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B erthoud’s Welty family raised fine beef cattle for many years. Jake Welty, who came to the area in 1880 to work as a ranch hand for cattleman George Zweck, established a livelihood in the industry that was car- ried on by his son and grand- children. In the 1920s and ‘30s Roy Welty and his young daughter Janet added to the family’s cattle- raising reputa- tion with their Aberdeen-Angus cattle that won top prizes at the Colorado State Fair and National Western Stock Show. In 1885 28-year-old Jake acquired a 160-acre farm three miles east and one mile north of the fledgling town of Berthoud. Within a few years he added an adjoining 160-acre farm that increased his holdings to 320 acres. In 1891 Welty married Au- gusta “Gussie” Zweck, the daughter of his former boss, and in 1905 pur- chased a 640-acre ranch in the foot- hills west of present-day Carter Lake. Welty eventually expanded the ranch to 2,400 acres. The mountain prop- erty provided Welty with summer range for the large herds of cattle that he fattened for market. Wyatt Smith, a friend and neighbor, eventu- ally became the manager of Welty’s ranch. Jake and Gussie had one son, Roy, who was born in 1896. After attend- ing the Sunnyside country school and graduating from Berthoud High School in 1914 he joined his father in the farming and ranching business. With his wife, Roy made a home on the 160-acre farm that his father had added to his original farm northeast of Berthoud. The farm was located at the northeast corner of the intersec- tion of Weld County roads 3 and 46. With his father, Roy made a busi- ness of fattening beef cows for market and establishing a fine line of pure- bred black Aberdeen-Angus cattle. In 1924 Roy and Smith, who managed the Welty’s mountain ranch, showed Aberdeen-Angus cattle that they owned at the Larimer County Fair. A breed of cattle that originated in Scotland, the men’s Aberdeen-Angus generated much excitement among local citizens who were not familiar with the blocky, coal-black bovines that were said to be able to “find a sustaining pasturage where other less hardy animals would starve.” In 1929 Welty’s carload of 15 grain-fed Aberdeen-Angus cattle won the grand champion ribbon at the National Western Stock Show. The animals averaged 1,172 pounds in weight and were so revered that a packing company paid 27-cents per pound for them. All told, Welty earned a total of $4,746, which was an enormous sum of money at the time. Carloads of Kansas Herefords and Missouri Shorthorns placed sec- ond and third in the class. Following the competition The Berthoud Bul- letin noted, “Angus cattle from the Welty ranch are getting to be known far and wide — on two continents — some of his stock having been ex- ported to Peru, South America.” Roy’s 12-year-old daughter Janet staked her own claim to fame in 1932 when her Aberdeen-Angus steer calf was judged to be the 4-H Club Reserve Champion of the National Western Stock Show in Denver. At the same competition her calf nearly earned the title of grand champion but was edged out by a 16-month-old Hereford calf shown by Ichio Matsu- tani of Paxton, Neb. After Janet’s triumph at the Na- tional Western Stock Show in 1932 the Weltys’ days of showing champi- onship Angus-Aberdeen cattle came to an end. Roy moved his family from their farm northeast of Berthoud into town where they lived before re- turning to a farm in the countryside southwest of Berthoud in 1940. Roy and his sons Don and Jack continued the family’s farming operation on two farms in that area. The Aberdeen- Angus herd was sold in 1942, but Roy and his sons continued to fatten beef cattle, sheep and hogs for market un- Xtil the early 1950s. The photograph of Janet and her championship calf that accompa- nies this article is one of the images that appear on the January page of the “Newsworthy Berthoud” 2014 calendar produced by the Berthoud Historical Society. The calendar is available at a cost of $12 at the Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum, the McCarty-Fickel Home museum, Johnsons Corner, Home State Bank, Wishful Living, Berthoud Weekly Surveyor, Hays Market, Berthoud Drug Store, Hays Market, Indigo Sky and Sheila’s Barbershop. By Jan Dowker The Surveyor Berthoud High School (BHS) se- nior Sara Sterck received athletic, academic and fine arts scholarships to attend Mount Marty College in South Dakota and will compete for the Lancers as a member of their women’s soccer team and archery team. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercol- legiate Athletics (NAIA), with close to 300 colleges and universities and conferences involved, and more than 60,000 student-athletes having the opportunity to play college sports at NAIA member institutions. Sterck was joined at the college signing by her mom, Beth, and dad, Bill, along with coaches, teammates, friends, teachers, BHS Principal Chris Garcia and Athletic Director Chase McBride. “I’m going to miss it when I’m gone,” said Sterck of playing for the Berthoud Spartans girls soccer team. But her smile is evident when she thinks of playing at the collegiate level. “The coach was great,” she said af- ter meeting Nathan Epp, head coach for the Lancers’ women’s soccer team. “He actually cared enough to text me to see how I was doing dur- ing the club season. When I signed, I watched the way he interacted with me, my parents, and other athletes; and they respect him. He’s a great person. I’m excited to play for a team like that.” The Lancers are an NAIA Division I team and are members of the Great Plains Athletic Confer- ence. As a nationally-ranked competi- tive archer, Sterck will also get time to shoot at the National Field Ar- chery Association’s fields used by the college for both archery and soccer. Mount Marty is a private college located in Yankton, S. D., on the bluffs overlooking the Missouri River near the boarder with Nebraska. “I love the school; the professors that we met were very personable and seemed genuinely interested in Sara,” said Beth. “It’s a very small campus and the professors help keep an eye on the students; they’re not just a number. That was kind of a deciding factor for us,” she continued. Looking at an exercise wellness major, Sara wants to prep for ath- letic training, kinesiology, biome- chanics and physical therapy. “I plan to go on for physical therapy at the University of Northern Colorado for grad school with an emphasis in can- cer rehabilitation,” said Sara. “I think it’s a dream come true to pursue the soccer that she’s always wanted to do and the added perk of the archery program,” said Beth. “We’re totally excited about that.” “It’s kind of one of those oppor- tunities that’s hard to pass up,” she continued. “My husband Bill really liked the campus and the people and the fact that she’s able to get an excellent education. He really researched this college and we got some very positive feedback.” “I’m extremely excited for her to go to college and do so many of the things she loves. I’m sad because she’s leaving the nest, but I’m defi- nitely proud of her,” said Beth. Sara added, “It was far enough away, but it felt like the community of Berthoud. It’s a home away from home.” Page 6 Berthoud Weekly Surveyor January 2, 2014 AND RECREATION Photo courtesy of the Wayne Smith Collection, Berthoud Historical Society In January 1932 Berthoud’s Janet Welty won top honors at the National West- ern Stock Show for her Aberdeen-Angus steer calf. The 12-year-old girl was the third generation of the Welty family to take an active role in the cattle industry. Berthoud’s Sterck signs with Mount Marty College Photo by John Hall Sara Sterck, center, signs a letter of intent to attend Mount Marty College in South Dakota, competing in soccer and archery. Beside Sara are her parents, Beth and Bill Sterck. 330 Mountain Ave. • 532-2034 •www.berthouddrug.com Athlete of the Week Sponsored by: Immunizations Available A THLETE OF THE W EEK BHS senior Sara Sterck is a three-year letter earner for the girls soccer team. She’s played soccer for many years, including with Club United soccer in Loveland. “Playing soccer, I got to meet a lot of people and had a lot of fun,” said Sterck. She has also competed in archery for eleven years, competing nationally since she was twelve and representing Colorado at the 4-H Nationals. Upon learning she was athlete of the week, she shared, “It was pretty exciting because I always wondered if I would make it. I’ve been looking forward to getting it since I was a freshman.” Her favorite class: Economics Sara Sterck A LOOK AT BERTHOUD The historical society and Mark French are interested in obtaining and copying old photos from Berthoud’s past. Please contact Mark at 532-2147 if you have any photos you would like to share. Welty’s Aberdeen-Angus won 1932 Stock Show title Surveyor Columnist Mark French Special to the Surveyor Cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of heart function in a person who may or may not have diagnosed heart disease. Though often mistaken as the same thing as a heart attack, cardiac arrest is not the same. Heart attacks can cause cardiac arrest and even lead to death, but the cause of heart attack and cardiac arrest are different. Ac- cording to the American Heart Asso- ciation, heart attacks are caused by a blockage that stops blood from flowing to the heart. Though heart muscle tis- sue dies because of this lack of blood supply, heart attacks do not always result in death. Cardiac arrest is caused by an electrical malfunction of the heart, which suddenly stops work- ing properly. This can be arrhythmia, a condition that occurs when the heart beats irregularly or abnormally. Once the heart has stopped during cardiac arrest, death can occur within minutes. However, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, can reverse car- diac arrest. A defibrillator will be used to shock the heart, which can restore the it to a normal rhythm in just a few minutes. Because cardiac arrest is so sudden and strikes without warning, it’s imperative that men and women who are with someone they believe is in cardiac arrest take action immedi- ately. Did you know?
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Berthoud’s Welty family raised fi ne beef cattle for many years. Jake Welty, who
came to the area in 1880 to work as a ranch hand for cattleman George Zweck, established a livelihood in the industry that was car-ried on by his son and grand-children. In the 1920s and ‘30s Roy Welty and his young daughter Janet added to the family’s cattle-raising reputa-tion with their
Aberdeen-Angus cattle that won top prizes at the Colorado State Fair and National Western Stock Show.
In 1885 28-year-old Jake acquired a 160-acre farm three miles east and one mile north of the fl edgling town of Berthoud. Within a few years he added an adjoining 160-acre farm that increased his holdings to 320 acres. In 1891 Welty married Au-gusta “Gussie” Zweck, the daughter of his former boss, and in 1905 pur-chased a 640-acre ranch in the foot-hills west of present-day Carter Lake. Welty eventually expanded the ranch to 2,400 acres. The mountain prop-erty provided Welty with summer range for the large herds of cattle that he fattened for market. Wyatt Smith, a friend and neighbor, eventu-ally became the manager of Welty’s ranch.
Jake and Gussie had one son, Roy,
who was born in 1896. After attend-ing the Sunnyside country school and graduating from Berthoud High School in 1914 he joined his father in the farming and ranching business. With his wife, Roy made a home on the 160-acre farm that his father had added to his original farm northeast of Berthoud. The farm was located at the northeast corner of the intersec-tion of Weld County roads 3 and 46.
With his father, Roy made a busi-ness of fattening beef cows for market and establishing a fi ne line of pure-bred black Aberdeen-Angus cattle. In 1924 Roy and Smith, who managed the Welty’s mountain ranch, showed Aberdeen-Angus cattle that they owned at the Larimer County Fair. A breed of cattle that originated in Scotland, the men’s Aberdeen-Angus generated much excitement among local citizens who were not familiar with the blocky, coal-black bovines that were said to be able to “fi nd a sustaining pasturage where other less hardy animals would starve.”
In 1929 Welty’s carload of 15 grain-fed Aberdeen-Angus cattle won the grand champion ribbon at the National Western Stock Show. The animals averaged 1,172 pounds in weight and were so revered that a packing company paid 27-cents per pound for them. All told, Welty earned a total of $4,746, which was an enormous sum of money at the time. Carloads of Kansas Herefords and Missouri Shorthorns placed sec-ond and third in the class. Following the competition The Berthoud Bul-letin noted, “Angus cattle from the Welty ranch are getting to be known far and wide — on two continents — some of his stock having been ex-
ported to Peru, South America.”Roy’s 12-year-old daughter Janet
staked her own claim to fame in 1932 when her Aberdeen-Angus steer calf was judged to be the 4-H Club Reserve Champion of the National Western Stock Show in Denver. At the same competition her calf nearly earned the title of grand champion but was edged out by a 16-month-old Hereford calf shown by Ichio Matsu-tani of Paxton, Neb.
After Janet’s triumph at the Na-tional Western Stock Show in 1932 the Weltys’ days of showing champi-onship Angus-Aberdeen cattle came to an end. Roy moved his family from their farm northeast of Berthoud into town where they lived before re-turning to a farm in the countryside southwest of Berthoud in 1940. Roy and his sons Don and Jack continued the family’s farming operation on two farms in that area. The Aberdeen-Angus herd was sold in 1942, but Roy and his sons continued to fatten beef cattle, sheep and hogs for market un-Xtil the early 1950s.
The photograph of Janet and her championship calf that accompa-nies this article is one of the images that appear on the January page of the “Newsworthy Berthoud” 2014 calendar produced by the Berthoud Historical Society. The calendar is available at a cost of $12 at the Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum, the McCarty-Fickel Home museum, Johnsons Corner, Home State Bank, Wishful Living, Berthoud Weekly Surveyor, Hays Market, Berthoud Drug Store, Hays Market, Indigo Sky and Sheila’s Barbershop.
By Jan DowkerThe Surveyor
Berthoud High School (BHS) se-nior Sara Sterck received athletic, academic and fi ne arts scholarships to attend Mount Marty College in South Dakota and will compete for the Lancers as a member of their women’s soccer team and archery team. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercol-legiate Athletics (NAIA), with close to 300 colleges and universities and
conferences involved, and more than 60,000 student-athletes having the opportunity to play college sports at NAIA member institutions.
Sterck was joined at the college signing by her mom, Beth, and dad, Bill, along with coaches, teammates, friends, teachers, BHS Principal Chris Garcia and Athletic Director Chase McBride.
“I’m going to miss it when I’m gone,” said Sterck of playing for the Berthoud Spartans girls soccer team. But her smile is evident when she
thinks of playing at the collegiate level.
“The coach was great,” she said af-ter meeting Nathan Epp, head coach for the Lancers’ women’s soccer team. “He actually cared enough to text me to see how I was doing dur-ing the club season. When I signed, I watched the way he interacted with me, my parents, and other athletes; and they respect him. He’s a great person. I’m excited to play for a team like that.” The Lancers are an NAIA Division I team and are members of the Great Plains Athletic Confer-ence.
As a nationally-ranked competi-tive archer, Sterck will also get time to shoot at the National Field Ar-chery Association’s fi elds used by the college for both archery and soccer.
Mount Marty is a private college located in Yankton, S. D., on the bluffs overlooking the Missouri River near the boarder with Nebraska. “I love the school; the professors that we met were very personable and seemed genuinely interested in Sara,” said Beth.
“It’s a very small campus and the professors help keep an eye on the students; they’re not just a number. That was kind of a deciding factor for us,” she continued.
Looking at an exercise wellness
major, Sara wants to prep for ath-letic training, kinesiology, biome-chanics and physical therapy. “I plan to go on for physical therapy at the University of Northern Colorado for grad school with an emphasis in can-cer rehabilitation,” said Sara.
“I think it’s a dream come true to pursue the soccer that she’s always wanted to do and the added perk of the archery program,” said Beth. “We’re totally excited about that.”
“It’s kind of one of those oppor-tunities that’s hard to pass up,” she continued. “My husband Bill really
liked the campus and the people and the fact that she’s able to get an excellent education. He really researched this college and we got some very positive feedback.”
“I’m extremely excited for her to go to college and do so many of the things she loves. I’m sad because she’s leaving the nest, but I’m defi -nitely proud of her,” said Beth.
Sara added, “It was far enough away, but it felt like the community of Berthoud. It’s a home away from home.”
Page 6 Berthoud Weekly Surveyor January 2, 2014
AND RECREATION
Photo courtesy of the Wayne Smith Collection, Berthoud Historical SocietyIn January 1932 Berthoud’s Janet Welty won top honors at the National West-ern Stock Show for her Aberdeen-Angus steer calf. The 12-year-old girl was the third generation of the Welty family to take an active role in the cattle industry.
Berthoud’s Sterck signs with Mount Marty College
Photo by John HallSara Sterck, center, signs a letter of intent to attend Mount Marty College in South Dakota, competing in soccer and archery. Beside Sara are her parents, Beth and Bill Sterck.
Photo courtesy of the Wayne Smith Collection, Berthoud Historical Society
330 Mountain Ave. • 532-2034 •www.berthouddrug.com
Athlete of the Week Sponsored by:
Immunizations Available
ATHLETE OF THE WEEKBHS senior Sara Sterck is a three-year letter earner for the girls soccer team. She’s played soccer for many years, including with Club United soccer in Loveland. “Playing soccer, I got to meet a lot of people and had a lot of fun,” said Sterck. She has also competed in archery for eleven years, competing nationally since she was twelve and representing Colorado at the 4-H Nationals. Upon learning she was athlete of the week, she shared, “It was pretty exciting because I always wondered if I would make it. I’ve been looking forward to getting it since I was a freshman.” Her favorite class: Economics
Sara Sterck
A LOOK AT BERTHOUD
The historical society and Mark French are interested in obtaining and copying old photos from Berthoud’s past. Please contact Mark at 532-2147 if you have any photos you would like to share.
Welty’s Aberdeen-Angus won 1932 Stock Show title
Surveyor Columnist
Mark French
Special to the Surveyor
Cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of heart function in a person who may or may not have diagnosed heart disease. Though often mistaken as the same thing as a heart attack, cardiac arrest is not the same. Heart attacks can cause cardiac arrest and even lead to death, but the cause of heart attack and cardiac arrest are different. Ac-cording to the American Heart Asso-ciation, heart attacks are caused by a blockage that stops blood from fl owing to the heart. Though heart muscle tis-sue dies because of this lack of blood supply, heart attacks do not always
result in death. Cardiac arrest is caused by an electrical malfunction of the heart, which suddenly stops work-ing properly. This can be arrhythmia, a condition that occurs when the heart beats irregularly or abnormally. Once the heart has stopped during cardiac arrest, death can occur within minutes. However, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, can reverse car-diac arrest. A defi brillator will be used to shock the heart, which can restore the it to a normal rhythm in just a few minutes. Because cardiac arrest is so sudden and strikes without warning, it’s imperative that men and women who are with someone they believe is in cardiac arrest take action immedi-ately.
Did you know?
