2016 Black Hills Stock Show Premier Edition

2016 bLACK hILLS sTOCK SHOW & RODEO速 ANNUAL PREMIER EDITION

January 29 - February 7, 2016

Black Hills

Stock Show

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Annual premier publication

速

7th Annual

Production Sale

March 28, 2016 1:00pm

at Belle Fourche Livestock Auction Selling 110 Yearling Angus Bulls

SAV Final Answer 0035

BW -1.2 WW +60 YW +103 MILK +23 $B 67.72

Connealy Confidence 0100 BW –3.1 WW +49 YW +90 MILK +13 $B 79.72

SAV Pioneer 7301

BW +1.7 WW +60 YW +109 MILK +27 $B 111.55

Featuring 70 Calving ease bulls

SAV Resource 1441

BW +3.5 WW +73 YW +135 MILK +26 $B 177.39

Connealy Comrade 1385

BW –3.0 WW +52 YW +102 MILK +20 $B 115.03

SAV Renoun 3439

BW +1.4 WW +74 YW +123 MILK +25 $B 145.84

Connealy Consensus 7229 BW +1.8 WW +61 YW +104 Milk +24 $B 127.18

SAV Bismarck 5682

BW +0 WW +56 YW +97 Milk +22 $B 96.34

Hoover Dam

BW -.3 WW +50 YW +97 MILK +27 $B 131.31

Iron Mountain Cattle Co. Belle Fourche, SD For information contact Mike Davis 605-892-2039 Ironmountain@hughes.net Check our web site www.ironmountaincattle.com for information on all sale bulls

Featured Sires Includes: Foos Right Time 135 Reg# 17060029 CED BW +15 -2.0 YW SC +64 +.50

11782584R Foos Angus Ranch C=1 M=1 Y=1 OtherScot t Dirk, 1SD21

Fairview Rainmaker 2361 Reg# 17487843

WW +42 MILK +21

CED BW +1 +1.1 YW SC +52 +.82

Foos Complete 360

CAR Chinook 786

Reg# 17662980

Reg# 15810174 CED BW +14 +.5 YW SC +83 +1.92

WW +30 MILK +28

WW +49 MILK +30

CED BW +13 +1.1 YW SC +63 +.69

WW +33 MILK +20

605-257-2391 • 605-645-9569 12346 US Hwy 212, Nisland, SD 57762

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Mrnak Ranch Mrnak Hereford Hereford Ranch 49th Sale 49th Annual Annual Production Production Sale

Sunday, February 14, 2016

1:00 Market--Bowman, Bowman,ND ND 1:00p.m. p.m.(MST) (MST)--Bowman Bowman Auction Auction Market SELLING: • 115 Performance Tested 2 Year Old Hereford Bulls • 250 Yearling Black Baldy Replacement Heifers • 5 Ranch Horses LOT 4111

MH TRUST 4111 1ET

LOT 4162

Sire: NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET

MH 2239 ADVANCE 4162 Sire: H5 9075 ADVANCE 2239

LOT 4259

MH 299 MONUMENT 4259 Sire: MH MONUMENT 299 1ET

11782977R Mrnak Herefords Ranch C=1 M=1 Y=1 OtherChris Effling, 1SD03

BW: 3.5 - WW: 65 - YW: 109 MM: 33 - M&G: 66

LOT 4253

BW: 3.8 - WW: 61 - YW: 114 MM: 28 - M&G: 58

LOT 4206

BW: 5.2 - WW: 61 - YW: 108 MM: 29 - M&G: 59

LOT 4284

MH RAMBO 4253

MH 1236 BOB 4206 Sire: MH BOB 1236

Sire: NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET

BW: 5.3 - WW: 67 - YW: 110 MM: 18 - M&G: 51

BW: 4.3 - WW: 47 - YW: 78 MM: 31 - M&G: 55

BW: 4.5 - WW: 60 - YW: 106 MM: 29 - M&G: 59

Sire: MH RAMBO 757 1ET

MH TRUST 4284 1ET

Wayne Mrnak • 701.523.6368 • Terry Mrnak • 701.523.6386 Brent Mrnak • 701.206.0604 • Andy Mrnak • 701.206.1095 Mrnak Hereford Ranch: 14501 91st St. SW • Bowman, ND 58623

View more information at • www.mrnakherefords.com

Thorstenson’s Lazy TV Ranch Breed-Leading Performance and Carcass EPDS Sampling of our March 5th Offering VRT X Factor C102 VRT Discovery C106 VRT Excitement C113 VRT Discovery C136 VRT Redemption C170 VRT Excitement C171 VRT Discovery C257 VRT Alumni C311 VRT Excitement C360 VRT Choice Cut C491

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96.83 115.36 97.63 95.39 96.13 101.94 99.84 76.23 100.35 81.14

• Complete performance, including Feed-Efficiency Data • All bulls Unconditionally Guaranteed through first breeding season • Affordable - In our 2015 sale, 80% of the bulls sold between $3000 and $7000 • Volume Discount • Free Delivery

Progeny by these Sires Sell:

Selling 200 Bulls Saturday, March 5, 2016 At the Ranch - Selby, SD

Gelbvieh Balancer Angus

Lazy TV Choice Cut A687 EPDs CED: 16 BW: -0.8 WW: 69 YW: 102 MK: 37 REA: 1.10 Mb: 0.46 FPI: 88.16

Woodhill Daybreak EPDs CED 16 BW: -1.3 WW: 63 YW: 117 MK: 27 Mb: .55 REA: .61 $B: 128.55

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ThorstensonGelbvieh Gelbvieh&&Angus Angus Thorstenson 12980 Cedar Selby,SD SD57472 57472 12980 Cedar Rd., Rd., Selby,

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Vaughn & Wendy Brian & DeDee Vauhn & Wendy Brian & DeDee 605/649-6262 605/649-9927 605/649-9927 605/649-6262 Fax:605/649-7361 Fax: 605/649-7361 E-mail:vwthor@sbtc.net E-mail: vwthor@sbtc.net 3

11782596R Schauer Angus C=1 M=1 Y=1 OtherScot t Dirk, 1SD21

11782609R Blair Brothers Angus C=1 M=1 Y=1 OtherScot t Dirk, 1SD21

HEREFORD & ANGUS GENETICS

Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE

Monday, February 8th, 2016 • 1 p.m. cst • at the ranch, Ree Heights, South Dakota

Lot 1 • ECR Burning Daylight 5335 ET • Reg #43636050 • 3/19/15 RST Times A Wastin 0124 x ECR L18 Gen Lady 6131

Lot 83 • ECR Extra Deep 4264 ET • Reg #43532699 • 3/25/14 ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279 (aka Bob) x ECR 7195 Dominette 9058

11782940R Fawcet t’s Elm Creek Ranch C=0 M=0 Y=0 OtherChris Effling, 1SD03

Lot 143 • ECR AJ Miss Turbo 4095• Reg # 43531406 • 3/3/14 DHD Turbo HH 1103 x AKJ 7195 Boulder Lass 0129

Lot 71 • ECR Resource 506 • Reg # 18309031 • 2/13/15 SAV Resource 1441 x LSC Pride 0177

Selling 387 Head

56 two-year-old Hereford (horned and polled) & Angus bulls 82 yearling Hereford (horned and polled) & Angus bulls Keith Fawcett 605-870-0161 :: 605-943-5664 kcfawcett@hotmail.com

Daniel Fawcett 605-870-6172 danfawcett869@hotmail.com call, text or email to request sale catalog

26 registered bred and yearling Hereford females 223 commercial bred and yearling females

www.fawcettselmcreekranch.com

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605-791-2300 13467 Arapahoe Dr. HewittLandCompany.com Piedmont, SD 57769 13167 Arapahoe Drive 1205 N Harrison #202 Piedmont, SD Hewittlandcompany.com 57769 Pierre, SD 57501 605-791-2300

605-494-0205

HO Ranch irrigated farmland, located just west of Vale, SD, is one of the highest productivity indexing farm properties in the area. The property consists of 109.1 acres (98 irrigated) class I and II soils, 2013 pivot Zimmatic irrigation system, loafing shed with developed free flowing spring, Priced at $485,000. McCune Grass and Farmland, Butte County SD; This grass and irrigated hay-land combination could be the high yield - low cost operation you’ve been searching for. Comprised of 1,177 acres of which 178 acre are irrigated. Situated along SD Hwy 79, close to town with exceptional views of the Black Hills and Bear Butte. Truly a rare opportunity at a working ranch property that work. Call us on this Ranch!

G N I D N E P SALE

Taylor Ridge Ranchette – Hermosa – Custer County, SD the Taylor Ridge Ranchette is located just outside the boundary to Custer State Park offering unobstructed views of the Needles and Harney Peak. The property encompasses 35 acres varying from the pine covered ridge to the grass bedded meadow below. A very well appointed living quarters and fully finished shop combine to top off the improvements which also include a matching bunkhouse and barn. Private well, fiber optics along with great access and the captivating charm make this one a truly rare find. Priced to move at $588,000! Newell, South Dakota, 209 acres southeast of Newell, SD with two, newer model Reinke Pivots covering 180 irrigated acres, with approximately 20 more acres being irrigated by ditch. Exceptional farm ground with second year alfalfa seeding. This Pierre and Kyle Clay soil has been well maintained, soil integrity and the well-established seeding make this property a “turnkey operation”. In a market where return on investment is a priority, this property demands your attention at the very reasonable asking price of $2,880 per acre, Or $604,195 Platte County, WY Wheatland; 1,377 acres consisting of 903+ acres of cropland with five pivots, 464+ acres of pasture and a small feedlot. This is a fully contiguous parcel of irrigated land with nearly level to gently rolling terrain in productive Keeline and Alice sandy loam soils. Five Valley pivot systems, (1-new in 2013), are included with irrigation water supplied from electric irrigation wells. The small feedlot is complete with 1,024 linear feet of concrete feed bunks and concrete apron, automatic waters, and processing facilities. Concrete floored bunker storage and a 5,760 sq ft steel building with 14’ sidewalls, and concrete floor, is also located on site. Motivated Seller-all reasonable offers considered! JD Hewitt 605-347-1100 Tyson Hewitt 605-206-0034 Tanner Hewitt 605-490-7952 Dan Todd 605-280-9214 Give Us A Call For A No Obligation Assessment Of Your Property 8

Table of cont e nts 11

Cover Artist Spotlight Loren Entz

Schedule of Events

Stockman of the Year Baker Ranch

Agribusiness Person of the Year Grady Crew

Silver Spur HOF Kevin Schmidt

Breed Champions

Cattleman’s Family Legacy 62

Scholarship Recipients

Broncs for Breakfast

Announcer: Andy Stewart

AQHA Shows

Sheep Dog Trials

Quick Draw

Auctioneer Contest

102

Sage Krebs

111

Cottonwood Angus

Stockman’s Auction

BHSS Staff Ron Jeffries, General Manager Cory Ferguson, Event Manager Mark Kirkeby, Operations Manager Patty Sharp, Finance Manager Kadee Hande, Marketing Manager & Livestock Coordinator Hope Hall, Horse Coordinator Amanda Kammerer, Assistant Livestock Coordinator 9

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Trade Show Maps

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Advertiser Index

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Rodeo Event Schedule

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Wrangler Champions Challenge

122

20X HS Showcase

126

Wrangler Bullfight

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Rodeo Zone

132

KBHB Bucking Horse Sale

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LIVESTOCK MARKETING DEPARTMENT Department Director: SCOTT DIRK, Fieldman (605) 380-6024 sdirk@tsln-fre.com West River SD, West River ND, WY, Western NE

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Tough Enough to Wear Pink

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Girls in Spurs

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Justin Sports Medicine

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Sutton Breeding Program

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Chance Worth Taking

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Badlands Circuit Finals Awards

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Directing Traffic

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Cover Artist Spotlight

Loren Entz knowing his subject matter so well. Cowboy by day and artist by night, he soon began to realize that his love of art was where his heart was. Loren became a full time artist in 1981. oren Entz is well known for portraying the simplicity and beauty of western life in his work. Although most of his paintings, drawings, watercolors and sculptures portray ranching and farming life, many also show his deep love of landscapes and nature. Some of the most touching and most loved are paintings that show the bond of family.

Many years of serious drawing and painting and being fully immersed in what he loves to paint developed his talent into what it is today. Loren has been a member of the prestigious group, The Cowboy Artists of America since 1992. He feels extremely honored to be part of this elite group of artists who are equally passionate about the western way of life.

Loren started painting and drawing at a very young age. He grew up on his family’s farm in rural Kansas, which fueled his love for that simple way of life. His spare time was spent outdoors observing and drawing. He often recalls daydreaming in the county’s one room schoolhouse and drawing instead of studying, both of which were not taken lightly by the teacher. He spent many hours admiring the work of western artist Will James.

Although many hours are spent at the easel preparing each beautiful canvas, Loren still finds time to go painting on location and gather research for future paintings in various locations. He has been known to take a 14-hour road trip to capture a forest scene that he couldn’t stop thinking about. He can be found anywhere from Texas to Nebraska to Delaware and back to Montana again in less than a week; all for the sake of gathering inspiration and capturing a composition. Sketching on the steering wheel and snapping photos along the journey makes way for some

As a young man, Loren spent time as a ranch hand in eastern Montana. This gave him more background for

remarkable paintings. Sometimes he can be found gathering cows on a friends’ ranch or on a horse-packing trip into the mountains just for the opportunity to get that awesome experience onto canvas. Loren’s ability to convey a story through the brush and pencil often gives others a unique perspective on the western way of life. Recently, Loren was presented with the Will Rogers award from the Academy of Western Artists for his role in preserving the western way of life. Many other artists were also recognized by this group and Loren is honored to be associated with such a talented group of individuals. Although Loren feels blessed to have had many of his paintings and drawings receive recognition and awards in his career, he is most thankful for the opportunity and talent to be able to do what he loves every single day. Tenacity and perseverance to do what he loves have become the driving force behind Loren’s success. He often tells aspiring artists just to “have a dream and never give up.” Learn more about Loren and see his work at www.lorenentz.com. Biography proudly written by Rebecca Timmerman, Loren’s daughter.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2016 7:30 a.m. Zoetis Winter Classic AQHA Horse Show, sponsored by Zoetis, G Bar G Saddlery, Clark & Associates Land Brokers, Inc., Hagen Glass, Jenner Equipment Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 1 p.m. Winter Spectacular NRCHA Show (run concurrently with the AQHA Working Cow Horse Classes), sponsored by Quarter Horse News, Jenner Equipment Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 8 a.m. Zoetis Winter Classic AQHA Horse Show (Halter - Cutting - Roping), sponsored by Zoetis, G Bar G Saddlery, Clark & Associates Land Brokers, Inc., Hagen Glass, Jenner Equipment Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 7:30 a.m. Zoetis Winter Classic AQHA Horse Show, sponsored by Zoetis, G Bar G Saddlery, Clark & Associates Land Brokers, Inc., Hagen Glass, Jenner Equipment Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 1 p.m. Winter Spectacular NRCHA Show (run concurrently with the AQHA Working Cow Horse Classes), sponsored by Quarter Horse News, Jenner Equipment Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

Schedule of Events THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 8 a.m. Zoetis Winter Classic AQHA Horse Show, sponsored by Zoetis, G Bar G Saddlery, Clark & Associates Land Brokers, Inc., Hagen Glass, Jenner Equipment Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 8 a.m. Stallion Row Check-In – Rushmore Hall, Civic Center 11 a.m. Horse Sale Check-In – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 5 p.m. Horse Sale Consignors Meeting– Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 6 p.m. Stallion Row Consignors Meeting– Rushmore Hall, Civic Center FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016 8 a.m. BHSS Horse Sale Preview: Ranch Horse Select Competition, sponsored by Lynn Weishaar & John Johnson Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

10 a.m. CINCH Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30 p.m. – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 10 a.m. First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo – Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. Black Hills Stock Show® Leather Show – Theater Lobby 10 a.m. Western Art Show, public viewing, sponsored by The Central States Fair Foundation, BankWest–Theater Lobby 10 a.m. Western Heritage/Black Hills Stock Show® Foundation Auction Viewing (10 a.m.-7 p.m.) – Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn 1:20 pm Stallion Row Preview – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 2 p.m. BHSS Horse Sale, sponsored by Ravellette Publications, The Cattle Business Weekly, Larry Larson Photography, Scoggins Veterinary, Hutchison Western, AQHA,Martin-Trudeau Insurance Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

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Schedule of Events 7 p.m. BHSS Stray Gathering sponsored by Zoetis – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 7:30 p.m. PRCA Xtreme Bulls, independently produced – Civic Center Arena 9:30 p.m. Music following Stray Gathering by Brandon Jones and The Thirsty Fish Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

5 p.m. Stockman’s Banquet & Ball, sponsored by Budweiser, Galloway Bit & Spur, Best Western Ramkota Hotel, BH Corp, Black Hills Power, KOTA TV, Black Hills Stock Show® Foundation – Ramkota Hotel 7:30 p.m. PRCA Xtreme Bulls, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2016 8 a.m. BHSS Horse Sale Preview – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 8 a.m. 4-H Youth Day Activities, sponsored by First Interstate Bank – Central States Fairgrounds 8 a.m. Western Heritage/BHSS Foundation Auction Viewing (8 a.m. - 10 a.m.) – Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn 8 a.m. Jr Queens Autograph Session, Queen’s corral 9 a.m. Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinic, independently produced – Civic Center Arena 10 a.m. CINCH Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30 p.m. – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 10 a.m. First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo – Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. Black Hills Stock Show® Leather Show – Theater Lobby 10 a.m. Western Art Show, public viewing, sponsored by The Central States Fair Foundation, BankWest – Theater Lobby 10 a.m. First Interstate Bank World’s Smallest Rodeo – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. Western Heritage/BHSS Foundation Auction – Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn 1:20 pm Stallion Row Preview – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 1:30 p.m. PRCA Rodeo, independently produced – Civic Center Arena 2 p.m. BHSS Horse Sale, sponsored by Ravellette Publications, The Cattle Business Weekly, Larry Larson Photography, Scoggins Veterinary, Hutchison Western, AQHA,MartinTrudeau Insurance – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

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Quilters Guild – Theater Lobby 10 a.m. Western Art Show, public viewing, sponsored by The Central States Fair Foundation, BankWest – Theater Lobby 1 p.m. Angus Sale – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 6 p.m. Black Hills Gold Rush Cattle Genetics Sale Social – Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, Ballroom 7:30 p.m. Black Hills Gold Rush Cattle Genetics Sale, sponsored by Cattle Business Weekly, ORIgen, Zoetis Animal Health, Central States Fair Foundation, Martin-Trudeau Insurance Agency, Polzin Embryo Center – Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, Ballroom

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016 8:30 a.m. Touchstone Energy Safety Seminar, 8 a.m. Ranch Horse Competition, sponsored independently produced – Civic Center Arena by AQHA, The American Quarter Horse Journal, 9 a.m. Ranch Rodeo Qualifying Round, Conrad’s Big C Signs, Budweiser, Hutchison sponsored by Rapid Chevrolet, Budweiser, Western, Jenner Equipment, Triple R Tack, SD Security First Bank, Cabela’s, Tri-State Livestock Chic Beads, Clark & Associates Land Brokers, Inc. News, Farm Credit Services of America, – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds Crown Royal, Vast Broadband, Dex Media, 9 a.m. Angus Show, sponsored by Hubbard BH Orthopedic, Johnson Bros., WW Livestock Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Systems, Blake’s Trailer Sales, Godfrey Brake, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall Jenner Equipment, CINCH, Zoetis, KAT Country, 10 a.m. CINCH Trade Show Opens, Closes at Black Hills Fox – Kjerstad Event Center, 7:30 p.m. – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Fairgrounds 10 a.m. First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting 10 a.m. Charolais Show, sponsored by Hubbard Zoo – Rushmore Hall Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – 10 a.m. Quilt Show, sponsored by the Black Hills Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. CINCH Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30 p.m. – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Lakeside Livestock Equipment 10 a.m. First Interstate Bank Barnyard •Tubs •Adjustable Alleys • Hyd & Manual Chutes Petting Zoo – Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. Quilt Show, sponsored by the Black Hills Quilters Guild – Theater Lobby 10 a.m. Western Art Show, public viewing, sponsored by The Central States Fair Foundation, BankWest – Theater Lobby Portable Load Chutes Portable Corral - Holds 135 cows or 155 yearlings 10 a.m. Touchstone Energy Safety Seminar, Stand & independently produced –Civic Center Custom Built Gates Arena

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Schedule of Events 1 p.m. PRCA Timed Event Slack, independently produced – Civic Center Arena 1 p.m. Charolais Sale –Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA CATTLEMAN’S CONFERENCE

Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn: 3 p.m. Dr. Matt Luebbe, University of Nebraska, Lincoln “Understanding the ethanol industry and the coming changes to the industry” 4 p.m. Kelsey Luebbe, Nebraska Department of Agriculture “The effects of fetal programming and understanding the veterinary feed directive”” 5 p.m. Dr. Travis Van Anne, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. “Developing reputation ranch calves including reproductive development”

5:30 p.m. Ranch Rodeo Calcutta – 7:30 p.m. Ranch Rodeo Finals, sponsored by Rapid Chevrolet, Budweiser, Security First Bank, Tri-State Livestock News, Farm Credit Services of America, Crown Royal, WW Livestock Systems, Blake’s Trailer Sales, Godfrey Brake, Jenner Equipment, DeTye Vet Supply, CINCH, Zoetis, Ace Hardware, BH Orthopedic, Clark & Associates Land Brokers, Sof Tub Inc., KAT Country, Black Hills Fox Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 9:30 p.m. Ranch Rodeo Dance with Live Music

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2016 8 a.m. Broncs for Breakfast (ticket includes breakfast), sponsored by Farm Credit Services of America – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 9 a.m. Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinic, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

10 a.m. Broncs for Breakfast Bronc Ride Competition sponsored by Black Hills Orthopedics, Farm Credit Services of America, CINCH – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 10 a.m. Hereford Show, – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. CINCH Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30 p.m. – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 10 a.m. First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo – Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. Quilt Show, sponsored by the Black Hills Quilters Guild – Theater Lobby 10 a.m. Western Art Show, public viewing, sponsored by The Central States Fair Foundation, BankWest – Theater Lobby 1 p.m. Hereford Sale – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 3:30 p.m. Girls In Spurs – Ladies Night, independently produced – Rodeo Zone 7:30 p.m. PRCA Wrangler Champions Challenge, independently produced – Civic Center Arena THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016 8:30 a.m. Red Angus Show, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. Gelbvieh Show, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. CINCH Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30 p.m. – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 10 a.m. First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo – Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. Western Art Show, public viewing, sponsored by The Central States Fair Foundation, BankWest – Theater Lobby 10 a.m. BHSS National Sheep Shearing Championships, sponsored by KICK 104 & Servall – Warm-Up Arena, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 10 a.m. PRCA Barrel Racing Slack – Civic Center, Barnett Arena 11 a.m. Shorthorn Show, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

Schedule of Events THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016 (cont.) 1 p.m. North American Sheepdog Trial Preliminaries, sponsored by Tri-State Neighbor, America’s Best Value Inn, Budweiser, Hagen Glass, Gold Pages Publishing, KICK 104, ModaStone, Webster Enterprises – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 1 p.m. Red Angus Sale – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 2 p.m. Gelbvieh Sale – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 3 p.m. Shorthorn Sale – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 7 p.m. Mutton Bustin’ Championships sponsored by Go Spur – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 7:30 p.m. North American Sheepdog Trial Finals and National Sheep Shearing Championships, sponsored by Tri-State Neighbor, America’s Best Value Inn, Budweiser, Godfrey Brake Service, Hagen Glass, Gold Pages Publishing, Webster Enterprises, KICK 104, Moda-Stone – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 7:30 p.m. PRCA Rodeo, independently produced – Civic Center Arena FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2016 9 a.m. Limousin Show, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. CINCH Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30 p.m. – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 10 a.m. First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo – Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. Western Art Show, public viewing, sponsored by The Central States Fair Foundation, BankWest – Theater Lobby 10 a.m. KBHB Bucking Horse Sale, independently produced – Civic Center Arena 10:30 a.m. Maine-Anjou Show, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 1 p.m. Limousin Sale – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 3 p.m. Maine-Anjou Sale – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

7 p.m. Dueling Pianos – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 7:30 p.m. PRCA Rodeo, independently produced – Civic Center Arena 9:30 p.m. BHSS Stampede featuring Reckless Kelly with Chancey Williams & the Younger Bros. Band –Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2016 7 a.m. Old Timers Breakfast & Awards: Awards at 8 a.m. – Fine Arts Building, Fairgrounds 7 a.m. Team Roping Registration (entries close 8:30 a.m.) – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 8 a.m. Simmental Show, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 9 a.m. BHSS Open Team Roping, sponsored by Miller Lite, Security First Bank – Kjerstad Event Center Fairgrounds 9 a.m. Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinic, independently produced – Civic Center Arena 10 a.m. CINCH Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30 p.m. – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 10 a.m. First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo – Rushmore Hall 10 a.m. Western Art Show, public viewing, sponsored by The Central States Fair Foundation, BankWest – Theater Lobby 10 a.m. Hay Camp Wood Carvers Demonstration – Upper W. Concourse 10:30 a.m. Chi-Influenced Show, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 1 p.m. Simmental Sale – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 1:30 p.m. PRCA Rodeo, independently produced – Civic Center 3 p.m. Chi-Influenced Sale – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 3:30 p.m. Western Art Quick Draw Contest sponsored by BankWest – Theater Lobby 4 -7 p.m. Boots & Beer Festival, SD Brewery Beer Tasting, with Dueling Pianos – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

4:30 p.m. Western Art Quick Draw Auction Viewing and People’s Choice Voting, sponsored by BankWest – Theater Lobby 5:30 p.m. Western Art Quick Draw People’s Choice Award – Theater Lobby 5:30 p.m. Hubbard Feeds Supreme Row Judging & People’s Choice – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 6 p.m. Western Art Quick Draw Auction – Theater Lobby 7 p.m. Hubbard Feeds Supreme Row Parade, Drawing for Featherlite Trailer – Civic Center Arena 7 p.m. Boots & Beer Festival featuring Dueling Pianos, sponsored by KICK 104 – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 7:30 p.m. PRCA Rodeo, independently produced – Civic Center 9:30 p.m. Boots & Beer Festival featuring Chancey Williams & the Younger Bros. Band with Brandon Jones & the Thirsty Fish – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2016 8 a.m. Black Hills Buffalo Classic Sale Preview, sponsored by Dakota Territory Buffalo Association – Bridger Steel Pavilion, Fairgrounds 9 a.m. Open 4-D Barrel Race, Exhibitions & Jackpot (will not start before 12:30 p.m.), sponsored by Webster Enterprises, Today’s Horse – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 10 a.m. Black Hills Buffalo Classic Sale, sponsored by Dakota Territory Buffalo Association – Bridger Steel Pavilion, Fairgrounds

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Sire: SAV Resource 1441 MGS: Carlson Topline 5b2 Sire: SAV Resource 1441 MGS: SAV Final Answer 0035 Deep sided, easy fleshing son by SAV Sire: Carlson Right Effect 203 MGS: SAV Priority 7283 An attractive, well balanced Resource son 11782522R Resource. His superb Final Answer dam This royaly bred calving ease prospect has been a with extra length and performance. His dam is an extremely thick, capacious, dateline Carlson records a weaning ratio of 113. standout since birth. Sired Angus by Carlson Right Effect granddaughter.

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Sire: Carlson Right Effect 203 MGS: Whitestone Black Arrow Sire: SAV Resource 1441 MGS: SAV Final Answer 0035 A very stout, deep-sided Right Effect son. Heavy muscled son by SAV Resource 1441 Dam is a heavy milking, moderate framed who will add pounds to your bottom line. daughter of the $150,000 Whitestone Black His Dam has been a cornerstone donor with Arrow. many sale toppers.

Carlson Resource 551

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Sire:PrairiePrideNextStep2036 MGS:SAVPioneer7301

An exciting calving ease prospect from Prairie Pride Next Step. Dam is an easy fleshing, moderate framed SAV Pioneer 7301 daughter.

Carlson Resource 5009

Sire: SAV Resource 1441 MGS: Brohill Prophecy 4p A super complete Resource son with exceptional thickness. His Brockhill prophecy dam is a leading donor at Carlson Angus.

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When Gary and Jim Baker, Hermosa, South Dakota, were contacted and informed that they had won Black Hills Stockmen of the Year, they were completely surprised. “I didn’t really believe it,” says Gary, adding, “We’re no more special than anyone else. It’s sure nice to be recognized but at the same time, I don’t feel that we’re doing anything any different than most other people.” His brother Jim, 13 years his junior, had the same feeling of disbelief, saying, “I was really surprised

and even a little bit embarrassed. I still am because I know at least 100 people who deserve this as much or more than we do. It is really an honor to have our friends and neighbors pick us for something like this though. I’m just uncomfortable in the spotlight, I guess.” Both men were quick to point out that their wives are such a big part of the operation that they sure couldn’t do it without them and feel their names should be included in the honor. “They work just as hard as we do and come up with some great ideas for the operation, as do our kids,” says Gary. w

Gary and Nancy, his wife of 39 years, ranch on the place that Gary and Jim’s folks, Gene and Jeanette, bought in 1973. They have two sons, Travis and Brad. Brad and his wife Sarah have a boy named Micah. The boys bought a farm next to the Baker ranch, where they produce a great deal of the feed used on the ranch. Gary

and Nancy run both spring and fall calving cowherds. The spring calves come in March and are sold in October, and the fall calves arrive in August and September and are sold in June. “We retain the spring heifer calves until after the first of the year so we have a little more time to pick through them for our replacements,” says Gary. “We went to a fall calving

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herd to better utilize the bulls we were buying. We spend quite a bit on those bulls and wanted to breed more cows per bull than we could with just the spring calving cows. It’s more work with two calving seasons, but it has sure been nice having the fall calf check in hand in June when we were ready to start haying.” Jim and Gary also took over the home ranch in 2014 and partner on those cows. Their mother, Jeanette, enjoys watching her sons manage the operation and keep the family ranch going. Jim and Denise have been married for 31 years and have one son, Cort, who is in college and plans on returning to the ranch. They run an early spring calving herd and calve all of the heifers for the operation in January and February. The heifers are AIed to tighten up the calving so they are nearly done by the time the cows start. The cows, both Jim’s and the partnership cows, start around Feb. 10. “We used to calve in March and one year we had blizzard after blizzard and we couldn’t find those calves in time to save them. We had to do something different, so we started calving everything through the corrals and doing it earlier so we didn’t have to deal with all

the mud and spring weather. It’s more labor intensive this way, but we just don’t lose hardly any calves and that’s what’s important,” says Jim.

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Jim and Denise Baker

The heifers and cows at Jim’s place are brought into the lots so they are close to the barns. They sort the heavies about once a week and they are put into 10-acre lots, fed in the evening, and then are put into smaller pens behind the barn where they can be watched closely at night. Once they calve and the calf is up and nursed and ready to follow the cow, they are moved out to pasture if the weather permits. “Our cows and the first-calf heifers go one place and the partnership cows are split for steer and heifer pairs and put out in other pastures. We pair out every day unless the weather is bad,” explains Jim. One new innovation that Jim and Denise are using is calving cameras that they’ve set up in the lots. “It’s really amazing how those infrared cameras worked. We could read eartags and freeze brands pretty well. One of them has a remote so we can zoom it in. Before we leave the house w

to go check, we take some time

making them nervous.” He adds

The Bakers are all hard working

to watch them and make a list

that it saved them many trips to

people. Gary says “If you work

of the ones that are acting ready

the calving barn and gained them

hard and are conservative, don’t

to calve. When I get to the barn

a lot of sleep. “I’m pretty excited

change things that are working

I can sort them off and put them

about those! I thought they were

well and make changes gradually,

in. It’s really handy to keep an eye

going to be okay but they turned

you’ll do all right. We were really

on them without being right there

out to be a heck of a tool!” says Jim.

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“Crew

Agri-Business Person of the Year

Agency was started at our kitchen table.”

– Grady Crew

Grady Crew recognized By Amanda Radke

hile a lot of ranchers are worried about the white fluffy

Grady and Bernice, Philip, South Dakota, can’t help but see friends and neighbors at bull or horse

stuff during the Black Hills Stock

sales or while supporting the

Show, Grady Crew’s mind is on a

ranch rodeo teams they sponsor.

different kind of white. The snow

The Crews have sponsored three

and cold that is customary to

winning teams over the years

the late January/early February event hasn’t kept him from

Often-seen faces at the BHSS,

and enjoy watching the local cowboys compete.

buying more than 75 Charolais

“We have been pretty lucky with

bulls over the years, along with a

our ranch rodeo teams over they

number of horses.

years,” said Crew. “We always try

to sponsor a team each year, and the most recent win was in 2012 with a team from Philip.” This year’s BHSS will be particularly special for the hardworking couple as Grady accepts the 2016 Black Hills Stock Show Foundation’s Agri-Business Person of the Year award. Crew, a lifelong rancher, and his wife of 37 years, Bernice, exemplify a true entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for the agricultural

Grady and Bernice Crew have many irons in the fire — ranching, selling insurance, running a gas station, owning a sod dugout tourist destination, sponsoring ranch rodeo teams at BHSS, and raising a family. All photos courtesy Crew family

industry, and the drive to achieve anything they set their minds to. “It’s very humbling to me to win this award,” said Crew. “For a guy who grew up in the Badlands and comes from Cactus Flat, it’s quite the award. I don’t think of myself in that league. So it’s definitely an honor. “Our ranch is at the mouth of the Badlands, and I’m the fourth generation to live here,” said Crew. “My family has been here since 1908.”

The Crews run black commercial cows and breed them to Charolais bulls.

400 customers in western South

In addition to ranching, the Crews started Crew Agency in 1984. The business is a crop insurance company that also specializes in hay and pasture ground, as well as price insurance product for cattle.

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“From a crop insurance agent’s perspective, I see the importance of both farming and ranching. If livestock aren’t doing well, chances are that farming is, and vice versa. I’m a little disappointed in commodity prices for the next few years, but we are resilient people. I think we will get through it, but I also think there are good times ahead. The world population is going to exceed the rate at which we can produce food. Long term, it’s going to be a good industry to be in. We just have to buckle down and get through the lean times. If you’re conservative and don’t overspend, there will be good times ahead. With the crop insurance business, I’ve seen it’s important to cover your tracks; the agricultural industry is a pretty risky business. You need to reduce risk, so you can keep doing business next year.” The Crews also own the Badlands Trading Post and Souvenir Shop and the Prairie Homestead, an original sod dugout

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years. O’Connell’s job with the USDA Farm Service Agency often intersected with Crew’s work at Crew Agency, and the two have become very well acquainted in the agribusiness industry. Of Crew’s honor, O’Connell said, “Grady and Bernice have a lot of irons in the fire and run a successful and impressive operation. They are good people who are honest and care about their customers and community. Congratulations; welldeserved!” The Crews have two children, Caleb and Jamie. Caleb and his wife Megan and daughter Brita are partners on the ranch, and Jamie works for the South Dakota Retailers Association, and she and her husband, Tony Farmen, reside in Pierre.

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Silver Spur Hall of Fame

Honoree Hall of Fame inductee celebrates 30 years with BHSS By Savanna Simmons

or 30 years, Kevin Schmidt has been giving his time and talents to the Black Hills Stock Show. This year, the BHSS is giving

something back. Schmidt is the 2016 inductee into the Black Hills Stock Show Silver Spur Hall of Fame. For the last 20 years, Schmidt has focused most of his efforts on the ranch rodeo, acting as either chairman or a committee member.

Schmidt will be receive the honor at the BHSS Stockman’s Banquet and Ball Jan. 30. “I haven’t really done things to receive it,” Schmidt said of the honor. “It felt good though,” when he received the call from Tiffany Robertson, BHSS and Central States Fair President, he said. “He’s pretty humble, and that 20 year mark is a big milestone,” Ron Jeffries, General Manager of the BHSS and w

Kevin Schmidt

Rodeo, said of Schmidt. “He may be one of our younger Hall of Famers, but that’s only because he started so young.” Schmidt has always been one to count on and has always been a supporter of both the BHSS and Central States Fair, Jeffries said, making him the perfect choice for the Hall of Fame. “The BHSS Board of Directors select the inductee from a list of nominations that can come from

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keeper,

so Kevin grew up helping out everywhere,” Jeffries said.

went

from

helping

format right and Kevin worked

push steers to working chutes

tirelessly to improve the event

to flagging, then he went to

and adding in prizes. He’s built it

chairman of the team roping,

into the premiere ranch rodeo in

served on the rodeo committee,

the nation.”

and chaired the ranch rodeo for 20 years, starting with the very first ranch rodeo.” The

BHSS

Ranch

Rodeo

wouldn’t be the event that it is without Schmidt. “For the last 17 to 20 years, the

“Kevin’s dad [Darrell] was our maintenance

“He

ranch rodeo has been my biggest undertaking,” Schmidt said. Jeffries said, in the beginning, “We were struggling to get the

Schmidt has participated in events, including team ropings, in the past, but prefers to volunteer for a simple reason. “You can’t flag and compete too,” Schmidt said. “I’ve been around and gone to other [team ropings], but this is my home and I do what I

can to help

make it so all my friends come this way.” w

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Schmidt resides in Box Elder, South Dakota, with his wife Patty and son Jade. His family supports his involvement and commitment to the BHSS and can even be spotted helping in events. Patty has acted for secretary for the team ropings in the past, and 20-year-old Jade helps wherever needed, Schmidt said. “Kevin has had the support of his wife Patty and son Jade,” Jeffries said. “He has packed that little boy around to events since he was a baby.” Schmidt has worked for Tessier’s Inc., a heating, A/C, and sheet metal company, for more than 30 years, he said. As a true volunteer and promoter of the BHSS, Schmidt said he hopes “everyone comes and enjoys the stock show and hopefully the weather will be decent.”

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Cat tleman's Family Legacy

Bill Weller and his family have been part of the Black Hills Stock Show for years, and this year are helping a young man get his start to carry on that legacy.

Philip folks team up to donate legacy heifer By Savanna Simmons

ach year the Cattleman’s Family Legacy, in conjunction with the Black Hills Stock Show, awards a youth with a donated heifer.

This year’s recipient, Nathan Linke, 15, of Woonsocket, South Dakota, is receiving a heifer from Bill Weller, owner of Weller Ranch, and Don Ravellette, with wife Tami, owners of Ravellette Cattle.

Weller and Ravellette own the heifer’s mother as a partnership. “We’re doing it as a joint deal,” Ravellette said. “Bill [Weller] and I were talking about it, and we had an extra heifer. It’s a little easier for two people to give.” BHSS

Livestock

Coordinator

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Hande said this scholarship program has w

The Cattleman’s Family Legacy heifer is the start of what Nathan Linke hopes will be a successful future in production agriculture.

been available to youth ages 8-17 for six years. “We structured the program to allow a young producer to start up their herd while getting some very high quality genetics,” Hande said. “It started as an opportunity for our livestock producers to give back.” Weller agrees with Hande that giving back to the BHSS and helping a youth is important. The Weller family is proud to share their history and help build the future of the Black Hills Stock Show.

Nathan Linke is thankful for the opportunity to get a little farther down the road toward a strong cowherd.

“We’ve won that commercial heifer class [at BHSS] numerous times and in ’93, my dad, W.O. Weller, was Stockman of the Year,” Weller said, “We’ve seen some record high cattle prices lately, and I think it’s just time maybe a person should give back. That’s kind of the driving force why we did it. We’re pretty excited to help out young people that are involved in this.” Linke shone in a field of outstanding scholarship applicants, Hande said. The Cattleman’s Family Legacy panel of judges combs through applications, which includes an essay and a letter of recommendation from a 4-H leader or agriculture professional in the youth’s life, and invites the top half of the applicants to interview in person. “This year, every one of those kids was incredibly intelligent and all are going to be involved in agriculture in the future,” Hande said. “We make sure there’s a will and excitement to make ag a livelihood.”

Don and Tami Ravellette are part of the partnership that donated the heifer for this year’s Cattleman’s Family Legacy program.

Linke said he plans to make a career within agriculture. “Most likely production ag with cattle or crops or probably both, hopefully,” he said.

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but interviewing just brings out

throughout the first year. He will

recipient who will build a herd

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around her and stay within

them. You can just tell Nathan’s

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going to do this for a long time.”

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agriculture is important. Hande said Linke is a “very cool kid

Linke will take possession of his

“This program ties the stock show

to talk to and very down to

heifer during the BHSS and will

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earth. All of them were good,

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together,” Hande said. Ravellette w

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said, “We donated this heifer to support the youth, getting them more involved, and getting them involved in the Western Junior Livestock Show,” Ravellette said. “That’s what the entire show is about: youth showing, getting together and knowing people, and the experience and responsibility of taking an animal to a show.” Ravellette and Weller sent the registered Angus heifer, WRRC Miss Powertool 5082 to Bob Mills in Gordon, Nebraska, to be fitted. This will ensure the heifer is showready, Ravellette said. When Mills fits a show animal, he feeds them so they

look good, gets them broke to lead, standing right, used to people, and gets them shaved down nice and clean, Ravellette said. “He’ll have her on display at Black Hills Stock Show. Every day they have a sale, they’ll run her through and talk through the program. [Mills] is a professional, one of the top. It’s kind of an expense, but when Nathan gets the heifer, she should be ready to show.”

before and after the Western

Linke said he plans to show his heifer throughout the summer at his County Achievement Days and the South Dakota State Fair, as well as some winter shows

difference from a lot of other places

Junior Livestock Show. Hande said the goal of Cattleman’s Family Legacy is to give a youth in agriculture the chance to have great lines to start a herd. She said all heifer recipients have kept their heifers. “We do require recipients to breed their heifers back. A lot of it is the fact that the heifers we’re donating are high quality. That’s the biggest that do it,” Hande said. Linke will choose which bull to breed WRRC Miss Powertool

5082 once he examines her and evaluates her bloodlines. They plan to artificially inseminate her. “We’re going to look at her genetics and what she would pair well with so we can get the best bull for her and the best potential for the calf,” Linke said. This heifer couldn’t have come at a better time for Linke. He said, “I’ve had some losses and bad luck lately and this is a good start to get out of this slump and start rebuilding my herd. I’m very thankful for their generous contribution. It just means a lot.”

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Saturday, Jan. 30, 5 p.m. Ramkota Best Western

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Stockman’s Auction Supports local youth scholarships By Loretta Hill

ring your checkbook and you just might go home with a bred heifer, WNFR jacket or even a guitar signed by George Strait. You might not be thinking about providing scholarships for area graduating seniors when making your dream purchase, but that’s exactly what you’ll be doing.

Bid on this guitar signed by George Strait at the Stockman’s Auction, Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Ramkota Best Western. All photos by Loretta Hill

The Black Hills Stock Show Foundation will again host the BHSS Stockmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auction. This 23rd annual event will be Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Ramkota Best Western during the BHSS Stockmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Banquet and Ball. Amidst the

gala, glamour, fine food and camaraderie the foundation will offer a select group of items representing a broad range of artistic disciplines and annual commemorative items supporting western heritage and the western way of life.

New items on the agenda this year include a BC Carmichael Saddle, a bred Hereford heifer, a 2015 WNFR jacket signed by a number of 2015 NFR Contestants, an STS leather jacket (guys or gals) w/optional BHSSF Logo, both ladies and w

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photo album and The Deadwood

will be an 1875 Schofield Single

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$2000 (renewable) SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS (2016) JESSICA RYAN Jessica is the daughter of Scott and Tami Ryan of Belle Fourche, S.D. She is a senior at Belle Fourche High School and participates in math and science clubs, soccer, basketball and high school rodeo. She is a member of the National Honor Society and a delegate to S.D. Academic All-State. Jessica will be attending Black Hills State University this fall and on completion of her academic studies plans to return home and practice physical therapy in the rural communities.

REED ARNESON Reed attends Bison High School and is the son of Eric and Mindy Arneson of Meadow, S.D. While excelling at his studies he participates in 4-H, football, basketball and has been a National High School Rodeo qualifier. He is a recipient of the Outstanding English Student Award and is very involved in community service. Reed will attend SDSU to pursue an Agriculture Business degree with a minor in Animal Science and plans to return to the family ranch.

BAILEY MOODY Bailey attends Sanborn Central High School in Forestburg, S.D., and is the daughter of Perry and Tracy Moody of Letcher, S.D. She plans to attend Dakota State University and pursue a Special Education degree. Her goal is to become a special education teacher or an occupational therapist assisting disabled or special needs children. Aside from excelling in academics she is very involved in sports and High School Rodeo. She is also a recipient of Wendyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heisman Award.

BRIANA KOSKI Briana is the daughter of Joe and Marla Koski of Belle Fourche, S.D., and is a senior at Belle Fourche High School. She will begin her

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TANNER RUPP Tanner is a senior at Freeman High School and is the son of Wade and Karla Rupp of Freeman, S.D. He plans to attend SDSU majoring in Agricultural/Bio-Systems Engineering. Tanner is a member of the National Honor Society, has excelled in the performing arts, football, basketball and golf. He is an FFA member and has received the State FFA Golden Emblem Award twice. His career goal is to be a test or design engineer to assist in the challenge of food production.

JAMES MARRS James is the son of Paul and Linda Marrs of Whitewood, S.D. He is homeschooled at the Marrs Home School and also attends classes at BHSU and the Spearfish Classical Christian School. James will be attending SDSU majoring in Computer Science. He is currently a member of S.D. State 4-H Youth Council, is an accomplished musician, skier, archer and scholar. He is currently utilizing his skills laying out flood irrigation pipelines on alfalfa and corn fields.

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Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for kids (ages 7-12) and include breakfast.

Broncs for Breakfast By Kathy Parker

ronc riding and biscuits and gravy kick off the events on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at the Black Hills Stock Show.

The bronc riding comes on the heels of the open ranch rodeo scheduled for Monday, Feb. 2.

Kevin Schmidt, a volunteer organizer of the ranch rodeo for over 20 years, said he hopes the bronc riders will stay over to try for an estimated $6,000 purse. “We hope to get 24 entries,” Schmidt said. “We will take

eight back in the short go and they all come in even. Whoever wins the short go will win the bronc riding.” Burch Rodeo will furnish the broncs. With several Wrangler National Finals Rodeo horses qualified, including their

famous paint stallion, Lunatic Fringe, Burch rodeo has plenty of young and green horses that need to be tested. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have a bunch of young horses who need some outs,â&#x20AC;? Schmidt said.

The bronc riding is open to anyone, but it will also be sanctioned by the Western States Ranch Rodeo Association.

fork. Cowboys are not required

Ranch bronc riding differs from regular saddle bronc riding. Contestants must ride a regular working saddle, swell or slick

a bucking horse in the pasture

to mark horses out or ride onehanded. They ride the broncs the same way they would ride at their regular ranch jobs. Cowboys can hold onto their rope, a night latch or the saddle w

horn if they choose. One similarity is a qualified ride lasts eight seconds. Jed Roark has been riding ranch broncs for 12 years. The 35-year-old cowboy works at ZN ranch in Saratoga, Wyo.

“Ranch bronc riding has changed a lot in the last few years,” Roark said. “I ranch in a slick fork saddle, but I ride in a swell fork. I’m comfortable in either one, but it’s kinda an old junker and you

kinda hate to put your good saddle on some of those broncs.”

son will show horses in the ranch horse competition.

Roark and his family make a week of things at the Black Hills Stock Show. He is on a ranch rodeo team and both he and his 12-year-old

Roark will be showing a 4-year-old brother to Duel Ray. “He’s kinda green,” Roark said. “This will be his first trip to town.” Roark has two more children, a 10-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy. For those who have never seen ranch bronc riding before, Broncs for Breakfast is a good place to start. For those who are fans, it will be a fine opportunity to see some top bronc riders compete.

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The man behind the mic Andy Stewart By Kathy Parker

It’s a long way from Monroe, Louisiana, to Rapid City, South Dakota, but rodeo announcer Andy Stewart will make the trip for the third time to the Black Hills Stock Show ranch rodeo Feb. 2. “It’s the only ranch rodeo I do,” Stewart said. “It was the very first one I ever saw and it was way more than I expected. And the spectators - they packed the house.”

“He was here working for Stace Smith at the pro rodeo,” said Kevin Schmidt, who has helped put on the ranch rodeo held in conjunction with the Black Hills Stock Show at the James Kjerstad Event Center for over 20 years. “We just loved him and asked if he’d stay and do the ranch rodeo.” It’s been a good fit. Stewart is a regular rodeo announcer who is an independent contractor w Don Gay and Andy Stewart at Cheyenne.

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and works rodeos from Georgia to California each year. He has been nominated for announcer of the year in the PRCA seven times. He has been in the top five professional announcers each of those times. “Well I’m a rodeo announcer because my mother dared me to try it,” Stewart said. “My brother and I team roped and I steer wrestled in high school rodeo, and when we’d practice I used to pretend I was announcing us at the NFR.

“The first thing I announced was a playday in my hometown of Monroe. I started at 7 a.m. and finished at 4:30 a.m. the next morning. I made $75, and I thought I’d never see another hungry day,” he joked. “So I started with a tape deck, two speakers and a microphone.” He’s come a long way - all the way to announcing at such rodeos as Cheyenne Frontier Days and calling other prestigious events such as the chuckwagon races at Clinton, Arkansas. For 22 years, Stewart has been guiding duck hunts from an outfit based in Portland, Ark. He says the Mississippi delta is prime ground for duck hunters. Stewart has been married for 23 years. “I married a good girl from Hamburg (Arkansas).” The Stewarts have two children, a 21-year-old son who works for John Deere and a 19-yearold daughter who is in the pre-vet program at Louisiana Tech.

“I’m awful proud of my kids,” Stewart said. “I wasn’t around a lot and their mother done a good job.” It’s obvious family is important to Stewart.

“I’m 45 years old and I tell my daddy I love him every day. He’s 70 years old and he was out there loading hay today. He bought this team of horses and he got run over just a while ago. He won’t slow down.”

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Shows By Savanna Simmons

ven before the big event, there are some big events.

The week prior to the official start of the Black Hills Stock Show is dedicated in large part to American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) shows. The Zoetis Animal Health Winter Classic AQHA Horse Show starts Jan. 24 with a double-judged show with halter, ranch riding, and roping classes. Another show on Jan. 25 is triple-judged with the following classes: halter, reining, cow horse, cutting, and roping. The shows Jan. 27 and 28 are also triple-judged, and have the same classes excluding cutting. Most shows have a single judge, but in these shows, two or three judges place each class, so an exhibitor can earn extra points, and might wind up with different placings in the same class.

Vale, S.D., horse trainer Dean Johnson said the Black Hills Stock Show AQHA show draws world champion show folks from as far away as Texas. Courtesy photo

For example, Luke Jones, of Allerton, Iowa, who has competed at the BHSS AQHA Shows since 2009, simultaneously placed first and second in Senior Reining at last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show. He also received AQHA points for his efforts. This show is a great start for the new season for AQHA members qualified for the world

Dean Johnson of Vale, S.D., serves as a Central States Fair and Black Hills Stock Show director, BHSS Horse Committee member, and National Director for AQHA for South Dakota. Courtesy photo

show, said Dean Johnson, a Central States Fair and Black Hills Stock Show Director, BHSS Horse Committee member, and National Director for AQHA for South Dakota. A showman himself, with more than 20 years under his belt, the Vale, S.D., man said, “With the number of exhibitors, there will be horses that qualify for world show in one day, basically.” Exhibitors can win points at the national and local level. The AQHA Show has a futurity for ropers, NRCHA bridle classes for working cow horse, and all shows are AQHA approved and South Dakota Quarter Horse Association (SDQHA) approved. “I think there’s a lot of points to be won there in AQHA, as well as money to be won in the roping and NRCHA classes where there’s added money,” Jones said. Exhibitors

also

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opportunity to pocket cash in NRCHA classes and roping futurity.

Both Johnson and Tom Coolahan, Hermosa, S.D., said the level of competition is high. They both strive to make the show smooth and wellorganized to draw horsemen from all over the nation of all skill levels. “There’s a lot of real high quality horses that will be showing there in multiple events. You get the best of both worlds, good horses and good trainers,” said Coolahan, who has been on the CSF and BHSS Board of Directors for six years. “We get multiple world champs from Texas, New Mexico, and, of course, surrounding states,” Johnson said. “We have exhibitors that have never shown before to 10 to 15 time world champs. We really strive to make it a place the exhibitors can come and bring customers horses or your amateurs or non-pros in a beautiful facility.” As a professional trainer, Johnson sees value in working hard to draw a large group of competitors. He said, “Giving our all does bring some of the elite; it raises the competition level.” Johnson said believes this

extra effort brings out the best in the competitors. “In my opinion, you’re only as good as the people you compete against.” Jones agrees that the AQHA Show attracts top quality individuals. “Some of the best trainers are at [the BHSS AQHA] Show. It’s really one of the best places to show in the roping, cow horse and cutting as well. The facilities are great and there are a lot of judges to show to as well as the roping futurities.” Johnson said AQHA shows have helped improve the Central State Fairgrounds. “We’ve enclosed all the barns. This show just continues to be a very strong asset to not only the community but the BHSS and our region.” Boe Kottwitz, of Lusk, Wyoming, said the BHSS shows are “welcoming and appealing,” for his whole family. His wife, Jennifer, and daughters, Peyton,15, and Abby, 13, have all shown in multiple classes at the AQHA Shows. Kottwitz said the show “gives us a goal to work on our horses.” w

The AQHA show is triple-judged in some cases, giving competitors the chance to earn a significant number of points in a single day. Courtesy photo

Those with horses listed in the BHSS Horse Sale, which takes place the two days following the AQHA shows, can take advantage of showing the consigned horse during the week prior to attract potential buyers.

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“There will be horses from the horse sale that will be showing all week,” Coolahan said. “That allows a pretty nice opportunity for those prospective buyers to see them in action. They can just stay an extra day or two and get both events down.” Jones said he considers the horse sale to be a bonus and is participating in both events. “This year, I will have one [horse] that will be in the sale that I will show,” Jones said. “We’ve bought and sold from the sale. I think it’s a very wellrun sale.”

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Coolahan said the horse sale is an ideal place to purchase “young prospects that can go on to show in the AQHA shows, and even some aged horses that can enter these shows now.” He said the sale features horses of other disciplines and types as well.

“We will have a wide range of horses consigned - real honest ranch horses, rope horses and rodeo horses,” Coolahan said. Hermosa, S.D., trainer Tom Coolahan helps organize the AQHA shows and also participates in them. Courtesy photo

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Workin' like a dog New semi-sanctioned format makes BHSS sheepdog trials more noteworthy Photo courtesy BHSS

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As a semi-sanctioned event, competitors can earn points toward their standing with the

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Association.

“It’s still open, so you can still bring a young dog with you,” says Jamie Spring, competitor and organizer, “but you can also enter up and get points for the national association.”

North American Sheep Dog Trials thursday, Feb. 4 1 p.m. Preliminary Round 7:30 p.m. Finals

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Michelle Weber, winner of the 2013 Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice award, creates a western art scene while onlookers watch. Photo courtesy Michelle Weber

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ome cattlemen show their best stock, crafters offer their

wares and artists can display their skills on the spot at the 2016 Black Hills Stock Show. While local artists paint and draw eye-catching pieces of art, visitors will be drawn, too, into the Civic Center Theater Lobby to view the action.

“People seem to enjoy the Quick Draw and auction as much as any event we feature,” said BHSS Livestock Coordinator Kadee Hande. Amid displays of their own artwork, each artist is caught up in the singular exhilaration of competition – not only within themselves and against other artists to create the best possible piece

– but also against a ticking clock and the brief one hour deadline for that superlative work to be complete. Free to create with their favorite medium, past contestants have chosen to draw, paint, carve and sculpt. Audience excitement is enhanced by their privilege and duty toward choosing the champion as each castsw

a ballot in People’s Choice voting. Along with the thrill of victory, the winner receives a $500 prize and the special opportunity to auction their creation for a good cause. Forty percent of the auction proceeds go to

the Central States Fair Foundation while the artist keeps the remaining 60 percent. Handee said those Foundation funds are spent in a variety of positive ways. “The electricity used during the Western Junior

Livestock Show is actually paid by the Foundation,” she explained. “Various capitol improvement projects at Central States Fairground have also benefited, including the recent remodel of the building where this year’s BHSS Buffalo Sale will be

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held,” Kadee said. “People seem to enjoy the Quick Draw and auction as much as any event we feature.” “Walking into the theater lobby during the quick draw really makes you realize you should’ve paid more attention in art class,” she added. Del Iron Cloud, recognized by the Atka Lakota Museum and Cultural Center as “one of the most versatile Native American artists today,” created the piece selected as People’s Choice last year. He excels in art of many forms and has created huge murals, airbrushed motorcycles and jets and produced realistic portraiture. Born on the Standing Rock Reservation and educated at St. Joseph’s Indian School, Del earned a postgraduate degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico and then attend the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He has continued to create art even throughout his 20year stint in the U.S. Air Force, and now lives and works in Rapid City. w

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“Participating in the Quick Draw was really a fun thing to do,” the genial artist smiles. “I was the only Native American among ten or twelve Western Artists, and I really enjoyed mixing with them.” Iron Cloud’s versatility in artwork is reflected in his mindset. “I enjoy being involved in mixed events,”

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Rapid City resident Del Iron Cloud creates artwork in many different forms. Here he is painting his competition piece from last year’s Quick Draw Contest. Photo courtesy Del Iron Cloud

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Going Twice... Bidcalling contest draws entrants from surrounding states By Nicole Michaels

ass Justin Biesheuvel on the road these days, and if you see him talking to himself, he’s not on his Bluetooth.

“I practice pit calls going down the road,” says Biesheuvel of Gillette Wyoming. “I don’t even turn on the radio.” Biesheuvel is a twotime finalist in the bid competition at the Black Hills Stock Show, where

auctioneers bring three of their own items to sell and compete for the top five spots. Finalists are then introduced to a handpicked item to sell and judged on how well they do. Biesheuvel, 43, owns his own auction company and spends most of his time liquidating real estate in the boom and bust economy of the energy town where he was born.

He also does a lot of probate sales. For the first 20 years he was a farrier. Auctioneering isn’t any easier on his back. “It’s like moving every weekend,” Biesheuvel says of setting up his own sales. But this new vocation of his is–well–more like a calling. Biesheuvel is the 2015 Wyoming Auctioneers Association state champion.

John Costello of Sundance Wyoming, likes to compete to keep his skills sharp and to stay connected to agriculture.

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Costello, 51, suffered a head injury a few years back when he fell off a roof in a ranching accident, so he’s slowed down

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the microphone. “I especially enjoy benefit auctions,” Costello says. “When out because I’ve been there.” Costello is a former rodeo

announcer, ranch hand and he worked the pens at sale barns. Dawn Luckett, secretary of the South Dakota Auctioneers Association, says amateurs are welcome to try their hand at the bids but most competitors are experienced. w

neat appearance, and the clarity of their delivery. “How well you can understand them when they talk that fast,” Luckett says. “That’s important.”

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Costello says calling is good therapy after his head injury. “I don’t do the really long days any more but this helps keep me in shape.” Biesheuvel logged 30,000 miles on his Dodge pickup last year. That’s 30,000 miles of practice time, so he should be competitive entering his third year. “It is nerve wracking calling in front of your peers,” he says. “But I’m a competitive person and looking forward to it.” The top five auctioneers will advance to the finals with winners receiving buckles, plaques, and cash. Entries are limited to 20, and the event has grown every year since it started in 2014. This time around some of the proceeds go to the Central State Fair Association.

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FUTURE OF KREBS RANCH IN EAGER HANDS By Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns

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rebs Ranch Genetics is a familiar and popular catchphrase in the world of good Angus cattle, and if 10-year-old Sage Krebs keeps up his current pace, folk might begin applying the term on a human level. Supporting the old saying “good blood runs true” Sage is pacing right along

in the big bootprints of his grandfather Eldon. His sights are set on the 2016 Black Hills Stock Show (BHSS) for another landmark on his journey, taking to the livestock show ring there in hopes of upholding the family’s winning ways. Sage’s grandfather, Eldon Krebs, was ranch-

reared in Nebraska, then branched out to employment on premiere beef breeding farms in Ohio and Colorado before settling with his helpmate Louisa on good Sandhills grass and water in 1979. With perfect teamwork – Eldon oversees the ranch and employees while Louisa keeps the office organized and lined out –

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the new field of artificial positively influencing the he says. “They always sent insemination, provided Angus industry across the a handful of really good the foundation upon Midwest. ones up there, mostly to which Krebs Ranch present their product to a Eldon was still working produced a string of sizable crowd.” for the Ken Caryl Ranch champion individuals, the first time he showed Krebs Ranch has pens and carloads Angus cattle at BHSS. As continued to exhibit at in National Western he recalls, it was the mid- BHSS, with Eldon and Stock Jangula Show (NWSS) Water Solar Pump Post Pullers 1970s. “I think they sawTank it & Louisa’s daughter Kami competition; as well as as a good advertising tool,” and their son Ty both

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having frequented the show rings there. The ranch is also a repeat consignor to the BHSS Horse Sale, with two lots listed for 2016. No wonder young Sage is itching to break into the family tradition, third generation to enter the show ring with a hunk of prime beef at the end of his lead. There is one major difference between him and grandfather Eldon, though – the color of hide that prime beef is wearing. Sage is developing into “a Hereford man” – and accomplishing that in spite of the black cattle that have taken precedence in the family’s bloodlines over the last several decades. For a long-time, dyedin-the-wool premiere Angus breeder, Eldon is surprisingly lacking in breed prejudice. He says, “When we first entered into the Angus business, the dominant breed was Hereford. Then Angus became the dominant breed. Right now we’re seeing more Hereford cattle, and they are becoming as popular as they’ve been for several years.”

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“We all know a black baldy is a really good animal,” Eldon chuckles, “and they’re part Hereford.” The experienced stockman explains, “I think there’s a cycle that rotates around over a period of years, and we’re seeing that swing now, back toward Herefords. Angus will always remain

strong, but the Herefords are sure enjoying more popularity right now.” Pride sounds in Eldon’s voice when he speaks of his grandson Sage, his cattle savvy and his determination to breed Herefords. The two really enjoy each other’s company. “Any

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returning to the ranch to implement his strong work ethic, work the fields, and raise his family. A man of many talents, Ty is indispensable fitting cattle for sales and shows, but can regularly be found irrigating, haying, and guiding construction around the ranch, or overseeing their trucking operations. Naturally, the job he enjoys most is rearing his and Kaleigh’s son Sage. Eldon and Louisa’s daughter Kami also grew up on the home ranch and attended OSU. From a journalism/advertising major and competitor on the OSU rodeo team she moved to employment with the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, working for them for seven years as a strong developmental promoter. Kami’s husband Jake, another OSU grad, was general manager of the Rolling R3 Ranch in Oklahoma for several years before the team became a part of the family business in 2007. Jake is involved in marketing and customer relations and is the Krebs Ranch personality you’re likely to

encounter at conventions and trade shows, as well as both commercial and purebred cattle sales. Kami works with her mom in the office and joins Jake in marketing by designing the website, sale catalogs and print advertisements. The Krebs Ranch name

is familiar at BHSS, where they’ve picked up all kinds of Angus awards over the years, including several Supreme Champion designations. “I couldn’t begin to list what we’ve won there,” Eldon grins. “It’s a very well-run show,” he adds seriously. “It’s also

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Western Junior Livestock Show this past year.” Apparently the Angus age restrictions not allowing junior showmen in the ring until they turn 9 years old influenced Sage’s decision to show Herefords, which he could

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NWSS. “One of my goals is to get the Grand Championship there,” he said, “and to win the Nebraska State Fair again, too.” This year he will show and sell a Hereford bull at BHSS. “I’ve never shown cattle there before, but I’ve been there a lot. I like it, and the good part is that food court they have.” “Eldon has been coming to BHSS since the days when it was held in the quonset buildings at Central States Fairgrounds,” Louisa says. “So we have seen a lot of changes and progress.” Eldon agrees, adding, “A lot of people really like attending BHSS because it’s a great environment to meet people. It’s also popular because it’s very economical. They don’t even charge admission to a lot of the educational, entertaining events.”

A serious word between Sage and Eldon Krebs as they prep an animal for the ring. Courtesy photo

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from Cottonwood Angus to exhibit cattle at 2016 BHSS By Amanda Radke

At this year’s Black Hills Stock Show, spectators at the Angus show and sale might notice a fresh face in the ring — Braeden Bauman, an 11-year old ranch kid from Pipestone, Minnesota.

Representing his family’s operation–Cottonwood Angus–Bauman, son of Justin and Ashley Butman, and grandson of Gregg and Dianne Butman, will be the third generation of his family to show at BHSS.

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who run Chestnut Angus, also of Pipestone, plan to exhibit two bulls as well. “It’s a family affair,” said Gregg. “We treat the BHSS like it’s our winter

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vacation from the ranch, and we appreciate going to the stock show because it’s a great opportunity to meet people in the cattle business and keep in touch with them each year.” This will be Braeden’s chance to sell a bull out

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through college some day.” While post-high school education seems forever away, Braeden is already looking forward to his future in agriculture. “I would like to be a rancher some day,” said Braeden. “It’s a good feeling to be able to sell my bull and save money for college.” “Braeden is really excited about showing,” said Gregg. “He’s done really well in getting involved and preparing for the show. He’s already really good on a horse and is excellent help when it comes time to AI cows. Getting kids involved at a young age teaches them the business side of ranching, gives them a sense of responsibility, and teaches them firsthand about money management. There’s no better time to start these lessons than when kids are young.” Braeden isn’t exactly a novice when it comes to showing. He joined 4-H at 8 years old and has been showing ever since. “I’ve watched my parents and grandparents show my whole life,” said Braeden.

“I thought it would be good for me to try showing cattle in 4-H, and I really liked it. I hope it goes well at the stock show with my bull, and it’s fun to travel with my family.”

Braeden Bauman continues the family tradition of showing cattle and will show a bull at the 2016 BHSS out of his first show heifer, which he purchased at nine years old.

Cottonwood Angus has been attending BHSS since the very beginning, and aside from a few years in the 1970s when the Butmans started their own bull sale, they’ve been there ever since. In the second year of BHSS, Cottonwood Angus had the Grand Champion bull, and they’ve kept the winning in the family many times over the years. Daughter Sherri and Chestnut Angus had the w

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champion Angus bull the last two years at BHSS.

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“BHSS is a laid back event with lots of booths and attractions geared toward cattlemen,” said Gregg. “It’s a great place to learn more about the rapidly changing technologies and equipment available to the livestock industry and learn from

Another benefit of events like BHSS is having the opportunity to talk to consumers — something Gregg believes should be a priority for every rancher.

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Each year, the operation hosts a female sale in the fall and bull sale in the spring. Cottonwood Angus’ 40th Annual Bull Sale will be held on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Philip Livestock Auction. “Many of our customers know us from BHSS, so it makes sense for us to offer our bulls for sale in Philip instead of having a sale back in Minnesota,” said Gregg. “We strive to offer the best quality genetics for commercial cattlemen.” With generations involved in the cattle business and a passion for the Angus cattle they raise, it’s no surprise the Butmans were recognized as the 2014 Minnesota Farm Family of the Year. Spectators should watch for Braeden and his family to continue their tradition of raising, showing and selling high-quality Angus genetics at the BHSS for many years to come.

Booth’s Cherry Creek Angus Performance Cattle for ANY Altitude!

For the past two years we have summered 90 of our weaned fall bulls at 8,000’ feet in Centennial, WY where we had Dr. Tim Holt PAP test them. We couldn’t be any happier with the results. V A R Reserve 1111 18 Sons Average PAP 39

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They All Sell In Our Annual ‘Progress Through Performance’ Bull Sale SELLING: 170 BULLS

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South Dakota Hosts Premier PRCA Rodeo Events in Rapid City!

orld Champions, Badland Circuit Champions, C o l l e g e Champions and High School Champions all are coming to compete in South Dakota’s biggest nine-day rodeo event in Rapid City, Jan. 29 through Feb. 6 in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center’s Barnett Arena.

The 39th annual event will showcase some of the nation’s strongest competitors as they compete for World Standings and over $330,000 in cash and prizes. The schedule includes PRCA elite events; two PRCA Xtreme Bull Tours, five PRCA Rodeos, Sutton Ranch Rodeo, 20X South Dakota High School Rodeo Showcase, PRCA Timed Event Slack, KBHB Bucking Horse Sale and the PRCA Wrangler’s Champion Challenge,

one of ten exclusive rodeos in a team series featuring the top competitors in the world that will be televised on CBS Sports Network. Since 1978, this rodeo has been renowned as one of the country’s leading platforms for men and women to test their skill, training, and dedication. This rodeo has been nominated 16 times for the “PRCA Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year,” and has won this prestigious award twice. It also won the Badland’s Circuit “2013 Rodeo of the Year.” This is a reflection of the top-quality competitors and rodeo personnel that work this event. PRCA’s 2014 Announcer of the Year, Wayne Brooks and Justin McKee, “Voice of the PBR,” will be calling the rodeo action. They will be joined by PRCA barrel men, Dennis Halstead, 6X Canadian Clown of the Year and Justin Rumford, the 2015 Clown of the Year and 2015 Coors Man in the Can.

In the Barnett Arena, there will be world champion competitors, starting Friday with Xtreme Bulls and Saturday’s PRCA Rodeo and Xtreme Bulls. Sunday will see the future stars in the 20X High School Showcase rodeo, along with a Rodeo College Fair. Monday features the Sutton Ranch Rodeo Preliminary Round and Finals. Tuesday has Touchstone Energy Safety Seminars for the youth, followed by PRCA Timed Event Slack including tie down, steer wrestling and team roping. Wednesday night is a “Mini-NFR,” with PRCA’s eleven-team Wrangler Champion Challenge event. The top twenty competitors in each event from the 2015 world standings were draft-eligible to participate in the $128,000 event. Two of the teams are made up by the leaders in the 2016 world standings and the 2016 Wrangler Million Dollar Tour w

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standings. The World Standings team is sponsored by Rapid City’s CVB. Come cheer on Rapid City’s team! All 88 team members are the best in the world and will be signing autographs in the Barnett Arena following the event.

Thursday kicks off the remaining four PRCA Rodeo performances, along with the KBHB Bucking Horse Sale Friday, Feb. 5. Top bucking stock will compete with new and upcoming riders for top dollar sales. There is

something for everyone with the free to the public Touchstone Energy Safety Seminars, a college fair for rodeo students and Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinics, one of the state’s top horse trainers Jan. 30, Feb. 3 and 6.

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at www.gotmine.com or 1-800-got-mine Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, SD.

2016 Rodeo Events

Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Barnett Arena.

Friday, Jan. 29 4 p.m. Press Party Friday, Jan. 29 7:30 p.m. *PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour The Xtreme Bulls Tour format features 30 top PRCA contestants competing for over $36,000.Each night, 30 cowboys will participate in one round.The Rapid City champion will be crowned based on the highest score from that night of competition.

Saturday, Jan. 30 9 a.m. Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinic (Free to Public) Award-winning horse trainer Rodney Yost works with a number of horses at different riding levels to show his process of creating a horse that respects the rider. Subjects covered include handling your horse on the ground to gain control of his body and respect; softening and flexing from the ground and saddle; body control from the ground and saddle; rider safety from the ground and saddle and advanced horsemanship maneuvers while riding and a bareback/bridle less riding demonstration. Feel free to ask questions throughout the demonstration to ensure you obtain the most from this experience.

Sunday, Jan. 31 1 p.m. South Dakota High School 20X Showcase This rodeo features the top three high school rodeo competitors in 10 events from all four regions of the state. Watch the state’s top high school athletes compete for scholarships, team travel funds from Farm Credit Services and the prized Maynard Trophy Buckles.

Monday, Feb. 1 10 a.m. Sutton Ranch Rodeo Preliminary Round Four person teams compete in compulsory preliminary events. Teams are competing for $10,000 in prize money. The top 12 teams advance to the Finals Monday night.

Monday, Feb. 1 7:30 p.m. Sutton Ranch Rodeo Finals Twelve, 4-person teams plus a mutton bustin’ contestant compete in progressive final events to determine the championship team. Teams are competing for $10,000 purse, prize money to top teams, and awards to champions, Top Hand and Top Steed.

Saturday, Jan. 30 1:30 p.m. *PRCA Rodeo/Military Appreciation

Tuesday, Feb. 2 1 p.m. PRCA Timed Event Slack (Free to Public)

One of the best PRCA rodeos in the nation, nominated 16 times as PRCA’s “Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year,” winning this award twice! Top PRCA contestants compete for over $200,000, awardwinning rodeo personnel and top bucking stock including “Chuckulator,” the 2012 Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year, make this rodeo a must see event.

100+ Top PRCA contestants competing in steer wrestling, calf roping and team roping events for over $200,000 in prize money.

Saturday, Jan. 30 7:30 p.m. *PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour The Xtreme Bulls Tour format features 30 top PRCA contestants competing for over $36,000.Each night, 30 cowboys will participate in one round. The Rapid City champion will be crowned based on the highest score from that night of competition.

Sunday, Jan. 31 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. College Fair (Free to Public) Held in the South Balcony of the Barnett Arena, this is a great opportunity for any high school rodeo athlete to visit with National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association coaches from South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Oklahoma and Wyoming.

Wednesday, Feb. 3 9 a.m. Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinic (Free to Public) Award-winning horse trainer Rodney Yost works with a number of horses at different riding levels to show his process of creating a horse that respects the rider. Subjects covered include handling your horse on the ground to gain control of his body and respect; softening and flexing from the ground and saddle; body control from the ground and saddle; rider safety from the ground and saddle and advanced horsemanship maneuvers while riding and a bareback/bridle less riding demonstration. Feel free to ask questions throughout the demonstration to ensure you obtain the most from this experience.

Wednesday, Feb. 3 3:30-6 p.m. Girls In Spurs Ladies’ Night Style Show, special vendors, prize drawings. Held at the Rodeo Zone/ Ice Arena. Free Admission with Wrangler Champions Challenge ticket or style show tickets ($20) only, sold at the Rodeo Zone/Ice Arena door. 119

Wednesday, Feb. 3 7:30 p.m. *Wrangler Champions Challenge (Presented by Justin Boots) The top eight competitors in each event from the 2014 PRCA world standings have been invited to participate in the $128,000 event. The remaining two spots will go to leaders in the 2015 World Standings & Tour Standings, 30 days before each Champion Challenge event. The format will be a 10-person, single-round event with the wins going to the fastest times and highest scores. An autograph session will be held following the evening’s performance in the Barnett Arena. The Champions Challenge rodeos will be aired on CBS Sports Network in a made-for-TV series. Includes a free ticket to the Girls In Spurs Ladies Night in the Rodeo Zone from 3:30-6 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 4 10 a.m. PRCA Barrel Racing Slack (Free to Public) Top WPRA contestants competing in the Barrel Racing event for their share of over $200,000 in prize money.

Thursday, Feb. 4 7:30 p.m. *PRCA Rodeo/Free Style Bullfight Semi Final One of the best PRCA rodeos in the nation, nominated 15 times as PRCA’s “Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year,” winning this award twice! Top PRCA contestants competing for over $200,000, award winning rodeo personnel and top bucking stock including “Chuckulator,” the 2012 Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year, make this rodeo a must-see event.

Friday, Feb. 5 10 a.m. KBHB Bucking Horse Sale This is one of the top bucking stock sales in the nation, featuring 50 head of Sutton Rodeo Ranch Raised Bucking horses including colts from NFR studs and mares. This is a great opportunity to view new and upcoming bucking stock and riders.

Friday, Feb. 5 7:30 p.m. *PRCA Rodeo/Free Style Bullfight Semi Final One of the best PRCA rodeos in the nation, nominated 15 times as PRCA’s “Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year,” winning this award twice! Top PRCA contestants competing for over $200,000, award winning rodeo personnel and top bucking stock including “Chuckulator,” the 2012 Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year, make this rodeo a must-see event.

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Wrangler Champions

Challenge visits Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Feb. 3

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association will come to Rapid City on Feb. 3 for one of 10 stops on the Wrangler Champions Challenge, presented by Justin Boots. The Champions Challenge rodeos will be aired on CBS Sports Network in a made-for-TV series featuring 11 top competitors in each event. The top twenty competitors in each event from the 2015 world standings have been invited to participate in a draft of nine teams for the $128,000 event. The remaining two team spots will go to the leaders in the 2016 world standings and leaders of the Million Dollar Tour 30 days before each Wrangler Champions Challenge event. The format will be an 11-person, single-round rodeo with the wins going to the fastest times and highest scores. Autograph sessions will be held after the rodeo in the arena with all contestants from that evening’s performance. This will be a “Mini-NFR in Rapid City,” with some of the top 88 PRCA contestants in the world! Rapid City’s CVB is team sponsor of the 2016 current World Standings leaders! The “Do Big Things” team will be wearing burgundy shirts. Help us cheer them on! They, along with other teams, will be signing autographs after the event and at various business locations prior to the event. Girls In Spurs Ladies Night will be held from 3:30-6 p.m. in the Rodeo Zone/Ice Arena. Vendors, Door Prizes, Pendleton cocktail tasting and a Style Show at 5 p.m. round out this fun event. Free admittance with Wranglers Champion Challenge ticket or $20 at the door. The Wrangler Champions Challenge is at 7:30 p.m. at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. Tickets for the event are on sale at www.gotmine.com.

2016 Rodeo Events

Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Barnett Arena.

Saturday, Feb. 6 9 a.m. Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinic (Free to Public) Award-winning horse trainer Rodney Yost works with a number of horses at different riding levels to show his process of creating a horse that respects the rider. Subjects covered include handling your horse on the ground to gain control of his body and respect; softening and flexing from the ground and saddle; body control from the ground and saddle; rider safety from the ground and saddle and advanced horsemanship maneuvers while riding and a bareback/bridle less riding demonstration. Feel free to ask questions throughout the demonstration to ensure you obtain the most from this experience.

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scholarships, one from Wrangler and one from South Dakota Buckaroos and two $1,000 scholarships from the Black Hills Stock Show Foundation are available for senior contestants. This will be an opportunity to see some of the best young rodeo talent South Dakota has to offer, matched up against top stock, competing in the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo venue. Combine this with the top contract personnel in the PRCA, and fans are sure to receive an afternoon of pure rodeo entertainment. â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sutton Rodeo Company

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An exciting challenge has been issued by Farm Credit Services of America to the 20X Extreme High School Rodeo Team. When the team members compete in the 2016 20X High School Rodeo at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City on January 31, they will be competing for much more than the first place buckle. If they can meet or exceed the set challenge scores, they can win, for their national team, $100 per each of the 10 scheduled events for a total of $1,000. This money will be donated by Farm Credit Services of America to the South Dakota High School Rodeo Association to be used by the National Team members for travel expenses at the 2016 National High School Rodeo Finals. “The Farm Credit Services 20X Extreme Challenge is a very generous contribution to South Dakota’s best Rodeo Athletes, and it will add additional excitement to the already thrilling Rodeo” according to Ann Sundermann, Executive Secretary of SDHSRA. After reviewing the records from the past five years of 20X Extreme Rodeo performances, the time or marking that has been set would have been reached in each event 50 percent of the time. Here are the markings or times that would need to be met or exceeded for the SDHSRA to obtain the funds. FCSA challenge score requirement:

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v Steve Mowry 1985 Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo

Free Style Bull Fight

In conjunction with PRCA rodeos FEB. 4 &5 at 7:30 p.m. Semi Finals Feb. 6, 1:30 p.m. Finals Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Included with PRCA Rodeo Ticket

n 1979, at the second Annual Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo, an event was born never seen before in rodeo. It was an invitational freestyle bullfight organized by Jim Sutton. Following the bull riding event, each bullfighter had a set time period to dance, fight and spin his way around a Mexican fighting bull trying to impress the judges and earn the most points to win the contest. The crowd loved it. There was a danger factor and thrill that kept people glued to their seats. And while no one wanted to see a bull fighter hurt, they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind if they got banged around a little bit.

The Wrangler Jeans Corporation loved it too, and starting in 1980 sponsored the Wrangler Bullfight Tour. After a year of competition at major rodeos across the United States, the top six freestyle bullfighters were chosen to compete for a cash purse at the National Finals Rodeo. Over four consecutive days each bullfighter battled the most aggressive bulls to see who could come up with the highest score to determine the World Champion. The rankest bulls were put together from all across the nation. The tour lasted 20 years, ending after the 2000 NFR. The 39th Annual Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo will be featuring a Free Style Bull Fight. Bull fighters will compete for 40-70 seconds each, trying to convince a judge their fight is best. The top scored bull fighters from each performance will advance to the finals on Feb. 6 at 7:30 pm. They will compete and one will be crowned the 2016 Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo Free Style Bull Fight Champion!

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The Birth of Something

Spectacular

By Lynda Friesz

(Printed in the 1989 Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo Program)

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Now known as the Wrangler Jeans ProRodeo Bullfighters Tour, the idea of competition between bullfighters was the brainstorm of South Dakota stock contractor Jim Sutton. Sutton recalled that in 1979 he suggested to Dave Little, special events

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manager at Wrangler Jeans, one of rodeo’s commercial sponsors, that Wrangler offer prizes to the clown who could best protect cowboys and please the crowd. “It took a lot of talking. You can imagine, a guy in a company like that telling his boss they were going to back a bullfight, “Sutton said. Sutton sold the idea to Wrangler. The first event, titled the Wrangler Invitational Rodeo Bullfighting Championship, was held at the Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo in 1979.

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The inaugural match was an instantaneous crowd-pleaser. Sutton invited six of the world’s top bullfighters, all of whom had been selected to work the National Finals Rodeo in previous years, to compete. Bullfighters Larry Clayman, Missouri; Johnny Tatum, Arizona; Skipper Voss, Texas; Wick Peth, Washington; Bob Donaldson, Colorado; and Miles Hare, Nebraska, thrilled the spectators with their daring athletic abilities during the original competition. w

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“That first night we had an exceptional bullfight” Sutton said. “There was more enthusiasm in the crowd than you can believe.”

Coffee (Texas) and Mike Moore (Texas) vied for the championship. Peth, then 49 years old, came from dead last after the first day of competition to win the contest in the last two performances. He capped his showing the final evening by We are driven. jumping off the arena fence onto a bull’s back. This was done with a swollen ankle incurred at the National Western Stock Show Rodeo in Denver a few weeks earlier.

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Rapid City remained a prominent stop on the Wrangler Pro Rodeo Bullfighters’ Tour. All of the world champions; Hare, Voss, Rob Smets and Rick Chatman have competed in Rapid City sometime in the past seven years. After being hit by bulls and injuring his leg, Voss managed to walk away with his second Wrangler Bullfighting win at the BHSS Rodeo in 1981. For the next three years, newcomers to the bullfighting competition earned wins in Rapid City. Bullfighter Bill Shaw took top honors in 1982, while South Dakota’s Steve Mowry cinched the 1983 win. Texas’ Kirby Burney debuted on the Wrangler Pro Rodeo

Bullfighters’ Tour in 1984 with a BHSS Rodeo win. In 1985 Steve Mowry was the winner, and in 1986, Dwayne Hargo. Since 1981, the Wrangler Tour has expanded dramatically. In 1989, 60 rodeos comprise the regular Tour. All bullfighters are eligible for the ’89 Tour, and each contestant competes at nine bullfights during the season. The competition has remained basically the same. However, there have been some format and judging changes. In 1989, the top six money winners of the year will qualify for the bullfight finals, which will be held in conjunction with the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. The bull fighter who posts the most

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he Rodeo Zone will feature vendor booths where you can purchase anything from Dodge pickups to livestock and rodeo equipment or a western book to read. Enjoy the Triple

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KBHB Bucking Horse Sale

his sale features 40 head of Sutton Rodeo Ranch Raised Bucking Horses including the coming five-year-old colt crop raised by Sutton Rodeos. These colts are

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7:30 p.m. PRCA RODEO

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he Rapid City Regional Hospital Foundation’s Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign is looking forward to their tenth year at the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo this year. The local foundation found out about Tough Enough to Wear Pink (TETWP) after several staff members experienced it at the National Finals Rodeo. The event started locally in 2007 with TETWP t-shirts sales at a booth at the Stock Show. Through the years, the event has grown their sales at the Stock Show and, working with local sponsors—Same Day Surgery Center, Dakota Radiology, Dakota

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West Radiation Oncology, the Rapid City Journal and KAT Country— has expanded to selling shirts throughout the Black Hills and to the local business community. The TETWP 2015 campaign broke all previous earnings records and passed the million-dollar mark. PRCA Commissioner Karl Stressman appeared horseback at the rodeo performance to personally thank the Rapid City community for their support of this important cause. TETWP 2015 saw over 180 local businesses participate by getting their employees to buy t-shirts and pose for a picture. During the week of the Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo

events, the Journal turned pink by displaying all the business photos in full-page ads. Additionally, KAT Country radio filled its airwaves with businesses proudly claiming they are “Tough Enough.” The success of the TETWP event at the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo has been the inspiration for other events that help in the fight against cancer. Our local Cancer Care Institute receives tremendous support from such events as The Cowgirl Pink Champagne Brunch, the Rapid City Rush’s Pink at the Rink hockey game and the Paint the Rock Pink golf tournament at Red Rock Gold Club.

“What started as a campaign with a pink t-shirt and a rodeo has really exploded into an entire community embracing the effort to support the fight against ALL cancers. Every business and individual who purchases the shirts, volunteers for this event and the many other events that have branched out from the Stock Show and Rodeo is a gift to our efforts. The Rapid City Regional Hospital Foundation is deeply honored to host this

fundraiser! We are honored to work with dedicated volunteers. We are honored to work with those who purchase t-shirts and donate to this event. We are grateful to our sponsors and the cowgirls and cowboys who are Rodeo Tough. But more than anything else, we are honored to help support the patient services at our Cancer Care Institute. The color may be pink— but we are supporting the fight against ALL cancer!” said Angie Kliewer, Rapid

City Regional Hospital Foundation Director. Each year Sutton Rodeos sponsors the Tough Enough to Wear Pink Rodeo during the Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo. The Rapid City Regional Hospital Foundation is featured at the rodeo, presenting a check to the Regional Cancer Care Institute for the funds raised at that year’s event. Local cancer survivors and sponsors help in the check presentation and meet the rodeo crowd.

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Girls in Spurs

Ladies’ Night wed., Feb. 3

3:30-6 p.m. 5 p.m. Style Show Rushmore Plaza Civic Center - Rodeo Zone (Ice Arena)

Admission is free with a ticket to the Wrangler Champions Challenge, or $20 at the door

Black Hills Stock Show Limousin Show & Sale Friday, Feb. 5, 2016

Show at 9 am. Sale at 1 pm. Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, SD

Selling 34 bulls & 4 Females

Selling 38 Lots: (34 Bulls: 17 yearlings, 10 fall yearlings, 7 two-year-olds; 4 Females: 2 open, 2 bred) SD Limousin Assoc Banquet & Benefit Auction Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 Social 6 pm, Banquet & Auction 7 pm Ramkota Hotel 2111 N LaCrosse St, Rapid City, SD 605-343-8550 All times MST The 2015 champion bull was exhibited by Wulf Cattle, Morris, MN.

Auctioneer: C.K. “Sonny” Booth (918) 533-5587 Sale Day Contacts: Chisum Peterson, Breed Rep: 605-730-4214 Dean Summerbell, HLA: 612-963-3799 Andy Rest, NALF/LW: 406-670-5678

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Boyer Family Farms, Jason Boyer, Weldon, IA........................641-340-5963 Bruner Limousin, E. John Bruner, Winfred, SD .....................605-482-8208 Riley Buck, Bryant, SD.............................................................. 605-881-4260 DeRungs Limousin, Logan DeRungs, Ramona, SD ..............605-480-2442 Franseen Limousin, John Franseen, Marshfield, WI...............715-207-8165 JLX Limousin, Julie Montagne, Elk Point, SD ........................605-310-0791 Leonard Limousin, Mark Leonard, Holstein, IA..................... 712-368-2611 Ludens Family Limousin, Viborg, SD, Gordy Ludens ........... 605-661-6470 Lura Limousin, Mark Willette, Delavan, MN..........................605-695-3129 Peterson¹s L7 Bar Limousin, Cade Peterson, Pukwana, SD ...605-730-0705 Rafter RS Cattle, Reid Stranberg, Buffalo, SD.........................320-212-9211 ROMN Limousin, ³Cookie² Nielsen, Arlington, SD...............605-203-0903 Spring Creeks Cattle Co, Bob Mitchell, Wauzeka, WI ........... 608-553-8070 Symens Brothers Limousin, John Symens, Amherst, SD .......605-448-2624 Venner Limousin, Jim Venner, Breda, IA .................................712-830-8381 Wulf Cattle, Casey Fanta, Morris, MN.................................... 320-288-6128

eturning to the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center is the Girls in Spurs Ladies’ Night! Come pamper yourself at the beauty bar with complimentary mini spa services.

Kick up your heels and sample some custom cowgirl cocktails created just for you by Pendleton Whisky. For the grand finale, check out the new 2016 fashions coming down the runway from our featured fashion retailers. And that’s not all–as an added bonus each ticket holder is registered to win one of the amazing retail prizes to be drawn during the fashion style show! The Wrangler Champions Challenge begins at 7:30pm in the Barnet Arena and is the perfect conclusion to a girl’s night out! Grab your girlfriends and head down for a night packed with beauty, fashion, cocktails and cowboys at the Girls in Spurs Ladies Night.

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PROGRAM

JUSTIN SPORTSMEDICINE

n 1980, Dr. J Pat Evans and Don Andrews developed the concept of a mobile sports medicine system that would provide medical support services to professional rodeo athletes at arenas where they competed across the country. This innovative new sports medicine system linked a network of selected emergency physicians, orthopedists, trauma specialists, athletic trainers, physical therapists and massage therapists, as well as hospitals and clinics, around the nation to provide comprehensive medical coverage to the professional rodeo contestant.

Recognizing the value of such a program and wanting to return the support of the cowboys who wore Justin products, in 1981 the Justin Boot Company became the only sponsor the program has known in its years of service. From its modest beginnings at some 10 Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) sanctioned rodeos and just 775 contestants treated that first year, the Justin Sportsmedicine Team® currently provides service to over 125 PRCA rodeos annually while treating some 6,000 cases. Services are provided at a permanent facility in Mesquite, Texas, out of stocked medical kits for indoor arenas, as well as from three fully-equipped mobile centers which service outdoor events. The Justin Sportsmedicine Team® also provides medical services at some ten PRCA Xtreme Bulls events annually. Upon the retirement of the program’s founders in 2010, The Justin Sportsmedicine Team® came under the leadership of new Executive Director, Mike Rich, and Medical Director, Dr. Tandy Freeman. Among the most recent additions to the program include three brand new mobile medicine centers, four laptop computers, and injury-tracking computer software to better service the needs of the traveling rodeo competitor.

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History T

he history of Sutton Rodeo Company parallels the growth and development of rodeo for nearly the entire 20th century and beyond.

In 1926, the Edwin Sutton family began producing their own rodeos on the home ranch in Sully County. Originally the rodeo was just a pleasant pastime when a group of people got together on a Sunday. However, Edwin saw a possibility for profit and joined with George Fairbank to begin a touring rodeo. The Depression shut down the productions and they did not begin again until the mid-40s. James H. Sutton, Sr. took Sutton rodeo to the next stage in the 1950s when he entered into a partnership with Erv Korkow. As one of the first members of the RCA, Sutton/Korkow stock performed at the first National Finals

2012 NFR “Chuckulator”

Rodeo at Dallas, Texas in 1959. The Company won Bull of the Year with “Baldy” in 1961 and had Reserve Champion horses “Snake River” in 1962 and “Yellow Jacket” in 1964. James was the first Stock Contractor to be inducted in the PRCA Hall of Champions in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1982. In 1968, James Sutton, Jr. became a partner with his dad forming Sutton Rodeo Company and the tradition continued. Sutton Rodeo had three PRCA Horse of the Year awards,

“Deep Water” in 1979 and “Big Bud” in 1985 and “Chuckulator” in 2012, Top Saddle Bronc of the World and WNFR. Sutton Rodeo stock has been selected to perform at 54 of the 56 National Finals Rodeos. Jim, along with wife Julie, took the company to the next level with a focus on production and innovation. Jim began the Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo in 1978, a rodeo nominated fifteen times for PRCA “Indoor Rodeo of the Year” winning this award in 2002 and

2003. Jim originated the Wrangler Bullfights and the Bailey Bail-Off. He is famous for his pageantry and colorful rodeo openings, including the openings at the NFR in 1995-96. Jim has been nominated four times as “Stock Contractor of the Year”. Jim’s wife Julie, an experienced rodeo secretary and NFR timer, is in charge of publicity and advance promotion. Jim’s son, Steve, is co-owner of Sutton Rodeo and NFR pickup man in three decades (1978, 1981, 1986, 1993 & 1995). As the fourth w

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Amy Sutton Muller, WNFR Timer

Steve Sutton at the 2012 NFR Award Banquet

generation of Sutton Rodeo Company, Steve has been a PRCA member since 1976, and became a Stock Contractor in 1982. He takes great pride in the history of Sutton Rodeo, striving to breed top quality bucking stock and produce top-notch rodeos. Steve particularly enjoys producing college, high school and 4-H rodeos. In 2010 Steve was inducted into the Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center as “Present Cowboy Great”. Wife Kim assists the rodeo company in the areas of timing, publicity and marketing, and has timed the NFR five times. Steve and Kim’s children, the fifth generation of Sutton Rodeo, while reaping the benefit of over 80 years of experience, are hard at work, looking at ways to continue the legacy and add their own improvements to the company. Their daughter, Amy, started timing PRCA rodeos in 2006 and is the office manager for Sutton Rodeos Inc., her husband Steven Muller helps with the livestock and rodeo production. Son, Brent, started his career as a pickup man in 2004 and

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2015 WNFR Brent Sutton, Assistant Chute Boss, Amy Sutton Muller, WNFR Timer

became a PRCA contestant in 2007. Son, Brice works with the livestock and rodeo production, joining the PRCA ranks in 2010. All have pursued college degrees in Animal Science and/or Business and intend to use these degrees to continue the tradition of raising 90% of their breeding stock. Grandson Shaden James, son of Amy & Steven starts the sixth generation!

Chance Worth Taking

Sutton, contractors come together in crossbreeding effort BY DEBBIE KELLEY/ProRodeo Sports News

teve Sutton is a gambling man. But he’s playing no ordinary game of chance. Sutton’s using mares as chips and superstar studs as his ace in the hole.

There isn’t much to lose, the South Dakota stock contractor figures. A little time, effort and money could be up in smoke if his experiment fails. On the other hand, a windfall could be in the cards. Patience is in order first. He and five other stock contractors won’t know if their wager will pay off for about five years. “Nope, there are no guarantees,” Sutton said. “It’s a risk, and I’ve had people tell me I was crazy. But the bucking horse world needs a boost, and I’m hoping this deal can help.” Earlier this year, Sutton, who co-owns Onida, S.D.-based Sutton Rodeos Inc., with his father, Jim, launched the Breeding to Buck Program of 2012. “I watched the bull world change from 20 years ago by trading semen. I couldn’t talk w 2015 NFR Chuckulator with Chuck Schmidt PRCA photo by Larry Smith

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2015 NFR Cactus Juice with Bobby Mote PRCA photo by Larry Smith

said Ike Sankey, a Joliet, Mont., cowboy and the PRCA’s Stock Contractor of the Year in 1999.

anybody in the horse world into doing that,” Sutton said. “Now, we’re in the same situation with bucking horses – there’s a shortage of good ones.” The

population

bucking

horses

has

been in a crisis mode before.

After

World

War II ended and rodeo resurged in popularity, stock

contractors

scrambled

meet

demand, as more wideopen

spaces

became

fenced, and fewer wild horses roamed the land.

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Stock contractors like Sutton’s grandfather James, a ProRodeo Hall of Famer, figured out how to breed horses to buck, and the process became an industry standard. Today, demand for rank bucking horses is once again outpacing supply, according to stock contractors. “It’s been the case for a while, and overall, there are more good bucking horses now than there were in the ’70s and ’80s, due to breeding, but we definitely need more,”

Sutton’s concept is simple. He rallied five competing stock contractors, including Sankey, to agree to share bloodlines of their champion bucking horses. Each brought 10 mares and one highcaliber stud to Sutton’s ranch. All of the studs had been selected for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at some point. From May 1 to July 1, Sutton babysat as the horses went to pasture. Sutton’s property is large enough that each band of mares – ranging from seven to 13 in number – had a separate pasture bordered by two fences, so the stallions couldn’t fight. Stock contractors paired at least one of their mares – some bred before, others maiden – with each stud. The crossbreeding arrangement was all horse trade – no fees changed hands, with the exception of a feed

payment to Sutton of $3 per day, per horse. Some 15 stock contractors showed interest, Sutton said. But some snubbed the program from the getgo; others folded at the last minute. Kirsten Vold, who runs Harry Vold Rodeo Co., which her father started in 1954, thought about joining but decided not to – not because she thinks it’s a bad idea but because the setup wasn’t right for her. Sutton asked Vold to pony up Painted Valley, the PRCA’s 2010 Saddle Bronc of the Year and the top saddle bronc at the 2009 NFR. Vold declined. “I’m glad more rodeo companies are working together to try to improve the genetics of our sport, and I appreciate the opportunity,” she said. “But I currently get $2,500 per mare for a breeding with (Painted Valley’s) semen, and I want to keep the value of the product. My lack of involvement w

2015 NFR Prom Night with Zeke Thurston PRCA photo by Larry Smith

is not due to me not supporting the project but of protecting my commodity.” While stock contractors sometimes arrange individual stud trades with a fellow contractor to diversify bloodlines, they are generally protective of their stock. That, Vold said, has been a mistake. “What everyone’s figuring out is we all succeed if we all share and cross bloodlines,” she said. “What Steve is doing is groundbreaking, the start of something new. It’s an easy way to breed a lot of different studs at one time.”

“The

ideal

situation

would be to end up with 10 colts that were all world

Breeding the same stud year after year results in good mixes with some mares but not others, Vold said, which can reduce the chances of ending up with a stellar bucking horse.

champions. That’s not a

Sankey agrees it’s a challenge for breeders to introduce new genetics to their stock and said he was excited to give Sutton’s program a try, bringing two world-champion mares and others who have been good producers.

Sutton said, adding that the

realistic goal, but who knows?” he said. A proven bucking horse that’s good enough to be selected for the NFR can fetch

around

$40,000,

rare top bucking broncs have sold for $100,000 to $200,000. Sutton did not test the mares in this year’s program to see if they’re pregnant. Foaling should occur in

mid-April. The offspring won’t be bucked until they’re about five years old, which is when they’ll demonstrate their prowess.

get into breeding because

No one seems worried about creating bucking horses that are just too rank for cowboys to ride.

and he’s peaked.”

“One thing time has proven: the better the horses are, the better the contestants are,” Sankey said. “I think raising bucking horses is going to spread out to more than just a select group of stock contractors. I think you’ll find investors starting to

dreams of expanding to a

a horse can perform at his peak from five years old until 14 or 15. A bull has maybe two to three years,

Sutton wants to make the crossbreeding program an annual event and has larger-scale operation. He also has visions of being able to announce success in five years. “I hope we’ll celebrate at the NFR the great thing that was started here,” he said.

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Badlands good for Sutton stock Horses, bulls recognized for their excellence hree animals in the Badlands Circuit have been recognized for their excellence in the rodeo arena. Bareback, Saddle Bronc and Bull of the Year awards were given out at the Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo in Minot Oct. 11.

Sutton Rodeo Co. swept the year-end awards, with their bareback horse Crystalyx, their saddle bronc horse South Point, and bull Tea Time.

Crystalyx The twelve year old black stud horse was selected twice to the NFR. His sire, Justin Boots, dam Easy Cut, and dam’s sire, Mr. T, were all were selected to the NFR. He has been selected six times as the Bareback Horse of the Year in the Badlands Circuit and three times Horse of the Finals. Steve Sutton says the horse has a dual personality. “He’s kind of two horses. If a cowboy can get by the first four seconds, he’s nice to ride the last four seconds.”

South Point, a saddle bronc horse from Sutton Rodeo Company, has earned his riders money in several states and was named 2015 Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year in the Badlands Circuit. Photo by Peggy Gander, Cowboy Images

South Point An eight-year-old bay gelding, he was selected once to the WNFR in the Bareback Riding, and first win as saddle bronc of the year for the Badlands Circuit.

Cowboys love

to draw him, winning rounds in Pendleton, Oregon; Houston, Texas; Casey Tibbs Match of Champions, Ft Pierre, South Dakota; Bucking Ball Gillette, Wyoming; and the Boyd Gaming Chute Out in Las Vegas to name a few.

Crystalyx, a black stud in the Suttons’ bareback string, has been to the WNFR twice and has been chosen Bareback Horse of the Year in the Badlands Circuit six times. Photo by Peggy Gander, Cowboy Images

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Tea Time has earned quite a few checks for cowboys, and took home 2015 Bull of the Year in the Badlands Circuit. Photo by Peggy Gander, Cowboy Images

The Sutton Rodeo Company accepts their awards during the Badlands Circuit Finals in Minot, North Dakota. Left to Right: Brent Sutton, Steven Muller, Amy Muller, Brice Sutton, Steve Sutton, Kim Sutton, Jim Sutton, Julie Sutton, Jason Jenson, Jim Whiting, Max Weppler. Photo by Peggy Gander, Cowboy Images

Tea Time A six-year-old yellow and white spotted bull, he is consistently a 20+ point score. He is a cowboy-friendly spinner and many checks are won on him. The animals were recognized during the Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo, held in Minot, North Dakota, Oct. 8-11. The circuit is the designation for the PRCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pro rodeos in North Dakota and South Dakota, and the rodeo determines champions from the Badlands Circuit. The Minot Yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Men host the annual rodeo. For more information on the Badlands Circuit, visit MinotYsMensRodeo.com or Prorodeo.com. 145

Directing Traffic

Courtney Peterson Schaefer carries the American flag as Miss Rodeo South Dakota at the 2012 Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo. The South Shore, S.D. woman now manages the rodeo office at the Stock Show and Rodeo.

S.D. cowgirl, former rodeo queen mans rodeo office at Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo by Ruth Nicolaus

ourtney Schaefer likes being in the middle of the action. The former Miss

Rodeo South Dakota is in charge of a busy office for about twelve days each year.

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From Jan. 27 through Feb. 7, she serves as the office manager for the Sutton Rodeo Company headquarters in Rapid City, manning the office that is the

provide livestock for the nine days of rodeo. Schaefer loves the constant activity the office produces, and

center of the action for all

throughout her 26 years of life,

the professional rodeo action

has had many experiences that

as they work to produce and

have prepared her for the job.

She grew up on a farm and ranch near Sisseton, S.D., in a family that competed in 4-H and high school rodeo. In high school, she was involved in many things: cheerleader, a state qualifier for the pole vaulting and gymnastics, FFA chapter and district president, FBLA vice-president, and in her Lutheran church. After graduating as valedictorian in 2007, she went on to South Dakota State University where she earned a degree in ag business and ag economics, magna cum laude. Then she spent a year as Miss Rodeo South Dakota 2012, representing the state’s official sport across the nation, and competing for the Miss Rodeo America title, where she finished as first runner-up. The scholarship she won as first runner-up helped fund her master’s degree at SDSU, and after interning with Northwestern Mutual, she went to work for them in the summer of 2014. For nearly two weeks each winter, she leaves the office and helps the Sutton family at the Stock Show. Her experiences in Rapid City started when, as a rodeo queen, she helped carry flags on horseback. She had attended the stock show as a child, and in early 2013, after her state queen title was over, she was asked to help out again.

Schaefer poses prior to a performance of the 2015 Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo with Kendra Peterson, Miss Rodeo South Dakota 2015 (on horseback) and Krystal Carlascio, Miss Rodeo North Dakota 2013 (at right).

Amy Sutton Mueller, daughter of Steve

The first year, she assisted another

and Kim Sutton, approached Courtney,

former Miss Rodeo South Dakota,

asking for her help in the office. Courtney

Tara Trask. After Tara moved out of

was immediately receptive to the idea.

state, Courtney took over. Her duties

“Absolutely,” she said. “I’ve been going to

are multi-fold and varied. She handles

the stock show since I was seven. Now I

the media, making sure interview

don’t have to worry about missing it.”

requests are taken care of.

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She posts on Facebook and Twitter for the rodeo, makes sure press parties are covered, and helps another former Miss Rodeo South Dakota, Jerry Luckett, with organizing the rodeo queens. She makes sure the announcers, bullfighters, and other rodeo contract people are ready for production meetings. She describes her job as “traffic control coordinator.” She readies the production meetings where decisions are made for the nightly rodeos. “It’s the behind the scenes pieces, so fans can enjoy the experience (of the rodeo) instead of things not running smoothly.” The office is located on the main floor of the Rushmore Civic Center Plaza, accessible to the public, and often the public wanders in to ask questions. She loves to talk to anyone, especially about rodeo, and she credits her past experiences for

readying her for such a role. She never thought she might have the skills necessary for such a position. Rodeo and being a rodeo queen “has done so much to shape who I am, how I communicate, and the person I’ve grown into because of those experiences.” Being involved in rodeo has helped her deal with different people and different situations as well, and her parents sensed that when she was young. “My parents knew I needed training and grooming to be a productive adult. I’m glad they had the patience, to funnel me, to learn to deal with other people with different backgrounds so you can work together and bring your strengths to the table. They did a good job of exposing me to a lot of different things, a lot of different people, and a lot of very good people.” Courtney and her husband, Dustin, work together doing financial planning through Northwestern Mutual in Watertown, S.D. She jokes with her clients that “I’m the big nerd so you don’t have to be. I’ll do the research for you.” She doesn’t have a set territory, but takes care of anyone in the country. She spends most of her time along the I-29 corridor, with clients in S.D., N.D., Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska.

Courtney, whose maiden name is Peterson, married Dustin on her parents’ anniversary, December 20, 2014. Her mom, Robyn, passed away from cancer when Courtney was thirteen, and her dad raised her and three brothers: Matt, the oldest, and Darin and Derek, who are younger than Courtney. The family is close, and the brothers love to tease their only sister. After she won the horsemanship and personality categories but didn’t win the appearance and photogenic categories at the 2012 Miss Rodeo America pageant, they joked with her, “If you would have been hot, you might have had a shot.” Working in the rodeo office for the Black Hills Stock Show is a pleasure for Courtney. The hours are long, but they are worth it. “The stock show is a lot of fun, but it can be hectic.” She enjoys working with the Suttons. “They’re fun to work with. To see how they juggle (all the duties), it takes a huge amount of skill and diplomacy. You can learn a lot from how they handle themselves and how they take care of things. “The people are the best part. The days are long and hard and can be exhausting, but it’s the feeling of accomplishment. I get paid to work with some incredibly good people I’ve grown up with. Not a bad job.”

Courtney and husband Dustin (on horseback) and brother Derek (on the ground) work calves together in 2015.

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Vendor List (By location) A A/P1/2.......................... LAZY KT DESIGNS A/P3 & STALLION ROW.. COLTON LEVI ..................................DERR FOUNDATION A/P4..........................BRISTOL’S HEARING A/P5.......ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE .......................................................... CENTER A/P6 & 1/2 OF 7.LANGES RANCH RUGS A/P8 & 1/2 OF 7............ COWGIRL STYLE A/P9............................... PAMPERED CHEF A/P10.................... CREAM OF COUNTRY A/P11-13................. COW CREEK CEDAR A/P14/23....LINDSKOV FUR & LEATHER A/P15/16 & 1/2 OF 17......... LEMARS TOY STORE A/P 1/2 17/18............DESIGNS BY SUSAN A/P19-22/25-28..................... STEAMBOAT ...............................................RANCHWEAR A/P24............................SILPADA DESIGNS A90-92/A132/A1001C21&22/E36-37/F36/ H1/1A&2.......... WEBSTER ENTERPRISES A93...LESTER BUILDING SYSTEMS LLC. A94........HIBNER INSURANCE AGENCY A95/96.................WARNE CHEMICAL CO A97......................................... KBHB RADIO A98-100.....CAMMACK RANCH SUPPLY A101/102/OUT4/17 & EVENT CENTER .................................JENNER EQUIPMENT A103/104..........................................SOFTUB A105....ARCHITECTURAL SPECIALTIES A106..............PRAIRIE INDUSTRIES LLC. A107/108............WICK BUILDINGS, INC. A109........... MOLY MFG INC / SILENCER A110........................................ ABS GLOBAL A111/112 & 0UT14.......... FOR-MOST INC A113.... R & S BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC. A114....................................... VITALIX INC. A115/116.......TAYLOR CONSTRUCTION A117/118.................SD STOCKGROWERS ...................................ASSOC./R-CALF USA A119 OUT5/15............... COW COUNTRY A120........................................MERIAL LTD. A121/OUT8/9............... VERN’S MFG, INC A122................ VITAFERM SURE CHAMP .....................................................(BIOZYME) A123/141......... FARM CREDIT SERVICES A124.. CROP PACKAGING SPECIALISTS A125/OUT18.......................LITTLE SHELL ................................................ENTERPRISES A126/127.............. WYOMING BLANTON ................................................ENTERPRISES

A128-130 & A134-36..................BIG BEND ....................................................... TRAILERS A131/133............................... BZ WELDING A137................... DEADWOOD BIOFUELS A138/139/G1-3/19-21/EVENT CENTER .........................................................GO SPUR A140..........REAVES BUILDING SYSTEMS A142.........CLARK & ASSOCIATES LAND ............................................. BROKERS, LLC. A143.....................GENEX COOPERATIVE A144/145................................... RUNNINGS A146 ........................................ PLAIN JAN’S A147-149..............SEYMOUR COW CARE A150................. RITCHEY LIVESTOCK ID A151/152/OUT 3&13.....WV LIVESTOCK .........................................................SYSTEMS A153/154.......................... BRIDGER STEEL A155/156/OUT 6/7&16.........LINN POST& ...................................... PIPE, CREIGHTON A158 ..........JASON MCKENZIE CUSTOM MADE ........................................................ SADDLES A159-161................DURALITE TRAILERS A164/OUT19............ANDERSON GROUP A165/166/OUT1/2 & 11/12/EVENT CENTER.................... BLAKES TRAILER SALES A167/EVENT CENTER....HUTCHINSON .......................................................WESTERN A171........... CATTLE BUSINESS WEEKLY A172.........SELECT SIRES MID AMERICA A173..............ACCELERATED GENETICS A174....... TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS A175 & 1/2 OF 176.........POWDER RIVER A177 & 1/2 OF 176............................. OPEN A178/191..............................BOX S FENCE/ ..................................... SUNDERMAN MFG A179................ WESTERN AG REPORTER A180/181&188/189.......COMMON SENSE ........................................................MFG, INC A182.......................... BIEBER RED ANGUS A183.......................... WIENK CHAROLAIS A184.............BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM A185................................................. ORIGEN A186........ USDA NATURAL RESOURCES A187................. DOCTOR SCRATCH LLC. A190.........................SD FARMERS UNION A192............................... HUBBARD FEEDS A1002-1004 & EVENT CENTER................. ................................... RAPID CHEVROLET B1/2...............................G BAR G SADDLES

B3.............. COWBOY COMPANY SONGS B 4-6..................KATHLEENS BOUTIQUE B7.STAR OF THE WEST HAT COMPANY B8-13 & EVENT CENTER..................RAYS .............. WESTERN WEAR & SADDLERY B14/15......................MAYNARD BUCKLES B16.........WORKING HORSE MAGAZINE B17/18...........................SD FARM BUREAU B19/20.......................... EXCLUSIVE HOME .......................................... PRODUCTS LLC. B21/22 /67-72/79-82................RM TACK & ........................................................ APPAREL B23....................................TRACYS STUDIO B24.......................... WATKINS PRODUCTS B25/26........................... GRIMM’S PUMP & ................................. INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY B27.................................. 3W ENTERPRISES B28......................GALLOWAY BIT & SPUR B29/30...............DAKOTA LOG ACCENTS B31.........JORGENSEN LOG HOMES, INC B32/33..................................HAGEN GLASS B34/35......................DAKOTA SKY STONE B36/37.................................................. AQHA B38/39................... GENTLY LOVED FURS B40.........................................RAPID DIESEL B41/42........... RANCH HORSE SHOE ART B43/44......................MIDWEST WINDOW .............................................. BROKERS INC. B45..................... HIGH PLAINS JOURNAL B46/47............................. SUPERIOR SLEEP B48-50/59-61 & B51-53......... SLICK ROCK ............. DESIGNS / BOOT BABY RANCH B54..........................FLAGPOLE COUNTRY B55.............. OUTBACK SURVIVAL GEAR B56.................................................. CABELAS B57/58................TOUCHSTONE ENERGY B62........................................ MODA-STONE B63-66... HILLS WESTERN OUTFITTERS B73..................................... SD CHIC BEADS B74................................... COLLINS SIDING B75..................................... TODAYS HORSE B76 & 89....................COMPLETE FAMILY ORTHODICS B77............................... FAMILY HERITAGE B78.......MIDWEST OUTDOOR RESORTS B83/84........... MORTON BUILDINGS INC B85.BH HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER B86............................... A & A ENGRAVING B87........................ TRI-STATE NEIGHBOR B88................... PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK

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Vendor List (By location) .................................. MARKETING ASSOC C1...................GFP/CUSTER STATE PARK C2 .................. PENNY NEWMAN GRAIN ........................................................ COWBOS C3..................UNIVERSAL SEMEN SALES C4................. HEWITT LAND COMPANY C5...... BIGGERGUN SPORTING GOODS C6/7................. ARENA WEST TRAILERS............................................. SADDLE TACK C8......FARMERS NATIONAL COMPANY C9/10.................................SCHAEFFER OIL C11/12............................WESTERN HORSE ............................................COMPANY, LTD C13....................... COWGIRLS ATTITUDE C14........................LIECHTY HOMES, INC C15...................................... FARM BUREAU C16.................CLEARY BUILDING CORP. C17/D6..................JEWELS OF THE WEST C23.................................. SD WEED & PEST C24.DEADWOOD MOUNTAIN GRAND C25......................BLACK HILLS FEDERAL ............................................CREDIT UNION C26 .FIREHOUSE BREWING COMPANY D1..........................THE WATER MOOVER D2-4.....FIORAS JEWELRY & GIFTS LLC. D5.........................................RENAPUR USA D7.... SD ELK BREEDERS ASSOCIATION D9........................SDSU COLLEGE OF AG/ ....................................... SDSU EXTENSION E1-3/44/45................WILD RAGS BY LOIS E4 -7.......................................... SLEEP PROS E8........................... WESTERN MEMORIES E9...........MUD PUDDLE MOON STUDIO E10/11................ EXQUISITE LIFESTYLES E12/13.... SOMEONES IN THE KITCHEN E14.............. LILLA ROSE INDEPENDENT .............................................. CONSULTANT E15/16........................DALLY UP DESIGNS E17....... A SPICE ABOVE THE DAKOTAS E18/19.......................THE HITCHIN POST E20.................................................. NORWEX E21-23/26/27.................................. PINK 629 E24........................ NECTAR OF THE VINE E25..................AFFORDABLE EXTERIORS E28................................WESTERN CHARM E29..................... DADAS WESTERN BABY E30.... PENNINGTON CO. REPUBLICAN ............................................................. PARTY E31.......................................AMBER WAVES E32/33.......... LINE CAMP SADDLE SHOP

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E34............................................CLICK HEAT E35..................................CUTCO CUTLERY E38-40..............LIL BIT OF EVERYTHING E41....... RUSHMORE MTN. TAFFY SHOP E42.............................CRISSCROSS CHAOS E43..................WRIGHT VISION CENTER EVENT CENTER..............TRIPLE R TACK EVENT CENTER........................RANDALL ..............................................CHRISTENSEN EVENT CENTER..........HITCH & BUGGY ......................................................... TRAILER EVENT CENTER............................. ZOETIS F1................................................ DO TERRA F3.......DAVID GRAHAM WESTERN ART F4-6...........................................PITTSTICKS F7.................................... ANDY’S JEWELRY F8.. FORTUNE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS F9..................... ROSTECH ELECTRONICS F10..................................... SPA SENSATION F11.................................. STICK THE RACK F12.............. THE WILDWOOD GALLERY F13........................ WESTERN LIFESTYLES .......................................... PHOTOGRAPHY F14........................HEARTLAND MARKET F15..................................... THE EMU LADY F16...................MODERN WOODMEN OF ....................................................... AMERICA F17...........................DEEP CREEK KNIVES F18............ SD TRAPPERS ASSOCIATION F19/20.................................... L&L DESIGNS F21........................................KICKIN GLASS F22............................................ NERIUM AD F23................. DARLENE BERGERS GIFTS F24/25......................... CADILLAC RANCH F26-28/33-35.................................... MILLER ..............................INTERNATIONAL, INC. F29...................................... BLING ME OUT F30................................. LITTLE LUXURIES F31/32....................... REGIONAL HEALTH .............................................. FOUNDATION G4...................... OLDE WESTPORT SPICE G16/17...................PONDEROSA SCREEN ....................................... PRINTING & EMB. G18/18A/22........................RUSTIC WOOD ................................................... CREATIONS G23/24............. EVERYTHING WESTERN G29.....................................KAYE’S KRAFTS G30........... NORTHERN LIGHTS SAFETY G31................KC VIDEO PRODUCTIONS G5-15/25-28/32-35....................... TESKEYS

H3..........................DAVID HARDING ART H4........................................... LA PROJECTS H5.................ROADIE THE RANCH DOG H6.........................THE HANDBAG STORE H7/8..................................D.J.’S BOUTIQUE H9-11........................................ PURSEMAN H12.............EXIT REALTY BENCHMARK H13........... RANGE CUBES MILL / EXCEL ..................................................INDUSTRIES H14..................................................NOD BIG H15...................................... BILLIE’S SOAPS H16...........RED BARN WOODWORKING H17-18A...... DALLY O WESTERN WEAR H19.......TRAEGER PELLET GRILLS, LLC. H20/21...........R CLAUSEN ENTERPRISES H22/23......ROGER WAGONER DESIGNS H24/25.......................AG TECH BUSINESS .................................................. (TDX TECH) H26....... CRYSTAL NAIL FILES & SMART ........................................................WALLETS H27-30......................................... ALL OF US H31...............................................INTHINGS H32.WILDCAT GOLD & SILVERSMITHS H33/34.........................ROCKIN K RANCH H35/36...........................COVEY OF QUAIL H37................................. TANDY LEATHER H38.............................. COWBOYS TOUCH H39....................SHAKES ALIVE/TUNING .......................................ELEMENT BY GAY H40-43....................... OAK REFELCTIONS LOWER RUSHMORE........DON BRUNER ...................................................... SALES LLC OUT..........BIERSCHBACH EQUIPMENT OUT20.................... CUMMINS CENTRAL ...................................................POWER LLC Rushmore................. HUBBARD FEEDS THEATER LOBBY...........JS MARTIN ART THEATER LOBBY..... KATHY SIGLE ART THEATER LOBBY........................ MARION ............................................. TOILLION ART THEATER LOBBY... OUT OF NOWHERE THEATER LOBBY................ JOHN LOPEZ

3W ENTERPRISES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B27) A & A ENGRAVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B86) A SPICE ABOVE THE DAKOTAS . . . (E17) ABS GLOBAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A110) ACCELERATED GENETICS . . . . . . . (A173) AFFORDABLE EXTERIORS . . . . . . . . (E25) AG TECH BUSINESS (TDX TECH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H24/25) ALL OF US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H27-30) ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE CENTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A/P5) AMBER WAVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E31) ANDERSON GROUP . . . . . (A164/OUT19) ANDY’S JEWELRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F7) AQHA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B36/37) ARCHITECTURAL SPECIALTIES . (A105) ARENA WEST TRAILERS-SADDLE TACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(C6/7) BH HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B85) BIEBER RED ANGUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A182) BIERSCHBACH EQUIPMENT . . . . . (OUT) BIG BEND TRAILERS . . . . . . (A128-130 & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A134-36) BIGGERGUN SPORTING GOODS . . . (C5) BILLIE’S SOAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H15) BLACK HILLS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C25) BLAKES TRAILER SALES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(A165/166/OUT1/2 & 11/12/EVENT CENTER/RODEO ZONE) BLING ME OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F29) BOAR WHEEL . . . . . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM . . . . . . (A184) BOX S FENCE/SUNDERMAN MFG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A178/191) BRANDING STOVE CANDLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RODEO ZONE BRIDGER STEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A153/154) BRISTOL’S HEARING . . . . . . . . . . . . (A/P4) BRUTE ROPES . . . . . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE BUSTED PEARL . . . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE BUTLER MACHINERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOUTH CONCOURSE BZ WELDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A131/133) CABELAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B56) CADILLAC RANCH . . . . . . . . . . . . (F24/25) CAMMACK RANCH SUPPLY . . (A98-100) CARL’S TRAILER SALES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOUTH CONCOURSE

Alphabetical vendor list CATTLE BUSINESS WEEKLY . . . . . (A171) CBH COOPERATIVE . . . . . RODEO ZONE CLARK & ASSOCIATES LAND BROKERS, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A142) CLEARY BUILDING CORP. . . . . . . . . (C16) CLICK HEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E34) COLLINS SIDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B74) COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A/P3 & STALLION ROW) COMMON SENSE MFG, INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(A180/181&188/189) COMPLETE FAMILY ORTHODICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B76 & 89) COVEY OF QUAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H35/36) COW COUNTRY . . . . . . . (A119 OUT5/15) COW CREEK CEDAR . . . . . . . . (A/P11-13) COWBOY COMPANY SONGS . . . . . . (B3) COWBOYS TOUCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H38) COWGIRL STYLE . . . . . . (A/P8 & 1/2 OF 7) COWGIRLS ATTITUDE . . . . . . . . . . . (C13) CREAM OF COUNTRY . . . . . . . . . . (A/P10) CRISSCROSS CHAOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(E42) CROP PACKAGING SPECIALISTS . (A124) CRYSTAL NAIL FILES & SMART WALLETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H26) CUMMINS CENTRAL POWER LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (OUT20) CUTCO CUTLERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E35) D.J.’S BOUTIQUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H7/8) DAKOTA WEST BOOKS . . RODEO ZONE DADAS WESTERN BABY . . . . . . . . . . (E29) DAKOTA LOG ACCENTS . . . . . . . (B29/30) DAKOTA SKY STONE . . . . . . . . . . (B34/35) DALLY O WESTERN WEAR . . (H17-18A) DALLY UP DESIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . (E15/16) DARLENE BERGERS GIFTS . . . . . . . . (F23) DAVID GRAHAM WESTERN ART . . (F3) DAVID HARDING ART . . . . . . . . . . . . (H3) DEADWOOD BIOFUELS . . . . . . . . . (A137) DEADWOOD MOUNTAIN GRAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C24) DEEP CREEK KNIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F17) DESIGNS BY SUSAN . . . . . (A/P 1/2 17/18) DO TERRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( F1) DOCTOR SCRATCH LLC. . . . . . . . . (A187) DODGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE DON BRUNER SALES LLC . . . . . . (LOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RUSHMORE) DURALITE TRAILERS . . . . . . . (A159-161) ENERGY PANEL STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RODEO ZONE

EVERYTHING WESTERN . . . . . . (G23/24) EXCLUSIVE HOME PRODUCTS LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(B19/20) EXIT REALTY BENCHMARK . . . . . . (H12) EXQUISITE LIFESTYLES . . . . . . . (E10/11) FAMILY HERITAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B77) FARM BUREAU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C15) FARM CREDIT SERVICES . . . . (A123/141) FARMERS NATIONAL COMPANY . . (C8) FIORAS JEWELRY & GIFTS LLC. . . (D2-4) FIREHOUSE BREWING COMPANY(C26 ) FIRST CHOICE PRODUCTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RODEO ZONE FLAGPOLE COUNTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . (B54) FMG FEED & SEED . . . . . . RODEO ZONE FOR-MOST INC . . . . (A111/112 & 0UT14) FOREVER ELEGANCE . . . RODEO ZONE FORTUNE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS . . (F8) G BAR G SADDLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B1/2) GALLOWAY BIT & SPUR . . . . . . . . . . (B28) GENEX COOPERATIVE . . . . . . . . . . (A143) GENTLY LOVED FURS . . . . . . . . . (B38/39) GFP/CUSTER STATE PARK . . . . . . . . . (C1) GO SPUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A138/139/G1-3/19-21/EVENT CENTER) GRIMM’S PUMP & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(B25/26) HAGEN GLASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B32/33) HEARTLAND MARKET . . . . . . . . . . . (F14) HEFTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE HEWITT LAND COMPANY . . . . . . . . (C4) HIBNER INSURANCE AGENCY . . . (A94) HIGH PLAINS JOURNAL . . . . . . . . . . (B45) HILLS WESTERN OUTFITTERS . (B63-66) HIQUAL LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RODEO ZONE HITCH & BUGGY TRAILER . . . . (EVENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CENTER) HUBBARD FEEDS . . . (A 192/RUSHMORE) HUTCHINSON WESTERN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(A167/EVENT CENTER) INTHINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H31) IT’S A BLING THING . . . . RODEO ZONE JACK’S CAMPERS . . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE JASON MCKENZIE CUSTOM MADE SADDLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A158 ) JB’S COUNTRY STORE . . . RODEO ZONE LAZY S KUSTOM DESIGN RODEO ZONE JENNER EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A101/102/OUT4/17 & EVENT CENTER) JEWELS OF THE WEST . . . . . . . . (C17/D6)

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Vendor List (Alphabetical) JOHN LOPEZ . . . . . . . (THEATER LOBBY) JORGENSEN LOG HOMES, INC . . . . (B31) JS MARTIN ART . . . . (THEATER LOBBY) KATHLEENS BOUTIQUE . . . . . . . . . (B 4-6) KATHY SIGLE ART . (THEATER LOBBY) KAYE’S KRAFTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G29) KBHB RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A97) KC VIDEO PRODUCTIONS . . . . . . . . (G31) KICKIN GLASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F21) L&L DESIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F19/20) LA PROJECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H4) LANGES RANCH RUGS . . . . . . . . . (A/P6 & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/2 OF 7) LAZY KT DESIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . (A/P1/2) LEMARS TOY STORE . . . . . . . (A/P15/16 & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/2 OF 17) LESTER BUILDING SYSTEMS LLC. . . . . . . . . (A93) LEVEL UPPER NE CONCOURSE LIECHTY HOMES, INC . . . . . . . . . . . (C14) LIL BIT OF EVERYTHING . . . . . . (E38-40) LILLA ROSE INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E14) LINDSKOV FUR & LEATHER . (A/P14/23) LINE CAMP SADDLE SHOP . . . . (E32/33) LINN POST&PIPE, CREIGHTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A155/156/OUT 6/7&16) LITTLE LUXURIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F30) LITTLE SHELL ENTERPRISES . . . . (A125/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OUT18) MARION TOILLION ART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (THEATER LOBBY) MAVERICKS . . . . . . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE MAYNARD BUCKLES . . . . . . . . . . (B14/15) MERIAL LTD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A120) MIDWEST OUTDOOR RESORTS . . (B78) MIDWEST WINDOW BROKERS INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(B43/44) MILLER INTERNATIONAL, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F26-28/33-35) MODA-STONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B62) MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(F16) MOLY MFG INC / SILENCER . . . . . (A109) MORTON BUILDINGS INC . . . . . (B83/84) MUD PUDDLE MOON STUDIO . . . . (E9) NECTAR OF THE VINE . . . . . . . . . . . (E24) NERIUM AD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F22) NITE SHINE . . . . . . . . . . . . SOUTH LOBBY NOD BIG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H14) NORTHERN LIGHTS SAFETY . . . . . (G30) NORWEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E20) 152

OAK REFELCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . (H40-43) OLDE WESTPORT SPICE . . . . . . . . . . . (G4) OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A177 & 1/2 OF 176) ORIGEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A185) OUT OF NOWHERE (THEATER LOBBY) OUTBACK SURVIVAL GEAR . . . . . . (B55) PAMPERED CHEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A/P9) PENNINGTON CO. REPUBLICAN PARTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E30) PENNY NEWMAN GRAIN / COWBOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C2) PINK 629 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROOM 102 PINK 629 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E21-23/26/27) PITTSTICKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F4-6) PLAIN JAN’S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A146 ) PONDEROSA SCREEN PRINTING & EMB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G16/17) POWDER RIVER . . . (A175 & 1/2 OF 176) PRAIRIE CHIC BOUTIQUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RODEO ZONE PRAIRIE INDUSTRIES LLC. . . . . . . (A106) PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK MARKETING ASSOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B88) PURSEMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H9-11) R & S BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC. . . (A113) R CLAUSEN ENTERPRISES . . . . . (H20/21) RANCH DIVA/SCENSY . . . . . . . ROOM 102 RANCH HORSE SHOE ART . . . . . (B41/42) RANCHER TACK SHACK SOUTH LOBBY RANCHERS LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RODEO ZONE RANK RAGS . . . . . . . . . . . . SOUTH LOBBY RANDALL CHRISTENSEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (EVENT CENTER) RANGE CUBES MILL / EXCEL INDUSTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H13) RAPID CHEVROLET . . . . . (A1002-1004 & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EVENT CENTER) RAPID DIESEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B40) RAY’S WESTERN WEAR . .RODEO ZONE RAYS WESTERN WEAR & SADDLERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B8-13 & EVENT CENTER) RDO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE\SOUTH CONCOURSE REAVES BUILDING SYSTEMS . . . . (A140) RED BARN CREATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RODEO ZONE RED BARN WOODWORKING . . . . . (H16) REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F31/32) RENAPUR USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D5)

RITCHEY LIVESTOCK ID . . . . . . . . (A150) RM TACK & APPAREL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B21/22/67-72/79-82) ROADIE THE RANCH DOG . . . . . . . . (H5) ROCKIN K RANCH . . . . . . . . . . . . (H33/34) RODEO RIGS LLC . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE RODEO TREASURERS . . SOUTH LOBBY ROGER WAGONER DESIGNS . . . (H22/23) ROSTECH ELECTRONICS . . . . . . . . . . (F9) RUNNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A144/145) RUSHMORE MTN. TAFFY SHOP . . . (E41) RUSTIC WOOD CREATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G18/18A/22) SCHAEFFER OIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C9/10) SD BEEF INDUSTRY COUNCIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOUTHEAST CONCOURSE SD CHIC BEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B73) SD ELK BREEDERS ASSOCIATION . . (D7) SD FARM BUREAU . . . . . . . . . . . . .(B17/18) SD FARMERS UNION . . . . . . . . . . . . (A190) SD LOTTERY . . . . . SOUTH CONCOURSE SD STOCKGROWERS ASSOC./R-CALF USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A117/118) SD TRAPPERS ASSOCIATION . . . . . (F18) SD WEED & PEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C23) SDSU COLLEGE OF AG/SDSU EXTENSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D9) SDSU RODEO & STEER FOR STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RODEO ZONE SELECT SIRES MID AMERICA . . . (A172) SEYMOUR COW CARE . . . . . . (A147-149) SHAKES ALIVE/TUNING ELEMENT BY GAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H39) SILPADA DESIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A/P24) SLEEP PROS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E4 -7) SLICK ROCK DESIGNS / BOOT BABY RANCH . . . . . . . . . (B48-50/59-61 & B51-53) SOFTUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A103/104) SOMEONES IN THE KITCHEN . (E12/13) SPA SENSATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F10) STAR OF THE WEST HAT COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(B7) STEAMBOAT RANCHWEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (AP19-22/25-28) STICK THE RACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F11) SUPERIOR SLEEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B46/47) SURWRAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE SUTTON RODEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE/SOUTH LOBBY SWEET PRO FEEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOUTHEAST CONCOURSE

TANDY LEATHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H37) TAYLOR CONSTRUCTION . . . (A115/116) TESKEYS . . . . . . . . . . . (G5-15/25-28/32-35) THE EMU LADY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F15) THE HANDBAG STORE . . . . . . . . . . . . (H6) THE HITCHIN POST . . . . . . . . . . . (E18/19) THE WATER MOOVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D1) THE WILDWOOD GALLERY . . . . . . (F12) TIME RENTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOUTHEAST CONCOURSE TITAN MACHINERY . . . . . RODEO ZONE TODAYS HORSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B75) TOUCHSTONE ENERGY . . . . . . (B57/58) TRACYS STUDIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B23) TRAEGER PELLET GRILLS, LLC. . . . (H19) TRIPLE R TACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(EVENT CENTER/RODEO ZONE) TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS . . . (A174) TRI-STATE NEIGHBOR . . . . . . . . . . . (B87)

TURQUOISE RANCH . . . . . . . . ROOM 102 UNIVERSAL SEMEN SALES . . . . . . . . (C3) USDA NATURAL RESOURCES . . . . (A186) VERDE VINES . . . . . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE VERN’S MFG, INC . . . . . . . (A121/OUT8/9) VITAFERM SURE CHAMP (BIOZYME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A122) VITALIX INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A114) WALKER MOWER . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE WARNE CHEMICAL CO . . . . . . . . (A95/96) WATKINS PRODUCTS . . . . . . . . . . . . (B24) WEBSTER ENTERPRISES . . (A90-92/A132/ A1001C21&22/E36- . . . . . 37/F36/H1/1A&2) WERK WELD INC . . . . . . . RODEO ZONE WESTERN AG REPORTER . . . . . . . . (A179) WESTERN CHARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E28) WESTERN DAKOTA TECH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RODEO ZONE

WESTERN HORSE COMPANY, LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C11/12) WESTERN LIFESTYLES PHOTOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(F13) WESTERN MEMORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E8) WESTERN SD COMMUNITY ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOUTHEAST CONCOURSE WICK BUILDINGS, INC. . . . . . (A107/108) WIENK CHAROLAIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A183) WILD RAGS BY LOIS . . . . . . . . (E1-3/44/45) WILDCAT GOLD & SILVERSMITHS(H32) WORKING HORSE MAGAZINE . . . . (B16) WRIGHT VISION CENTER . . . . . . . . (E43) WV LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(A151/152/OUT 3&13) WYOMING BLANTON ENTERPRISES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A126/127) ZOETIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (EVENT CENTER)

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Reg: 18278210 • BW: 82 • 205 Wt. 850/120 • Dam’s NR: 3/110 Sire: Connealy Gold Rush 026E • MGS: Sitz Upward 307R BW WW YW Milk Marb RE $W $B 1.9 69 109 23 .67 .44 64.67 148.71

Reg: 18297198 • BW: 82 • 205 Wt. 819/115 • Dam’s NR: 6/105 Sire: Raven Bullock 1693 • MGS: Connealy Thunder BW WW YW Milk Marb RE $W $B 0.9 66 106 28 .45 .48 68.60 134.54

Reg: 18303513 • BW: 82 • 205 Wt. 769/108 • Dam’s NR: 3/113 Sire: Raven Powerball 53 • MGS: Sitz Upward 307R BW WW YW Milk Marb RE $W $B 1.0 63 114 32 .72 .67 70.34 133.73

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Lyman, Lyman,Scotts Scotts Bluff Bluff County, County,Nebraska BIG SKY FARMNebraska Productive Productive farm farm with with exceptional exceptional water water rights. rights. Lyman, Scotts County, Nebraska 1,548± 1,548± deeded deeded acres acresBluff with with 611± 611± pivot pivot &&625± 625±flood flood Productive farm with exceptional water rights. irrigated. irrigated.New New1,000 1,000 head head feedlot, feedlot, 33homes homes&&more. more.

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