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64th Annual Norfolk Beef Expo
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Northeast Community College Ag Complex
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Site of the 64th annual event is the Northeast Community College Chuck M. Pohlman Ag Complex.
Members of the Agri-Business Council of the Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce, a sponsor all 64 years, are readying the final details under the direction of chairman Garold Kollmar.
Any member of a Nebraska 4-H club or FFA chapter — who is at least 8 years of age and not older than 19 years of age on Jan. 1, 2013 — is eligible for the 64th expo. Each showman may exhibit two market cattle, with a $25 entry fee per head.
Entry forms must be signed by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension educator or FFA adviser and sent to the Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce office. Entries must be postmarked by Saturday, Aug. 31.
Judging of the classes, divided by hip height, begins at 9 a.m. on Sept. 8, with the public welcome to attend. The junior, intermediate and senior showmanship classes will follow
Monetary prizes for the top three showmen in each of the three age divisions will again be sponsored by the Pierce Elevator.
Selection of the grand and reserve champion market heifers and steers begins at approximately 5 p.m., immediately followed by the premium auction. The premium will be on a per-head basis. Each exhibitor is limited to one entry in the premium auction.
As an added educational component for the youths, this year’s expo will also include a carcass contest with the entries to be evaluated on both quality grade and yield grade.
Prizes of $125, $100 and $75 will be awarded to the first-, second- and third-place exhibitors, respectively.
The grand and reserve champion steers and heifers are required to be sold and slaughtered.
This year’s corporate sponsors are Progressive Nutrition, Agrex, Elkhorn Valley Cattlemen’s Association (Madison and Stanton counties) and Northeast Community College.
Based on its popularity last year, this year’s expo will include a fitting competition.
For more information, contact a local extension educator, FFA adviser or Mandi Flood with the Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce at 371-4862 ormflood@norfolkareachamber.com, or visitwww.norfolkareachamber.com/expo
Norfolk Beef Expo’s scholarship program is now in its seventh year.
This year’s applicants must exhibit at the 64th annual expo on Sept. 8, be at least a current high school sophomore or planning to attend college during the next school year. Applicants must be majoring or planning to major in agribusiness or a related field.
The application deadline for this year’s $500 scholarship, which is sponsored by the Agri-Business Council of the Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce, is Oct. 15.
Applications will be available at the expo, as well as through the chamber’s website at www.norfolkareachamber.com/expo.
Date and Time
Saturday Sep 7, 2013 Sunday Sep 8, 2013
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How to Post on the Events Calendar
As a Chamber member, you have the opportunity to promote your business’ events, meetings, and workshops on our Events Calendar. Being active in your community by hosting public events, is a great way to help market your business, and the Chamber is happy to assist you with this effort.
Submitting to the Events Calendar is easy, and completely FREE for all Chamber members! There are two options for Chamber businesses to use when posting events on our Events Calendar.
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Member Information Center (MIC)
We encourage our members to use the Member Information Center as a way to independently post events, meetings, or workshops. Through your account information given to you by the Chamber, you are able to log into this system and post directly to our Events Calendar yourself! You can also use the MIC to access more exclusive Chamber member resources. To learn more about the MIC, or to get your account information, please contact ktichota@norfolkareachamber.com at the Chamber.
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Contact the Chamber
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