Cattle association meets
Jillian Welch, left, and Kelly Shumaker
The Tuscarawas County Cattle Association held its annual meeting at the Dutch Valley Restaurant on Feb. 13. The meeting marked the 33rd annual banquet, and 98 were in attendance. A roast beef and chicken dinner was served.
Doyle Shoup provided the invocation. Don Himes, TCCA president, began the meeting by thanking everyone for attending. He said he was pleased by the number present, considering the past two years of the COVID pandemic, which caused the annual banquet to be canceled.
Himes said Shoup was retiring after 24 years of service. Shoup was presented a gift card by the association. Himes asked the floor for nominations for the election of officers. None were provided. The election was held by member ballots. Himes, Kriss Raber, Eric Prysi and Mark Lewis were up for renewal. Two new board nominees were Matt Graham and Kaci Himes.
The new directors for the two-year term of 2023 and 2024 are Graham, Don Himes, Lewis, Prysi and Raber. They will join Kevin Hinds, Jerry Prysi, Justin Specht, Fred Tuerler and Guy Zeigler.
Morgan Greenwood and Whitney Specht provided the 2023 Tuscarawas County Beef Queen Presentation. Kelly Shumaker, 15, daughter of Gary and Wendy Shumaker, was crowned beef queen.
Shumaker is a member of the Town & Country 4-H Club and attends New Philadelphia High School. She is a 10-year member of the 4-H program and has taken a market beef project for six years and a beef breeding project for four years. She is the club treasurer and a junior member of the American Hereford Association.
Jillian Welch, 14, daughter of Kris and Desiree Welch, was crowned the first attendant. She is a six-year member of 4-H and a member of the Buckhorn Bandits. She is a six-year member of the 4-H program and takes beef and hog projects. Welch attends Indian Valley Middle School.