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Story On Page One Staff Photos by Wayne Gaylord ~ National Hereford Event Three of the many Hereford Queens present viewed the Showmanship contest. L-R are Melanie Turnipseed of Illinois, Becky Sauder of Nevada and Becky Douthit of Kansas. He's No. 1 in the Showmanship contest, in from Texas. State Friday and No. 24 captured the title in the finals the following winners from 24 States participated in the elimination contest morning. • X V'isiting herdsmen in top and right photos tour the pens in which were held the cattle judged during this national event held at the Northern Pump Farm. Brad Scott, right, manager of Northern Pump, and Kenny Eppers, center, foreman and herdsman at the Valley Farm, give a Kansas visitor a tour of the large valley setting. This young cow hand found an upper deck seat to his advantage as herdsmen from 28 states gather at the Northern Pump Valley farm last Saturday for the national event. 1