During Saturday evening's Angus Foundation Reception Blanford and Joan Pierce of Woodlawn Farms, Creston, Ill., presented a $25,000 gift to the Angus Foundation to establish the Woodlawn Farms Scholarship Endowment Fund.

Dave McMahon and family, of Belle Point Ranch, Lavaca, Ark., purchased the one-of-a-kind rifle at the Angus Foundation Reception Saturday evening. The $10,000 bid will further the mission of the Foundation.

Nina and Harvey Lemmon of Woodbury, Ga., donated Lemmon Pride P217 to headline the American Angus Auxiliary's 2005 scholarship fundraising auction. The heifer is a September 2004 daughter of WCC Special Design L309 and ranks in the top 2% of nonparent females for yearling weight EPD and among the top 1% of the breed for milk EPD.

A syndicate of breeders paid $27,000 to purchase Lemmon Pride P217 at Sunday evening's Angus reception. The syndicate then donated the heifer back to the Auxiliary to sell again to raise money for the American Angus Auxiliary's scholarship fund.

Curtis Long (left) of Briarwood Farms, Butler, Mo., was the final bidder, at $24,000, on the heifer donated by Nina and Harvey Lemmon (center) of Woodbury, Ga., to raise money for the American Angus Auxiliary scholarship fund. Also shown are Sharee Sankey (right), 2006 American Angus Auxiliay president, and Wayne "Doc" Smith, former fieldman of the Missouri Angus Association.

Dave McMahon (left) of Belle Point Ranch, Lavaca, Ark., visits with artist Frank Champion Murphy after purchasing for $15,000, on behalf of Limestone LLC, Stillwater, Okla., the original artwork "Champion" to raise money for the 2006 National Junior Angus Show in Indianapolis, Ind. McMahon also purchased prints No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 for $1,000 each. Connie Uden of TC Ranch, Franklin, Neb., purchased print No. 500 for $800; and Barry and Ami Goldstein of Brookefield Farms, Hartford, N.Y. purchased print No. 75 for $700.

Leo Baker, Saint Onge, S.D., was honored as a retiring American Angus Association Board member. Pictured are Leo and his wife Marilyn.

Mallory Trosper, Hamilton, Mo., was named the 2006 Miss American Angus.

Officers of the American Angus Auxiliary for 2006 include (from left) Nancy Thelen, Saline, Mich., secretary-treasurer; Mary Greiman, Garner, Iowa, president-elect; Sharee Sankey, Council Grove, Kan., president; and Shirley Williams, Fort Smith, Ark., advisor.

Petteway Citrus, Zolfo Springs, Fla., purchased the No. 50 "Belle" ornament for $600 during the Auxiliary's scholarship fundraising auction Sunday evening at the Angus Reception in Louisville, Ky. Pictured (from left) are Roy Petteway; Elizabeth and Shirley Williams of Van Buren, Ark.; and Wendy and R. Roy Petteway.

Tim O'Neal (left), Branch, Ark., and "Friends from Arkansas" purchased the No. 1 "Belle" ornament during the Auxiliary's scholarship fundraising auction Sunday evening at the Angus Reception in Louisville, Ky. The group gave the ornament to 2005 American Angus Auxiliary President Shirley Williams (right) of Van Buren, Ark., shown with daughter Elizabeth. The numbered ornaments were originally created by Anne Hagen for the Auxiliary, which is selling additional numbered originals for $125 each.