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April 25, 2008
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Information Contact:
Monica Jordan at 816-383-5100 or mjordan@angus.org
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Bronze & Silver
Pins Awarded to Taylor Gazda
Taylor
Gazda, Athens, Ga., has earned the National Junior Angus
Association’s (NJAA) Bronze and Silver Awards, according to James Fisher, director of junior activities for
the American Angus Association® in Saint Joseph, Mo. She received her pins at the recent
Raising the Bar Conference in Baton
Rouge, La.
A
member since birth, Taylor is the 15-year-old daughter
of David and Carolyn Gazda and attends Athens Academy. She is an active member of the NJAA and
Georgia Junior Angus Association, where she currently serves as secretary. She served as the Georgia Angus princess
for two years. In 2007, Taylor was a mentor in
the NJAA mentoring program and attended the Leaders Engaged in Angus Development
(LEAD) Conference. She also sang during
the opening ceremonies of the National Junior Angus Show in Tulsa, Okla.,
and started the show one morning with the national anthem.
Taylor has excelled with
her Angus cattle in the show ring and in showmanship at numerous shows on the
local, state, regional, and national levels. She has enrolled her cattle in the
Angus Herd Improvement Records (AHIR®) program and consigned
cattle to the Cattlemen’s Classic.
The
Bronze and Silver Awards are the first two levels of the NJAA Recognition
Program that began in 1972.
Junior Angus breeders must apply for the awards and then meet point
requirements in many areas of participation before receiving the honors. Applicants are evaluated in the areas
of junior Angus association activities and leadership, participation in
showmanship, contests and shows, using performance testing to improve their
herd and their progress in producing and merchandising Angus cattle.
The
NJAA promotes the involvement of young people in raising Angus cattle, while
also providing leadership and self-development opportunities for nearly
11,000 members nationwide.
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