2010 Illinois Angus Futurity Show-Sale Preparation

Today I visited a few of the Angus Show-Sale Cattle stalls.  This year’s event promises to have a record number of entries.  I stopped by Blue Ston Farms of Stonington, Illinois and also shot some video of FCF Four Corners Farms - Greg and Amy McClure, Cameron, Eric and Caitlin McClure - the herdsman Brian Haas of Leroy, Illinois was doing the clipping. The cattle are all looking fit and the show will no doubt be strong.

Click the link to see this short video >>> Illinois Angus Futurity Show-Sale Preparation Video 

Illinois Angus Futurity

Illinois State Fairgrounds will be this years site for the Illinois Beef Expo and the Illinois Angus Futurity.

I found some photos of past years.

Here are my brothers and sister, Jan, John T., Jess and me presenting the trophy.

And here is my younger sister, Rina and me.

In this photo I see my mother as the strong, proud, beautiful woman that she is and my father, with a grin on his face, the fun-loving, hard working supportive individual, less interested in the lime-light, but more enjoyed the hard work and dedication it took to get there!

This picture is of me, my wife - Mary A. not my mother Mary B. Tolan and Steve and Shelley Weaver.  This would have been about 1990 if I remember correctly.

Good luck to those who will compete for the J. Garrett Tolan Memorial Trophy this year!

See you at the banquet.