Archive for May, 2009

Posted on May 30, 2009 - by Russell

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Posted on May 13, 2009 - by Russell

Donated Heifer To Sale At Indian Territory Sale

The Indian Territory Texas Longhorn Association will be hosting their Annual Sale on June 27, 2009 at the Red River Livestock Auction near Marietta, OK. The sale will feature approximately 135 lots of top quality cattle from across the nation. Among these lots there will be a beautiful April 2008 heifer by Win By Shadow and out of Brindle Rose, who traces back to Phenomenon and Super Bowl. She is halter trained but has been shown non-halter twice, winning 1-1st place and Jr Champion Heifer and 1-2nd place. She is qualified for the ITLA Championship Show in October but this is not what makes this heifer special. What makes this heifer a special feature in the sale is that her owners Stan and Sandi Tidwell of Falls Creek Longhorns are donating ALL the proceeds from the sale of this heifer to the ITLA Youth Program. You have the opportunity to add a proven show winner with great genetics to your herd and help the ITLA Youth Program with the purchase of this heifer. It’s a Win-Win situation. To request a sale catalog contact Bob Weaver at  405-659-9222 or email rainbowrtr@yahoo.com Thanks to the Tidwells and the Indian Territory Texas Longhorn Association for their support of the ITLA Youth Program.

Posted on May 11, 2009 - by Russell

TLBAA Director Gary Cole Resigns

When I was elected to the at-large Director of Division C I thought that we might get the TLBAA back to a registry for the Texas Longhorn cattle and back to a member responsible organization.  But when we can’t get a financial report after four months, I can’t see how we can run this way.  Everyone is in the dark and no one will give any information.  This is not what the people that elected me want to see.

 

As of this day, May 5, 2009, I am resigning as at-large Director of Division C.

 

Gary Cole

Posted on May 5, 2009 - by Russell

Lazy L Longhorn Ranch Sale Results

These sale results were obtained from people that attended the sale and are accurate to the best of our knowledge. This is not an official sale report.
Lot #	Name	Consignor	Sale Price
1	LLL Max’s Gracie	Lazy L Longhorns	3600
2	S.R. Splash O Shadow	Steffeck Ranch	700
3	LLL Max’s Paige	Lazy L Longhorns	8000
4	Pacific Parry	Fairlea Longhorn Ranch	scratch
5	S.R. 989	Steffeck Ranch	600
6	BW Desire	Broken Wagon Cattle Company	1600
7	LLL Max’s Mocha	Lazy L Longhorns	6000
8	7 Bar Viagra’s Daisy	Davis Green	2600
9	S.R. 837	Steffeck Ranch	1000
10	DML Birdie	Mike McClanahan	3500
11	LLL Lana	Lazy L Longhorns	2500
12	BH Bonita	Buckhorn Cattle Company	1250
13	Dazzlin’ Dots	Lonesome Pines Ranch	no bid
14	7 Bar Shadower	Davis Green	3900
15	Gold Digger	Panther Creek Ranch	PO’d
16	BH Daddy Bucks	Buckhorn Cattle Company	1150
17	LLL Delta Dawn	Lazy L Longhorns	scratch
18	PCC Valiant	Pace Cattle Company	1050
19	BW Desert Rose	Broken Wagon Cattle Company	1100
20	Allens 237	Allen Longhorns	2200
21	BH Sugar and Spice	Buckhorn Cattle Company	1900
22	NK French Miss	Hudson Longhorns	550
23	PLR Blue Dahlia	Pearl Longhorn Ranch	1200
24	Shadow BH	Buckhorn Cattle Company	1100
25	LLL Max’s Sparky	Lazy L Longhorns	2700
26	FGR Simply Sunny	Flying G Ranch	PO’d
27	HL Awesome Lady	Hudson Longhorns	1700
28	PCC Charade	Pace Cattle Company	700
29	LLL Gunsmoke’s Molly	Lazy L Longhorns	2800
30	Beau Chex Beauty	River Ranch	550
31	JP Grand StarStar	Johnnie & Pat Robinson	scratch
32	LS Bubblies	BS Ranches	3100
33	Allens 232	Allen Longhorns	2650
34	RR Silver Rose	River Ranch	350
35	Pacific Beth	Fairlea Longhorn Ranch	scratch
36	R Quartz	Featherstone Ranch	scratch
37	SH Tumbleweed Taxi 86/6	Sand Hills Ranch	1400
38	DML Shadow Belle	Mike McClanahan	1600
39	FGR Sunny’s Classy Lady	Flying G Ranch	PO’d
40	LLL Ginny	Lazy L Longhorns	2100
41	LC Gracie Blu Vader	BS Ranches	5000
42	PC Sweet Dixie	Panther Creek Ranch	3200
43	JBM Billy Ann	JBM Longhorns	3000
44	TC Lamb’s Whirlwind	Lucky Star Ranch	300
45	OHL Southern Loretta 63/6	Sand Hills Ranch	1600
46	CWR Shyloh	C&W Longhorns	3500
47	BS Country Mesquite	BS Ranches	5500
48	LLL Cream Puff	Lazy L Longhorns	5800
49	TC Lamb’s Rocky Star	Lucky Star Ranch	750
50	Unstopabull Fancy Gal	Twisted Horn Ranch	PO’d
51	JP Grand Pretty Girl 2	Johnnie & Pat Robinson	scratch
52	PCC Fantasy Girl	Beere Cattle Company	PO’d
53	Keyman’s Confetti	J and C Longhorns	2100
54	Cry Baby 4/6	Lonesome Pines Ranch	1550
55	LC Salida Doll	Mike McClanahan	1000
56	LLL Max’s Fancy	Lazy L Longhorns	2200
57	G&L Hide N Seek	Featherstone Ranch	scratch
58	JP Grand Night Song 2	Johnnie & Pat Robinson	scratch
59	BW Wiggle Monster	Broken Wagon Cattle Company	1500
60	PCC Accolade	Pace Cattle Company	2500
61	BW Drama Queen	Beere Cattle Company	900
62	BS Sassy Sue	Panther Creek Ranch	PO’d
63	Sunhaven Willow	JBM Longhorns	5700

Posted on May 5, 2009 - by Russell

Midwest Invitational Sale Results

The following email letter was sent out by Mr. Mike Bowman

 

Longhorn Breeders;

 

Debbie and I would like to thank all the consignors and longhorn breeders that came to the Midwest Longhorn Sale and all the longhorn breeders that watched, bid on and/or bought cattle over the Internet this year. I want to thank our auctioneer Joel Lemley and his bride Shirley for all the hard work they put into the sale this year. I would also like to thank Mr. Dale Hunt for reading the pedigrees this year and he’s the best at that job that you can find. A special thanks to Jim Curry & Cody Moore for being our ring men at this year’s sale. We feel the sale was very successful again this year and will be getting geared up for next year’s sale at Winfield, Kansas. Next year’s sale will be on April 22nd & 23rd, 2010!

The Volume Buyers this year were Mr. Joe & Lorinda Valentine and Buck & Sharon Adams. A special thank you to everyone!

 

Sale Results:

 Registered Sale;

High Selling Cow was Lot# 35 Kiss N Tell BCB consigned by Bolen Longhorns and purchased by Panther Creek Ranch for $15,600.00.

 

2nd High Selling Cow was Lot# 47 Carmela 22 consigned by End of Trail Ranch and purchased by Warren Dorathy for $9,400.00.

 

3rd & 4th High Selling Cows  

Lot# 73 Buena Bug BL consigned by Panther Creek Ranch and purchased by Bow & Sylvia Carpenter for $8,000.00.

 

Lot# 119 Sylvan Place consigned by Johnnie & Pat Robinson and purchased by Randy & Jamie Briscoe for $8,000.00.

 

High Selling Heifer was Lot# 17 EOT Super Mary consigned by End of Trail Ranch and purchased by Zech Dameron for $7,000.00.

 

2nd High Selling Heifer was Lot# 16 TP Taffy consigned by End of Trail Ranch and purchased by Panther Creek Ranch for $3,500.00.

 

3rd High Selling Heifer was Lot# 13 FGR Sunny Sweets consigned by Panther Creek Ranch and purchased by Bow & Sylvia Carpenter for $2,900.00.

 

4th High Selling Heifer was Lot# 3 SWCC Margy-Bar 7/8 consigned by Sweetwater Cattle Co. and purchased by End of Trail Ranch for $2,800.00.

 

Top 10 Lots averaged $7,980.00 each.

 89 Lots sold with an average of $2,658.13 each.

 There were 4 Po’s, 10 Scratches, and 17 lots that didn’t meet the minimum bid of $1,000.00.  Five of those lots were sold in the commercial part of the sale.

 

There were (57) ropers sold in the Roper part of the sale and the highest ropers sold brought $300.00 each.

 I want to thank everyone again for a great time and will see everyone at the next longhorn event.

Complete Prices Below

These prices were gathered by watching the sale on the internet and speaking with folks that attended. The lots that did not meet minimum bids are listed as PO’s. This information is accurate to the best of our knowledge and ability.

Lot #	Name	Consignor	Sale Price	Buyer
1	SE Tabby Cat	End Of The Trail Ranch	Scratch	Scratch
2	Arizona Star	Johnny & Barbara Coleman	$300.00	Rocking V Longhorns
3	SWCC Margy-Bar 7/8	Sweetwater Cattle Company	$2,800.00	End Of The Trail Ranch
4	LC Lakota Souix	Le’An Cattle Company	$1,500.00	Warren Dorathy
5	D/O Boomerang’s Beauty	D/O Longhorns	$2,500.00	Bruce Mowen
6	Shiloh’s Dew Point	Shiloh Longhorns	$1,600.00	Sonora Ranch
7	Henridot SWC 1/6	Buckhorn Cattle Company	$1,100.00	Doug Pence
8	Call The Law BCB	Bolen Longhorns	$2,000.00	Kerry Mounce
9	SH Gunshy Flower	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Panther Creek Ranch
10	EOT Springtime 714	End Of The Trail Ranch	Scratch	Scratch
11	EOT Lady Lite 613	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Panther Creek Ranch
12	Blue Dream 77	4 Gone Ranch	$1,000.00	Panther Creek Ranch
13	Trick Or Treat	Panther Creek Ranch	$2,900.00	Bow Carpenter
14	SWCC Sissy-Bar	Sweetwater Cattle Company	$2,700.00	Panther Creek Ranch
15	LC White Tooth	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Tom & Linda Nading
16	TP Taffy	End Of The Trail Ranch	$3,500.00	Panther Creek Ranch
17	EOT Super Mary	End Of The Trail Ranch	$7,000.00	Zech Dameron III
18	JP Grand Truthful	Johnnie & Pat Robinson	P.O.	P.O.
19	EOT Limestone Ruby 644	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Ray Williams
20	D/O She’s A Lady	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,500.00	Hank Besack
21	Shiloh’s Sweet Treat	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Ray Williams
22	Bandits Thrill	End Of The Trail Ranch	Scratch	Scratch
23	ZD Delta Boom	Johnny & Barbara Coleman	$1,000.00	Sonora Ranch
24	BH Salida Red	Buckhorn Cattle Company	$2,400.00	Kerry Mounce
25	Ranger’s Pretty Lady	Panther Creek Ranch	P.O.	P.O.
26	Booth 11	Valley View Ranch	$2,000.00	Larry Long
27	EOT Carmen 9/14	Diamond M Longhorns	$400.00	Double Down Longhorns
28	Hawkeye Constellation	Legendary Longhorns	P.O.	P.O.
29	EOT Guadalupa J 237	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,400.00	Ray Williams
30	Dawn Leigh	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Kathy Kittler
31	Golden Gisele	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,700.00	Lynn Struthoff
32	SL Sash Shayun	Briscoe Longhorns	$3,600.00	Johnnie Robinson
33	D/O Miss Dominique 402	D/O Longhorns	$1,900.00	Warren Dorathy
34	JP Grand Queenie	Shamrock Valley Ranch	$1,000.00	Valley View Ranch
35	Kiss N Tell BCB	Bolen Longhorns	$15,600.00	Panther Creek Ranch
36	Rendelle	Double Down Longhorns	P.O.	P.O.
37	Joy Unlimited	Besack Longhorns	$1,500.00	Panther Creek Ranch
38	Floral	Johnson Cattle Company	$5,100.00	Bolen Longhorns
39	Super Fine	Panther Creek Ranch	$3,000.00	D/O Longhorns
40	JB Bold Girl	Searle Ranch	P.O.	P.O.
41	Black Diamond 46	JC Longhorns	$300.00	Rocking V Longhorns
42	Ready 09	Le’An Cattle Company	Scratch	Scratch
43	SH Roan Nichole 111/3	Silver Run Longhorns	$4,400.00	Panther Creek Ranch
44	S&L Bonnie	Jim Hutchinson	P.O.	P.O.
45	Day’s Springtime	End Of The Trail Ranch	$2,300.00	Ronnie Mullinax
46	C9 Grill Brush	Cloud 9 Longhorns	Scratch	Scratch
47	Carmela 22	End Of The Trail Ranch	$9,400.00	Warren Dorathy
48	Whelming Beth	Diamond M Longhorns	$1,000.00	Jim Hutchinson
49	Reyning Rose	Spring Creek Longhorns	$1,600.00	Dan Huntington
50	KC Quaint	Featherstone Ranch	Scratch	Scratch
51	DML Candy	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Dan Huntington
52	2B Bandits Carma	End Of The Trail Ranch	$5,200.00	Buckhorn Cattle Company
53	WC Angelina	T&L Longhorns	$500.00	?
54	Desert Sage BCB	End Of The Trail Ranch	$2,100.00	Bow Carpenter
55	Satins Echo	Briscoe Longhorns	$2,000.00	End Of The Trail Ranch
56	Paul’s Dandy	Buckhorn Cattle Company	$1,000.00	End Of The Trail Ranch
57	Shilohs Shoe Fly	Shiloh Longhorns	P.O.	P.O.
58	Diana Spades	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,100.00	Buckhorn Cattle Company
59	Mi Tierra G77	End Of The Trail Ranch	$7,900.00	Buckhorn Cattle Company
60	YO Carmelita Whirl	JC Longhorns	P.O.	P.O.
61	EOT Whelming Sarah	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Bruce Ollive
62	LWR Miss Priss	End Of The Trail Ranch	$4,000.00	Troy Kingsbury
63	Alluring Reflection	Panther Creek Ranch	$4,750.00	Nicholas Mitchell
64	BL Sunset	Panther Creek Ranch	$5,300.00	Danny White
65	High Society	Panther Creek Ranch	$3,100.00	Ronnie Mullinax
66	CA Rangerette	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Larry Stephens
67	D6 Mountain Laurel	End Of The Trail Ranch	$7,200.00	Searle Ranch
68	LLL Barbie Doll	End Of The Trail Ranch	P.O.	P.O.
69	TC Pepper Rose	End Of The Trail Ranch	$4,700.00	Ronnie Mullinax
70	HL Puddin 4	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,700.00	Jim Hutchinson
71	D/O Sensor’s Lady	Valley View Ranch	$3,200.00	Larry Long
72	Pro Heart	Searle Ranch	P.O.	P.O.
73	Buena Bug BL	Panther Creek Ranch	$8,000.00	Bow Carpenter
74	Hopen For Confetti YS	Double Down Longhorns	$1,900.00	Larry Long
75	Marilyn Mooroe	Besack Longhorns	$4,000.00	Jeff Ketelsen
76	Danielle Toro	Johnnie Robinson	$3,100.00	Ronnie Mullinax
77	C3 Jasmine	End Of The Trail Ranch	$6,200.00	John Randolph
78	EOT Knight’s Star	End Of The Trail Ranch	Scratch	Scratch
79	EOT Super Annie Potts	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,800.00	Lynn Struthoff
80	Stockton’s Super Lady	End Of The Trail Ranch	$3,700.00	John Randolph
81	VV Night Rosa	Diamond M Longhorns	$1,250.00	?
82	HCC Miss Olympia	Buckhorn Cattle Company	$2,600.00	Kerry Mounce
83	Admiral’s Maiden	D/O Longhorns	$3,500.00	Bruce Mowen
84	Rutledge’s Miss Rebel	Johnny & Barbara Coleman	$1,000.00	?
85	Ozarks Shadow	Featherstone Ranch	Scratch	Scratch
86	Amazing Secret 767/7	Valley View Ranch	P.O.	P.O.
87	DH Windy Dolly	Panther Creek Ranch	$1,000.00	Mark Evers
88	PC Precious	Panther Creek Ranch	$2,900.00	Pagosa Cattle Company
89	Cinnamon BR3	Panther Creek Ranch	$3,900.00	Robert Richey
90	Mountain Dew 13	Spring Creek Longhorns	$1,500.00	Johnson Cattle Company
91	EOT Grand Rangerette	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,800.00	?
92	EOT Super Bula	End Of The Trail Ranch	$2,500.00	Maurice Landnier
93	Suzy’s Bold Prissy	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,200.00	Bill Le’An
94	Cooper’s Ruby	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Ray Williams
95	JL Country Lady	End Of The Trail Ranch	$2,100.00	Jim Walters
96	Command’s Delta Crown	Silver Run Longhorns	$1,250.00	Dan Huntington
97	Witch Bar	Valley View Ranch	$2,600.00	Bill Le’An
98	Shilohs Sweet Lips	Shiloh Longhorns	P.O.	P.O.
99	Tin Cup ST	Shamrock Valley Ranch	Scratch	Scratch
100	Quicksilver R3	Jim Hutchinson	$1,200.00	Jim Rombeck
101	EOT Kanstar’s Cream Puff	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Ray Williams
102	EOT Kanstar’s Raindrops	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,300.00	Mark Evers
103	EOT Super Lady	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,400.00	Mike & Tracy Hobb
104	EOT Classy Glimmer	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Ray Williams
105	EOT Painted Annie	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Mark Evers
106	GJ April’s Pride	End Of The Trail Ranch	P.O.	P.O.
107	EOT Cherrypicker’s Raindrops	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,500.00	Danny White
108	EOT Precious Sweetie	End Of The Trail Ranch	P.O.	P.O.
109	Sensor’s Watson 155	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Wulffo Ranch
110	EOT Outback Twister	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,400.00	Mark Evers
111	Oakridge Ruffles	Double Down Longhorns	P.O.	P.O.
112	JP Grand Cherry	Johnny & Barbara Coleman	P.O.	P.O.
113	GF 38/4	Featherstone Ranch	Scratch	Scratch
114	ECR Grand Affair 829	JC Longhorns	P.O.	P.O.
115	EOT Cowpoke’s Buttercup	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	?
116	EOT Saratoga’s Katland	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,000.00	Kurt Williams
117	Lively Hot Misstake	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,200.00	Mark Evers
118	EOT Lovejoy	End Of The Trail Ranch	$1,300.00	Mark Evers
119	Sylvan Place	Johnnie Robinson	$8,000.00	Randy Briscoe
120	BL Catchit	End Of The Trail Ranch	P.O.	P.O.
	Sale Total	93 actual lots sold	$234,850.00
	Sale Average		$2,525.27

Posted on May 4, 2009 - by Russell

Longhorn Youth Camp

Dear Youth and Parents,

            With summer just weeks away and the last day of school is in sight it is time to be making plans for summer fun activities. I would like to suggest an activity that could be the perfect activity for the young Longhorn enthusiast, the Annual ITLYA Longhorn Youth Camp. The ITLYA Youth Advisory Committee is pleased to announce that we will once again be conducting the Annual ITLYA Youth Camp. This year’s Youth Camp will hosted by Bob and Sue Pattison at their ranch in Pocasset, Oklahoma on June 11-14, 2009. The camp is Free and Open to ALL youth that are interested in learning more about Longhorn cattle. Preregistration is required for participating in the 2009 ITLYA Youth Camp. Email russellh@longhornroundup.com to request enrollment forms.

            Plans for this year’s camp includes informative classes on halter training, animal grooming, animal health, cattle judging, Longhorn cattle traits, cattle structure, showmanship, show ring procedures and cattle handling and good sportsmanship. Let’s not forget the fun. There will be lots of games, movies, bonfires, camping out and the annual shaving cream party.

Participants and their parents may begin arriving at the Pattison’s Half Circle P Ranch at 1pm on Thursday June 11. We will be kicking things off at 5 pm with a Welcome Reception and Dinner for the participants, their parents, instructors and volunteers. For the next two days the kids will fit the ground running each morning with a full day of learning, work and fun. Activities will begin winding down on Sunday with a showmanship competition at 10 am with an awards and recognition ceremony at 11 am which everyone is invited to attend. Participants will be departing for home at about 11:30 am.    

This year’s camp will once again be an opportunity for all the youth of our Longhorn industry to come together to learn more about raising and showing this great breed but more importantly they will be creating memories and friendship that will last a lifetime. If you would like for your youngster or a youngster that you know to be part of this fun and educational event simply complete the attached forms and return them Valarie Keating before June 1^st. Camp is free (including meals) to all youth but we do require that youth 6 years and under be companied by an adult. Space will be limited and on a first come basis.

It is only through the generous support of our host, sponsors and volunteers that we are able to continue to offer the youth camp free of charge to all the youth of the Longhorn industry. It is only because of generosity of our sponsors that we are able to provide each child that attends camp with a free t-shirt.  These are always fun shirts that list our sponsors on the back and have a statement regarding Longhorns on the front.  If you would like to be a camp sponsor a donation of $75 or more will get your ranch name or website on the back of the shirts or if you would like to volunteer your time and service at camp please email russellh@longhornroundup.com. We have additional t-shirts available for the parents and siblings that are not able to attend camp at the cost of $10.00.

 

Happy Trails,

Russell Hooks

Valerie Keating

    

      

Posted on May 4, 2009 - by Russell

Update from TLBAA Chairman of the Board

Glen Lewis, Ordway, CO, representing Region 16 and Justin Hansen, Paskenta, CA, representing Region 18 submitted letters of resignation from the TLBAA Board of Directors on April 25, 2009, TLBAA Chairman Maurice Ladnier announced. “We wish both Glen and Justin the best and appreciate the short time that they served on the Board,” said Ladnier. “Glen’s lengthy letter pointed out numerous concerns that he had about the TLBAA and the Board of Directors. Since his letter was emailed to a great number of our members, I would like to assure the membership that many of his concerns are not justified.”

 

Please be assured that:

 

1. Our Board has DNO insurance that was renewed last month for the entire year.

 

2. Many sales reports are covered in both E-Trails and the Trails magazine. All of the sale reports (4) that were covered in the May issue were not TLBAA sponsored and yet they were covered. The association makes great efforts to publish information about sales when it is available.

 

3. Autobahn Super Stakes is listed in the ‘Save the Date’ calendar of events in the Trails magazine. All Texas Longhorn events that are submitted in writing are listed in the calendar.

 

4. The next Board of Directors meeting was discussed during the Board phone conference on April 2, 2009, and it was decided to have it take place June 27, 2009, at 8 am to 11 am in White Pine (Morristown), TN before the Inaugural Great Smoky Mountains Registered Texas Longhorn Sale.

 

5. Many non-profits with memberships have fund-raisers throughout the year. It is not and never will be the intention of the TLBAA to “beg” members to donate cattle or money to the TLBAA. Throughout the year, members want to donate cattle at various sales with the proceeds to go to the TLBAA. It was the decision of the Board that a donation sale at one place would give more members the opportunity to donate their cattle. We are very appreciative to all those that have donated, will donate and will purchase those cattle at the West Sale on May 16 in West, TX.

 

6. The Board of Directors has not discussed and has no authority to sell the famous bronze, “Texas Gold” created by T. D. Kelsey. “Texas Gold” was a gift from the artist T. D. Kelsey and his wife, Sidni, to the TLBAA Foundation, but conditioned by an agreement that it is not to be sold during the Kelsey’s lifetimes. We are happy to report that T. D. Kelsey is alive today. The Board has discussed the possibility of selling the property located in the Stockyards in Fort Worth in order to begin the process of building a new headquarters.

 

7. The TLBAA sponsors only two major sales a year, the Premier Heifer Sale and the Horn Showcase Sale. The TLBAA serves the members by offering the opportunity to sell cattle at the West Sale four times a year.

 

8. The IRS audited the TLBAA in 2008 and stated: “Our examination of the information return(s) indicated above disclosed that your organization continues to qualify for exemption from Federal income tax. Accordingly, we accept the return(s) as filed.”

 

9. The TLBAA employs a payroll company to process all staff payroll, thereby insuring that all reporting and tax deposits are conducted in a timely manner.

 

10. The Foundation, from time to time has supported the organization, which was one of its purposes when it was created. Although not required, over the years some of the money was paid back to the Foundation. Since January 15, 2009, there have been no funds allocated from the Foundation without Board approval. All Board approved funds from the Foundation are planned to be repaid by July 1, 2009.

 

Members are encouraged to contact their director if they have any concerns or questions.

Posted on May 4, 2009 - by Russell

Mr. Justin Hansen Resigns from TLBAA Board of Directors.

This is a letter that was addressed to the TLBAA Board but was email out to many others as well as the TLBAA Directors

 

TLBAA Board of Directors:

 

When I came to TLBAA on behalf of my region, I had nothing but the best intentions.  I feel that there is much you have done to promote the Longhorn breed and are an integral part of the success of many Longhorn sales.  In light of recent resignations and the apparent liability of Board Members to the organization, I would like to tender my resignation.  In the January meeting, it was clear that there is a lot going on with the financial health of the organization, and being so far detached from it all out in California, I do not think it would be fair for me to continue to put myself and my ranch at financial risk by remaining on this Board.  I will continue to remain in good standing with the organization, and will continue to support you in any way I can.  For the short time I have been on this Board, there is has been no positive benefit to me and I feel as though I am not connected with the politics of it all to contribute anything further. 

 

Therefore, as of today, April 27, 2009, I would like officially announce my resignation as Region 18 Director.

 

Sincerely,

Justin Hansen

Posted on May 4, 2009 - by Russell

Glen Lewis Resigns Region 16 TLBAA Director Resigns

In a very lengthy open letter by email dated April 25, 2009 Mr. Lewis stated “I have dedicated a tremendous amount of personal funds, hours and hours of time, traveled back and forth across this country promoting these cattle for many years to the furtherance of this breed and their importance to the bovine industry.  Under the previously described conditions and directions that the board is and has taken, it is with great sadness, that to protect my considerable assets, which I have worked for these 70 years, that I feel I must resign from the TLBAA board of directors as Region 16 Director, effective immediately.”