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Back From National Holstein
Convention
June 26-29, 2010 |
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Mall of America ~ Dora Karlin & Jacob Peters, Steven Nelson, Blake Moreland, Dora, Austin Morland, Jake & Rosie Lenz |
Mall of America ~ Backyardigan Blake Wright, Brittany Groves, Steven Nelson, Backyardigan, Taylor Groves, Lora Wright, Kristin Luttrell, & Kiera Groves all pose with characters at the mall. |
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The National Convention in Minnesota saw the largest delegation of adults and youth that we have had at
a convention in recent memory. Juniors attending part or all of the convention were: Brittany Groves,
Kristin Luttrell, Austin & Blake Moreland, Jacob & Karlin Peters, Taylor & Kiera Groves, Lora & Blake
Wright, Jake & Rosie Lenz, Steven Nelson, Sophia Geppert, Bailee, Lauren & Taylor Whitehead.
All of the kids competed in something except for about 5 and 4 of those were too young!! So, things are
sure looking up for Missouri. It is great to see such a wide range of participation in the group. It was
also a great time for the kids to not only get to know one another better, but to meet and get to know other
juniors from other states.
The group as a whole was very supportive of each other and their competitions. They went and watched and cheered
each other on. That is how it is supposed to be. We've got a great group of kids coming up to represent us in two
years in Missouri!!
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That Looks High! Part of our group looking up at one of the roller coasters in the Mall of America. |
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Taking a Dip in the Pool! When the kids weren't busy with competitions or mixers you could often find them having fun in the pool! |
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First Time Convention Report by Karlin Peters
Whether it was your first or seventh convention, Minnesota had us all hooked! I went with my
cousins, Austin and Blake Moreland, and my brother, Jacob Peters. It was the first National
Convention for all of us and the seventh one for my mom.
Saturday was competition day; we were all participating in an activity. I was doing a speech;
Blake was doing Dairy Jeopardy and a folding display. Jacob and Austin were going to compete
in the Dairy Bowl on Monday morning. Saturday was a day of competing and hanging out with
friends. Jacob said, “It was a good time to get to know the people from your state even better
and to meet new people from other states.” That night there was a junior dance and pizza party.
Sunday was Host Day! I chose to do the Mississippi River Tour. We rode a river boat down
the Mississippi River to Lake Pepin and went an Eagle Center where we learned a little bit
about eagles and got to see two. I got to participate in an activity where I had to flap
my “wings”, and then the speaker measured my arm span. I had the wing span of a wild turkey!
We also visited the Sapa Ska Farm, which was a tie stall farm and entirely different from
what we were used to. Austin said, “I learned different ways to dairy. If I was to start
my own dairy farm, I could do it in a way different than my family.” Both Jacob and Blake
said that the Eagle Center was their favorite part of the tour. My favorite part was the
boat ride.
That night we went to the Minnesota Arboretum. Kristen Lutrell, Lora Wright, Kiera Groves
and I were a team in the Amazing Race. There were different stations that you had to find
and then do an activity there. It took us an hour and fifty minutes, but we got done!
Monday morning we watched Dairy Bowl. Our Missouri team got to the fourth round and lost out.
That afternoon we went to the Mall of America with Steven Nelson, Rosie Lenz, and Jake Lenz.
We spent most of our time there at the amusement park! We rode lots of different rides and had
lots of fun. When we were done at the amusement park, we ate dinner at Rainforest Café.
Later that night there was another junior dance.
The next afternoon was the Junior Luncheon. The Missouri banner, made by Kiera Groves,
won second place. This was neat because it was also her tenth birthday.
I think the most impressive thing at convention was the Dairy Bar. Jacob Peters said,
“It is jut this big dairy buffet, all you can eat for free!” I must have had 7 ice cream
bars while I was there. Sherri Peters said, “The focus has certainly moved more towards
juniors since the last convention I went to in 2001.” Minnesota had a convention full of
laughs and good times. I encourage all of you who have never been to a National Convention
to go to Virginia next year. By: Karlin Peters |
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One of our Young Juniors Sophia Geppert was one of our Jr members in attendance at this year's convention. She is still too young to compete, but she'll be ready when she is old enough. |
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Scrapbook |
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Missouri
Juniors had another successful year, placing in two different competitions. Our State
Scrapbook, which was prepared by Brittany Groves, looked great! Ours did not place in the top
three but we were proud of what Brittany put together of the accomplishments of Missouri Juniors for
2009! |
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Missouri Scrapbook Brittany Groves did an outstanding job on this year's scrapbook! It was full of all of our state activities and projects. Thanks for a job well done Brittany! |
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Host Day |
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Paddleboat on the Mississippi River A large group rode the paddle boat down the Mississippi through Lake Pepin and then onto the National Eagle Center then to Sapa Ska Farm. |
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Minnesota Convention by: Lora Wright
Since it was my 4th year attending a national convention I had others to compare with. Minnesota has
been one of the best ones I have been to in a long time. We had 17 Missouri juniors there! More
than we have had in a long time.
Day 1: On the first day of convention it was Jeopardy. We had two jeopardy contestants: Blake
Morland and Bailee Whitehead. Bailee got 2nd and Blake didn’t place but did great. Congrats!
At around 1:00 pm Karlin Peters, Bailee, and I went in for the speech orientation. Right
before the orientation Gail Groves who is my hair dresser at home did my hair at convention.
My hair was really curly and cute too!
I was the 3rd person to give my speech. My title was “If Cows Could Talk”. Karlin was near
the end and her title was “The World Without Milk” and Bailee was last and her title was
“The Dairy Price Stabilization Program”. I think we all did a great job! Congrats to you speech givers!
Day 2: Day 2 was host day. There were two tours. One tour was two farms and a visit to
the Bonnie Mohr studio and Glenmark Genetics. The 2nd tour was the tour I went on with
most of the juniors. We rode this paddle boat and it moved really slow. It was really
fun though. We went to the National Eagle Center. That was really cool. We saw two
eagles. One is the one on the Minnesota Veterans License plate. Her name is Harriet.
The other one was a male and he ate a rat and it almost got dropped on my brother!
Gross, but thankfully he moves fast! We went to Sapa Ska farms. They had huge cows.
Some of them barley fit in the tie stalls. Brittany Groves was almost as tall as the
milk pipeline.
After the tours we went to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. It was really fun. We
did the “Amazing Race” and Kristin Lutrell, Karlin Peters, Kiera Groves, and me were
on a team and our name was the Kool Kows. We had to eat Span at one station and read
pedigrees at another. The problem with that was that no one knew how to read pedigrees.
We didn’t do so well. Brittany Groves, Steven Nelson and Taylor Groves were another team.
Kristin said that they would fly through it like no other and they did (imagine that).
Day 3: It’s dairy bowl day and the sale. Our dairy bowl team did good. We lost to
Illinois, then won to Utah and lost to New England in the double elimination. The
sale was a huge success for Minnesota. They had so many people at the sale that they
couldn’t all fit in the barn. The cow that brought the most was $91.000. We have
friends that asked why in the world would you spend 91,000 on a cow? Not a bad
question.
Day 4: The last day and the most nerve racking on of all I think. We had dairy
bowl finals in the morning and the Jr Forum. That is where we vote for JAC
(Jr. Advisory Committee). We bring up new ideas and concerns that we have
then we have the Jr Banquet where we recognize all the winners. This year
we placed 2nd with the banner done by Kiera Groves and family. It was also
her 10th Birthday. She had a great day! We all had a great day!!
If I could pick one thing out of the whole convention that I liked it would
be the dairy bar! They had great stuff and the ice cream was awesome.
We had ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Minnesota had a convention
that hooked us all! See you all at Field Day! |
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Rosie Lenz Flapping Looks like Rosie got called to help out in the Eagle presentation and see how good a flapper she was. |
Karlin's wing span? Yep, I think she is right at the Wild Turkey span. Looks like almost an Eagle! |
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Kristin Luttrell as Vanna White Kristin was demonstrating the difference between a new leather glove and one that has been used by Eagles for some time. Sure a lot of claw marks. |
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2010 Banner Contest |
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Missouri Banner ~ 2nd Place Made by the Brad Groves Family, this banner was truly a family affair! |
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Kiera Groves convinced her dad that their family should 'tackle' the banner this year. They took on the challenge and worked
hard to combine the convention themes for Minnesota and Missouri to make an interesting banner that was both eye catching and
simple. The icing on the cake was that Kiera won 2nd with the Banner on her 10th Birthday. Congratulations Kiera, Taylor,
Gail & Brad Groves!! |
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2010 Dairy Jeopardy Contest |
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Bailee at the Jr Dairy Jeopardy |
Top 3 Jr Jeopardy winners 1st-Emily Irwin, IL; 2nd-Bailee Whitehead, MO; 3rd-Isabelle Leonrd, VA |
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Missouri had two competitors in Dairy Jeopardy this year. Bailee Whitehead, Conway, & Blake Moreland,
Harrisonville entered
the Junior division. Blake did great for his first year. He made it to a run-off for the final round.
Bailee ended up 2nd. There were many junior competitors this year and the competition took
most of the afternoon. Congratulations.
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2010 National Prepared Public Speaking Contest |
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Lora Wright went 3rd in the Jr Speech division. Her title was "If Cows Could Talk." |
Karlin Peters gave her
speech on "A World Without Milk." Both girls did a great job! |
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Missouri had three competitors in the speech competition. Missouri had all three of their speech contests in the
junior division. Lora Wright gave her speech on cow comfort and complaints if they could talk with the speech
titled "If Cows Could Talk." Karlin Peters let us all
know what our world be like if there was no milk. We sure don't want to go there as Karlin put it. Karlin titled her
speech "A World Without Milk." Bailee Whitehead was the third Missouri speech contestant. Her speech was on the Dairy
Price Stabilization Program.
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2010 National Folding Display Contest |
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Rosie Lenz by her folding display on Ricotta Cheese. |
Kristin Luttrell by her folding display on kinds of cheese. |
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Missouri entered its maximum entries for the folding display - three. All were in the junior division. |
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Blake Moreland and his folding display on the many kinds of parlors. |
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2010 Junior Dairy Bowl Contest |
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Missouri Dairy Bowl Team Steven Nelson, Grovespring; Captain, Jacob Peters, Holt; Austin Moreland, Harrisonville; and Jake Lenz, Prairie Home; made up the Missouri Team. |
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This is the first year in a long time that Missouri has sported a dairy bowl team. Made up of all northern Missouri boys (except Steven) they made it to the fourth round. Losing the first round to Illinois they moved to the elimination bracket and then won their next match to Utah. Having a bye in the third round they lost in the fourth round by only four points to New England with a score of 119 to 115. They did a great job representing us and now know all of the information that they have to study for next year! |
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Junior Awards Banquet & Activities |
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Almost the Whole Group We were never able to get the whole group together at once, but this was most of them with the winning banner. |
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There were a variety of evening
activities for the juniors. From dances to pizza parties they got to mingle with others
and have some fun all at the same time. The junior delegation also attended the
junior forum (their annual meeting). We were very proud of how our juniors participated in this
convention!
I hope that in the future other juniors will realize the benefits of attending a National Convention. This
provides life skills that can't be learned anywhere else. Be sure to plan now to attend next year's convention
in Minnesota. Start studying now for dairy bowl, dairy jeopardy, or start thinking of your speech or folding
display topic. There is much to be gained by attending a national convention. Besides, we will be hosting
one in just a couple of short years and you want to have a head's up!
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Jr Awards Banquet We had so many juniors that we needed several tables. This is one table of Moreland's, Peter's, and Lenz's that were at the banquet. |
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Thank You!! |
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Thank to all of our sponsors
and hope to see you at Field Day & State Fair! |
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Kiera Groves 10th Birthday Was celebrated at the Rainforest Cafe in the Mall of America with a Volcano Sundae!! I think she was impressed. |
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Junior Fun Day |
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The day before field day has been a day for the Juniors to get together and have some summer
fun in years past. This year will be no different. I will be sending out a letter real
soon to all our junior membership. I will have some fun places for us to visit and play
for a while.
I am trying to find some places that would be interesting and fun for our Convention visitors
in 2012. So far I have found most to be too expensive for us to go to. We will start out
somewhere around Springfield ( just 20 miles from Field day site) and spend the day checking
out some hot spots. Most charge a fee, so be sure to plan for that. I will tell you where
to meet on the morning of the 19th.
Watch your mailbox for the letter, but until then, put the 19th and 20th on the calendar
and label it FUN!!!
I can be reached by phone--417-865-3566 or by e-mail if you have questions.
Janice Perry
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Field Day Fun |
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July 20 is the Field Day date here in 2010 being held in Billings, Mo. at Groves View Farm.
Juniors are in for a treat this year. Our hosts have secured a dunk tank again and we
will use it to cool off before and after lunch, after judging, and whatever else they
have in store for us.
To make it even more fun~~ we will charge to dunk those who
are brave enough to sit in the tank. $1.00 for three balls. If by chance you want
to get an adult wet, there is a $10 nomination fee. When they decline to be dunked,
they pay $25 and they are off the hook. Let's hope lots of unsuspecting folks are
nominated and then decline! Be sure to bring money! Wear your swim suits or be
sure to bring them too.
I hope to see many of you on the 20th. Field days are always fun and educational.
Come on down and see what's happening with the Groves family. Look for more info here on the website.
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2010 Show Schedule |
We are including as many local fairs and shows here for your information. If you are having trouble finding places for your young exhibitors to show at this might help you and others.
If you know of other shows that are not listed on here, please email me or fill out the
Request for Information form on the main page, and I will be glad to include your show. Please
include the following: Date, location, if open to all youth, contact name and number. |
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS: |
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JULY: | ||
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July 6 - 10 |
Land-o-Lakes FairNewton Co. Fair Contact: Sarah Thomas |
Cedar & St. Clair Only |
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July 7 - 10 |
Newton Co. Fair Contact: Lynda DuMond |
Newton/McDonald Only |
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July 3-10 |
Jasper Co. Fair Contact: Bob McNary |
All Youth |
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July 8 - 10 |
Christian Co. Fair, Ozark Contact: workmank@missouri.edu |
All Youth |
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July 16 - 17 |
Bates County Fair, Butler Arrive July 16, Show July 17, 9AM Contact: Lynn Morgan at 660-679-5808 |
All Youth |
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July 14 - 17 |
Webster County Youth Fair Contact: Jeannie Moreno |
All Youth |
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July 15 - 17 |
McDonald Co. Fair Contact: Lynda DuMond |
McDonald/Newton Only |
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July 17 |
Nodaway County Show Maryville |
All Youth |
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July 30 - Aug 8 |
Ozark Empire Fair, Springfield http://www.ozarkempirefair.com |
All Youth |
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August 18 - 22 |
Missouri State Fair, Sedalia http://www.mostatefair.com | All Youth |
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Aug 26 - 28 |
Lamar Fair Contact: Elaine Davis |
All Youth |
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| July 2 | MO State Fair Entries Due. |
| July 17 | WC District Show Butler, MO |
| July 19 | MO Junior Fun Day Local Attractions, Springfield, MO |
| July 20 | MO Holstein Field Day Groves-View Farm, Billings, MO |
| August 21-22 | 4-H Youth Show, State Fair Sedalia, MO |
| October 16 | Missouri Fall Sale Marshfield, MO |
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Missouri Junior Holstein Association Officers Steven Nelson, Vice President Kristin Luttrell, Secretary Lora Wright, Co-Reporter Karlin Peters, Co-Reporter Lora Wright, Co-Reporter Brittany Groves, Historian
Janice Perry, State Advisor
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statewide organization open to any boy or girl in Missouri under 21. It
promotes Registered Holsteins and has 172 members. Dues are $2.00 per year per member. Click For Membership Form |
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FUND RAISERS:
ACTIVITIES:
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| Call or E-Mail me any time if you have questions about Missouri Junior Holstein activities. My address is perrydale@tahighspeed.com. My home address is: 7770 West Farm Road 156, Republic, Missouri 65738. Sincerely, Janice Perry 417-861-5958 State Junior Holstein Chairman |
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