Ask a group of 5-year-olds where milk comes from, and most of them might answer, “the grocery store!”. It is children like these that the Agricultural Education Tour Guide Committee hopes to enlighten and educate at a visit to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
The Corporate Development Committee was formed in 1988, in large part through the efforts of two Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Lifetime Vice Presidents, Jim Bloodworth and Jim Windham, both now members of the Executive Committee.
At first glance, the 76 members of the Junior Commercial Steer Feeding and Management Contest Committee may not resemble your typical collection of teachers. For most of the year, these volunteers are veterinarians, meat packers, cattle buyers, ranchers, feedlot operators and agriculture instructors.
Take one of the biggest events in the country, held in the nation’s fourth largest city, mix in more than 1.8 million people, generously add herds of livestock, rodeo contestants, exhibitors and more entertainment opportunities than most places see all year, and you have the makings of one fantastic time.
Each person follows his own path to the Show, and Douglas B. “Doug” Marshall, a man known world wide for his Arabian horses, arrived by means of an exotic route.
Letters and comments should be sent to:
Marketing and Public Relations Division,
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™
P.O. Box 20070
Houston, Texas 77225-0070
