ANLS 4-H and FFA Junior Judging Contest

[Jim Sprinkle]

Hi,

We are once again seeking help with the ANLS Junior (4-H & FFA) and
Intercollegiate Judging Contests to be held on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 at
the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix. Both of these contests are held on
the same day and requires extensive help in order to pull the contests off
and show the professionalism people expect from the University of Arizona
and the ANLS. Many of you have helped with the contest in the past and we
are soliciting your help once again. I am chair of the Junior Judging
Contest and Dean Fish and Dave Schafer are co-chairs of the Intercollegiate
Judging Contest. 

We need people to help with:

1. Registration: 2 people for each contest

2. Livestock Judging Contest Coordinator for all barns:

3. Livestock Barn Coordinators (helping get animals together for the
contests in the different barns and returned to correct pens after contests)

Sheep: Coordinator, plus 2 more needed

Beef: Coordinator, plus 2 more needed

Swine: Coordinator; plus need 3 to 4 more people

Jeff Schalau has offered to help here again.

We have individual pens for the contests for each hog. These panels will be
put side by side for each class and will prevent the problems we have had in
the past with animals fighting. We just need to have someone to help keep
the hogs apart as they travel to and from the contest staging areas. Some of
the judging team coaches may not like this arrangement, but seems to be
getting more and more difficult to keep hogs separated, even for experienced
handlers.

4. Transportation of Contest Animals (Using Truck and Stock Trailer):

3 to 6 people with trucks and trailers needed here

Bopper Cannon has offered to help here again. 

5. Contest areas coordinators (Helping coordinate placement of class
animals):

we could use a 2-3 people here

6. Livestock Floater: Need 1 person with experience with all types of
livestock to be used for emergency help as needed when there's need for
another person.

7. Tabulation: Dave Schafer will be chief person in charge

could use 3 or 4 more people to help here

8. Reasons Coordinator (To coordinate the contestants giving oral reasons)

Need 3 people for each contest;

9. Card Runners: Need 2 people for each contest and for reasons

10. Announcer for both junior and intercollegiate contests

Need 1 person for each event.

11. Experienced judges with intercollegiate judging experience to serve as
judges and reasons takers for the 4-H/FFA contest.

Need 6 people for reasons takers, can have less judges if need be.

12. Livestock Handlers:

We need experienced youth or adult volunteers here and could use your help
in securing these people. We need about 12 cattle handlers plus 8 hog
handlers to be with animals during the contests. 

However, it would be good to have more handlers here so people can rotate.

If any of you have ideas on youth who can assist with this contest we will
be greatly appreciative. We will provide them free lunch and free admittance
and parking to the stock show.

Please review the above list and let Dean Fish, Dave Schafer, and I know how
you can help out (respond to cc list above).

If you are a barn coordinator, you will need to be there from 6 AM until
around 12 PM on the 31st. Reasons for the Junior Judging Contest usually
lasts until about 3:00 PM. The Junior Judging Contest registration starts at
8:30 AM in the Coliseum and the Intercollegiate registration starts at 7:30
AM in the Ag Center on the 31st. The Junior Judging Contest Awards ceremony
is at 4:30 PM in the Coliseum.

If any of you need to contact me by phone, the best way is by cell phone
(928) 970-0589.

Thanks for helping us out and we look forward to working with you.

Please contact me by either phone or email and let me know your availability
and your job preference so we can plan accordingly. 

Thanks,

Jim Sprinkle
Area Extension Agent, Animal Science &
Gila County Cooperative Extension Director
P. O. Box 2844
Payson, Arizona 85547
928-474-4160 phone
928-468-8289 fax
email: sprinkle at ag.arizona.edu
http://ag.arizona.edu/gila/animalsciences
 
 
 
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