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Winners left to right: Chelsea Good,
Colorado (Honorable Mention, 5th place); Jen Pazour, South Dakota (3rd
place); Sarah Bradbury, Texas (2nd); Stacia Berry, Wyoming (1st); and
Audrey Denney, California (Honorable Mention, 4th)
California
CattleWomen
Beef Ambassador Contest
The State contest was held at the Harris Ranch on May
31st, 2003.
Contestants back row left to right: Mike
Herlihy, Fresno/Kings CW; Audrey Denney, San Luis Obispo CW; Jaclynn
Scrivner; Shasta CW; Angelina Denning, Nevada/Placer CW; Brooke Barnes,
Tehama CW.
Front
row seated left to right: Judges Noelle Cremers, CCA Director of
Industry Affairs; John Harris, Chairman Harris Ranch; Jean Rosasco, Past
Chairman California Beef Council; and Coordinator Terri Woods, CCW Beef
Ambassador Chairman.
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 1st
Place: Audrey Denney,
San Luis Obispo County CattleWomen
Audrey is a 2002 graduate of
Paso Robles High School and has been
spending the past year serving as State California FFA Reporter. She
was also a finalist in prepared public speaking at the FFA National
Convention last November. Audrey lives on the family farm in Bradley,
where they raise beef cattle, draft horses and grow wine grapes. Audrey
has been active in FFA at all levels, and started her own herd of
purebred Gelbvieh cattle when she was 12. She breeds her own project
animals, and won the 2002 Champion Replacement Heifer for the California
Mid-State Fair.
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2nd Place: Jaclynn Scrivner,
Shasta County CattleWomen
Jaclynn is a 2002 graduate of Anderson Union High School, where
she was active in FFA and in Choir. Jaclynn was Shasta County's
Beef Ambassador in 2001, and has received many proficiency awards.
She is now at Shasta College and spends a lot of time horseback
and with the Polled Hereford herd she started. Her future goals
are to continue her education in agriculture and the Beef
Industry.
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3rd Place: Angelina Denning,
Nevada/Placer County CattleWomen
Angelina is a senior at Lincoln High School
with a 4.0 GPA. She has been involved in 4-H and FFA leadership
positions at the local and state level, and plays soccer. She is
planning to attend CSU Stanislaus for two years with an emphasis
in math and science.
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Honorable
Mention: Mike Herlihy,
Fresno/Kings CattleWomen
Mike is a student at Reedley
College, majoring in Agriculture Business.
He is the 2002-03 Aggie Club President, Equestrian Show Team
President and an Ag Ambassador. Involved in FFA, he received his
American Farmer degree in 2002 as well as many awards from local
agricultural organizations. Mike's goals are to stay involved in
agriculture by being an ag instructor, working in the public
relations department of a major corporation and as a motivational
speaker. He is transferring to Cal Poly, SLO in December 2003 to
pursue his Master's degree and teaching credential.
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Honorable
Mention: Brooke Barnes,
Tehama County
Brooke is currently
a junior at Red Bluff High School and is active in
4-H, FFA and the American Jr. Simmental Association. She has many
awards with her beef projects, including the 2002 CA State Fair
Reserve Grand Champion Heifer. Brooke hopes to attend Cal Poly,
SLO and major in Agriculture with a minor in Photography.
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CCW President Joan Hemsted presents
Incentive Winner Dallice Wood with her check.
2nd place was last year’s CA Beef Ambassador Kay
Merino. |
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THANK YOU SPONSORS! |
 California
Beef Council
5726 Sonoma Drive.,
Suite A
Pleasanton, CA
94566-7751
925-484-2333 |
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 Mr. John
Harris
and the Harris Ranch Inn and Restaurant
Rt. 1 Box 777 Coalinga, CA 93210
1-800-942-BEEF
Thank you for sponsoring the Harris Ranch Beef
meals! We are also grateful for the meeting rooms and lodging at
Harris Ranch Inn, and for providing Contestant Training at the
Harris Feedlot. |
To see contest winners from 2002,
please click here.
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 The purpose of the National Beef Ambassador Program is to train
youth spokespersons ages
16-19 for promotion of beef and the
beef industry. Through preparation for the competition,
contestants gain knowledge about the beef industry and the
importance of beef as an agricultural product, focusing on the
positive impact of the beef cattle industry on our economy, our
environment, and on our families as producers and consumers. |
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