth Leadership award in 2007 and was named Outstanding Junior Livestock Producer for his school activities in agriculture in 2007 and 2008. Tyler was the Sentinel in his FFA Chapter and was named as a state finalist in the Sheep Proficiency contest. He has also been involved in 4-H and was the recipient of the Vol State Award (the highest State 4-H award given in �

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Tennessee) in 2008. Here is a portion of his essay:

I first became involved with the sheep project in the fourth grade. I enrolled in 4-H and had to try all the animal projects. My first year 1 was showing heifers, sheep and hogs. Needless to say, my family stayed on the go that first show season. My dad en-couraged me to cut back so I could do a better job with the species I selected. After a lot of consideration, I de-cided to focus on my sheep project. My first year I showed market lambs and com-mercial ewes. A friend of the family wanted me to show a breeding ewe and leased me a Hampshire. I really enjoyed the showing, but never really could get the hang of “fitting.” I was always attracted to Shrop-shires at the shows. Slick shearing was some-thing I could handle. I convinced my Dad that Shropshires was the way to go. The very next spring we made our way to the Shropshire Classic Sale held in Ohio. I picked out two ewe lambs and I was in the Shropshire business. I really had a good time showing that year. We attended sev-eral county fairs all over East Tennessee. We didn’t always win, but we always had a good time. Show season wasn’t over before I had started on my dad that we needed to expand the show flock for the next year. I still have that same feeling seven years later. I have been very lucky to develop a small, but successful show flock of Shropshires. We have a very limited amount of pasture at home so I am always culling to keep only the very best ewes. Currently I have a small, but high quality flock of two rams, 15 brood ewes and four yearlings for show and re-placement. My flock is made up of ewes I have purchased or raised the past four years. The foundation is made up of the breeding of

Bill Bryant, Glenn High and Randy Rife. I used a ram from Mark McCabe and now have one third of my flock made up of his daughters. Along with the sheep came responsibilities. Early on it was just feeding and exercising my lambs, however as I have grown so have my responsibilities. Today I assist with lambing and all management practices such as health care. Learning to tube a lamb was pretty ex-

citing. I had always watched but never felt comfort-able doing it until this past year. Getting lambs ready to show has also become more of my responsibility. With my brother showing as well, it is not uncommon for us to have as many as 24 animals to get ready for our state junior livestock expo. In addition to that, I have a small group of junior 4-Hers from my county that I work with in a proj-ect group. I often assist

them in getting their lambs ready for show, as well. I have always enjoyed working with younger 4-H members. In addition to my project group, each year I hold an animal science day. I do this in co-operation with the local extension office. Over the past three years, I have had over 50 fourth and fifth graders come to learn about lambs. During this workshop I try to teach everything they will need to know about lambs. I try to make the class as much “hands on” as possible. Each young person will wash, shear and show a lamb during the day. They also learn about nutrition, equipment and showmanship. It is always a highlight of my year to see some of these young people se-lect a lamb and follow through the project. My FFA advisors also keeps me busy. Each year I bring lambs to school and help teach the sheep part of the animal science class. I have grown with my sheep project and so has the number of shows I attend. This past year was our most involved in the show ring. We started the show season July 4th at the All-

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ShropShireASSoCiAtionfor 125 years!We are proud to be partof the Shropshire breed.

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American and did not finish until the North American. Shows in-between included all the small county shows and several of the larger state shows. I attended the four major fairs in Tennessee including the state fair, as well as the Georgia National, North Carolina and South Carolina State Fairs. My highlight of the show season had to be the All-American. My sheep placed first or second in 11 of the 13 classes I entered. Not bad for my first time at a show of this size! I would like to take this opportunity to thank the American Shropshire Association for the interest they have taken in young people showing sheep. The Shropshire Futu-rity and this scholarship show the commit-ment you have made to the future of our breed. I for one have benefited greatly from the programs you offer. Thanks for all you do.

Congratulations to both of these young

Shropshire enthusiasts. They set an excel-lent example of what our students can do!

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with include: Royal Showman-ship Contest, Judging Contests, Tot’s Day (we in-vite area schools to come and learn about farm animals), Beef Production Sale, B&B Classic Hog Show, National Convention, in addition to vari-ous fund-raisers throughout the year. On the College of Agriculture Council, I serve as the Public Relations Officer. Ag Council hosts many events throughout the year, many that serve as socials for the en-tire College of Ag. Most recently, we hosted a Moonlight Pancake Breakfast in which we served free pancakes from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. on the ag campus. I’m also an Undergraduate Studies Pro-gram Ambassador, which is a program for students at Purdue who are undecided about the major. In addition, I’m a member of Agricultural Communicators of Tomor-row, which is a great way for me to be active in a professional organization related to my career interest. In the future, I am looking forward to working either with a livestock publication

Scholarship Essay byKatherine Kuykendall

In addition to maintaining my grades at Purdue, I recognize that one of the most crucial and rewarding experiences in col-lege is being involved with co-curricular ac-tivities. During my time at Purdue, I have be-come active in several organizations within the college. I value my time with these orga-nizations, as they have allowed me to meet and work with some outstanding faculty and students, in addition to developing my lead-ership skills. I am on the 2009 Purdue Livestock Judg-ing Team, where I was recently the high in-dividual for the judging and evaluation por-tions of the All-East Livestock Contest, and fifth individual overall. I was also eighth indi-vidual overall at the Purdue Block and Bridle Invitational Judging Contest. Block & Bridle has been a very important organization to my time at Purdue. In 2007-08, I was the Publicity/Scrapbook Chair, and in 2008-09 I was the Pledge Trainer. As a Pledge Trainer, I was responsible for ap-proximately 60 new members of the club, including organizing events for the pledge class and running pledge meetings. This has prepared me well for my new role, as this spring I was elected 2009-10 President. I’m looking forward to working with ev-eryone in the club and the new officer team. Some of the activities that B&B is involved

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Eric Nichols, the 18-year-old son of Ran-dy and Pat Nichols of Guernsey County was the winner of the Ohio State Fair Junior Market Lamb Scholarship. The scholarship was established to recognize the quality youth of Ohio, and to help those interested in furthering their education, which was es-tablished by the Ohio Expositions Commis-sion. Applicants were judged on scholastic standing, citizenship and leadership, Ohio State Fair participation, county fair partici-pation and financial need. Eric has been showing market lambs of various breeds for the past 10 years, as well as helping his sister, Sarah, show Shrop-shires. While showing at the Ohio State Fair, he has been named the Premier Exhibitor in his age division several times; exhibited the Champion Dorset Wether in 2006, as well as winning his showmanship division. He has won his division in skillathon as well as winning the livestock record book. At the county level he has won his showmanship division several years; exhibited the Re-serve Champion Market Lamb in 2006 and the Grand Champion Market Lamb in 2008. He has won the skillathon several times, and been named the Premier Exhibitor three years. In 2008, Eric was named the 2008 Guernsey County Showman of Showmen. Eric not only shows lambs, but also shows market hogs. He exhibited the Guernsey County Reserve Champion Market hog in 2006 and was named the Swine Showman of Showmen in 2008. He has also taken several miscellaneous 4-H projects and ex-hibited at the Ohio State Fair all 10 years, and received an Outstanding of the Day in

woodworking in 2005; weld-ing in 2007 and 2008 and was his age division overall winner; bicycle in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007 and was the National Qualifier and placed third at the Nationals; rope in 2007; and electricity in 2005. For the past two years he has served as a state fair judge in the bicycle competition. Eric was the 2006 Guernsey County Junior Fair Boy Ambassador and the 2007 Guernsey County Junior Fair King. Eric was a 2009 graduate of Buckeye Trail High School, where he was the Senior Class President; a member of the National Honor Society; four-year academic letterman; four-year Student of the Month; four-year FFA Member and received his State FFA Degree, and was Agricultural Mechanics Design and Fabrication Proficiency Winner; three-year academic all warrior; academic all Ohio in Basketball; two-year co-captain of the bas-ketball team and letterman; four-year track and field letterman; three-year marching band letterman; four-year scholar athlete award winner; was a senior homecoming king attendant. Eric is currently a student at Duquesne University majoring in Pharmacy.

Nichols wins Market Lamb Scholarship

as an editor or with a livestock organization in their communication department. I have also been looking into graduate school, get-ting a degree in either agricultural leader-ship or agricultural communication, while hopefully doing some research in the animal

science field. Although I am not completely sure of my future career, I do know that I will go into something related to showing livestock) whether that be sheep, cattle or hogs), and will most definitely remain active showing sheep.

Eric Nichols

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Submitted by Cody Hiemke

Two American shearers set an endur-ance shearing record in Texas in July. Gavin McKerrow of Wisconsin was one of the two shearers that set the record. Doug Rathke of Minnesota is the other. Gavin’s family is from Pewaukee, Wis-consin. The McKerrow family is one of the pioneering Shropshire families of the early 1900s. Gavin’s great-grandfather, George, was the 14th ASRA president from 1924 to 1925, and his grandfather, Gavin, followed as ASRA president from 1938 to 1940. The McKerrows had one of the premier Shrop-shire flocks in the United States for many decades, and continued raising Shropshires into the 1980s. The following article was published on the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) website, authored by Amy Trinidad, and is being reprinted with permission:

Endurance Shearing Record Set in United States

Two American shearers set precedent for marathon endurance sheep shearing in the United States on July 11-12 at Estacado Industries Inc. in Dimmitt, Texas. Attempting the feat of shearing for 24 hours straight was Doug Rathke, 48, of Minnesota who sheared a total of 607 sheep and Gavin McKerrow, 60, of Wisconsin who sheared 487 sheep. To put these benchmark numbers into perspective, Rathke sheared 25.29 sheep

every hour (2:23 minutes per sheep) and McKerrow sheared 20.26 sheep per hour (2:58 minutes per sheep). The shearers were allowed breaks, but the duration of each rest was added to the end of the time period to ensure each shearer sheared for a full 24 hours. As the sheep passed through the hands of the shearer, their physical stamina and mental preparedness wore; however, each animal that came out of the chute was as fresh and lively as the first one sheared. The two shearers participated in this endeavor to bring positive attention to shearing in the United States and to build an interest in sheep shearing as a means of employment. “It is troubling to me that I am continu-ously hearing about shearing records being broken in other countries, and nothing is be-ing attempted here. We hope to get the ball rolling with U.S. shearers to see what kinds of records they can break and get more young people interested in the profession,” said Rathke on the reason for the event. Twenty volunteers were on hand to bring up the sheep, record times and monitor sheep and wool handling. A nurse monitored the well being of the shearers’ health while an extension agent ensured that the sheep were properly handled. Both shearers are participants in ASI’s Certified Sheep Shearer Program, which pledges commitment to shearing in a man-ner that promotes wool quality and good animal husbandry in the United States.

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Dear Rinda, Last week I received a package with eight issues – back to October of 2006 –of the Shropshire Voice. I don’t know who, or why, is responsible for this gesture but I do want to thank them and to compliment you on the make-up of these magazines. Since I dispersed my flock in 1992 I have completely and purposely removed my-self from the sheep industry. I don’t attend shows or sales and dropped my subscription to all sheep publications, so it was a little like Rip Van Winkle to peruse these pages after a 17-year absence…shocking at the changes in Shropshire physiognomy, yet full of worth-while content. You and the Association are to be com-plimented for a colorful, utilitarian breed-promotional publication! I particularly am impressed with the strong emphasis on 4-H participation. We strove - during my 40 years as an active breeder – to attract junior breeders but never came close to the levels evidenced in each of these issues, so I sin-cerely compliment all those who have made this possible. I also find the “Meet your Directors” ar-ticles very interesting, and helpful in an organization whose national nature makes it impossible for most breeders to know who’s “running the show” (and the very real sacrifices these leaders make on behalf of

their association). Finally, as an “old-time friend” and be-cause I agree with what he writes, I enjoyed the several excellent articles by Randy Rife. I am going to write separately to him with some Thoughts to Ponder of my own. (He’ll understand where my thoughts come from because he knew “the great one:” the McK-errows, Farrell Shultz, Elwin Newcomber, Everett and Libby Glasgow, the Hartzells and Heggemeirs, Larry Meade, et al).

Very Sincerely,Doug Chambers

1955 Dalla Hwy NW #321Salem, Oregon 97304

Note: Doug included in his March 3, 2009 note that he and his wife of 67 years, Viv, sold their Illahe Hill Farm in 2004 and now reside in a retirement home. Doug turned 90 in February and had this to say about the big party given by his three sons and their families: “Watching their families and career accomplishments is all the “get of sire” re-ward I could ever want.”

To the Amer ican Shropsh i re Assoc ia t ion ,Congratulations on 125 years

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Jan. 15.

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Breeder’s Index The following breeder’s list is a paid subscription published both in the Voice and on the shropshires.org Web site.

Adams shropshires 6898 S 7000 W RoadChebanse, IL 60922 (815) 697-2903 [email protected]

Agrall, LewisR.R. 1, Box 230athens, IL 62613(217) 636-8151

Anderson farmsMatthew, Christie, emily & andrew646 N. 24th StreetBlair, Ne 68008(402) [email protected]

Anderson, Michael L.346 N 1600 ePaxton, IL 60957(217) 379-3189

Avery shropshiresDennis & Nancy avery1500 Douglas RoadBremen, IN 46506(574) 209-0988Floyd & Sharon avery(229) 942-3415

Tim & Deb barnesBarnes Farms5707 Mooney RoadRadnor, OH 43066(740) 494-2125Cell: (740) [email protected]

benson, robertBenson Brothers Shropshires3839 e. 169th StreetNoblesville, IN 46062(317) 896-2213

Biogenetic Services, Inc.801 32nd ave.Brookings, SD 57006(800) 423-4163Fax: (605) [email protected]

Jason BotsfordRolling Hill Farms4646 Rt. 536Punxsutawney, Pa 15767(507) [email protected]

bradish family farmgeorge and Brenda Bradish3865 St. Rt. 982Latrobe, Pa 15650(724) 539-8386 or 3808

Brockmann Shropshiresgary, Vicky, Brianna & austin2011 Blake Roadgarden Prairie, IL 61038(815) 544-4515

Brooks, Wayne, Cyndi, Blaze & Jenny3760 N 700 eDecatur, IN 46733(260) [email protected]

brown, rob & ronClay-Nob Farm17527 Maple DriveSaegertown, Pa 16433(814) [email protected]

bryant shropshiresBill Bryant6838 Bryant RoadFredericktown, OH 43019(740) 398-2053Cell: (740) [email protected]

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Buckham Farms 6508 West R avenueSchoolcraft, MI 49087 (269) 375-7676 [email protected]

Burlingame, Jim & SteveBurlingame Farm91 Burlingame RoadDanielson, CT 06239(860) 774-5975Jim: [email protected]: [email protected]

BWB Farms, Inc.1779 green RoadMartinsville, OH 45146Randy Barr (937) 288-0001Rick Whiting: (937) 685-2603Barry Barr: (937) [email protected]

Call, Don & re964 Mohawk TrailShelburne, Ma 01370(413) [email protected]

Calvert, Robert E. & Family735 N. Perry Hwy.Mercer, Pa 16137-4737(724) 475-3119

Cessna, Jim & NancyCessna Farms11100 Jerry City RoadCygnet, OH 43413(419) [email protected]

Crago brothers shropshiresSteve & Louise Crago & Sons1499 Hiatt RoadClarksville, OH 45113(937) 289-3167

Crago, Mark & Jennifer & Family22 Maki Hill Rd.Columbus, MT 59019(406) 322-9935Cell: (406) 298-0015

Creamer, R.J. & Family4094 Centerville-Newmans Rd.Prospect, OH 43342(740) [email protected]

Diehl, J.L. & G.L.902 St. Rt. 14Deerfield, OH 44411(330) 584-2192

Dirlam, J.N. & Sons & Matthew Dirlam 11673 N. Bethesda Rd. Mooresville, IN 46158(317) [email protected]

Dockter, Darrell, Janet, Stacy & Jason3-D Sheep Company19411 S. Carpenter RoadSnohomish, Wa 98290(425) 334-9130 Cell: (425) [email protected]

Douglas, Donnaapril aire Farms11802 Pleasant Valley RoadWoodstock, IL 60098(815) 337-0598

Ebert, Jeff, Kerri, Christine & Monicaebert Sheep Farm10015 Flush Rd.St. george, KS 66535Home: (785) 494-2436Cell: (785) [email protected]/ebertvanhorn/index.htm

Elsbury, Mikeelsbury’s Shropshires5385 e 500 NGreenfield, IN 46140-8939(317) [email protected]

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Elsbury, TimDouble Doc FarmW 7112 Cherry Hill Drive.adell, WI 53001(920) 994-2538

Gillett, MarieLMg Farm2551 N 850 e RoadMoweaqua, IL 62550(217) 768-4601Cell: (217) [email protected]

Groverman DVM, fredF & P groverman Shropshires400 Ormsby LanePetaluma, Ca 94954(707) [email protected]

Gruenhagen, Jim & DonnaSS Shrops7622 Jersey Ridge RoadDavenport, Ia 52807(563) [email protected]

hardesty, Megan & MollyCome again Farm00427 Clover Four RoadNew Bremen, OH 45869(419) [email protected]

Hargrave, Kim & Katie3759 State Rt 21Wayland, NY 14572(585) 534-5382

harold, Ashley11316 Durgin Road SeOlympia, Wa 98513(360) [email protected]

heaton, fred & family622 Sessler-Buxton Rd.Russia, OH 45363(937) 526-3118

Hiemke, CodyMapleton Mynd Shropshires2325 Webster St., apt. BBerkeley, Ca 94705(415) [email protected]

Hiemke, CodyMapleton Mynd Shropshires2325 Webster St., apt. BBerkeley, Ca 94705(415) [email protected]

Hiemke Family ShropshiresLynn, Mary, Cody, Carissa & Clayton, Heidi & HopeN87 W35753 Mapleton Rd.Oconomowoc, WI 53066(920) [email protected]

high farmsglenn & Joan High7078 Co. Rd. 47Lexington, OH 44904(419) [email protected]

high Life farmsDavid & Jodi High & Family3388 McDermott Pond Creek RoadMcDermott, OH 45652(740) [email protected]

Jackson, Norbert4125 W. State Route 28alexandria, IN 46001(765) [email protected]

Jaycox, ElaineWillaine Farm3758 State Rt. 30Middleburgh, NY 12122(518) 827-5726Cell: (518) [email protected]

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Johnson, Bob & KarenRoKaJo Farm569 St. Hwy. DDMarshfield, MO 65706(417) [email protected]

Kipp, LeRoyBox 44North Prairie, WI 53153(262) 392-2713

Knepp Shropshires Donald Knepp128 Old Barrington Rd.Barrington, IL [email protected]

Lisa Kowalyshyn Kindred Crossings LLC868 Route 32North Franklin, CT 06254(860) 642-4243(860)[email protected]

Maddox, steven & rindaMaddox Shropshires6503 e 700 North RoadSidell, IL 61876(217) [email protected]

Majchrzak, Steve, Beth,Ashley & TylerLan-O-Lin acres3745 Bradley RoadFederalsburg, MD 21632(410) 754-7531Cell: (410) [email protected]

McCabe, Mark & FamilyMcCabe Shropshires5154 Nickelson Road Prospect, OH 43342(740) [email protected]

McCall, CynthiaCMaC Shropshires1673 22nd RoadWashington, KS 66968(402) [email protected]

McNeal, Robert J.1511 S.e. 20 StreetBattle ground, Wa 98604(360) 687-3410

Miller, Edith, bryan & fabiola24417 Ridge RoadDamascus, MD 20872(301) 253-3530(301) [email protected] www.shropshires.info

Miller, Sam D. & FamilyMiller’s Back achers3075 e. Rusk RoadTroy, OH 45373(937) [email protected]

Motter, JanLane’s end Farm12211 W. Rt. 973Jersey Shore, Pa 17740(570) 398-2078

Mrozinski, Erik5906 e 650 N RoadP.O. Box 306Rolling Prairie, IN 46371(219) 716-4921(219) [email protected]

Mumm, Megan49 CR 1300 NWhite Heath, IL 61884(217) 687-2874

Oehler, NellieOehler Family Shropshires5570 SW West Hills RoadCorvallis, OR 97333-2623(541) 757-3937

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Peiter shrops5580 Shelby 234Shelbyville, MO 63469(573) 769-0003

Pence farms1083 W. Co. Rd. 61Tiffin, OH 44883Mike: (419) 992-4305Doug: (419) 986-5848Jay: (419) 992-4701

Peppmeier, Christine & saraPeppmeier Family Shropshires29323 SW Land Hill RoadSherwood, OR 97140 (503) [email protected]

Percival, Jim & DeniseSchoolhouse Shropshires961 Hoop RoadXenia, OH 45385(937) [email protected]

Pipestone Vet Clinic1300 S. Hwy. 75Box 188Pipestone, MN 56164(507) 825-4211www.pipevet.com

Proffitt, Jim38208 Brady Creek RoadRichmond, MO 64085(816) [email protected]

Riddick, DanielMayo Mountain Sheep Company680 Mayo RoadHuntington, VT 05462(802) [email protected]

Rife, Randy & JulieRife Shropshires2423 Clifton Rd.Yellow Springs, OH 45387(937) [email protected]

roberts, TimRoberts Farms27954 Pennsylvania avenueWashington, OK 73093 (405) 485-9255Cell: (405) [email protected]

rogers, Danny & CynthiaRogers Shropshires2435 W. McCracken RoadMonrovia, IN 46157(317) [email protected]

rueber, Carol & AimeeRueber Shropshires24632 210th St.Sumner, Ia 50674(563) [email protected]/ruebershrops

sargent, TomTom Sargent & Family9811 grandview Dr.Bradford, OH 45308(937) 448-6154

seals familyS Bar S Ranch2360 B Shafer ave.Morgan Hill, Ca 95037(408) 779-1789(Cell:) (408) [email protected]

Schimm, Katie29131 Winterbauer ave.athens, IL 62613(566) 415-0671

silvertop farm6151 West Fountain RoadPonca City, OK 74601(580) [email protected]

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Slutz, TomCity Limits Sheep FarmP.O. Box 177, 602 S. Main St.LaMoille, IL 61330(815) 638-2177Cell: (815) [email protected]

smith sisters shropshires2129 130th ave.Russell, MN 56169-3072(507) [email protected]

smith, Gordon & AlyceCedar Bend FarmN 7922 U.S. Highway 12elkhorn, WI 53121(262) [email protected]

roger snyder family2537 US Hwy 67Monmouth, IL 61462(309) 734-4446Cell: (309) 255-9500

steven spayd3261 elm Tree Rd.Manheim, Pa 17545 (717) 653-6860

Switzer, Jane E.Switzer Shropshires6741 S. 1150 WRedkey, IN 47373(765) 369-2844Cell: (260) [email protected]

Trew, Emily389 York RoadOcoee, TN 37361(888) [email protected]

Verduin, CalvinVerduin’s apple Hill Farm4391 Miller RoadDansville, NY 14437(585) [email protected]

Washburn, EmilyWashburn Shrops1755 Lead Mine Roadgouverneur, NY 13642(315) 578-2443Cell: (315) [email protected]

Webster, ryan413 Roosevelt TrailWindham, Me 04062(207) 892-3824

Wilbur, Dellane and brian RW Farms5004 e Lewis LaneNampa, ID 83686(208) [email protected]: rwfarms.net

Wilson, ChrisLazy T Ranch2103 Zeandale Rd.Manhattan, KS 66502(785) 232-2131

Wisehart, Mark & Patty & Sons9372 N 400 eGreenfield, IN 46140(765) 778-7707

Woods, Molly JoWoods Wools etc.31359 County Hwy 2Baylis, IL 62314(217) 335-2001Cell: (217) [email protected]

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Adams .......................................................21Anderson ...................................................6Avery .........................................................19Banner ......................................................69Barnes .......................................................40Biogenetics ...............................................18Brockmann ...............................................16Bryant .......................................................37Buckham ...................................................26Call ............................................................65Cross .........................................................48Creamer ...................................................65Dockter ....................................................20Ebert .........................................................50Elsbury ......................................................31Ewesful Gifts ............................................68High ...........................................................41Hiemke/Grovermann.............................41Jackson ......................................................46Jeffers ........................................................58Johnson .......................................................5Ketcham ...................................................11

Kipp ...........................................................14Knepp........................................................43Maddox .....................................................22McCabe ....................................................25Merrick’s ...................................................28Mrozinski .....................Inside Back CoverPence .........................................................55Percival........................................................5Rife.............................. Inside Front CoverRoberts .....................................................10Rueber ......................................................23Rull.............................................................63Sheep Breeder ........................................41Sheepman Supply ....................................45Slutz ...........................................................27Smith .........................................................32Snyder .......................................................52Spayd ......................................Front CoverSydell .........................................................12Townsend’s Sales ....................................46United Kingdom ....................Back CoverWashburn ................................................54

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sTeven M. spayd & FaMiLy3261 Elm Tree Rd., Manheim, PA

17545-9641 (717) 653-6860Visitors & Inquiries Welcome

Dedicated to the “Excellence” of the Breed

On the Cover: Our thanks to Randy Rife for selling “Buck Naked” Crago 1285 to us and thanks to Randy and Bryant Shrops for their helpful insights into the breed.

We are currently using for sires: Rife’s 05-020Bryant’s 08-02 and McCabe’s “Rains” 05-03.

Hemlock Hollow Farm started 15 years ago as a 4-H project.

We are currently running 50 brood ewes. Our flock consultant is Dick Kuzemchak of Pleasant Gap, Penn.

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She will have aguaranteed breeding

with the 2008 NAILE Jr. Show Grand Champion Ram and the

2008 NAILE Open ShowReserve Champion Junior

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Introducing the2009 All American

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Also, thanks to Brant Brewerfor all his coaching and help over the last many years!

They are times I will never forget! They are times I will never forget!They are times I will never forget!

Catherine Mrozinski Shrops

5844 N 500 E, Rolling Prairie, IN 46371Email - [email protected] / Phone 219-575-2251

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