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DAILY EDITION IN THIS ISSUE Creating the Dynasty
Monday, Oct. 2, 2023
A sweet day for Sweet Pea
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Expo Milestones: Bradley Rugg page 6
Youth Fitting Contest
PHOTO COURTESTY OF COWSMOPOLITAN
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Youth Showmanship Contest page 11
Judging Contest Results
Kansas cow tops International Junior Holstein Show BY DANIELLE NAUMAN Staff Writer
MADISON, Wis. — LinMax Beemer Sweet Pea, the top-placing Five-Year-Old cow, was selected by Judge Callum McKinven as his Senior and Grand Champion
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FLAVORS OF THE DAY Grilled Cheese Buholzer Brother Muenster made by Klondike, Monroe, Wis. UW-Madison Cheese Stand next to the Arena Building
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Lin-Max Beemer Sweet Pea is named the Senior and Grand Champion of the Interna onal Junior Holstein Show a er winning the Five-Year-Old Class. Sweet Pea is owned by Sophie Leach. Dappleview Tatoo Ella, the winner of the Junior Three-Year-Old Class, is named the Intermediate and Reserve Grand Champion. Ella is owned by Tristen Hans Ostrom. Ms T-Triple-T Grateful-ET, the winning Four-Year-Old, is named the Honorable Men on Grand Champion. Grateful is owned by Colton Thomas.
cow of the International Junior Holstein Show Oct. 1 in Madison. Sweet Pea is exhibited by Sophie Leach of Linwood, Kansas. McKinven went on to name his Intermediate Champion, Dappleview Tatoo Ella exhibited by Tristen Hans Ostrom of Kaukauna, as his Reserve Grand Champion cow. Ella was the winning Junior Three-Year-Old cow. Honorable Mention Grand Champion honors went
to the Reserve Senior Champion, Ms T-Triple T GratefulET. Grateful was the winning Four-Year-Old exhibited by Colton Thomas of North Lewisburg, Ohio. Following Sweet Pea and Grateful as the Honorable Mention Senior Champion was the top-placing Aged Cow, Tusc-Vu Avalanche Cali-ET, exhibited by Isaac Folts of North Collins, New York. Reserve Intermediate Champion honors went to the
winning Senior Three-YearOld, Ms GW Atwood Desire exhibited by Isabella Pires of Modesto, California. Earning a handshake as Honorable Mention was the second-place Junior Three-Year-Old, Vriesdale Othello Bianca exhibited by Carter Kruse and Carson Rauen of Dyersville, Iowa. For the second year, the Champion Bred and Owned Turn to JR. HOLSTEIN | Page 4
Genera ons of dairymen Voegeli continues family involvement with WDE BY ALEX MIDDENDORF Staff Writer
MONTICELLO, Wis. — World Dairy Expo has been a part of Bryan Voegeli’s life for as far back as he can remember. “I still remember the first ever World Dairy Expo,” said Voegeli, of Monticello. “The Coliseum wasn't fully built yet, and we showed our cattle in a small arena building.” The first WDE was just the beginning of generational involvement for the Voegeli family. Voegeli’s father, Howard, was one of the four gentlemen credited with taking the lead on the implementation of WDE in 1967, Voegeli said. Howard, along with Alan Hetts, Norm Magnussen and Gene Nelson, devised the plan to implement WDE after
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The Voegeli family — Hilary Voegeli (front, from le ) holding Vera Voegeli, Carrie Xander and Brienna Voegeli holding Nolan Bohl; (back, from le ) Chris Voegeli, Bryan Voegeli and David Bohl — take a break Oct. 1 by their string of Brown Swiss ca le at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin.
hearing of the closing of the dairy show in Waterloo. “These were all show-oriented people,” Voegeli said. “They wanted to make sure that cattle exhibitors around the country had a place to go, and that was going to be in
Madison.” Voegeli is now following in his father’s footsteps by dedicating countless hours of his time to various committees of WDE. “I've been lucky enough over the years to be able to
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serve World Dairy Expo in multiple different capacities,” Voegeli said. “It started out when the Brown Swiss Association elected me to serve in the capacity of representing the USA Brown Swiss Association on the Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Committee.” From there, Voegeli’s involvement only grew. He has now served on both the World Dairy Expo Board of Directors and World Dairy Expo Executive Committee. He has also been a member of the Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Committee as the vice chair. “I really want to thank the people for giving me the opportunity to serve on all of these committees,” Voegeli said. “My father taught us to serve, and this gives me an avenue to repay that service back to World Dairy Expo.” Voegeli said he enjoys serving the people of WDE, and he continues to do it because of his love for the event. Turn to VOEGELI| Page 3
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