Shawnee’s annual trophy auction and pig roast brought out several hundred folks Monday night to the Expo for a good time and effort to raise funds for this year’s 72nd Junior Livestock Show. The event is held at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center and for the second consecutive year it was in the conference center.
This year’s show is scheduled for March 2-6.
Two longtime supporters who have assisted with the Junior Livestock Show for many years were honored Monday night just before the live auction began. Don Britton and Larry Chambers were the two who were honored and deservingly so.
Britton spent 27 years with the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension service, many of those in Pottawatomie County, before retiring. He was involved in a number of aspects of the show.
Chambers was a longtime vo-ag teacher, spending nearly 25 years in the field, and his students at Asher dominated the sheep division of the show for a number of years.
The live auction generated $15,900, the silent auction brought another $1,780 and ticket sales accounted for $2,695, bringing the total to $20,375.
The funds raised during Monday night’s event pay for the trophies and jackets the winning exhibitors earn during next month’s show, along with providing some money to help with the premium auction.
Mike Jackson, the operations manager of the Expo Center, said he and his staff set up seating for 400 people for the event.
As he and I discussed Tuesday, there weren’t many empty seats and if all of the 4-Hers and FFA students who were helping with the event had been seated, it probably could be considered full or at least close to it.
The Greater Shawnee Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual Junior Livestock Show and the trophy auction and pig roast.
The following awards include trophies and jackets.
Grand Champion Steer, Arvest Bank, $1,500; Supreme Champion Heifer, BancFirst, $1,050; Grand Champion Swine, Pott County Farm Bureau Insurance Co., $850; Grand Champion Lamb, Chambers Livestock $700.
Grand Champion Doe Goat, Air Force 1 Heat & Air & Nitro Petroleum, $550; Grand Champion Wether Goat, Hull & Totten, CPA’s, $750; Reserve Grand Champion Steer, Chisholm Trail Farm Credit, $900; Reserve Supreme Champion Heifer, Vision Bank, $800; Reserve Grand Champion Swine, Gilbert Insurance, $500; Reserve Grand Champion Lamb, Finley Cleaners, $500; Reserve Grand Champion Doe Goat, Canadian Valley Coop, $350; Reserve Grand Champion Wether Goat, Air Force 1 Heat & Air & Nitro Petroleum, $350.
Individual Showmanship Award Beef/Jr. Division, Demco $450; Individual Showmanship Award Swine/Jr. Division, Tinker Federal Credit Union, $300; Individual Showmanship Award, Lamb/Jr. Division, Arvest Bank, $400; Individual Showmanship Award Goat/Jr. Division, Healing Touch Homecare, $300; Individual Showmanship Award Beef/Intermediate Division, Brown & Brown Insurance & Jeff Walkingstick Insurance, $500; Individual Showmanship Award Swine/Intermediate Division, Dent-Tech, $500.
Individual Showmanship Award, Sheep/Intermediate Division, Shawnee Feed Center, $300; Individual Showmanship Award Goat/Intermediate Division, C&T Farms, $300; Individual Showmanship Award Beef/Sr. Division, Unity Health Center, $500; Individual Showmanship Award, Swine/Sr. Division, ONG $600; Individual Showmanship Award Sheep /Sr. Division, Chambers Livestock, $300; Individual Showmanship Award Goat /Sr. Division, Hull & Totten, CPA’s $400.
The following awards are for trophies only:
High Point Group of Beef, Shawnee Feed Center, $400; High Point Group of Swine, Shawnee Feed Center, $300; High Point Group of Sheep/Goat, First National Bank, $350; Otto Krausse Stewardship for Beef, Shawnee Feed Center, $450; Otto Krausse Stewardship for Swine. Grissom Implements, $350; and Otto Krausse Stewardship for Sheep/Goat, Shawnee Feed Center, $400.
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Wanda Hill passes along this information. The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary executive meeting will be held Thursday, February 5, at the Salvation Army Carpeted Room. The meeting begins at noon.
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As part of an ongoing effort to educate consumers about fraud, Attorney General Drew Edmondson and AARP Oklahoma announced they will join forces to host the state’s fifth annual Consumer Protection Day at the Capitol.
The event is slated for Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the state capitol, and will feature free document shredding services. Edmondson and representatives from AARP also will be joined at the event by representatives of consumer and law enforcement groups from across the state, who will be on hand to answer consumer questions and provide information about various types of consumer fraud.
Document destruction company Shred-It will provide free document shredding for consumers on the capitol’s south side.
“Consumer Protection Day at the Capitol is an opportunity for Oklahomans to learn about new scams and about ways to protect themselves,” Edmondson said. “The groups that participate in this event come from all areas of protection and prevention. These are people on the front lines in the fight against fraud, and I am grateful for their service.”
This is the event’s fifth year for the event.
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If you have ideas or something of interest for this column, please call me at 214-3922 or e-mail me at michael.mccormick@news-star.com. Please include your name and a phone number for contact purposes.
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Shawnee’s annual trophy auction and pig roast brought out several hundred folks Monday night to the Expo for a good time and effort to raise funds for this year’s 72nd Junior Livestock Show. The event is held at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center and for the second consecutive year it was in the conference center.
This year’s show is scheduled for March 2-6.
Two longtime supporters who have assisted with the Junior Livestock Show for many years were honored Monday night just before the live auction began. Don Britton and Larry Chambers were the two who were honored and deservingly so.
Britton spent 27 years with the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension service, many of those in Pottawatomie County, before retiring. He was involved in a number of aspects of the show.
Chambers was a longtime vo-ag teacher, spending nearly 25 years in the field, and his students at Asher dominated the sheep division of the show for a number of years.
The live auction generated $15,900, the silent auction brought another $1,780 and ticket sales accounted for $2,695, bringing the total to $20,375.
The funds raised during Monday night’s event pay for the trophies and jackets the winning exhibitors earn during next month’s show, along with providing some money to help with the premium auction.
Mike Jackson, the operations manager of the Expo Center, said he and his staff set up seating for 400 people for the event.
As he and I discussed Tuesday, there weren’t many empty seats and if all of the 4-Hers and FFA students who were helping with the event had been seated, it probably could be considered full or at least close to it.
The Greater Shawnee Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual Junior Livestock Show and the trophy auction and pig roast.
The following awards include trophies and jackets.
Grand Champion Steer, Arvest Bank, $1,500; Supreme Champion Heifer, BancFirst, $1,050; Grand Champion Swine, Pott County Farm Bureau Insurance Co., $850; Grand Champion Lamb, Chambers Livestock $700.
Grand Champion Doe Goat, Air Force 1 Heat & Air & Nitro Petroleum, $550; Grand Champion Wether Goat, Hull & Totten, CPA’s, $750; Reserve Grand Champion Steer, Chisholm Trail Farm Credit, $900; Reserve Supreme Champion Heifer, Vision Bank, $800; Reserve Grand Champion Swine, Gilbert Insurance, $500; Reserve Grand Champion Lamb, Finley Cleaners, $500; Reserve Grand Champion Doe Goat, Canadian Valley Coop, $350; Reserve Grand Champion Wether Goat, Air Force 1 Heat & Air & Nitro Petroleum, $350.
Individual Showmanship Award Beef/Jr. Division, Demco $450; Individual Showmanship Award Swine/Jr. Division, Tinker Federal Credit Union, $300; Individual Showmanship Award, Lamb/Jr. Division, Arvest Bank, $400; Individual Showmanship Award Goat/Jr. Division, Healing Touch Homecare, $300; Individual Showmanship Award Beef/Intermediate Division, Brown & Brown Insurance & Jeff Walkingstick Insurance, $500; Individual Showmanship Award Swine/Intermediate Division, Dent-Tech, $500.
Individual Showmanship Award, Sheep/Intermediate Division, Shawnee Feed Center, $300; Individual Showmanship Award Goat/Intermediate Division, C&T Farms, $300; Individual Showmanship Award Beef/Sr. Division, Unity Health Center, $500; Individual Showmanship Award, Swine/Sr. Division, ONG $600; Individual Showmanship Award Sheep /Sr. Division, Chambers Livestock, $300; Individual Showmanship Award Goat /Sr. Division, Hull & Totten, CPA’s $400.
The following awards are for trophies only:
High Point Group of Beef, Shawnee Feed Center, $400; High Point Group of Swine, Shawnee Feed Center, $300; High Point Group of Sheep/Goat, First National Bank, $350; Otto Krausse Stewardship for Beef, Shawnee Feed Center, $450; Otto Krausse Stewardship for Swine. Grissom Implements, $350; and Otto Krausse Stewardship for Sheep/Goat, Shawnee Feed Center, $400.
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Wanda Hill passes along this information. The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary executive meeting will be held Thursday, February 5, at the Salvation Army Carpeted Room. The meeting begins at noon.
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As part of an ongoing effort to educate consumers about fraud, Attorney General Drew Edmondson and AARP Oklahoma announced they will join forces to host the state’s fifth annual Consumer Protection Day at the Capitol.
The event is slated for Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the state capitol, and will feature free document shredding services. Edmondson and representatives from AARP also will be joined at the event by representatives of consumer and law enforcement groups from across the state, who will be on hand to answer consumer questions and provide information about various types of consumer fraud.
Document destruction company Shred-It will provide free document shredding for consumers on the capitol’s south side.
“Consumer Protection Day at the Capitol is an opportunity for Oklahomans to learn about new scams and about ways to protect themselves,” Edmondson said. “The groups that participate in this event come from all areas of protection and prevention. These are people on the front lines in the fight against fraud, and I am grateful for their service.”
This is the event’s fifth year for the event.
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If you have ideas or something of interest for this column, please call me at 214-3922 or e-mail me at michael.mccormick@news-star.com. Please include your name and a phone number for contact purposes.
