Monday, June 7 in the Delia arena, the Drumheller and District 4-H show and sale was held.
The day began with very early weigh-ins followed by a catered breakfast which everyone was ready for.
Promptly at 10 a.m., the heifer classes were judged. In our club, the heifer winner was Tiffany Richmond with her yearling heifer, second was Samantha Richmond and Garrett Holowath third place. In the senior cow/calf pairs were first place Samantha Richmond, and second place Garrett Holowath.In the two-year-old cow/calf pairs, first place was Garrett Holowath, and Lowell Nelson was first in the three-year-old class.
Championship female was Samantha Richmond and reserve was Lowell Nelson.
Tifffany Richmond won first place in the show with her yearling heifer.
At club level for the steer project the winner was Samantha Richmond with Lowell Nelson as reserve.
At club level, first place showmanship in the juniors was Brett Holowath, second place was Quin Nelson. In grooming for the juniors, the winners were; Brett Holowath in first place and Mesha Olson in second place.
In the intermediate class at club level the winner of the showmanship was Lowell Nelson, and second place was Charlene Sereda. Grooming, intermediate class, was Lowell Nelson and Mickie Johnson in second place.
Senior class winners for showmanship were: first place Samantha Richmond, second placing Tiffany Richmond. For grooming in the senior class, first place Samantha Richmond, second place Tiffany Richmond.
In the show competitions the Rumsey-Rowley club did very well. Samantha Richmond won Grand Champion and Lowell Nelson won Reserve.
Following the showing of all the clubs and the grand champion was awarded first place the members take part in a judging compeition. The winners of this years judging were; Erica Nelson in reserve spot in the juniors with Garrett Holowath winning first place in the intermediates and Charlene Sereda took second place. In the senior class; Samantha Richmond won first place and Tiffany Richmond reserve.
The Rumsey-Rowley club also won first place in the ‘stall compeititon’. Judges for the stall competition were Mr. and Mrs. Pat and Murray Johnson from Hanna.
The Rumsey-Rowley 4-H banquet and awards presentations for the club will be held Monday, June 28 at the Rumsey community hall. All buyers are especially encouraged to attend.
Thanks to the Michie Family for the update on their mother/grandmother Marie Michie. Marie had the misfortune of breaking her leg recently and is presently in the Strathmore hospital. She has been making her home at the Wheatland Lodge in Strathmore for the past two years. Our best wishes go out to you, Marie, and hope you will be back at the lodge soon.
A reminder that the Morrin United Church Women would like to have all the co-op till tapes in before the end of June. Sunday, June 20 is the last service for the summer so that would be a good day to bring them in. There will be a potluck dinner following the church service that day also. At 2 p.m, at the Rumsey cemetery, family members of the late Don Primrose Sr. will be gathering for an internment of ashes for Don.
Monday, June 21, is the next birthday party at St, Mary’s Lodge in Trochu.
Friday evening, June 11, in the Rumsey community hall the Morrin grade 12 high school graduation banquet was held. The grads and guests all looked lovely in their ‘Sunday meeting’ dress code. . Students in the grad class this year are ; Tara Combest, Colby Couturier, Melissa DeMille, Brittany Galagher, Cody Goddard, Cayle Griffith, Thomas Hodge, Dylan Jackson, Jared Kowlachuk, Kaitlyn Meller, Thomas Schow, and Carinna Wiley.After dinner fun and tomfoolery continued in the hall before everyone travelled to the Morrin School gym for more speeches and introductions of each grad. The grand march and first dance followed before all the grads and their guests moved to the Morrin arena for their safe grad party.
We were very privileged to be on the guest list of the grad celebrations as Cody is our grandson and the last of our seven grandchildren to graduate from grade 12. He plans to attend SAIT in the fall taking mechanical engineering. Tara, Cayle Colby, and Cody were the grads from the Rumsey area. However, this graduating class was a very tight knit group as was depicted in the presentations and honours.
We wish all the grads well as they continue their studies in the next few years.