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Alden receives John C. 'Jack' Ragsdale ScholarshipAt the 2008 National Junior Shorthorn Show and Conference, held in Kansas City, Mo., scholarships were awarded to several deserving individuals. Of these scholarship recipients, Jalane Alden, Hamilton, Mo., was awarded the John C. "Jack" Ragsdale Youth Scholarship. This $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a high school senior or college freshman who is an active AJSA (American Junior Shorthorn Association) member with a sincere interest in learning how to evaluate livestock and an appreciation for the purebred livestock industry. The recipient of this award should exemplify the qualities of Ragsdale, who is considered by many Shorthorn breeders to be "Mr. Shorthorn." Ragsdale, originally from Indiana, has been active in the Shorthorn business his entire life. He was the High Point Individual at the International Livestock Judging Contest in Chicago in 1948, and his high score held the record until 1961. Ragsdale was on the Purdue University Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Team. He began his servitude at the American Shorthorn Association in 1965, where he began a 12-year term on the board of directors, eventually being named president. Ragsdale was also instrumental in the inception of the North American International Livestock Exposition, and he also implemented the first Youth Conference for Shorthorn Youth in 1968, which was the start to the American Junior Shorthorn Association. Ragsdale's portrait is hung in the Purdue University Livestock Hall of Fame in Indiana. And he has also been inducted into the Saddle and Sirloin Portrait Club. It is only fitting that Alden receives this scholarship. She attended her first show at three months of age and that was enough to get her started. Alden is the fifth generation in her family to raise and exhibit Shorthorn cattle. Alden has successfully exhibited cattle at various local, state, and national shows including a Reserve Division Bred & Owned Heifer Show at the 2006 Junior Nationals. "I feel that showing cattle is a very valuable tool in the promoting and marketing of Shorthorn cattle," said Alden. Alden is currently attending Black Hawk East, majoring in animal science with an ag business minor, where she has a judging scholarship. Alden has been involved in judging ever since she could talk. Some of her titles include: High Individual at three junior national shows, high team and fourth overall at the Missouri State Judging Contest, on the collegiate level, high team at Purdue Block and Bridle, individually third, and high team at Western Illinois Judging Contest, individually ninth. She is the daughter of Ron and Judy Alden. Applications for the 2009 John C. "Jack" Ragsdale Youth Scholarship are due May 15, 2009, to the ASA office located in Omaha, Neb. For more information, contact Julie Bluiner ASA director of activities, or visit www.shorthorn.org. 8/11/08 Date: 8/6/08 Advertisement
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