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This year's National Junior Angus show was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with more than 500 junior members from 30
states
exhibiting cattle. This year, five members from West Virginia attended.
Every year at the National Show, six of the twelve National Junior Board of Directors retire and six more junior members are
elected to serve on the National Board for a two-year term. These individuals are representatives of their state and are
elected by
delegates from all over the United States. The first NJAA board was elected in 1980. This year, West Virginia has the honor
of
claiming its second representative to the Junior Board, Miss Cortney Collins.
During their term, directors develop and implement programs and events to serve junior members across the nation and the
Angus breed.
Traveling on behalf of the NJAA to various activities enables them to meet fellow members and to share their thoughts and
experiences of Angus involvement. They also get first-hand experience at leadership, cooperation and organization.
The NJAA Board makes recommendations for new programs and ideas to the American Angus Association Board of
Directors, helps train other juniors and promotes the Angus breed.
Cortney, a West Virginia University student majoring in Agriculture Biochemistry, will serve on the National Board of
Directors
until July of 2004. during this time, she will travel the United States to National and Regional Angus Shows, as well as
promote
the Beef and Angus industries.
Cortney, age 20, is the daughter of Rick and Jane Collins of Tanner, WV and the granddaughter of Denver and Paula
Roberts of Grantsville, WV.
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