Quarterly

The quarterly publication of the

California Shorthorn Breeders Association.

Serving California, Arizona and Nevada

Spring Picnic

This year’s Spring Picnicchairman is Alpha Gipe. He isorganizing a tour of Central ValleyShorthorn farms including MVShorthorns (who is hosting thepicnic at their ranch facilities) andSunny Day Shorthorns.The kick off party will happenin Merced on Friday, April 24,2010 with the serving of HorsD’oeurvres and Wine Tastingculmunating in a wonderful mealserved at the MV Cattle Ranch inModesto, California on Saturday,April 25, 2010. We will send outmore information to you as weget closer.

Spotlight on QualityShow and Sale Recap

Despite average prices be-ing off a couple of percent ascompared to last year, this year’sSpotlight on Quality Show andSale was a success.High selling heifer at $3,450was LC Royal Katherine 8955consigned by Lucky CloverShorthorns. High selling steerat $1,400.00 was consigned byBrooke Bennett.Thanks to all of the consign-ers, buyers and special thanksto Hugh Mooney, our judge, andAlpha Gipe and Family, our orga-nizers.

Spotlight on Quality2010 Dates

There will be no change to theSOQ sale date and location thisyear. The SOQ sale will again beheld the last Saturday in Oct, the30th-31st at the Amador CountyFairgrounds in Plymouth, CA.

CSBA Annual MeetingRecap

The CSBA Annual Meetingwas a night of great food, greatcompany and great happenings.Various reports were given andthe silent auction was held. Themembership reelected GregCardey, Gary Witte and Gary Rose

and selected Tim Whiteld, all to

serve 3 year terms on the Boardof Directors.

CSBA Board of Directors

elects ofcers.

The Board elected Greg Cardeyas President, Cruz Valdez as Vice

President and Tim Whiteld as

Sec/Treas at its Spotlight on Qual-ity Meeting.Greg had previously servedas Sec./Treas. for 9 years. He islooking forward to his promotion.Cruz has been Vice Presidentfor the last few years.Tim is Treasurer of the FresnoUnderground Gardens Conser-vancy in Fresno and comes to usfrom Sunny Day Shorthorns ofMerced, CA.

Mike Bennett Elected toASA Board of Directors

Mike Bennett of Ducor, CA waselected to the American Short-horn Association Board of Direc-tors at the Annual Meeting held atthe National Western Stock Showin Denver. Congratulations Mike.

California Shorthorn Breeders’ Association, 6675 W. Hwy 140, Atwater, CA 95301http://www.californiashorthorns.com

California Shorthorn

Volume 38, Issue 1 - January 18, 2010

Hello and hope you had justenjoyed Happy Holidays with fam-ily and friends. You may noticethat this President’s Messageis not from Gary Witte as it hadbeen for the past 9 years. Yes,Gary served our CSBA Board ofDirectors as President for 9 years,undoubtedly some kind of CSBArecord. The CSBA Board thankshim for that extended term ofservice.I am Greg Cardey, newlyelected President. For the past 9years I served as the Secretary-Treasurer for the CSBA until thisrecent “promotion”. Cruz Valdezis still serving as CSBA Vice-Pres-ident and we are pleased to havenew CSBA Board of Director Tim

Whiteld as our new Secretary-

Treasurer. I have had a lifelonginvolvement with the Shorthornbreed and look forward to work-ing with our board in communi-cating the thoughts of our mem-bership and serving the Shorthornbreed on the West Coast. Pleasefeel free to get in touch with mewith any thoughts or ideas on howour Association can improve onwhat it does.Winter got a late start this yearbut I am sure we are all happy tosee precipitation coming regu-larly lately and look forward toa relatively wet year. (Fingerscrossed!) With this time of yearcomes the American ShorthornAssociation annual meeting inDenver. This year 2 CSBA mem-bers ran for the ASA Board ofDirectors, Alpha Gipe and MikeBennett. Congratulations to MikeBennett and thanks to both of youfor representing us at the nationalmeeting. The ASA has also hireda new Western Field Representa-tive, Jake Alden, who will be work-

ing out of the Omaha ofce. We

look forward to Jake getting famil-iar with Shorthorns and Shorthornoperations on the West Coast.Many of you probably know thisalready but the Junior Jackpotcircuit is back in full swing. (Doesit ever really end?) Please makea point of getting out to theshows to support the kids when a jackpot show comes to your area.Shorthorn youth are the future ofour breed and support for them isnecessary and appreciated. Seeyou there!Greg CardeyCSBA President209-386-0409gcardey@yahoo.com

Shorthorn Quarterly - January 18, 2010

View from the Pasture

-- January, 2010

by President Greg Cardey

Haystack Express

News you can use!

ASA Website

- The ASA Websitehas been redesigned with us inmind. There is a new easier layoutwith improved navigation and moreuseful information.

CSBA Website

- The CSBA Web-site has been updated so that it can be maintained easier by more thanone person. It has a shorter webaddress also: http://www.califor-niashorthorns.com. It has web 2.0capabilities and is easier to use. If you are interested in helping CSBA

Sec/Treas Tim Whiteld in Main

-taining the website, please let himknow.

Newsletter Committee

- As youcan see, the Shorthorn Quarterlynewsletter is in the process of aredesign. CSBA Sec/Treas Tim

Whiteld is looking for a few good

people to serve on the Newsletter Committee to help modernize thenewsletter and help with content. Asfar as time committments go, therewill be a few telephone brainstorm-ing conferences and lots of emailssent back and forth. There might bea meeting or two if there is interest.

CSBA Status

- CSBA PresidentGreg Cardey and Sec/Treas Tim

Whiteld are in the process of reviving the not for prot corpora

-tion California Shorthorn Breeders’Association. We will update you onour progress as we go.

California Membership

- Mem- bership dues for 2010 are now due.If you haven’t paid, please send

$40.00 to CSBA, 6675 W. Hwy

140, Atwater, CA 95301.

advertising purposes, current year consigners should keep track of their consignments and informCSBA of any successes. Thisinformation is vital for Advertising purposes.f. Entry rules. Tabled untilSpring Meeting.g. Next years sale: Will beheld Oct. 30-31st, 2010 at the Plym-outh Fairgrounds.5) Spring Picnic: PresidentCardey asked for volunteers to hostthe Spring Picnic. Director Gipevolunteered to chair the event.

ADJOURNMENT:

Meeting was adjourned by PresidentCardey at 10:10 p.m.Respectfully submitted,

Tim Whiteld, Secretary/Treasurer

Good Clean Jokes

Q: What do cows read at thebreakfast table?A: The moospaper!Q: What do you call a cowthat has just had a baby?A: De-calf-inated!A sign on the fence reads:It’s free to walk into our pas-ture but the bull charges.Copywight 2010 ElmerFudd. All wights wesewved.

status, President Cardey and Sec./

Treas. Whiteld revamp the current

bylaws of the organization, includ-ing the membership structure.Discussion tabled.4) SOQ 09 Recap:a. Sale went good consideringthe economy.b. Averages down just a little(-9% for steers and -4% for heifers)c. Advertisements: Director Witte suggested that we advertise

in other magazines besides PacicShowcase. He also wanted to knowabout yers. President Cardey told

the Board that this year adver-

tisements were placed in Pacic

Showcase, California Cattleman (incooperation with ASA) and with the National Association in their list of

sales. Sec./Treas. Whiteld stated

that an email blast was sent out tothe CSBA email list as well as being published to the website. PresidentCardey suggested that as animalsare sold via private treaty to juniors,that breeders collect email addressesas contacts and send them to Whit-

eld to add to the database.

d. Flyers: Director Rose

suggested that we send yers to

consigners and members to placein local feed stores. In addition,

Director Rose requested that a yer

be made up and sent to membersand consigners to place in local feedstores that collect email addresses

for Whiteld to add to the emaildatabase. Sec./Treas. Whiteld vol

unteered to design these yers and

place them on the Members sectionof the CSBA website for membersto download, print out and place atlocal feed stores.e. Performance history: For Minutes(Continued from Page 4)immediately following the CountyFair and to be administered by the

Sec./Treas. Sec./Treas. Whiteld

seconded. Motion carried by VoiceVote.2) California Shorthorn Breeders’Association corporate status: Presi-dent Cardey reported that CSBAhas been operating under the radar and that all money and account-ing information has been under hisname and social security number.President Cardey and Sec./Treas.

Whiteld will be going through the

steps to legitimize the organizationstarting with bringing the organiza-tion back in compliance with theCalifornia Secretary of State and

ling the necessary paperwork.Sec./Treas. Whiteld stated that he

needed authorization from the boardto seek a new bank account fromPremier Valley Bank in Merced inthe organization’s name after theorganization’s status is restored. Itwas suggested that a Cash Depositaccount was opened in addition tothe Checking account. Director Noble moved to authorize Sec./

Treas. Whiteld to seek a checking

and cash deposit account for the

non-prot corporation at Premier

Valley Bank in Merced. Seconded by Director Mooney. Motion car-ried via voice vote.

3) Sec./Treas. Whiteld reported

on membership structure. Ques-tioning the $15.00 promotional feeand the non-voting membershipand how it can be confusing attimes. Director Mooney suggestedthat in the process of restoring thecorporate status and seeking 501(c)