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2015 GSSA Summer Newsletter
“An Association On The Move”
July 2015
• Register Now for the 2015 GSSA Annual Meeting & Banquet
• Simmental enthusiasts from cities near and far are invited to attend the 2015 Georgia Simmental/Simbrah Association (GSSA) annual meeting and banquet set for Friday August 21, 2015. The event will once again be held at the ILA Restaurant in ILA, GA.
• The evening will begin with the buffet opening at 6:30 p.m. followed by a message from our President Cole Elrod. We will then enjoy a recap of the 2014-15 activities and events. Don’t forget our annual benefit auction as all proceeds support our association. We need $8000 to $9000 each year to meet the needs of the association, which is an association growing by leaps and bounds. Following the auction, we will present our annual awards chosen by our membership. Award ballots are enclosed. There will also be a special presentation for the host of our 2015 GSSA Field Day, the Gibbs Family. All of the GSSA recognitions will be followed by our Georgia Junior Simmental Association (GJSA) special awards. Keep in mind our juniors are our future!
• The cost of this year’s buffet which will include several meats (beef of course), vegetables and some delicious desserts is $18. (Reservation form below)
• Please let me know as soon as possible what you or your organization can donate to support this annual event. Any item large or small will be greatly appreciated and will help your association prosper. We would also appreciate a few door prizes to get everyone excited and a few small items for our junior association to use as silent auction items.
• The GSSA Board hope you plan to attend our annual meeting and banquet and help make it our largest and best ever. Remember to include names attending for name badges.
• Please complete your reservation form which is below and sent in by August 1, 2015. Reservations are a must so we can get an accurate head count for the restaurant. See you at the banquet!
GSSA Annual Meeting 8/21/2015 6:30 p.m Reservation Form
Names Attending:_________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________Farm Name:_____________________________________________________________________________Address:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Phone #________________________________________________________________________________Email Address:___________________________________________________________________________Number Attending _________ x $18 Please return by 8/1/15Mail check payable to GSSA and mail to: Donna Priest, GSSA Secretary-Treasurer
121 Bingham Rd., SW,Cartersville, GA 30120
Georgia Simmental-Simbrah Association
www.georgiasimmental.com
2015 Officers and Directors
President
Cole Elrod
Talmo, GA
Vice-President
Todd Alford
Bowman, GA
Secretary-Treasurer / GJSA Advisor
Donna Priest
Cartersville, GA
Directors
Derek Williams
Milan, GA
Kurt Childers
Barney, GA
Matthew Grogan
Calhoun, GA
Kevin Kent
Cleveland, GA
Kevin Summerville
Carrollton, GA
Chrissy Driggers
Glennville, GA
Rodney Hilley
Molena, GA
Past President
Dwight Cooper
Jefferson, GA
Past Secretary-Treasurer
Billy Moss
McCormick, SC
For more information on GSSA or GJSA
activities & events contact:
Donna Priest, 770-655-8133
Dear GSSA Members,Representing you as your new GSSA Secretary-Treasurer and GJSA
Advisor is both an honor and a privilege. With big shoes to fill I can only tell you I will work hard to promote the breed I have loved and raised since I was a young child.
As I write this my family and I are in College Station, TX for the XXXIV AJSA National Classic. We visited many sites while in College Station including the George Bush Presidential Library. The library is an awesome tour for a history buff. It includes both President and Barbara Bush’s family roots, the Gulf War era, a replica dive bomber, a hunk of the Berlin Wall and the Oval office. You can even sit in the Oval office chair. This was a great tour for our family. We also visited the sexing technologies clinic on the Texas A&M Campus. The AJSA members were able to ask questions and learn about new advances in cattle reproduction.
During opening ceremonies at the AJSA Classic Mr. Colin Woodall, NCBA addressed the crowd. He serves as NCBA’s chief lobbyist on Capitol Hill and leads the Washington, DC office in developing strategies to ensure that the cattle industries voice is being heard by policy makers. He spoke of the fact that we as producers are the main face for the industry and encouraged the youth; as well as, adults to represent on a positive front. He told the crowd to never back down and continue to represent this great industry. Mr. Woodall left the crowd with the thought provoking question, “What message can you share about beef?” This welcoming address sparked a fire in many of the juniors and adults to start sharing about their involvement in the beef industry.
In closing, we all love this industry and it provides our families; as well as, others in our great nation with beef and beef by-products. We need to continue to prove that we are caregivers, just as one would care for an elder parent we care for our beef herds. Speak up for Beef Producers!
Donna, GSSA Secretary/Treasurer
GSSA Members,
Our association is growing by leaps and bounds and it is a great time to be a Simmental producer. Please join us at this years annual meeting and banquet on August 21, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. Also plan to attend the Generations of Value Sale on August 22, 2015 at Partisover Ranch. Simgenetics will help improve any herd whether purebred or commercial operation.
Add some Simgenetics and come join an Association on the move.
Cole Elrod, GSSA President
DATE EVENT DATE DUE
Reservation Slips due for GSSA Banquet 8/1/2015
Nomination forms due (ex: Golden Book) 8/1/2015
GJSA (Lindy Davis Scholarship) 8/1/2015
8/15/2015 Southern Showcase Female Sale
8/21/2015 GSSA Annual Meeting & Banquet
8/22/2015 Generations of Value Sale
9/15/2015 Deadline for GSSA Breeders Directory 9/15/2015
Golden Book Award Nomination Form
It is once again the time of the year to make nominations for the GSSA Golden Book Award.
The members listed below are already listed in the Golden Book and do not qualify for future
nominations. Please read the guidelines carefully and nominate someone that you feel truly deserves
this honor.
Rule IV
Georgia Golden Book Award
1. The Board of Directors can present an award to recognize the significant contributions to the
Simmental/Simbrah Breeds in the state of Georgia. However, the award does not have to be
given every year.
2. The Recipient of the G.G.B.A. can be Individuals, Families or Organizations.
3. Presentations of the G.G.B.A. shall be made at the Annual Membership Meeting.
4. The G.G.B.A. shall consist of plaque, suitably engraved, and a permanent entry into the Golden
Book of Georgia.
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Nomination Form Golden Book Award
Nominee:____________________________________________
Please return nomination forms to address below by August 1st or you may email your nomination to:
[email protected]. Donna Priest 121 Bingham Rd., SW, Cartersville, GA 30120.
Bill Atkinson Bill & Nettie Everitt Dennis Pedigrew
Beman & Yvonne Boatright Buddy Fordham Larry Rodgers
O.P. Bond Edwin Fosshee Allen Southard
Dan & Sophia Brown Robert Harkins Mike & Barbara Wheeler
Mike Crowder Rodney & Gail Hilley Scott Wilson
Lindy & Nellie Davis Billy Moss Rick Wood
Jessie Driggers Buster & Beth Jeffares
BREEDER OF THE YEAR NOMINATION
The time has come to nominate a deserving member for the “Breeder of the Year” Award. Please make
your nominations in the space provided below:
BREEDER OF THE YEAR NOMINATION: ______________________________________
Please return this nomination form by August 1st or email your nomination to:
Donna L. Priest
121 Bingham Rd SW
Cartersville, GA 30120
According to the GSSA Rules and By-Laws, members may submit a name to the Secretary of the Association for
consideration. A committee named by the President will select the top three candidates from those submitted. The
Board of Directors will vote by secret ballot until one of the candidates has a majority.
Items which may be considered when selecting candidates for this award are:
Bull Test Performance
Cattle Shows
Sales and Results
Performance Records
Activities in Promotion of the Breed
Involvement in Association Activities
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ARE YOU A MEMBER? IF NOT, JOIN TODAY:
GEORGIA SIMMENTAL/SIMBRAH ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
NAME: ____________________________________________________________________
FARM NAME: ______________________________________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________
CITY: __________________________________STATE ______ZIP CODE_____________
EMAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________________New Member: ______Renewal:______
HOME PHONE: __________________CELL PHONE: ________________________
Make check payable for $35 to: GSSA
Mail to: Donna Priest, 121 Bingham Rd SW, Cartersville, GA 30120
ASA News for the Commercial Cattleman
Director of Commercial and Industry Operations: Will Townsend: The Commercial Option for Total Herd Enrollment, THE Option DDr. Shafer, Courtney Wesner, Janine Story, and Director, Will Townsend have been further developing THE Option D. The program was developed in 2014 as the commercial cattleman’s option to input data and receive EPDs and indexes on their females and a group average on their males for the $500 Option D enrollment which includes the $160 ASA membership. A win-win situation for the commercial cattlemen and beneficial to the ASA’s ever growing database. The most recent changes include a $1/head input fee for the cowherd as well as offering a rebate for carcass data submitted on Option D herds.
GSSA Commercial Producer of the Year
Commercial Producer of the Year is a producer or producers who are progressive cattleman who have used Simgenetics for several years. The GSSA Board would like to recognize two producers yearly, preferably one from South Georgia and one from North Georgia depending on nominations from the membership.
Last years GSSA Commercial Producers of the year were Steve and David Loughridge of Chatsworth, GA and Brian Grogan of Calhoun, GA.
NOMINATION FORMGSSA Commercial Producer of the Year
NOMINEE: _______________________________________________Please return nomination form by August 1, 2015 or email me your nomination.
Mail to: Donna Priest, GSSA Secretary-Treasurer121 Bingham RD SW
Cartersville, GA 30120Or email your nominee to [email protected]
Left: GSSA Booth at the 2015 Young Farmer’s Tour held in Calhoun, GA. GSSA Secretary-Treasurer Donna Priest visited with 300+ Young Farmers from across our great state.
Right: GJSA members Gibson Priest and Robbie ArnoldVisit with potential GJSA members about our organization.
Georgia Junior Simmental Association“The Future of GSSA”
Junior Activities & Events
GJSA Officers & Board Members:President: Chris Hart
Vice President: Landis Seagraves Secretary: Whitley Dale
Board Members: Steven Cooper, Gibson Priest and Macy Seagraves Adult Advisor: Donna Priest & Dwight Cooper
GJSA Member and GSSA Producer Gibson Priest receives high honors at the2015 AJSA National Classic held in College Station, TX. Priest received hisGold Merit Award for his accomplishments in the AJSA. The Gold MeritAward is only given to five individuals each year and you must complete anapplication and have received both the Bronze and Silver Merit prior toapplying. Information on this award can be found on the GSSA website.Gibson received a $2,500 scholarship for his accomplishments. Gibson wasalso named the 2015 AJSA Herdsman of the year which was awarded by theASA Board for having the most accomplished application and resume amongall candidates. When ask what these awards mean to Gibson, his reply was“In all the years I’ve been involved in the AJSA and GJSA I’ve heard the termssteer jock and showman; however, personally I’ve always wanted to beknown as a herdsman. I’m honored to represent the AJSA as herdsman ofthe year and feel very blessed to have gained the notoriety of receiving theGold Merit Award”.
GJSA Members receive scholarships
at the 2015 Ga Jr. Beef Futurity
ATTENTION: GJSA members who recently graduated from high school this is a final reminderabout the Lindy Davis Memorial Scholarship. Information is available on the web
site and the deadline has been extended until August 1, 2015. www.georgiasimmental.com/Juniors then scholarship. Don’t delay apply today!
The 2015 GJSA Round-Up Show was held on 7/10/15In Perry, GA. Simmental was once again the largest Breed show at the Futurity. Pics and Results will be Sent out in future email blast and will be on website.
Alford Livestock Service
Holly Alford
PO Box 128
Bowman, GA 30624
July 15, 2015
Georgia Simmental 2015-16 Breeders Directory
It is time to start working on the Georgia Simmental Breeders Directory. This is a great way to support
the Georgia Simmental Association and advertise your farm or business. The directories will be handed out across the
state at numerous events. We plan to have the directory ready to start passing out at the GA State Livestock Show in
Perry, Beef Expo in Perry and breeders sales throughout the year just to name a few.
Ad Rates:
Full page $250
Half page $125
If you already have an ad or plan to have his prepared, please see the specs below.
Camera Ready Ads:
Full Page Dimension 5.5” wide x 8.5” tall with ¼” bleed, live area 5” x 8”
Half Page Dimensions 5” wide x 4” tall
Quarter Page Dimensions 2.5” wide x 4” tall
Ads must be 300dpi or higher
File types must be jpeg or pdf any other file type may be charged to correct the file for print.
Email prepared files to Holly Alford [email protected]
Ad Design can be provided at a rate of $25/hour. The advertiser will be emailed proofs until the ad is like they would
like to run it. Contact Holly 706-270-3994 or email [email protected] for more information.
Deadlines:
Reserve Space by September 15, 2015
If you would like Holly to prepare your ad please submit all information to her by September 15, 2015
Deadline to turn in Camera Ready ads September 22, 2015
It would be good to have space confirmation ASAP so I can know what to prepare for.
If you have any additional questions feel free to give me a call.
Look forward to working with you,
Holly Alford
(706) 270-3994
****GSSA Members Don’t Delay Send in your Reservation Slip now and Join us for the 2015 Annual Meeting and Banquet also remember
the Generations of Value Sale will be held on Saturday August 22,2015at Partisover Ranch in Colbert, GA contact Doug Parke (859) 421-6100 for information