District Show entries should arrive to your district show chair 10 days prior to the show date. Please volunteer to help at your district show. The chairmen cannot do everything by themselves.

The State Junior and Open Shows will be held on June 11-12 at the Clay County Fairgrounds, Spencer. Entries are due June 2. Show rules, entry forms and the IHA Show Ring Policy are printed on pages 27-32 in the Herald and are also available at www.iowaholsteins.com.

The National Convention is being held in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, this year. Best wishes to our junior members in all of their contests. Congratulations to Kyle Demmer and Matt Henkes on being recipients of the National Young Distinguished Junior Member Award and to Michael Stewart as a National Distinguished Junior Member Semifinalist! Also congratulations to Paul, Tom and Tim Schmitt for being one of the recipients of the new Herd of Excellence Award.

The State Picnic along with the August Committee and Board Meetings will be held August 23 at the ISU Dairy Farm. Plans are still being made. Watch for complete information coming in the mail this summer.

The Iowa Holstein Association has agreed to represent the dairy industry in the Midwest Dairy Association booth in the Agriculture Building at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday, August 9. Workers are needed to "man" the booth in two hour shifts. Kaitlin Hanson, Iowa Holstein Princess, will be coordinating the schedule. I know that she would appreciate a call from you indicating your willingness to help on that day. Her phone number is 563-382-8571, and her email is kaitlinhanson@gmail.com.

We now are offering a classified section on our web site which will be free to state association members. If you would like a classified ad posted on the web, please contact me at 641-990-1892 or langsmit@netins.net. Also if any breeder does not currently have a web page, their ad will be posted on our web site for free until the next Herald. This will be for all ads in 2008.