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BEEF IT NEWS the Newsletter of the Wyoming Cattlewomen a Message from Our President Appy Fall Everyone! It’S Another Busy Time for Ranchers Volume 34 • Issue 1 • November 2018 Editor: Marcia Campbell BEEF IT NEWS The Newsletter of the Wyoming CattleWomen A Message From Our President appy Fall everyone! It’s another busy time for ranchers. I would like Hto update members on a few things from our September meeting. Wyoming Stock Growers Association President Dennis Sun spoke Join Us! with us about some partnership ideas between our two organizations. Their first idea was sharing a staff person to help plan events and promo- tions, but at the meeting we decided this was probably not a need for us WYOMING right now. We may have use of an intern through a grant that the Camp- CATTLEWOMEN bell County CattleWomen received and that intern might help us plan some fun Beef events throughout Wyoming. We set up a committee to MEETING explore options for this opportunity. KAHLA MILLS The second idea was to have the Wyoming CattleWomen presi- dent and another WCW member serve on the WSGA auction committee. By having us help Dec 4 • 2 pm them with this committee, they will give us a percentage of the proceeds from the auction. Ramkota Hotel & Conference Vice President Leslie Meich and myself are serving on that committee right now. Center - Casper The third idea is to have a CattleWomen member serve on the WSGA Environmen- Contact WCW President Kahla Mills tal Stewardship committee. They would also like CattleWomen to help with nominating at 307-660-1882 or ranches for this award program. So, if we have anyone who would like to volunteer for this [email protected]. committee please let us know, and we will discuss it at our December meeting. For the WSGA winter auction basket I would like to do a theme of Grilling. I would like Held in conjunction with the for counties to send things like grill utensils, bbq sauces, trays, and seasonings. Please try WSGA Winter Roundup to have them to me by Monday, Dec. 3 in Casper. Please feel free to call or text me with Dec. 3-5, 2018 questions, or a time to meet to get these items. Learn more at www.wysga.org Our next meeting is Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Ramkota Hotel and Confer- ence Center in Casper in conjunction with the WSGA Winter Roundup. I look forward to seeing you all there! - Kahla Mills, WCW President Thank You ANCW UPDATES By ANCW President Gwen Geis Platte Valley Companies all is quickly turning into winter! As the year is ad- Fvancing, many are already thinking of Thanksgiving for sponsoring our and Christmas. ANCW would like to help with your Beef It Newsletter! holiday shopping. ANCW has a great gift idea for the favorite person Your support of on your list or just for yourself. How about showing your Beef signs are available for Wyoming Agriculture is BEEF pride with a sign for your driveway, your front purchase. Photo: Angela Whitlock. porch, or the neighbor’s yard in town? We have “Beef It’s so appreciated. What’s for Dinner” signs that can be personalized with your name, ranch name, and even have your brand on it! These signs are great conversation starters ANCW CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 WWW.WYOCATTLEWOMEN.ORG CONTACT US: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/WYOMINGCATTLEWOMEN 307-660-1882 | [email protected] PAGE 2 BEEF IT NEWS - WYOMING CATTLEWOMEN November 2018 NEWS www.wyocattlewomen.org/membership. Memberships will Membership Report: Dues Are Due! be considered delinquent after Dec. 31, 2018. - Jenny Conrad, ongratulations to Martha Hellyer from the Fremont/ Secretary/Membership Chairwoman CLander Valley CattleWomen! Martha was the first member to send in her membership form for 2019. The 2019 Longtime WCW Treasurer Passes the Reins membership drive began Oct. 1, 2018 and we already have 40 im DesEnfants has retired as our WCW Treasurer. We percent of the memberships renewed. The total membership thank her for a job well done. It is a challenging and for 2018 was 405 members. Membership forms have been K time-consuming job. Thank you to Becky Langley for coming sent out via email, they are also available on the website at on board as our new Treasurer! Thank You 2018 Associate Members! support the businesses that support your local and state CattleWomen! First National Bank of Gillette Campbell County Lockmans Lunch Box Laramie Peak Guernsey Bank of Commerce Carbon County Rawlins Register Cliff Pharmacy Laramie Peak Guernsey J.H. Kaspar Oil Co Carbon County Rawlins Miners & Stockmans Laramie Peak Hartville Shively Hardware Co Carbon County Saratoga Banner Capital Bank Laramie Peak Wheatland The Wolf Hotel Carbon County Saratoga Graves Ranch, Inc Laramie Peak Wheatland Town & Country Realty Laramie Peak Veterinary Association Carbon County Saratoga Laramie Peak Wheatland Future Cattle Producers of Wyoming Lou Taubert Ranch Outfitters Converse County Shawnee Natrona County Casper Sundance State Bank Crook County Sundance Wyoming Livestock Roundup Bailey Enterprises, Inc Natrona County Casper Fremont County Riverton Cattle Cliffs Ranch Sheridan County Parkman Pinnacle Bank Goshen County Torrington Dragon Fly Trucking Sheridan County Parkman Platte Valley Bank Goshen County Torrington Plants Plus Greenhouse Sheridan County Parkman Green River Valley Program of Jackson Hole Land Trust X-X - Ranch LLC Sheridan County Parkman Green River Valley CattleWomen Pinedale Padlock Ranch Sheridan County Ranchester American National Bank Bank of Sheridan Sheridan County Sheridan Johnson County Buffalo Big Horn Livestock Services, Inc. Bank of Buffalo Johnson County Buffalo Sheridan County Sheridan Buffalo Realty Johnson County Buffalo Cathy M Peldo Sheridan County Sheridan First Interstate Bank Johnson County Buffalo Eisele Quarter Horses Sheridan County Sheridan First Northern Bank Johnson County Buffalo Heartland Kubota Sheridan County Sheridan HUB International Insurance Jane P Clark Sheridan County Sheridan Johnson County Buffalo King’s Saddlery Sheridan County Sheridan MTR Johnson County Buffalo Linda Ernsz Sheridan County Sheridan ReRide Western Wear Johnson County Buffalo Moxey Schreiber Vet Hospital Sheridan County Implement Sheridan County Sheridan Johnson County Sheridan Powers Land Brokerage, LLC Brooks Trucking Sheridan County Sheridan Laramie Peak CattleWomen Glendo Rose Mary Schank Sheridan County Sheridan Daly Ranch Laramie Peak Glendo Sheridan Seed Co Inc Sheridan County Sheridan Key Bar Ranch Laramie Peak Glendo Ward Ranch Sheridan County Sheridan Ben’s Bar Laramie Peak Guernsey Wyoming Electric Sheridan County Sheridan WCW Associate Members pay $40 annually, receive a WCW window cling, and are listed in CattleWomen publications and at our event booth. Ten dollars is returned to the county affiliate. Ask your local businesses to join as associate members! Collect names, addresses, contact information and dues from each business and send to Lindsay Wood, 6946A US Hwy 14-16, Arvada 82831. Questions? Contact 307-670-0171 or [email protected]. PAGE 3 BEEF IT NEWS - WYOMING CATTLEWOMEN November 2018 WCW OFFICER & COMMITTEE REPORTS who work hard at securing associate members for our organiza- Treasurer’s Report tion and those businesses who choose to support us each year! appy Fall, CattleWomen! A reminder that Wyoming - Lindsay Wood, Associate Membership Committee Chair HCattleWomen dues are due now. They can be submitted through your local group or you can find the form online and mail to Jenny Conrad, 5648 Rd. 27, Veteran, WY 82243. Please Legislative Report Good news for Wyoming as well as common sense for the make sure you include the name of your local chapter so your Federal Agencies; a Wyoming lawyer who has represented ranchers group receives credit for your membership. Affiliate dues are against conservationists and the federal government has been hired also due and help to pay for insurance. by the U.S. Interior Department as a deputy solicitor. Karen Budd- Don’t forget that Grassroots funding is available through the Falen of Cheyenne will be representing the agency on wildlife issues, Wyoming Beef Council and through Wyoming CattleWomen endangered species, and National Parks. up to $300 reimbursement for approved Beef Promotion proj- A hot topic right now is Lab-Grown Meat. Meat grown in ects. Find application information at www.wyocattlewomen.org/ a petri dish includes sugars, amino acids, salts, minerals, and grassroots.htm - Treasurer, Becky Langley growth factors to promote the replications of cells. Forms of lac- tic acid and ammonia create strands resembling a ground meat Associate Memberships Growing product similar to a burger patty. Would you eat it? Someone BIG THANK YOU to all of those businesses that have be- said, “I would have to try it to compare. I think if it’s the same come Associate Members of the Wyoming CattleWomen for A texture and taste as real meat and can be produced at a cost-ef- 2018 [See full list on page 2]. We really appreciate your support fective price, it may be successful.” As Amanda Radke says in and generosity. The myriad of activities and events that are going Tri State Livestock News, these are the same people who want or- on around the state to promote beef and support the cattle in- ganic, all-natural, free range meat? These people will boycott red dustry are possible in large part because of the incredible support meat because it has too many hormones and is “unsafe” to eat, of our communities and small businesses across the state. I am but they will eat products made 100 percent in a lab? Amazing. blessed beyond measure to live in such a wonderful place! The question is, how do we produce enough meat for 9 billion I want to make sure to highlight the exceptional work of people? We need options for producing meat without depleting our Sheridan County CattleWomen this year in adding many new resources and yet still prevent substantial environmental impact. The and returning Associate Members to our organization.
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