April 22, 2013
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Catherine Harward Earns
Junior Bronze and Silver Award
Catherine Harward, Richfield, N.C., has
earned the National Junior Angus Association’s (NJAA) Bronze and Silver awards,
according to
The 18-year-daughter of Marcus and Patty
Harward attends Gray Stone Day School. Harward is a member of the NJAA and North
Carolina Junior Angus Association, where she has served as reporter, treasurer,
president and royalty.
She has participated in local, state,
regional and national shows and showmanship contests. At the National Junior Angus
Show (NJAS), Harward participated in the All-American Certified Angus Beef® Cook-Off Contest, team fitting, quiz
bowl, photography, poster, public speaking and judging contests. She also served
as voting delegate in 2011.
Harward attended the Leaders Engaged in
Angus Development (LEAD) conference in 2010.
The Bronze and Silver awards are the
first two levels of the NJAA Recognition Program that began in 1972. Junior
Angus breeders must apply for the awards, then meet
point requirements in many areas of participation before receiving the honors.
Applicants are evaluated in areas of junior Angus association activities and
leadership, participation in showmanship, contests and shows, using performance
testing to improve their herd and their progress in producing and merchandising
Angus cattle.
The NJAA promotes the involvement of
young people in raising Angus cattle, while also providing leadership and
self-development opportunities for the nearly 6,000 active members nationwide.
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