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                          <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear
                              Extension Professionals and other
                              Interested Western Section, ASAS members,</span><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                          <p><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                          <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please
                              consider attending the Extension Lunch and
                              Symposium we will be hosting at the
                              Ruidoso Convention Center on Thursday,
                              June 25, 2015 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
                              The Symposium entitled
                              <em><span
                                  style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Value
                                  of Low Stress Livestock Handling in
                                  Livestock Production Practices</span></em>
                              has strong industry support and will offer
                              pertinent information valuable to both
                              Extension professionals and their
                              clientele. We have a stellar group of
                              speakers who will present and following
                              the keynote presentations, we will have
                              Extension professionals describe how they
                              have implemented Low Stress Livestock
                              Handling training in their state. The
                              Symposium will be preceded by an Extension
                              luncheon partially funded by the NM Beef
                              Council. </span><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                          <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Due
                              to strong industry support by the National
                              Cattlemen’s Beef Association, NM Beef
                              Council, Boehringer Ingelheim, University
                              of Arizona Extension, and NMSU Extension,
                              we are able to provide the Extension Lunch
                              and Symposium at a reduced rate of only
                              $25 per person (including lunch). We hope
                              you will consider attending this Symposium
                              and will actively promote attendance by
                              your clientele. To register for this
                              Symposium, please log on
                              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ASAS.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT00MjAzNjE0JnA9MSZ1PTgxMDIzMTk1NiZsaT0yNjE2NjA2Ng/index.html">https://www.asas.org/membership-services/asas-sections/western-section/meetings</a>
                              . We encourage attendance at the entire
                              WSASAS meeting, but if you can only make
                              the June 25<sup>th</sup> Extension Lunch
                              and Symposium, there is an option
                              available online for attendance at only
                              that event. The host hotel for this
                              convention will be the Lodge at Sierra
                              Blanca and it is within walking distance
                              of the Convention Center. Total fees for
                              the basic room at the Lodge is $131/night
                              (using the meeting code WSASA15).</span><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                          <p><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Extension
                                Lunch and Symposium: Value of Low Stress
                                Livestock Handling in Livestock
                                Production Practices</span></strong><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                          <p><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">June
                                25, 2015, Thursday afternoon</span></strong><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                          <p><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ruidoso
                                Convention Center, Ruidoso, New Mexico</span></strong><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                              <span
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                                12:00 – 1:00 PM</span><span
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                              <em><span
                                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Addressing
                                  Animal Welfare and Low Stress
                                  Livestock Handling</span></em><span
                                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
                                ~ Dr. Temple Grandin, Professor of
                                Animal Sciences, Colorado State
                                University 1:00 – 1:30 PM</span><span
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                              <em><span
                                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Principles
                                  of Low Stress Stockmanship</span></em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> ~ Guy
                                Glosson, Mesquite Grove Ranch, Jayton,
                                TX 1:30 – 2:20 PM</span><span
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                                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Introduction
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                                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">by
                                Dr. John Paterson, National Cattlemen’s
                                Beef Association Producer Education 2:20
                                – 2:25 PM</span><span
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                              <em><span
                                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Managing
                                  a Successful Feedyard BQA and Animal
                                  Care Program: Lessons Learned,
                                  Challenges and Opportunities</span></em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> ~ Mr.
                                Ben Weinheimer, Vice President, TX
                                Cattle Feeders Association 2:25 - 2:55
                                PM</span><span
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                                2:55 – 3:15 PM</span><span
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                              <em><span
                                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Extension
                                  Programming in South Dakota to Improve
                                  Livestock Handling
                                </span></em><span
                                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">~
                                Dr. Ken Olson, Extension Beef
                                Specialist, South Dakota State
                                University 3:15 – 3:35 PM</span><span
                                style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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                              <em><span
                                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Teaching
                                  Stockmanship Across the Generations</span></em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> ~ Mr.
                                Billy Whitehurst, Extension Agent,
                                Madison-Jefferson Counties, Whitehall,
                                MT, Montana State University 3:35 – 3:55
                                PM</span><span
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                              <em><span
                                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Stewardship
                                  and Stockmanship: Increasing Awareness
                                  of Beef Quality Assurance in Idaho</span></em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> ~</span><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
                              </span><span
                                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
                                Benton Glaze & Dr. John Hall,
                                Extension Beef Cattle Specialists,
                                University of Idaho 3:55 – 4:15 PM</span><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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                                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Roundtable
                                  Discussion: Future Topics and Format
                                  for the WSASAS Extension Symposium</span></em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> ~
                                Everyone present participating, Jim
                                Sprinkle, University of AZ, moderator
                                4:15 – 5:00 PM</span><span
                                style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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