To all Junior Show Members:

As I sit to write this update letter. The sun is shining, snow is melting and I keep hoping Spring is right around the corner. All Junior Show animals should be purchased and in the care of exhibitors. (Except for Lambs which ownership date is 60 day, approximately March 1.)

Remember the Tail Dock rule will be strictly enforced this year. I hope all of the lambs will pass. Remember we are not doing this to hurt the exhibitor. We are doing this to help them, and enabling us to get better prices for these animals.

The online entry system will once again be up this year. There is a link on the web site. This is an easy way to assure you get entered properly with you doing it yourself.

The Dinner/Gala Auction is coming quickly. I’m sending the letter prior for the reason, I know we will much to busy afterwards to get up update out. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for another SUCCESSFUL year at the auction, with lots of fun and memories made.

You should be getting camping letters soon, from the fairgrounds, so be looking for that. Also, I didn’t realize that I forgot the judging contest entry form in the packet sent out to leaders. Please either download it from our website or I will be mailing it out with the leader letters around the first of April also. I apologize for this.

Lynn Cotter
Manager
Junior Livestock Show of Spokane

To all Junior Show Members:

This memo is a reminder to everyone that it is again time to renew your membership for another year.

We have closed the books on another successful year, and already are looking forward to the 73rd annual Junior Livestock Show in 2008. It is now time to renew your membership or be a new member. The Single membership fee is $15.00 and the Family membership is $25.00. Your yearly membership dues are used for many show expenses and make it possible to fund the awards, new contests, and premiums for the exhibitors.

Contributions of money, volunteer work and the moral support by many parents and other interested people have made this Show possible. Life time memberships are available to $250.00 single person or $300.00 per couple. Lifetime memberships money goes into the Foundation for there perpetuity of Junior Show. Recognition your membership contribution will be printed in the 2008 Junior Livestock Show Premium Book and your name as a member of the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane will be also included in the 2008 Souvenir Program book.

Premium Books go to press early in January, so we’d like to hear from you as soon as possible that we will ensure to have your name included.

Thank you again for your past support to the you who will be the leaders of the future.

Sincerely, Show Dates
May 6 – 11th, 2008

Lynn Cotter
Manager
Junior Livestock Show of Spokane

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone-

Boy, this year is flying by as they all seem to these days. The annual November meeting is behind us.

As usually there were some important topics addressed. These will be in the January 1st letter put out to all 4-H leaders, FFA Advisors, County Extension Agents, and Jr Show Past Exhibitors. I will also put important notices on the Web site, and anywhere and everywhere I can to educate so there will be no surprises.

Probably the two biggest issues are the Lamb Tail docking; that will be STRICTLY enforced as per the rule this year. The other is the importance of the CORRECT and COMPLETE information on the Quality Assurance Forms. We are going to do some education and get out as much information as we can to assure that exhibitors will have their form Correctly Completed when they get their animal to the scale at weigh in.

So be looking for your packets right after the First of the Year. The packet will include all important information as well as entry information.

I wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season!!

Sincerely
Lynn Cotter

Happy Fall to Everyone.

Boy, the weather sure cooled off quickly!! Harvest is complete, County fairs are over, Football is underway, and hunting season just around the corner; and soon it is time once again for the Semi annual Junior Livestock Show meeting. This meeting will be held November 3rd at the County Extension Building on Havana. Please mark your calendars and plan on attending. This is the beginning of the planning for the 73rd annual Junior Livestock Show & Sale that will be held May 6-11, 2008.

Dues can be paid at this meeting as well.

If you would like to be involved, this is your chance to become a key player in the planning of the show. I hate to say it this way, but things will be changing this year. Treva is turning more of the “reins” to me, and like I have said all long, I need your help to make this show more and more successful. If we all work together, we can make this the best show ever. I have a huge set of shoes to fill. I really want this to keep growing and being successful, and working together we can do this. In the past Treva she taken on SO much of this herself, so it is time for new people to step up and help out.

I have a list of things that I’m going to present during the meeting, that we will need committees set up to complete. None of these projects are big, if everyone steps up and does one thing, but for one person to do, this is huge. I may sound like a wimp, compared to everything Treva has done over the years herself, but as this show has continued to grow into the huge production that is has, it takes more and more man power to keep it a success.

I hope you see a great turn out at the November 3rd meeting. Committee meetings will be held at 9:00am, General membership at 10:30am, to be followed by the Board of Trustee, and then the Executive board.

Don’t forget to utilize the Junior show website classified section for minimal cost. Contact the office if you would like to have a classified listed.

Sincerely

Lynn Cotter

Well the new year is off and running.

The initial informational packets have been sent out and we have new people calling daily to receive information. I have even received the first paid entry back.

All the forms that were sent out in the packets are also available on the website; including the Quality Assurance Forms for all species. The premium book is also available in a printable form.

The Benefit Auction is quickly approaching. I hope you have reserved your table. We are listing some highlighted items on the website. Check them out. If for some reason you are unable to attend but would like to bid on something up for auction, please send a “BID” into us and we will be sure to have it acknowledged.

The link will be added to the website on March 1st to except online entries through Sho Works. I’m going to encourage exhibitors or leaders to use this option. This way you can be sure that you have entered everything properly for yourself or your club. There is an instruction sheet posted on the Jr. Show website as well to walk you through the online entering process. It is appearing to be fairly user friendly.

If you are a new club planning on coming to the Show this year, and would like to enter on line. Please call the office and leave your club/chapter name and at least a contact name. We will then upload that information on the web so you will be up and going.

GOATS: Anyone planning or even thinking about showing market goats at this years show. Please see the information on the website. We are attempting to get ideas of the number of goats we may be planning to have. Drop us note or even better, send in your entry form as soon as possible so will are prepared.

Think Spring, hopefully just around the corner.

Lynn Cotter
Associate Manager

As we are all very busy preparing for this big Holiday, I continue to be busy as well in preparation for the 2007 show. Oh my, it is coming quickly.

The Gala will be here before we know it and then right into the show. The Gala will be held February 24th. Don’t let the time pass and forgot to reserve your table or buy your individual tickets for the Gala. Call the office if you need any information.

I’m working fast and furious on getting all the different contest forms updated so they will all be posted on the website. We will be sending out the leader/advisor packets right after the first of the year so be looking for that information.

Again, I wish each and every one of you a Very Joyous New Year!!

Lynn Cotter
Associate Manager

Dec. 11, 2006

The November 5th General Membership meeting went well. Thank you for attending if you were able to.

The website will soon have the schedule for Jr. Show up on it and there will be many usable features. The QA forms for all species will be there this year, as well as the link to Sho Works, which is our on-line entry system. You will have the option to use this method or by mail. But surely don’t be afraid to try it on-line. PLEASE. Don’t enter both by mail and on-line though. I would then have a mess, and the barn superintendents would have a mess with penning as well.

I have hopes of the premium book also being online in a printable form. This will save tremendously on postage if we don’t have to send out as many copies.

We are going to do ear tags differently this year. Ears tags will be sent out to clubs or individually or can be picked up in the office when we receive your paid entry. We do not want to ship out bunches of tags to either be lost and/or not used. We will see how this works.

Several new rules have been voted in this year, so be sure to make yourself familiar with the premium/rule book. This is your responsibility to know the rules. We will make special notes in as many places as possible to make bring attention to these areas.

We are going to really try to use the web site a lot to get information to you. But, please remember that although we hope the website is accurate, it will not be the “OFFICIAL” listing.

Please continue to follow the website as it will be continually changing. If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the office.

Lynn Cotter - Nov. 06, 2006

Well, as I sit to write an update I don’t quite know where to begin. A lot has happened, since Harvey Wallace last updated this space. As it was Harvey’s News, now it is Lynn’s Lines, or something to that effect.

For those of you that don’t know me or I have not met, I’m Lynn Cotter, and have been working in the Jr. Show office since March. I have been though Jr. Show in 2006 and am very excited for the 2007 show that will quickly arrive.

First of all, though we all need to remember the Auction that is scheduled for February 24th and will be held at the Fairgrounds. This is the MAJOR money maker for the Jr. Show so plan to attend. A good time is always had by all.

I have been working all summer on Sho Works. This is the new computer program that will be implemented for this year’s show. I hope to have all the kinks worked out prior to the show, but please bear with me. We will have an online entry system this year that you are all more that welcome to use and try out. This will truly be a learning experience for all of us. If we are all patient and work together, it will come out great.

Dates to Remember: November 5, 2006 Membership Meeting
February 24, 2007 Benefit Gala Auction
May 1-6, 2007 Jr. Show

Lynn Cotter --- October 6, 2006