The Coshocton County Beacon October 11, 2017 - Page 17

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OCTOBER 11, 2017
Sale of Champions showcases youth achievements
By Beth Scott
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COSHOCTON – Th e Junior Fair Auction is
always an exciting night for 4-H mem-
bers to showcase their grand and reserve
grand champion livestock. Hunter Arena
was packed Th ursday, Oct. 5 as animals
were sold to the highest bidder and 4-H
members said goodbye (some tearfully)
to their animals.
Th e grand champion dairy feeder was
the fi rst animal on the auction block.
Th is prize-winning animal was raised by
Ryan Greten and sold to People’s Bank.
“I want to thank them very much for
buying him,” said Greten. “I’m planning
to put the money toward college.”
Th e reserve grand champion dairy
feeder was exhibited by Dakota William-
son and purchased by the Jeff Drennen
Dealerships.
“I’d like to thank him a lot,” said Wil-
liamson. “I’ve been working really hard
getting ready for show day and it paid off
in the end.”
Th e grand champion market chicken
was purchased by Josh and Julia Fisher
and exhibited by Claire Killiany. Th e
reserve grand champion market chicken
was exhibited by Peyton Shroyer and
purchased by AK Steel.
Th e grand champion market wether
goat was exhibited by Hunter Cannon
and purchased by Grillin’ Dave Style
who has been bidding on animals at the
Coshocton County Fair for 35 years.
“I wanted to come down and support
the kids in this county,” he said. “I had
another company in Coshocton for 30
years and I was a supporter of this sale
then. Just helping the youth out in this
county is important.”
Th e reserve grand champion market
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Emily Bookless, center, earned the
coveted title of Showman of Showmen at
the Coshocton County Fair on Wednesday
evening, Oct. 4. She is a junior at
Ridgewood High School and a member
of the Kamelid Kushers. Bookless is
pictured with all four of the previous winners of the contest. From left are:
Rachel Duncan, Waverly Reidenbach,
Bookless, Liz Porteus, and Jenna Wyler.
For more photos of the contest visit our
website and click on the photo gallery
at www.coshoctonbeacontoday.com.
FROM PAGE 1 Times 4-H; Evan Duncan, Ridgerun-
ners 4-H; Abigail Lillibridge, Above &
Beyond 4-H; Abbie Kellish, Ridgewood
FFA; Serenity Cannon, Above & Beyond
4-H; Sydney Zinkon, Progressive Live-
stock 4-H; Emily Burrier, Happy Tracks
4-H; and the winner, Emily Bookless,
Kamelid Kushers 4-H.
Th e contest is sponsored by the Ridge-
wood FFA Alumni and the Coshocton
County 4-H Advisory Committee. Th e
winner receives $500 and each of the
other contestants receives $25.
It means a lot to win this contest - I have
been working really hard to get it, it just
blew my mind when I got it.”
Bookless said, “I practiced all day. I’ve
been doing my research on the internet,
basic facts, terminology of each animal, it
really blew my mind. Th at really helped a
lot.”
Other competitors were: Alex Incarna-
to, Extreme Achievers; Madison Whitt,
Ridgewood FFA; Hunter Cannon, Good
wether goat went to Diane McCoy, Cami-
la Graham, Coshocton County Clerk of
Courts, Susan Turner, Coshocton County
Recorder, and Keith McCoy. It was exhib-
ited by Shelby Cannon.
“It’s very emotional,” said Cannon
about letting her goat go.
She plans to save her money from the
sale.
“I will probably invest it or put it in sav-
ings and save it up for college,” she said.
Th e grand champion market hog went
to Eslich Wrecking Company and was ex-
hibited by Kalie Rettos. Th e reserve grand
champion market hog was purchased by
Miller Funeral Home and exhibited by
Bryce Duncan.
“Our girls have been involved in 4-H
the last fi ve or six years,” said Matt Miller.
“So we know what it takes to raise these
hogs and we love coming out and sup-
porting these kids.”
Th e grand champion market turkey
was raised by Janay Fetzer and pur-
chased by Wiley’s Finest / Organic
Technologies.
“I greatly thank them,” said Fetzer.
“Th is is my last year of 4-H and this
will help with college.”
Paul Wiley said he enjoys sup-
porting the community through the
junior fair auction.
“We like to support the communi-
ty and see the hard work of all these
4-H kids,” said Wiley. “It gives them
work ethic.”
Th e reserve grand champion
market turkey was raised by Johna-
than Woodward and purchased by
Coshocton Trucking.
Th e grand champion market lamb
was purchased by Walhonding
Valley Sand and Gravel, Th ree Rivers
Energy, and ASB Farm and was
exhibited by Hunter Meade.
“Th ese young people and their
families commit a huge amount of
time, eff ort, and resources to better
themselves and the community,”
said Alan Brinker of Th ree Rivers
Energy. “We did it a long time ago in
4-H and it’s cool to do this again to
help them and in 40 years, they can
do this again.”
Ezra Helmick of Walhonding
Valley Sand and Gravel said that
supporting the junior fair auction is
a way to give back.
“We were 4-H members at one
time in life also and people support-
ed us,” he said. “It’s about giving
back and we hope these people will
support our business in the future.”
Th e reserve grand champion
market lamb was purchased by
Th e Home Loan Savings Bank, Lity
Scrap Yard, Gemini Corporation,
and PSI Industrial Solutions. It was
exhibited by Laney Mizer, who has been
with her lamb since it was born.
“It’s very hard,” she said about letting
her lamb Scooby go.
She plans to use the money to purchase
next year’s lamb and to save for college.
Th e grand champion market steer was
purchased by the Jeff Drennen Dealer-
ships and exhibited by Hunter Mizer. Th e
reserve grand champion market steer
was raised by Allie McCoy and was also
purchased by the Jeff Drennen Dealer-
ships.
“These young people
and their families
commit a huge amount
of time, eff ort, and
resources to bett er
themselves and the
community. We did it a
long time ago in 4-H and
it’s cool to do this again
to help them and in 40
years, they can do this
again.”
- Ezra Helmick
Th e grand champion market duck was
purchased by Century National Bank
and Owens and Manning Attorneys and
exhibited by Marissa Moore. Th e reserve
grand champion market duck was exhib-
ited by Jaiden Matthews and purchased
by Shelly Materials.
“Th ank you so much for buying him,”
said Matthews. “I really appreciate it.”
Th e grand champion rabbit fryers were
purchased by Given-Dawson-Paisley
Funeral Home and exhibited by Madalyn
Cutshall. Th e reserve grand champion
pen of three rabbit fryers were purchased
by Muskingum Valley Health Center and
raised by Brenna Udder.
“It’s sad,” she said about letting her rab-
bits go. “But they’re just a project.”
Th e supreme goat project went to State
Representative Larry A. Householder. Su-
preme llama project was sold to Wiley’s
Finest / Organic Technologies. Supreme
dairy products went to Bakersville
Garage, Pearl Valley Cheese, Precision
Truck Solutions, and Gerber and Sons.
See the special sale of champions sec-
tion in the Oct. 18 issue of Th e Beacon for
complete information and photos of the
junior fair auction.