Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Port Lavaca, Texas Permit Number 213
Vol. 36 No. 1
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JANUARY 2016
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Published By TPHA
Return Service Requested: TPHA, P.O. Box 1867, Port Lavaca, TX 77979
2016 TPHA Honorees, Maynard and Sandi Warnken We would like to extend our sincerest THANK YOU FOR SELECTING US AS YOUR 2016 HONOREES. It is very humbling to be acknowledged for doing something that we enjoy very much and that has afforded us the opportunity to be part of the “Hereford Family” and the Hereford industry. The friendships we have made will forever be part of our fondest memories. Maynard grew up in Schulenburg, Texas and graduated from Schulenburg High School in 1964. While in High School, Maynard enlisted in the United States Army Reserves and went off to basic training three days after graduation. Later he began a career with the Kiddie City Toy Stores, managing their retail toy stores. Sandi, originally from Johnson City, Texas
started her career in Austin, Texas with Southwestern Bell Telephone where the two of them met and married in 1966. Maynard spent 10 years working in the retail field opening stores in both Texas and Oklahoma. In 1974, he started a career in toy sales with McConnell and Associates. In the fall of 1979, he became an independent sales representative starting up his own sales representative company which included acquiring showroom space in the World Trade Center in Dallas, Texas. Selling toys takes Maynard all over the world. He still manages Classic Sales and Marketing headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Maynard and Sandi have two children – Tami and Kevin. Tami is married to Patrick Walker and has two daughters, Kaleigh age 16
and Keaton age 9. Kevin is married to Sandra Warnken and they have three children, Kaine, age 19, Blane, age 12, and Keeley age 7. Maynard and Sandi started with polled Hereford heifers from Joey Skrivanek and Jimmy Farrington for both of their children when they were in FFA while living in Katy, Texas. They moved backed to Schulenburg, Texas in 1988. The Rockin”W started small with five show heifers and has grown to 100 head of registered Hereford females and approximately 200 head of xbred commercial cows used for recipient for their extensive embryo program and Hereford/Brahamn F1 calves. The ranch is a family run operation. Kevin manages the Rockin’W and makes all breeding decisions and currently does the majority of the embryo work at the
ranch. Kevin’s sons, Kaine and Blane, help on the ranch – helping with the hay and cattle work as needed. Currently the ranch is approximately 1300 acres in several locations of Fayette County.
Maynard and Sandi held their first production sale in 2000, but in 2008 we suffered a severe drought forcing us to discontinue the production sales while rebuilding. See WARNKEN, page 5
Texan Hereford Champions Show Best at WNNHS in Reno By Angie Stump Denton AHA Hereford breeders celebrated the golden 50th anniversary of the Western Nugget National Hereford
Show in Reno, Nev., Dec. 3-5. Jirl Buck, Madill, Okla., judged the 244-head show and said prior to the selection of the grand champion bull. “This show has been
GRAND CHAMPION HORNED HEREFORD FEMALE: GKB 88X Tailor Made B163 323B owned by Hunter Alexander, Carthage, TX
incredible. I have never judged a show with the depth of quality that we’ve had in each class. The number of high-quality individuals in the heifer and bull show has been
exceptional.” GKB 88X Tailor Made B163 323B, by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET, was chosen champion horned female after winning the
GRAND CHAMPION HORNED HEREFORD BULL: C CJC ILR Regal 3174 ET, Colyer Herefords, Bruneau, Id; Iron Lake Ranch, Athens, Tx; Curtis & Jackie Castle, Crawford, Ok.
senior calf division. She is owned by Hunter Alexander, Carthage, Texas, and was born Sept. 29, 2014. Reserve in the polled female See RENO, page 5
RESERVE CHAMPION POLLED HEREFORD FEMALE: GKB 9279 Lady Advance 86B, owned by Conner Alexander, Carthage, Texas