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darken and her Grand Lhampion bteer tnaT meGherner)Auction nets $29,269.88The Clay County 4-H Fair headed down the homestretch last night with the sound of dollarsigns hanging in the air.A big event, the“oneuhoneuhonehow’sabouttwo-fifty.twofiftyuhtwouhtwo,” netted $29,269.88 for Clay 4-Hers from the annual livestock auction as local and not-so-local businesses bid top dollar for the 1977 livestock entries.The night’s top dollar buyer was Riddell National Bank, which purchased Sherra Warken’s grand champion steer for awhopping $1,872.75 at $1.65 a pound. That buy and two others also made Riddell the largest overall auction buyer of the night.Buyers totaled 75 with banks, businesses, individuals and coops getting in on the action. Some of the other large buyers included Peoples State Bank with six purchases, Greencastle Livestock with five, Sullivan Livestock, J J Farm Supplies and Wilson Bins and Wickes with four each and First Bank and Trust with three.Virgil Butts, Gayle Hughes, Joe Knust and Charlie Brown did theauction honors, plying their famous tongue-twisting trade.CLASS SALES included swine at $12,545.50, beef at $13,307.63 and sheep at $13,416.76. The three and a half hour event went smoothly, according to seasonedbystanders.Other Friday night events included the annual Talent Find contest, with young Clay Countian stage hopefuls singing, dancing, tumbling and batoning their wayto trophies.Top awards went to Lori Caruso, Anita Hughes, Sara Siples, Toni Wolf and Barbara Fateh; Lori and Tina Price, David Thomas and Kim Sehop-meyer.The event started at 7:30 p.m. with two tiny five-year-olds belting their best in song. Little Sandy Crafton stood in blue pinafore and patent leather shoes to sing the “Unicorn” song.Dava Hamm, dressed as a cowgirl, followed that with a cute rendition of ‘‘Rhinestone Cowboy.”The highlight of the night was
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Brazil Times
Brazil, Indiana, US
Sat, Aug 06, 1977
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