Despite the wintry weather, and the fact most of the schools throughout Pottawatomie County were closed on Monday, more than 400 people showed up that night for the annual pig roast and trophy auction to help set a new record.
It raised a total of $26,100. The silent auction brought in $2,115 while the live auction raised $23,850 and ticket sales at the door amounted to another $135.
Here are the trophies, the buyers and supporters and the amounts paid during the live auction:
Grand Champion Steer, Arvest Bank, $1,600; Supreme Champion Heifer, Grissoms, LLC, $1,700; Grand Champion Swine Pottawatomie County Farm Bureau, $1,450; Grand Champion Lamb, Tener’s Western Outfitters, $1,100; Grand Champion Doe Goat, Hull and Totten, PC, $1,200; Grand Champion Wether Goat, Air Force One and Nitro Petroleum. $1,100.
Reserve Grand Champion Steer, BancFirst of Tecumseh, $1,200; Reserve Supreme Champion Heifer, Vision Bank of Shawnee and Meeker, $1,400; Reserve Grand Champion Swine, DENT-TEK, $900; Reserve Grand Champion Lamb, MidFirst Bank, $900; Reserve Grand Champion Doe Goat, Tener’s Western Outfitters, $700; Reserve Grand Champion Wether Goat, Air Force One and Nitro Petroleum, $700; Grand Champion Prospect Steer, Steward Propane. $1,500; Individual Showmanship AwardBeef/Jr. Division, Chisholm Trail Farm Credit, $700; Individual Showmanship Award, Swine/Jr. Division, Shawnee Tinker Federal Credit Union, $450.
Individual Showmanship Award, Lamb/Jr. Division, Chambers Livestock, $350; Individual Showmanship Award, Goat/Jr. Division, Healing Touch Homecare, $350; Individual Showmanship Award, Beef/Intermediate Division, Jeff Walkingstick and Brown and Brown Insurance Agency of Central Oklahoma, $650; Individual Showmanship Award, Swine/Intermediate Division, Dr. Brian Drew, DDS, $450; Individual Showmanship Award, Sheep/Intermediate Division,
First United Bank and Triangle Sale Co., $600; Individual Showmanship Award, Goat/Intermediate Division, Century 21/Golden Key Realty, $350.
Individual Showmanship Award, Beef/Sr. Division, Unity Health Center, $500; Individual Showmanship Award, Swine/Sr. Division, Oklahoma Natural Gas, $450; Individual Showmanship Award, Sheep/Sr. Division, Arvest Bank, $500; Individual Showmanship Award, Goat /Sr. Division, Canadian Valley Electric Coop, $350.
High Point Group of Beef, Shawnee Feed Center, $450; High Point Group of Swine, First National Bank, $450; High Point Group of Sheep/Goat, Shawnee Feed Center, $400; Otto Krausse Stewardship for Beef, Shawnee Feed Center, $500; Otto Krausse Stewardship for Swine, Shawnee Feed Center, $450; Otto Krausse Stewardship for Sheep/Goat, Shawnee Feed Center, $450.
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St. Gregory’s University and the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center once again showed the generosity of this community during the latest winter storm.
Brad Collins, public information director at SGU, said the university provided “a soft pillow and a warm bed to some deserving guests this past weekend. Approximately 350 contractors and Oklahoma Gas & Electric workers from 16 states have descended on the Shawnee area to help restore power and assess damage in the wake of this week’s winter storm.” He said a portion of those crews stayed on its campus through Sunday.
“We just want to help in any way we can,” said SGU Provost Dr. Richard Ludwick. “These people are sacrificing much by coming here to assist in the restoration efforts. Part of our mission as a university is to reach out and serve our community, so our doors are definitely open to them.”
SGU officials said the school’s on-campus food service, Aramark, also offered to help feed the crews throughout their stay.
“This is a large task, a multi-step process,” said Mike Douglas, a logistics section chief for OG&E. “Not only are these guys out assessing and restoring, but we’ve also got to make sure they’ve got a warm meal and a warm place to sleep. The Shawnee community has really stepped up in a short amount of time to be very accommodating to us. We’ve got beds for everyone.”
Douglas said more than 10,000 OG&E customers were without power statewide last Friday night with 2,500 of those in the Shawnee area. He said in addition to SGU, crews also were also assisted by the Shawnee Expo Center.
“This has been a heck of an event with the ice on Thursday and the heavy snow (Friday),” Douglas said. “We’re going to do our best to get out there and hopefully have everything back to normal within the next few days.”
Collins, said about 30 OG&E personnel stayed on the campus through Sunday night.
Chris Dunlap, superintendent of the Expo Center, said that while none of the personnel stayed overnight at the Expo Center, about 150 were fed each day through breakfast this morning at the Expo by a caterer OG&E contracts with.
This is just another way Shawnee folks stepped to assist those who were trying to help restore power and many of those were away from their hometowns and cities.
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Shawnee city commissioners acknowledged several appointments during their meeting Monday evening.
They include Carl Packwood, Shawnee Civic and Cultural Development Authority, term expiring 12/31/13 (second full term); Lauri Fluke, Shawnee Housing Authority, term expiring 2/4/13 (first full term); Chris Waddell, Shawnee Housing Authority, term expiring 2/4/13 (first full term); Gail Foresee, Shawnee Housing Authority, term expiring 2/4/11 (first partial term).
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Despite the wintry weather, and the fact most of the schools throughout Pottawatomie County were closed on Monday, more than 400 people showed up that night for the annual pig roast and trophy auction to help set a new record.
It raised a total of $26,100. The silent auction brought in $2,115 while the live auction raised $23,850 and ticket sales at the door amounted to another $135.
Here are the trophies, the buyers and supporters and the amounts paid during the live auction:
Grand Champion Steer, Arvest Bank, $1,600; Supreme Champion Heifer, Grissoms, LLC, $1,700; Grand Champion Swine Pottawatomie County Farm Bureau, $1,450; Grand Champion Lamb, Tener’s Western Outfitters, $1,100; Grand Champion Doe Goat, Hull and Totten, PC, $1,200; Grand Champion Wether Goat, Air Force One and Nitro Petroleum. $1,100.
Reserve Grand Champion Steer, BancFirst of Tecumseh, $1,200; Reserve Supreme Champion Heifer, Vision Bank of Shawnee and Meeker, $1,400; Reserve Grand Champion Swine, DENT-TEK, $900; Reserve Grand Champion Lamb, MidFirst Bank, $900; Reserve Grand Champion Doe Goat, Tener’s Western Outfitters, $700; Reserve Grand Champion Wether Goat, Air Force One and Nitro Petroleum, $700; Grand Champion Prospect Steer, Steward Propane. $1,500; Individual Showmanship AwardBeef/Jr. Division, Chisholm Trail Farm Credit, $700; Individual Showmanship Award, Swine/Jr. Division, Shawnee Tinker Federal Credit Union, $450.
Individual Showmanship Award, Lamb/Jr. Division, Chambers Livestock, $350; Individual Showmanship Award, Goat/Jr. Division, Healing Touch Homecare, $350; Individual Showmanship Award, Beef/Intermediate Division, Jeff Walkingstick and Brown and Brown Insurance Agency of Central Oklahoma, $650; Individual Showmanship Award, Swine/Intermediate Division, Dr. Brian Drew, DDS, $450; Individual Showmanship Award, Sheep/Intermediate Division,
First United Bank and Triangle Sale Co., $600; Individual Showmanship Award, Goat/Intermediate Division, Century 21/Golden Key Realty, $350.
Individual Showmanship Award, Beef/Sr. Division, Unity Health Center, $500; Individual Showmanship Award, Swine/Sr. Division, Oklahoma Natural Gas, $450; Individual Showmanship Award, Sheep/Sr. Division, Arvest Bank, $500; Individual Showmanship Award, Goat /Sr. Division, Canadian Valley Electric Coop, $350.
High Point Group of Beef, Shawnee Feed Center, $450; High Point Group of Swine, First National Bank, $450; High Point Group of Sheep/Goat, Shawnee Feed Center, $400; Otto Krausse Stewardship for Beef, Shawnee Feed Center, $500; Otto Krausse Stewardship for Swine, Shawnee Feed Center, $450; Otto Krausse Stewardship for Sheep/Goat, Shawnee Feed Center, $450.
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St. Gregory’s University and the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center once again showed the generosity of this community during the latest winter storm.
Brad Collins, public information director at SGU, said the university provided “a soft pillow and a warm bed to some deserving guests this past weekend. Approximately 350 contractors and Oklahoma Gas & Electric workers from 16 states have descended on the Shawnee area to help restore power and assess damage in the wake of this week’s winter storm.” He said a portion of those crews stayed on its campus through Sunday.
“We just want to help in any way we can,” said SGU Provost Dr. Richard Ludwick. “These people are sacrificing much by coming here to assist in the restoration efforts. Part of our mission as a university is to reach out and serve our community, so our doors are definitely open to them.”
SGU officials said the school’s on-campus food service, Aramark, also offered to help feed the crews throughout their stay.
“This is a large task, a multi-step process,” said Mike Douglas, a logistics section chief for OG&E. “Not only are these guys out assessing and restoring, but we’ve also got to make sure they’ve got a warm meal and a warm place to sleep. The Shawnee community has really stepped up in a short amount of time to be very accommodating to us. We’ve got beds for everyone.”
Douglas said more than 10,000 OG&E customers were without power statewide last Friday night with 2,500 of those in the Shawnee area. He said in addition to SGU, crews also were also assisted by the Shawnee Expo Center.
“This has been a heck of an event with the ice on Thursday and the heavy snow (Friday),” Douglas said. “We’re going to do our best to get out there and hopefully have everything back to normal within the next few days.”
Collins, said about 30 OG&E personnel stayed on the campus through Sunday night.
Chris Dunlap, superintendent of the Expo Center, said that while none of the personnel stayed overnight at the Expo Center, about 150 were fed each day through breakfast this morning at the Expo by a caterer OG&E contracts with.
This is just another way Shawnee folks stepped to assist those who were trying to help restore power and many of those were away from their hometowns and cities.
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Shawnee city commissioners acknowledged several appointments during their meeting Monday evening.
They include Carl Packwood, Shawnee Civic and Cultural Development Authority, term expiring 12/31/13 (second full term); Lauri Fluke, Shawnee Housing Authority, term expiring 2/4/13 (first full term); Chris Waddell, Shawnee Housing Authority, term expiring 2/4/13 (first full term); Gail Foresee, Shawnee Housing Authority, term expiring 2/4/11 (first partial term).
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If you have ideas or something of interest for this column, call 214-3922 or e-mail michael.mccormick@news-star.com. Include name and phone number for contact purposes.
