Showmanship honors awarded at Southern Town fair swine show
Vander Meiden Mark and Rempe Jeff took top showmanship honors in senior and junior divisions at the RSouthern Town fair swine show. Dozens of 203-39 to 230-39 pound market hog classes earned blue ribbons for Pella Leighton and nearby towns with many red ribbons in pen of three and commercial gilt events.
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Rsouthern
Pella Area
Mark Vander Meiden
Pella
Vander ¢Meiden
Mark Rempe
Leighton
Bruce Veenstra
tLeighton
Mike Vroom
Lisa van Rheenen
Brad Miller
Donna_ Steenhoek
Steve Nunnikhoven
Eric Bruxvoort
Iowa Southern Fair
Marion county fair winners advance to state fair
Several Pella area 4-Hers will show projects at the Iowa State Fair after winning at the Marion county fair. Food and nutrition entries advancing include Becky Rietveld, Laura Rozenboom, Lynn Van Vark, and a special meal place setting by Lynn Van Vark. Home improvement entries feature Beth Boot decoupage wall hanging, Valerie Terpstra refinished kraut cutter, and Mary Van Zee heritage arrangement, with Van Zee’s poster entering the national 4-H D poster art contest. In dress revue, Karla Fischer Laura Rozenboom and Valerie Terpstra earned blue ribbons but do not advance. Stefanie Vruwink earned a red ribbon. All were in the intermediate class.
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Becky Rietveld
Laura Rozenboom
Lynn van Vark
Beth “Boot
Valerie Terpstra
Mary van Zee
Marion County Fair
Karla Fischer
Stefanie Vruwink
Heaberlin Wins Iowa Farm Bureau Discussion Meet in Clive
Steve D. Heaberlin of Pleasantville won the Clive area discussion meet on July 28 with Allan R. Armbrecht of Cole as runner up. They advance to the state meet in Des Moines December 7 to 9 to compete for a Hawaii trip. The topic was vertical integration impact on production and marketing needs. Heatherlins also represent Marion County Farm Bureau in Des Moines August 3 Outstanding Young Farmers Awards contest.
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Steve D. Heaberlin
Pleasantville
Iowa Farm Bureau
Clive
Allan R. Armbrecht
Cole
Des Moines
American Farm Bureau
Hawaii
Farm Bureau
Heatherlins
Marion County Farm Bureau
Ribbon winners named in small classes at Southern Iowa fair
The Southern Iowa fair awarded many blue ribbons in small classes from floral displays to prize pullets. Marcia Vander Meiden of Pella led with top honors in multiple entries including a sweepstakes win in Bicentennial and a Photography blue. Other blue ribbons went to residents of Leighton and Pella for creative art, photography, mechanical exhibits, and livestock categories.
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Iowa
Marcia Vander Meiden
Pella
Vera Nunnikhoven
Donna’ Steenhoek
NFO District Convention Set for August 6 at Pella
The Iowa 4th District NFO will hold its annual convention Friday August 6 at the Dutch Buffet in Pella. Dinner at 6 p.m. precedes a business meeting. District representatives will be elected to committees including resolutions credentials arrangements and election and tally. The Iowa State NFO Convention is Sept 18 and the National NFO Convention runs December 6 to 10 in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Dave Kozishek, National NFO Director from Williamsburg, will speak that evening.
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Iowa
NFO
Pella
Milwaukee
Wis
Dave Kozishek
Williamsburg
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Vander Meiden
Rempe
Cheryl Terpstra
Craig van Sant
Jeff van Sant
Igo
Marion County
Earl PdBitham
Aesop
Cook & Son Agency
Heaberlin
Burt Blom
4-H
Robert Sheaffer
Calvin van Loon
Cael
Lloyd Ustermarkt
Russ van Maanen
Sam van Maanen
Curt Veenstra
Sharon de Konig
Mike Rempe
Ben van Maanen
Oskaloosa Livestock
Jim McDonough
Pella, Iowa
America
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