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Friday, August 17, 2012 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

MAJOR BARN SETUP & CONSTRUCTION 6:00 p.m. Dog Showman Class Dog Agility Class Small Engine (Inside)

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8:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m. Beef Weigh-In 8:00 a.m. Sr. Horse Showmanship Jr. Horse Showmanship Grand Champion Showman Best Groomed Horse Equitation Classes Equitation Unit 1 Equitation Unit 3 Equitation Unit 4 Equitation Unit 5 Trail Senior Trail Junior Grand Champion Equitation English/Western Pleasure Senior English/Western Pleasure Junior 10:00 a.m. –11:30 p.m. Swine Weigh-In 11:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m. Sheep Weigh-In 2:00 p.m. Oral & Written Judging - Beef, Swine, Sheep, Rabbit, Gardening, Small Engine, Dog, Photography, Horse, Feed 5:00 p.m. Gardening (Inside ring) 5:30 p.m. Poultry - Demo 5:45 p.m. Foods (Inside) 7:00 p.m. Club President’s

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Sunday, August 19, 2012

9:00 a.m. Pre-Judge Photography (outside tents) 9:00 a.m. Market Lamb weight classes Sr. Lamb Showmanship (by age) Jr. Lamb Showmanship (by age) Interclub Market Lamb (group of 4) Interclub Ewe Lamb (group of 3) Wool Ewe Class Best groomed lamb Champion Sr. Showman Champion Jr. Showman CHAMPION EWE and LAMB AT FOOT CHAMPION EWE LAMB CHAMPION MARKET LAMB 1:45 p.m. Cloverbud Show 2:00 p.m. Rabbit Show (inside arena) Grand Champion Commercial Grand Champion Fancy Grand Champion Junior Showmanship Grand Champion Senior Showmanship Best Groomed 3:00 Photography Showmanship (inside ring) Record Book Classes

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Monday, August 20, 2012 9:00 a.m. Beef Weight Classes LUNCH 1:00 p.m. Beef Sr. Showman (by age group) Beef Jr. Showman (by age group) 3:30 p.m. Interclub Steers (group of 4) SUPPER 6:00 p.m. Best Groomed Calf Grand Champion Sr. Showman Grand Champion Jr. Showman 7:00 p.m.

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we are ready For the past seven months members have been working diligently, with plenty of determination, energy and excitement. Projects have been completed, uniforms washed and equipment shined and ready to go. The moment they have been waiting for is almost here. Everyone is ready for you. Are you ready for them?

Hello Williams Lake!

It is my honour to welcome you to the 54th Annual Williams Lake and District 4-H Show and Sale, held this year from Aug 17 – 22 at the WL Stockyards. My name is Amy Stafford and I am a second year BC 4-H Ambassador for the Central Interior, a region that encompasses 100 Mile House, Williams lake, Quesnel, Prince George and Robson Valley.

As a 4-H Ambassador, it is my responsibility to travel around my region and the province

of BC to educate the 4-H community and the public about 4-H, and the benefits it offers to all youth age 6-21.

4-H is a program with an agricultural based background that aims to promote leadership, knowledge, citizenship, and personal development skills through achieving projects set out by the 4-H program. You do not need to have an agriculturally based background to join 4-H, as there are many non livestock related projects, including clothing, crafts, gardening and photography. Some livestock projects include beef, sheep, swine, and poultry. There are also animal projects that are non livestock including horse and dog.

Along with completing projects, members attend various club and district functions throughout the year.

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Once members reach thirteen years of age they can also become eligible for provincial trips, all of which I highly recommend.

Perhaps the most exciting event in our district is the Show and Sale, held annually at the Williams Lake Stockyards. Over the six action packed days you will witness all the hard work and effort that the members have put into making their projects ready for show, as well as the excitement of the new members, the renewal of old friendships and making of lasting memories.

It is not an event to be missed, and I hope everyone will find the time to go, even for an hour or two. You will be glad you did.

Along with my Ambassador partner Camille Roberts, I would like to wish my fellow club and district 4-H members good luck, and I hope everyone learns to do by doing and has lots of fun.

We are ready for you, Cariboo. Are you ready for us?

If you have any questions about 4-H, or are interested in joining next year, please feel free to contact me at the Show and Sale.

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Chase Mckinnon This is my first year in 4-H.I belong to the Big Lake 4-H club.

My project is Thumper she is a market pig.

My pig is a purebred Berkshire, her colors are black and white. She got her name because she thumps with her back legs at objects.

She kicks, I think she has bad dreams. A bad dream for a pig could be having intruders like wild animals come into their pasture and try to eat them. Another bad dream could be being cornered pigs don’t seem to like this very much. I hope you can stop by and see us at Show and Sale.

Russell Swan My steer’s name is Yuri. This is my eighth year in 4-H. I am in the Big Lake 4-H Club.

Yuri is solid red. I am feeding him Altwasser mix. This year I am also taking a heifer named Honey-bee. She is a nice golden colour. I also have my cow calf project the cow’s name is Daisy and her calf is Duke. They have kept me busy and I will continue to train them until

they are ready for show and sale. One fun thing I got to do this year was go to provincial club week. At provincial club week we learned a lot about team building. It was a very fun trip and I would recommend it to anyone who has the chance to go.

Maria DiMarco Howdy there, partners! Ever wondered what it would be like to be in 4-H, to raise an animal, get some bucks, raise money, make posters, etc.? (I could go on forever with that list, but you’d fall asleep before I was half way through) Well, that’s what I’m here to tell you. I am Maria D.

from the Big Lake 4-H Club. I am a member in dog and photography.

Other projects that you can do are: swine (pig), beef (cows), sheep, small engines, horse, foods, poultry (although I don’t think our district has any members), and Cloverbuds, if you are 6-8 years old. You are considered a junior member from age 9-12, and you are considered a senior member from age 13-19 (as of

January 1). We have many different clubs in the district. Some have different projects than others. I really enjoy doing 4-H; you get to have many different experiences, you get to meet new people, and you get to learn what caring for an animal is like. I am 11 years old, and have been a junior member for 2 years. I was a Cloverbud for another 2 years before that, when I was with the Chimney Valley 4-H Club. Last year I did dog. I did it with my 2 year old papillon, Shasta. I did unit 1 last year, and I am doing unit 2 this year.

This year I am also doing photography. It is very fun. You get to take pictures you have never dreamed of taking. In the end, you put together a binder of your best pictures, and then show them for your achievement day.

I could also make some money with a picture.

4-H isn’t just animals; you also do some public speaking. That is something I am particularly good at. Last year, I got 1st place in the juniors, and got to go to the district speech competition in my hometown.

I tied for second with two other girls in that. I then got to go onto the regionals in Quesnel. I didn’t place in the top three in the regionals, but it was a great experience. This year I again placed 1st in my club as a junior, and again got to go to the districts, again in my hometown.

This year, in districts, I placed 1st in juniors and got to go onto the regionals again, in Prince George. I placed 1st in the juniors. I couldn’t go any further after that, but the 1st place senior gets to go onto the provincial level. I hope to do that someday, too. I am the club’s scrap booker, along with Amy Swan.

Other positions in the club are President, Vice president, Secretary, Treasurer, Safety Officer… You have to

be a senior to be president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer.

Being club executive sounds like fun! I am proud to be a Canadian 4-H member, and I hope you come to our 54th Annual 4-H Show and Sale this year and check out some of our award-winning food!

Maybe, someday, you’ll become a “4-H”er yourself!

Lauren Swan I am in the Big Lake 4-H Club. This year I am raising a pig. My pig's name is Mario.

Mario is definitely what I would call "a pig".

He is almost always hungry. You can tell when Mario is hungry because he is quite loud. I am 12 years old and this is my second year in 4-H and my second year in swine. I think that 4-H is a cool place to learn about animals - what they like and what they need.

This year is the 54th annual 4-H Show and Sale. Show and Sale takes place from August 18th to August 22nd.

Show and Sale takes place at the Williams Lake Stockyards on Cattle Drive. I would like to invite you to come down to this years Show and Sale. I will be selling my swine on August 22nd.

Amy Swan I am a member of the Big Lake 4-H Club.

I am 10 years old and this is my second year in 4-H. I am raising a swine again this year, as I did last year. My pig's name is Luigi. Luigi is a Landrace-Yorkshire cross who loves to eat grass that I pick for him.

We'd like to invite you to the 4-H Show and Sale in August. Luigi and I hope to see you there.

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Gordon Swan My name is Gordon Swan and this is my tenth year with the Big Lake 4-H club. I am taking a Steer and a Heifer.

I am sad to say this is my last year in 4-H, since I have recently finished my first year in electrical and must head off to work. I have really enjoyed my years with the Big Lake 4-H club, and I would like to thank everyone who has supported 4-H over the years. I wish the best for the future 4-H members and hope they enjoy in as much as I did. I can’t wait to see you all at show and sale this year!

Dallas Smith Hello, this is my eighth and final year of 4-H. I am a member of the Big Lake 4-H Club and our Lot # is 9. I have really enjoyed my time in 4-H and all the friends I have made. I have raised swine every year and just love working with pigs. Between last year and this I have raised a Gilt/Sow and Litter Projects. Pebbles my gilt project from last year had 8 piglets June 18, 2012. They are pretty darn cute and doing very well. Pebbles and her babies are all Berkshire’s as well and

will be at Show and Sale on August 22 for the day only.

I also am raising a Berkshire market swine that was born Feb 29.

She is growing very well and is a bit of a brat.

Benelli is always into something and likes to pull pranks on her pasture mates. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at this year’s Show and Sale, it will be a good time for all especially on Swine day!

So drop on in to the Big Lake Stall and we will introduce you to all the swine!

when a bear came and killed one of Betty’s piglets… just before they were to go to their new homes. We now have a different electric fence… a netted one to keep the piglets in and the bears out as well as other predators.

So far it is working for my brother’s Sow and Litter project. I enjoy 4-H and I am a member of the Big Lake 4-H Club. So make sure to check our stall out at the 54th Annual 4-H Show and Sale! We have added some Barley to our feeding regime this year to make the Berkshire Pork extra tasty!

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year! We did have a bear issue in April but that was solved about as quickly as it started.

We do see bears in our pastures regularly but the dog seems to help keep them moving right on out of the pasture so that makes it easier to have the wildlife and pigs living somewhat together. Spotticus is a fun pig! He seems to enjoy his life in the pasture … although the grass is so high we can hardly see pigs a lot of the time. Hope to see you all come to the 54th Annual 4-H Show and Sale … pig day is August 22 … best day of the show!

Eric Smith Hi, this is my eighth

year in 4-H, and I thoroughly enjoy visiting with my old friends as well as making new ones at Show and Sale!

My lot number is 10. I am raising a beautiful Berkshire Swine again this year. My hog is doing very well. First piglet born at our place this year! She is a bit of a brat as the piglets spent a lot of time running around the outside of our huge pigpen!

They were up in the yard a few times, visited the chicken house once or twice and taught all the other piglets to be naughty as well! That all came to an end

Stephanie Smith Well, it has been another busy year at the Big Lake 4-H Club.

Just finished our bottle drive on June 24, 2012.

Thank you Big Lake for the great community support! My lot # is 11 and my pig’s name is Spotticus (Spot for short as he has a big black spot on his blaze). He is a handsome Berkshire Barrow.

He is growing pretty well considering he had a late start born March 22. This is about 2 weeks later than you want them born at the latest. He is a bit shorter than my brother’s pigs but he is nicely, no very nicely built. We are feeding some extra Barley this year and the piglets love it! The barley will add to the flavor of the Berkshire meat. I cannot wait for Show and Sale to be able to show the public my Berkshire. No wounds on my piglet this year (I had the pig named Flank), so he has a normal name this

Well, at least it does have some action!

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By Doing all about for me: 4-H is about caring for your animal or animals. You can have tons of animals, but if I were you I would stick with 1 or 2 for right now. But if you were a senior that has been doing 4-H for a while you could have 1,2,3 or even 4 projects! But if you are a first timer and you are old enough to be a senior I would go with 1 project.

This is just my first year in 4-H as a junior. I have been in Cloverbud for 1 year, but I got too impatient with it, so I skipped the last year of Cloverbud, and went on to my first year as a junior member. That happens to be this year. You can have so many projects!

There are swine, beef, dog, photography, small engines, foods, etc. If you come to Show and Sale, you can see every project that there is in the district. So, if you like animals and you are between the ages of 6-19, you can join whenever you’re ready!

Tyson Mckinnon I belong to the Big Lake 4-H club. My project is Redneck Rose, she is a purebred Berkshire pig. You know you are redneck rose when you have bugs and rice for dinner. You know you are redneck rose when someone pets you, bite them. You know you

are redneck rose when you growl instead of oink. You know you are redneck rose when you lay in your food instead of eat it. Hope you can stop by and see the one and only Redneck Rose and her pal Tyson at the Williams Lake Show and Sale.

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Joshuba Shoults I am 14 years old and this year is my first year in 4-H. I have a Beef project. Tony is my steer and he is a Hereford X. He is brown and white and very stubborn. I have put a lot of work into this beef project.

So please stop by and take look.

picked him out of hundreds of calves. I have really enjoyed my years in 4-H and had a lot of fun. Please come and see TJ and I and attend this event.

Rachel Kennedy I am a Cloverbud.

My speech this year was about Fancy Nancy. The farm pig is mine and I named him Noodles

looking really nice. She is very gentle and I love every minute I spend with her. My previous year I also raised a 4-H Landrace pig and did very well with him. I hope to accomplish even more with Lucy. I was inspired to join 4-H because of the amazing experience I had last year! I absolutely love having an animal as amazing and smart as a pig to completely call my own! 4-H has taught me so much like taking care of an animal to just being responsible and a good citizen.

This year I competed in the club speeches and placed first so I had the great opportunity to move on to the district speeches. I placed second in district speeches and had the time of my life! I really hope to see you at the Show and Sale. Thank you!

Parker Kennedy I’m 14 years old and

Karena Sokolan I am 11 years old and I have been in the Chimney Valley 4-H Club for five years.

This is my second year in beef. I have had so much fun over my years in 4-H. My steer is named Presley like Elvis Presley. Presley is a Hereford X and has a brown and white coat with 2 cute eye patches.

Presley is a lot of work so I would appreciate if you stop by. So please come, and come see everyone! Thank you!

and he is very good. He is my best friend.

Marcus Kennedy This is my first year in 4-H. I am a junior member. I have had a great year so far. I placed second in junior speeches with my speech of Wayne Gretzky. I also did well on the June judging rally. My project this year is a market hog named Bentley he weighed 110 pounds on June 21. I hope to do well this year at show and sale and the future years to come.

Kevin Sokolan I have been in the Chimney Valley 4-H Club for five years.

This is my fourth year in Beef and my steer is named TJ. TJ is an Angus cross and has a mocha coloured coat. I

Adriane Kennedy This is my second year in 4-H and I am a junior member. I am raising a Landrace pig.

Her name is Lucky Lucy and I am very proud of her. To date she weighs 160 pounds and is

this is my second year in 4-H. This year I’m raising a market hog and I’m having lots of fun. My pigs name is Brittney and she is a Landrace. I got Brittney from Wally Hengstler.

I also got my pig from him last year and it was runner-up swine.

During this 4-H year I have participated in speeches and in a judging rally. This year I did a speech on AC/DC because they are one of my favourite bands. My hobbies are mountain biking, dirt biking, skiing and hockey. I hope to see you at this year’s Show and Sale.

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Donavan Shaw I’m the president of the Chimney Valley 4-H Club. I’m 14 years old and this is my sixth year in 4-H. This year my project is market hog; her name is Spades.

In previous years I have also done gardening projects. This year, I have competed in club, district and regional demonstrations with my partner Allan. We are going to provincials with this demonstration in late July. Earlier in July I also got the chance to attend the Provincial 4-H program Food For Thought, where I learned much more about agriculture and where our food is grown and raised. I hope you all can come to the 2012 4-H Show and Sale. See you there!

Amy Stafford This is my tenth year in 4-H and my fifth year in the Chimney Valley 4-H Club. This

year I have 2 swine projects, a market hog and breeding gilt; our lot number is 81. My market hog is named Heidi, as of July 1, she weighed 150 lbs, and is gaining steadily. My gilt is called Phoebe. I am planning to breed her next year to use as a sow and litter project.

I have been very busy as the vice-president of the Chimney Valley 4-H Club this year, attending many meetings and fundraisers. I hope that everyone in the Cariboo this summer will come down to check out the members and their projects. If you have any questions

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Allan Stafford This is my fifth year in 4-H and in the Chimney Valley 4-H club. This year I am doing gardening planter boxes. They are in the form of “flower beds” and they look really neat. This year in 4-H has been fun and exciting. We start the year with our first monthly meeting, when we hold our club elections. I am on the phone committee. This year I did a demonstration with Donavan Shaw. We placed first at club, district and regional levels so now we are off to Salmon Arm for Provincial Communications. I am really excited for this year’s Show and Sale. If you have any questions for me or about my project, please come and see me at the Chimney Valley 4-H Gardening Section. Hope to see you there.

Laurel White My pig Speckles. I am with the Chimney Valley 4-H Club. This is my 4th year in 4-H. We hope to see a lot of people come to the Annual Show and Sale at the BC Livestock Stockyards located on Cattle Drive. You can’t miss it ñ it will be the place with hundreds of trailers packed in the parking lot, there will be lots of noise coming from the barn!

Show day is Tuesday ñ it gets a bit rough for the pigs, but it is fun to watch! On display will be Gardening, Rabbits, Beef, Swine, Small Engines, Poultry, Dogs and Horses. Wednesday at 4:30 is the Parade of Champions, followed by the auction sale of all the market animals.

If you have ever wondered about coming, or bringing your children to see the animals, stop by anytime between the 18th and 22nd of AugustÖ and see what

is happening. I will be hanging out in the barn and will be happy to show you aroundÖ if I am not on stall duty. It is a wonderful experience right in our own hometown ñ hope to

dening. The projects shown only are horses, poultry, dog, foods, rabbits and cloverbuds.

Please feel free to come and check it out!

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Ayme Desmond I am 11 years old.

I’ve been involved in 4-H for fives years. I have been in Chimney Valley 4-H club for my whole 4-H career. This year I am in beef and it’s my fourth year in it. My steer’s name is Elvis and he is a Black Angus Hereford cross, he is a very gentle and calm steer and I love him very much because of his personality and his goofy actions. I’ve been very impressed with Elvis because of his daily weight gain from when I first got him to now; also he has surprised me with how obedient his is when I use the show stick on him. I also have a heifer project named Priscilla, she is a black angus Hereford cross and she is very loveable and a calm heifer. I have been very impressed with Priscilla because had been turned out on pasture for two months and now brought into the pen where she has very quickly adapted to and is now quiet and respectful. Over the past two months while being on grass she has lost a minimal amount of weight but now being in the pen again she is back on track.

The projects shown and sold are beef, swine, sheep, photography, small engines, and gar-

This is my fifth year in 4-H. This year I have a Red Angus X steer that I got from Dunlevy Ranch at Soda Creek. His name is Commander. He is easy to train and is very gentle, and to wash. As of July 12th his weight is 1150 and I hope his weight will be 1300 lbs at show and sale. Hope to see you there!

Ben Stafford I have been in 4-H for 5 years. My pigs name is Pongo and she was born on February 16th. She is a Yorkshire/ Landrace cross. I got her from Fox Dairy Farm. Now she is 175 lbs. and I hope that she is 260-280 lbs at show and sale. Hope to see you there!

Ashley Howell I belong to the Chimney Valley 4-H Club. This is my second year in 4-H. I am selling a market hog. I named him “Hamilton”. He is a great pig that loves running and playing in the mud.

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• 54 th Annual Williams Lake District • williams lake stockyards • august 17 th -22 nd 2012 • CANIM VALLEY 4-H CLUB

This year has been a very busy one for the club, although we do not have as many market steer projects we have added Foods and Small Engine to our group of projects and more female projects.

This year we have 2 steers, 1 heifer, 11 market swine, 1 sow & litter, 1 ewe with lamb at foot, 3 ewes, 6 market lambs, 1 small engine, 7 photography with 1 market project, 5 cloverbuds and 3 foods members.

We had a very successful year last year and are looking forward to another successful year at Show and Sale Week again. Our new addition of female projects to the club has grown again this year. This year we have 3 ewes, 1 heifer and a sow with 12 little piglets. We were to have a cow/ calf pair this year but unfortunately the calf did not make it. The experience of raising the female projects for the members has been great, they have learned or will be learning about the breeding of livestock and the care that it will take to bring the babies back next year. Congratulations to all those who have taken on the two year projects.

We have been busy with fundraising for the yearly expenses. The Canim Valley 4-H Club has become well known in our community for their catering expertise.

We get between 3-5 catering jobs throughout the year. In addition to the catering the club operates a canteen

at our local slo-pitch tournaments. Thank you to all the parents and members for their help with all the fundraising.

All members have completed all their requirements to attend the 54th Annual Show and Sale on August 17-22, 2012 at the Williams Lake Stockyards. We would like to take this time to invite you all out to see what a great job the members have done this year.

Thank you to all our club leaders for their support and commitment to all the members: Audrey Daniels (Beef ), Norma Theodore-Archie (Swine), Pam Theodore (Swine), Colleen Amut (Photography, Cloverbud, and Foods), and Michelle Archie (“A” Leader & Sheep) and Don Dixon (Small Engine). We would also like to thank our Honorary Leaders – Mitch Theodore and Marty Dixon.

We would like to give a big thank you to our sponsor Canim Lake Band for all their support and assistance over the past 26 years.

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HIGHLAND VALLEY Morgyn Reid I am eleven years old and this is my first year in 4-H. I’m in the Highland Valley 4-H Club and my project is a steer. My steer is

Cameron Amut I invite you to the Annual Show and Sale at the Williams Lake Stock Yards. This is my first year and my projects are photography, foods, and sheep. My lambs name is Marshmallow.

Marshmallow is a Suffolk and our lot # is 23.

a Charolais/Red Angus and I named him “Goblin”. Raising a steer is a lot of work but I think he is coming along good. So far it’s been fun feeding,

brushing, and bathing my steer and he shows his appreciation by licking. I joined 4-H to learn how to take care of a steer and to meet new people.

a heifer, a ewe, and foods. I have enjoyed one year before with a ewe lamb but unfortunately the lamb died so I was not able to take them back. This year I have named all my animals after the Flintstones. My steer is named Barney, my heifer Betty, and my ewe

Good Luck to all 4-H Members at the 54th Williams Lake Show & Sale!

Your hard work and dedication is something to be proud of.

Paige Archie This is my eighth year with the Canim Valley 4-H Club.

This year I was nominated and elected the President of the club. I have enjoyed the position with helping the younger members and chairing the club meetings. This year I have taken on the challenge of four projects: a steer,

Wilma. When Betty was being bred we named the bull Fred.

It has been a great year with my animals.

I am looking forward to moving to Williams Lake for a week with my animals. I would like to invite you to attend the Annual Show and Sale. My steer Barney is lot #27.

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• 54 th Annual Williams Lake District • williams lake stockyards • august 17 th -22 nd 2012 • HORSEFLY 4-H CLUB 4-H Club.

Katie Isaac I am 11 years old and this is my second year in the Horsefly 4-H Club. This year I am raising a ewe lamb.

Her name is Cocoa.

She’ll be my project next year too. Hope to see you there!

Jake Pearson This is my first year as a senior member in the Horsefly 4-H Club.

I have a swine project named Rocky. Really hope you can make it out to the Horsefly Pig stalls. Lot #132 Curtis Best I am 14 years old and this is my second year in the Horsefly 4-H Club.

I enjoy doing 4-H, dirt biking, mountain biking, swimming at the lake and camping.

Come and visit me and

my lamb Perry at the Horsefly 4-H stall, my lot# is 115. See you there!

Garrett Best I am 13 years old and this is my 4th year in the Horsefly 4-H Club. I have two projects this year, a steer named Moo Pak and a cow calf project named Cricket and Mini Moo. I really enjoy being in 4-H and love show and sale week. I would like to invite everyone to come to our 54th Annual Show and Sale and visit the Horsefly

Good luck to all 4-H’ers at the 54th Annual Show and Sale

Ivan Yahnke Howdy! This is my eighth year in the Horsefly 4-H Club.

This year I have a Duroc pig named Hambo.

Come by and see us at the Horsefly 4-H pig stalls. Hope to see you there. My lot number is #139.

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Joshua Yahnke Hi, my name is Joshua Yahnke, and this is my third year in the Horsefly 4-H Club.

This year I have a York pig named Bacon, and a small engine project.

My lot number is #140, come by and visit at the Horsefly pig stalls.

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Hanna Yahnke Howdy! My name is Hanna Yahnke, I am 15 and this is my seventh year in the Horsefly club. This year I have only one project a Duroc pig named Miss Pigolo. I hope to see you at the Horsefly pig stalls. Lot #138.

Karina Sukert I am 16 years old and I’m the president of the Horsefly 4-H Club. Our club has a whopping 24 members including a bunch of young, sparky cloverbuds and juniors! Our clubs projects consist of Beef,

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Swine, Photography and Sheep. This is my eighth year as a member with the club and my fifth year in beef.

My lot number is #134.

This year’s steer’s name is Cattlac. I got him from the Westwick Ranch in Miocene and my oh my he’s a big Black Angus Hereford!

I feed Cattlac 20 lbs of Dairy Ration and 2 flakes of hay a day. This boy is certainly a looker!

When I weighed him in March, he was 950 lbs. One of my biggest steers yet! Be sure to look for Horsefly’s bright red shirts in the show ring and come by the stalls to check out

our animals! Hope to see you all there!

Annie Isaac I am 14 and this is my second year in 4-H. I would like to thank all the buyers and sponsors of 4-H everywhere – your support is really appreciated. This year I have a market lamb named Spot. I will be selling her at Show and Sale in August. Please come see the fun. Hope to see you there!

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By Doing Rosetta Yahnke I am nine years old and this is my first year as a junior member in the Horsefly 4-H Club and this year I have a swine project named Sir Prince Charming.

I hope that you will come see us at the Horsefly pig stalls. My lot #141.

McKenna Kulyk Hello, my name is McKenna Kulyk. This is my 5th year in Horsefly 4-H. My swine project name this year is Dragon. My lot number is 124. I’m really looking forward to seeing you at Show and Sale. It’s really a great experience, so come and check it out!

Trake Kulyk This is my fifth year as a member of the Horsefly 4-H Club. My swine project name this year is Night Hawk.

My lot number is 125.

I’m really looking forward to attending the annual 4-H Show and Sale, hope to see you there!

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William Roberts I am a Cloverbud with the Rose Lake Miocene Club. I have a dog and a pony. This is my first year in 4-H. My favourite part has been making a piggy bank. I hope to see everyone at show and sale.

Brenda Van Wyck I am 15 years old and this is my first year in 4-H. I am in three projects: Market Lamb, Fed Hob and Photography. I am selling my market lamb. My lamb’s name is Tippy. He is trained and very friendly. He is well finished, muscular, and has all the features a proper market lamb should. My lot number is 201. Look for us on show and sale day. Hope to see you there.

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• 54 th Annual Williams Lake District • williams lake stockyards • august 17 th -22 nd 2012 • ROSE LAKE 4-H CLUB Ashley Van Wyck It is my first year in 4-H and I’m a junior. I am doing 2 projects: lamb and swine. On the 54th annual show and sale I will be selling my lamb. My lamb’s name is Shyler. Shyler has a shy personality but that didn’t affect his meat. He has good finish and is well muscled. My lot number is 200, so look for us at the show and sale. Hope to see you there.

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Antonia Westwick This is my first year as a Cloverbud with the Rose Lake Miocene 4-H club. Next year I’m going to do Dog. I want to learn about all different kinds of dogs.

Ryan Roberts This is my fifth year in 4-H. My Swine project is a Duroc that I named Ginger. We are lot #191. I am also in Foods this year. I welcome you to come to the Show and Sale. Hope to see you there.

Samantha Taylor I am a junior and I will be selling my lamb at this year’s Show and Sale. My sheep has a very nice round stomach, that’s hard and his meat will not disappoint you when you eat the meat. Our lot # is 196. Happy bidding! Enjoy your day at show and sale.

Jaydan Taylor I am a junior and this is my pig Bacon Bit. My pig is a Yorkshire cross. I will be selling Bacon Bit at the Show and Sale. My lot number is 195. My pig is very calm. My pig has lots of muscle and a good ham. Bacon Bit is a very fun pig. I hope to see you at the show and sale.

Cassidy Burtini This is my first year in 4-H. I am a part of the Rose Lake Miocene 4-H club and I am doing 2 projects. I am taking photography along with raising a pig (swine). So far the year has been great. I made new friends and learned new things. I am looking forward to Show and Sale and hope to see you there!

Jordan Burtini I am a Cloverbud and this is my first year in 4-H. My favourite part of 4-H is all of the events.

Next year in 4-H I would like to do Photography and Foods. I am looking forward to seeing what show and sale is like.

Kate Barnett I am 16 years old and a member of the Rose Lake/ Miocene 4-H club. This year I have 4 projects, a dog, market steer, heifer and a cow calf pair.

My dog Blue is a five-year-old Border Collie, I am doing unit two with her this year. My steer's name is Kelso, he is a Red Angus cross, I am feeding him 22 pounds of grain and free choice everyday, and I hope he will finish around 1200 pounds.

Macy is my heifer project, Skipper is my cow and Bug is her calf, all three of them are Red Angus cross and have been turned out with a Red Angus bull since the end of June. I will be showing Blue, Kelso, Macy, Skipper and Bug all at the Williams Lake and District 4-H Show and Sale Starting on August 17th. Hope to see you all there!

Kody Benner My lot number is 156 and this happens to be my fourth year with the Rose Lake Miocene 4-H Club. This year I decided to do foods and beef for my first time. I mainly wanted to get into Beef because I’ve always helped out the beef members in my club, and hey, why not. So for my first steer I decided to go all the way to Lumby. This is “Studly”, and am I ever glad I picked him, he’s just a little angel. I hope to be able to introduce you to him at this year’s Show and Sale. Even if you don’t feel the need to buy an animal, that’s all good, just come down to support your local 4-H club.

Ian Doherty My two lamb projects this year are Steve and Clover. Clover is the black one and she is a ewe lamb. Steve is a white and black lamb and he is my market lamb. They spend their days playing and eating grass. You can meet them at our show and sale in August in Williams Lake. They are very friendly but clover is the most friendly. You can pet her if you like. I am with the Rose Lake Miocene 4-H Club and my #168.

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Jack Roberts This is my tenth year in 4-H and this year I have 2 projects. I have a Black Angus steer for my Beef project. My other project is Small Engines which I chose a ride-on lawn mower. I completely rebuilt the engine and did some body work on it, it’s better than new now and I’m very proud of it.

My lot number is #190. I will be at the Show and Sale which I hope to see you at.

Melanie Wintjes This is my sixth year in 4-H and my first year as a senior! I will be selling my photo at this year’s Show and Sale.

This year my projects are Rabbit, Foods, and Photography. I have had a wonderful time enjoying these projects and volunteering at community events, such as Easter Petting Zoo at the Boitanio Mall, Rose Lake Fathers’ Day Breakfast and cleaning up the stampede stands at 6am after the previous days’ rodeo! It has been a great year so far and I hope Show and Sale goes that way too! So come on out and support 4-H kids!

Skye Forcier I am 14 years old and this is my 1st year as a senior member. I have been a 4-H member for 5 years and this will be my 4th steer. His name is Bentley and he was born on my ranch Thank You ”The Flying Coyote” 4H’ers for Your on March 1st 2011 and Loyalty Over is an angus steer. With the Years! Best the help of my mom, of Luck in this Ingrid Kallman and Years Show & my dad, Troy Forcier I Sale! am also raising a cow calf project, a dog project and a photography 4H Discounts project. I will be taking all of my projects to the 10% Off Supplies 32 N. Broadway • 250-398-6300 32 5% Off Feed 54th annual Williams Lake 4-H Show and Sale! For us 4-H kids Show and Sale is the highlight of the 4-H year, we get to show off our animals in the ring, spent time with Wishing all our friends but more importantly we get to 4-H’ers meet many different Good Luck at the people from Williams 2012 Lake and show them a Williams Lake sample of the country life. The lot number I Show & Sale will be wearing this year Store Hours is # 174. I would like to Tuesday . . . . . . . . . 11:30am-7pm take this opportunity to Wednesday . . . . . . 11:30am-7pm thank all of our buyers Thursday . . . . . . . . 11:30am-7pm and supporters, you are Friday . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30pm-8pm supporting kids , helpSaturday . . . . . . . . . 11:30pm-8pm ing us learn and gain Sunday . . . . .CLOSED (Gone shing) experiences that we Monday . . . . .CLOSED (Gone shing) would otherwise never get!

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• 54 th Annual Williams Lake District • williams lake stockyards • august 17 th -22 nd 2012 • SPRINGHOUSE 4-H CLUB The Springhouse 4-H Club has thirtythree members who are looking forward to this year’s 54th Annual Show and Sale. This year we have members in Sheep, Swine, Photography, Cloverbud, SelfDetermined, and Beef.

Our club had a busy year with meetings, speeches and demos, judging rallies, parade, and our annual Achievement Day. We thank the wonderful sponsors and buyers who make 4-H and the Show and Sale possible in the Cariboo Interior! Without your involvement, 4-H would cease to exist!

We hope everyone in the Cariboo Interior has an awesome end to the 4-H year, and that everyone has fun, because we sure will!

Courtney Rankin I’m in the Springhouse 4-H Club and this year will be my sixth year in 4-H. I’ve had a swine projects for six years, and my swine this year is named Sooki. Sooki is a Landrace breed of swine. This year is also my second year doing a ewe lamb project. My sheep’s name is Sapphire and she is a Suffolk ewe.

This spring Sapphire had two female lambs.

I named my lambs Zoe and Sarina. I’m sure enjoying the experience and commitment to raising a pig and sheep projects in 4-H this year. Please come out and see what our club has to offer! Also, if you want to find me, I’ll be either in the pig or sheep sections of the Springhouse 4-H Club.

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I am 12 years old. I am part of the Springhouse 4-H Club.

This is my first year in 4-H and I am a junior.

I am raising one market swine. My pig’s name is Pippin; she is a very energetic and friendly pig. When I go out in the morning to feed her, she’s waiting by the door of the pen for me.

She runs around a lot with her brother, Nico.

I love to play with her, running around the pen listening to her squeal.

It’s really funny. She also follows me around to see if I have any special treats for her. I love to watch Pippin and Nico fight over the food and for the most comfortable part of their hay bed. But, most of all, I love having to be responsible for raising an animal that then gets to be sold in a public place.

I will be in lot# 221, so come and say “Hi!”. Pippin and I will be looking forward to seeing you there.

as a senior member of the Springhouse 4-H Club. I am fourteen years old and this is my fifth year in 4-H. In previous 4-H years I have completed Cloverbud and Fed Lamb Projects. This year I am doing a Fed Steer by the name of Nikolai. He is a Hereford/Angus cross and he weighs around 1215 pounds. He is very friendly and easy to work with. Our lot # is 235. Nikolai is a home-grown steer that I purchased from my grandparents, Fred and Barb Watkinson who have a ranch in Lillooet, BC. I joined 4-H so that I could learn about raising a fed steer and all that is involved in showing and grooming a beef project. I enjoy attending the 4-H functions and getting together with other clubs, especially at Show and Sale. 4-H is a great way to learn to work with animals and members alike and to do various events and

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Hi, my name is Maeghan Watkinson and I am seventeen years old.

This year I am doing Swine and a Self-

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My swine is a purebred Yorkshire, and I’d purchased her in Apring from Walter Hengstler; her breeder was Larry Jalcubec from Alberta.

I named my pig Hen Wen after the pig on the Black Cauldron; Hen Wen will be under the lot # 234 during the Show and Sale this year!

The Self-Determined project that I choose to do is artistic techniques such as drawing and painting, which I’ve learned throughout the years. I decided to do this project because I love art and I am going to further my education in this subject later this fall when I go off to University.

The Show and Sale is a must see for animals lovers and children. There are always classes throughout the long week designated to particular projects, and everyone is welcome to attend. 4-H is a unique

Tierney Watkinson This is my eleventh year in 4-H. It is also the last year I can be a normal member, because I’ll be 20 next year, that’s an odd thought.

Strangely enough, this year I don’t have a sheep project. Instead, I am trying out photography as well as raising another steer, named Radar. Radar was born in June of last year, and his dam (mother) is my cow Darby. I named him after a character from the TV show M*A*S*H. He’s mostly Red Angus, crossed with Hereford, but there is some Simmental and Shorthorn thrown in there too. Radar is a bit shy around other people, but at home he is a sweetheart. I don’t know if I am going to sell him at the Show and Sale, because I was away for so long, but I will definitely be showing him!

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