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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1986
Page
8
The 1986 Jackson County Junior Livestock Show sale raised 30 950 for 45 animals, paying the arena’s final 1 500 on the 220 by 107 foot building. Tim Mickelson’s 1 183 pound steer led bids, while Gene Mann and Eric Geise led other champion lots.,, the event also honored builders and buyers with plaques.
Tim Curran 14, son of John and Gloria Curran of Taylor Route 1, exhibited the supreme Holstein cow at the Jackson County Fair with a 2-year-old animal chosen by judge Gus Wendorf of La Crosse over Ken Hart's aged cow. Hart’s cow had been supreme at the fair for two years. The 62nd Jackson County 4-H fair marked by blue ribbons for club participants, including TNT charter member Robert Capaul of Alma Center. The Curran cow later showed with dam and grand dam in Holstein events, as Curran plans a dairying career with the Country Crystals 4-H club. Grand champions were shown by Gary Hammond, Kara Jacobson, Dean Peterson, Joe Nandory, Jake Ball, Travis Nehring, while other registered champions included Mike Stubrud, Jon Strandberg, Eric Jacobson, Sara Ruzic.
Gene Mann, 13, of Northfield, dominated the fair with grand champion market lamb, reserve grand champion market lamb, grand champion Suffolk ewe, and champion in the any other breed class. He also led the reserve grand champion steer, a Limousin cross bred, and placed second in the rate of gain contest. Mann, aided by his grandmother, was the first male to enter the sheep show lead class, earning intermediate showman in both sheep and beef divisions and previously won junior showmanship. He plans to use 1857.55 from the meat animal auction to pay bills. Senior beef showman is Don Holcomb, junior beef showman Brian Freise, and Tim Mickelson topped the beef steer.
Melanie hulburt age 10 daughter of doug and ellen hurlburt black river falls mobilized donations and exhibits that filled the jack son county fair petting zoo. she entered ducks guinea pigs a nor wegian elkhound and her pups kittens rabbits and chickens. she won blues and pinks in poultry and dog showmanship and obedience trophies. she also earned ribbons in home furnishings leathercraft clothing review swine show and sold a 208 pound crossbred barrow for 1.60 per pound. her sisters melissa 13 heather 15 and heidi 19 showed holsteins in the dairy show.
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