The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 2011 Page: 2 of 12
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Shelby Womack's market
lamb received an $800 pre-
mium from Womack Ad &
Legend Bank; John
Jenning's beef heifer
reveived an $800 prelimum
from the Bowie Bank;
Kourtney Keek's breeding
meat goat received an $800
premium from Lone Star
Liquor; and Taylor
Shipman's breeding dairy
goat received a350 premium
from EOG and The Bowie
Bank..
Nocona 4H members
earning reserve grand cham-
pionships were: Raylee
Brown whose breeding
swine received a $850 pre-
mium from HEP Oil and
Abby Linn's junior photog-
raphy project received a
#500 premium from James
Woods Motors..
Bowie FFA grand cham-
pions were: Casey Spikes
with both market goat and
grand champion market
lamb; Richey DeMoss
heifers; Lori Lane market
rabbits; Callie Adams breed-
ing swine; and Katie Walker
doe rabbit.
Forestburg FFA grand
champions were: Joshua
Woods senior large shop;
Kayley Steadham dairy
heifers; Shawn Braden dairy
goat. Forestburg 4H grand
champions were: Kendall
Wallace junior large shop
and junior small shop;
Alexandria Sharon market
broilers.
Bowie 4H grand champi-
ons were: May lie Short jun-
ior foods; Kelsey Grottie
senior small shop; and Maci
Sound off, readers!
I want to comment on the
Montague County Show
premium auction held
Saturday night at the culmi-
nation of the week's activi-
ties.
I heard several comments
that the "Home Economics"
division should not be rec-
ognized or even compensat-
ed equally in the "Livestock
Auction", and I have to
respectfully disagree with
this.
As with most youngsters
entering the County Show
with their livestock, many
of them also have worked
hard entering shop and
home economics projects, as
well. Some students at some
schools are given the project
to complete for a grade but
most fall under the 4-H or
FFA leadership and work
hard all year long honing
their skills as livestock man-
agers as well as wood
crafters, leatherworkers,
painters, welders, bakers,
chefs, canners, fashion
designers, artisans, seam-
stresses, photographers,
general visionaries and any
other "working with your
hands" category available.
The Home Economics
and Shop categories allow
these kids to learn skills that
will take them far into adult-
hood. The kids you saw in
this past weekend's show
are the adults that will even-
tually be cooking your food,
baking your cakes, repairing
your boots, taking your
wedding photos, welding
your gates, designing and
creating the crosses you
hang on your walls and
altering your clothing. They
deserve to be recognized on
an equal playing field as the
livestock managers of
tomorrow.
An opportunity is given
at the end of the Home
Economics show to com-
pensate these kids and sadly
it is very poorly attended by
the general public, therefore
the compensation is quite
inadequate for their efforts.
It is most usually attended
by parents and grandparents
and those who have already
contributed monetarily to
"their" kids. So the only
real money that these kids
see is at the Premium
Auction mixed in with the
award winning livestock.
Generally speaking, a
child that is elevated Grand
and Reserve Champion with
their home economic item in
the Premium auction might
get $500 (and sometimes it
is from a family member) to
cover the costs of their proj-
ect.
For example (and this is
common), the entry fees of
projects can range anywhere
from $3 to $10 an entry.
Cost of supplies can range
from $25-$300 or even
more for a large shop proj-
ect. If a home economics
winner gets $500 for a proj-
ect and the total cost of this
year's projects ran
$300....the remainder can
be put toward college funds
or seed money for next
year's projects.
So, rewarding kids in the
Home Economics and Shop
divisions, not only are we
fostering the workforce of
tomorrow but we are allow-
ing them the ability to
become good stewards of
their finances, which is what
really need to be teaching
our children right now!
Remember, there is still
time to pledge your support!
Contact any Montague
County Youth Fair Board
Member to do so!
For those who do give to
the youth by either pledging
or attending and bidding,
THANK YOU, for investing
generously in the youth of
Montague County!
Suzanne Storey
Spikes breeding ewes
Ralls was Prairie Valley
4H's lone grand champion in
senior fabric construction.
Kaitlyn Forrester was
Saint Jo 4H's lone grand
champion with her junior
fabric construction project.
And T.J. Lindenborn was
Saint Jo FFA's one grand
champion with his breeding
poultry exhibit.
Reserve grand champions
from Prairie Valley FFA
were Lane Hillard senior
large shop and Colton
Brown breeding poultry.
Prairie Valley 4H mem-
ber Bret Smith had the
reserve champion junior
small shop project. The
miniature catapult received a
premium of $500 from
James Woods Motors. PV
4H member Lane Hillard
received a $500 premium
from Legend Bank. And
Colton Brown's reserve
champion hen received a
premium of $500 from
Williams and Williams.
Bowie FFA reserve grand
champions were: Taylor
Spikes market swine; Jenna
McCarty dairy heifers.
Bowie 4H reserve champi-
ons were: Marie McCollum
steers; and Pierce Lancaster
breeding rabbits.
Colt Rainey of the
Ringgold 4H exhibited the
reserve grand champion jun-
ior large shop project.
Legend Bank paid a $700
premium on the project.
Forestburg 4H members
earning reserve grand cham-
pionships were: Daniel
Sharon junior foods and
market broilers; Greg
Wilhite senior goods; Jake
Toler market rabbits;
Madison Scott senior fabric
construction; and Alexandria
Sharon senior creative art.
Forestburg FFA reserve
grand champions was Bailey
Cody senior small shop.
Goldburg 4H's Chelsie
Gerlach was the junior cre-
ative art reserve grand cham-
pion.
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Milta Carter, left and
Francis Lindell, right, join
a growing list of supporters
of the Dome Project.
Donations were also
received from members of
the Singletary Family
Reunion in memory of
Singletary ances-
tors. Charlotte Miller
made her donation in
honor of Jean Angove of
Bowie. The dome project
committee hopes to have
the dome in place for the
100th birthday of the
courthouse. You can help
by sending your donation
to Dome Project, P.O. Box
172, Montague, Texas
76251.
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